Recent content by djruden

Anyone listening to Rand's filibuster on the Patriot Act would have heard one of the Senators there give a shout-out to the 5 house reps that came over to listen in would have heard Rod Blum get mentioned :-)

Blum introduces bill to the House that would ban former members of congress from becoming lobbyists after serving. https://blum.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-rod-blum-introduces-lifetime-ban-lobbying-members-congress Good idea. I doubt it will get a lot of traction but I...

My man co-sponsors H.J. Res 14 that would amend constitution to add term limits to Congress. Low probability of going anywhere but I'm happy to see Rod sticking to his word and doing what he said he was going to congress to do...

Wow, i haven't stopped by these forums since Ron Paul ended his campaign for president in 2012. I officially gave up hope after Romney was made nominee at the RNC. Like many, Ron Paul cured my apathy in 2007. Since then I got more and more involved in the Iowa GOP since RP got me going to the...

Paul slate won

Scheffler is a tough sell in Iowa. He's gotten a lot of bad press. Also the winner needs a majority, over 50 percent, to win. We will likely see more voting.

As an Iowan, I do not think the donations slowed because Paul supporters run the party now. Donations have slowed because the caucus is over and the excitement in Iowa politics is down. Let's be real here. To go to a lot of these events with the various presidential candidates you had to...

Convention rooms and all the work isn't provided for free....

At my county convention in Linn County Iowa, I dressed up in business casual attire and didnt wear any stickers or buttons and I got the respect one would normally get at these functions. To show up, overly zealous to support a particular candidate can be seen as a bit of a slap in the face to...

I have been lucky to see him both in 2007 and again multiple times in 2011. My favorite moment would be at the Drake debate in Des Moines when I got him to sign my debate ticket during a commercial break. I was able to approach him to take pics both in 2007 and 2011 as well. He doesn't do it...

My social moderation comes from the fact that I do not want it to be illegal to be gay, I believe in equal rights regardless. My fiscal conservatism says we also do not need government redistribution to benefit any particular group. Carole, your way of thinking seems to be completely wrong...

Nothing was stolen in Iowa. We had a straw poll and that was it. Our conventions to determine the delegates have yet to occur and it's likely Ron Paul can come out on top. To me a "win" is getting the most delegates in a state, and Paul is poised to "win" Iowa ;).

Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. When you accept money in payment for your effort, you...

Paul has said numberous times that any of his republican competitors would be better than Obama and this isn't that different. It's a pretty obvious and easy to say thing.

The tea party in my area and in the nearby cities all endorsed Ron Paul. I don't think you can lump the entirety of the tea party together when the movement itself happens locally. Therefore all tea party's are different. All the tea party members in Iowa that I know are Paul supporters tho.