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1% can make a big difference in a primary. In New Hampshire for example we had: Santorum 23,362 Gingrich 23,291 Difference -- 71 votes, or about 3% of a single percentage point. And then there was first place in Iowa too between Romney and Santorum. Paul hasn't had any nailbitingly close...

My girlfriend is Korean and has known about Ron Paul since 2007. She's actually asking me about him right now as she's sitting next to me and has noticed his picture on top. Not that she can vote in the US or anything (nor can I, I'm Canadian) but there you go. On the Obama vs. Paul question...

Thanks. I often go to newspaperarchive.com and see what I can find. This one article certainly isn't the only one worth dredging up and giving some light in order to compare to the current situation. It's amazing how similar the arguments against legalization back then are to those now.

Exactly. The way it was proposed back in 1932 was to simply take the existing law on prohibition and make it apply to 4%+ alcohol instead of 0.5%+, because taxes on beer had technically remained in force so it was a nice backdoor method to legalization and a way to raise taxes (while putting...

Iran is having an election in five days, and it appears that Congress is going to take a look at a particularly boneheaded piece of legislation called H.R. 1327, the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1327 Two links here provide the reasons...

I signed in for the first time since 2008 because of the news. I remember talking about this on the forums way back in the Georgia primaries when Rand gave a really good speech. Really good to see the national coverage this has gotten so far...

Hi everybody, it's been a while since I posted here. I just thought I'd let any reddit.com users I've put up a link here to an article on Politico.com that could use a few votes: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6tneg/ron_paul_rally_tickets_sell_fast/ Edit: on second look, it should...

I do. Because if you think about it the other way, Republicans winning this time around with McCain as the nominee would send a strong signal that big government, nation-building and all the rest is a winning formula. Losing this time around will bring about a period of reflection that maybe...

I'm suddenly reminded of this comic from when Edwards quit the race:

Interesting thread. Here are my thoughts: I was first an Obama supporter until I found out about Ron Paul. Ron Paul is the only candidate whose speeches I can watch time and time again, as they are unscripted and there is always something new to learn in them. Thanks to him I've become...

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April 19th is also the day the gold standard was dealt a mortal blow in 1933. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_19

Rand Paul?

This part of the link explains it a bit better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Martin#Becoming_Prime_Minister

-He's the American Paul Martin (just replace finance minister with soldier+senator). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Martin