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Obama said a plan unveiled by Republican congressman Paul Ryan on Tuesday which balances the budget in 10 years was too punitive

AFP
March 13, 2013

President Barack Obama warned America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support.

Even as he set out to woo lawmakers Tuesday on Capitol Hill, including Republican foes, Obama called for an approach that restores fiscal stability but also protects healthcare for the poor and the elderly and shields the middle class.

“My [...]

Paul Ryan Shock: Clinton Would Have Fixed Fiscal Mess By Now… Deep budget cuts unavoidable…

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) made a comment on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.

“If we had a Clinton presidency, if we had Erskine Bowles chief-of-staff at the White House, or President of the United States, I think we would have fixed this fiscal mess by now. That’s not the kind of presidency we’re dealing with right now.”

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/01/27/paul-ryan-if-we-had-clinton-presidencywe-would-have-fixed-fiscal-mess#ixzz2JEXbepAl

RYAN SAYS DEEP BUDGET [...]

Congressman: “Obama Only Upholds The Soviet Constitution”

Previously warned of coming tyranny under Obama

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Jan 24, 2013

Georgia congressman Paul Broun hit out this week at his favourite target, President Obama, stating that he has no concept of the US Constitution.

In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Broun, a frequent critic of Obama noted “I think my role is to uphold support and defend our Constitution.”

“The Constitution I uphold and defend is the one I carry in my pocket [...]

A Nation of Takers Hurtles Toward the Fiscal Abyss

Please read this column, more than anything it shows how our politicians use our own tax dollars to keep themselves in office, how their liberal use of our tax dollars are changing us into western Europeans and the welfare state is changing our character.

When i watch the news all i can think is groundhog day and that we have seen these very same “negotiations” and fiscal battles over and over again. our [...]

OBAMA: ‘JOE JUST NEEDS TO BE JOE’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has offered his take on the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, saying “Joe just needs to be Joe.”

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-debate-watchers-joe-needs-joe-112533828

Romney says Ryan won’t oppose abortion in rape cases (Romney supports both rape & incest abortion)

Odious remarks by GOP Missouri Senate candidate Cong. Todd Akin about how few pregnancies result from “legitimate rape” have done more than outrage people across the country and doom Akin’s bid to move up from the House.

It motivated the Romney campaign – – already trailing among women voters in recent polls – – to distance itself from Akin by assuring voters that Romney and Paul Ryan – – the “Romney-Ryan [...]

POLL: 50% Now View Paul Ryan Favorably; 43% Say He Was Right Choice

Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan’s favorables are up after the first blush of national media exposure following Mitt Romney’s selection of him as his vice presidential running mate. But as is generally the case with running mates, Ryan gives only a slight boost to Romney.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters now have a favorable opinion of Ryan, while 32% view him unfavorably. This [...]

MEDIA COMPLAINS ABOUT RYAN’S LACK OF ‘PRIVATE-SECTOR’ EXPERIENCE

If tonight’s reporting is correct, and if Mitt Romney really does announce at 9 A.M. Saturday that Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is his running mate, Romney has made the most daring decision of his political career.

After spending weeks looking into Ryan’s history for The New Yorker, visiting his home town, and interviewing him twice, I am genuinely surprised that Romney chose him. First, let’s tally the risks of a Ryan pick.

For one thing, Ryan [...]

Ron Paul Warns Bernanke – The Financial Crisis Is Far From Over

Forbes

In what Congressman Bacchus called “a double dose,” Texas Representative Ron Paul grilled Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on two occasions on Tuesday at the House Financial Services Committee.  Congressman Paul scolded the Fed Chairman for being “secretive” while claiming that the financial crisis is “far from over.”

Bernanke’s visits to Capitol Hill have recently been marked by his exchanges with Ron Paul, a staunch Fed basher who believes in the merits of the [...]

Teenagers Take Global Warming to Courts!

Alec Loorz turns 18 at the end of this month. While finishing high school and playing Ultimate Frisbee on weekends, he’s also suing the federal government in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

The Ventura, California, teen and four other juvenile plaintiffs want government officials to do more to prevent the risks of climate change — the dangerous storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, and food-supply disruptions that scientists warn will [...]

Ron Paul attacks CISPA in urgent call to oppose ‘Big Brother’ bill (AUDIO)

RT

Imagine having government-approved employees embedded at Facebook, complete with federal security clearances, serving as conduits for secret information about their American customers.

That’s not a hypothetical — those words are a verbatim excerpt from concerned GOP presidential hopeful, Congressman Ron Paul. The Republican representative from Texas asks Americans to consider that draconian dilemma before it becomes a reality. It will all be possible under a new bill slated for discussion on [...]

Ron Paul Says He’d Protect Bradley Manning and Other Whistleblowers

RT
April 18, 2012

As Bradley Manning awaits his next appearance in court, the pool of presidential candidates have been slow to comment on the prosecution against the US Army private accused of providing government secrets to WikiLeaks. Except for Ron Paul, that is.

President Barack Obama called Manning “guilty” even before he was brought to trial for his alleged role with WikiLeaks, but GOP presidential hopeful Texas Congressman Ron Paul told supporters last week [...]

Words from the man who should be President of the United States: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.

Chuck Baldwin
April 14, 2012

Today, I am going to do something that I have never done: I am going to devote virtually my entire column to posting another man’s words. That man is the man who should be President of the United States: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. The following is a written transcript of a speech Dr. Paul gave on the floor of the US House of Representatives back in [...]

Wilbur Ross to Yahoo Finance: “playing the class division card is going to come back and haunt our whole society”

The Economy Can’t Function Without Wall Street: Wilbur Ross

Mitt Romney scored three big primary wins Tuesday night, widening his lead over his remaining rivals in the GOP presidential nominating contest, including his closest competitor Rick Santorum. With victories in Maryland, Wisconsin and the Washington, D.C., Romney has become one step closer to securing the GOP nomination and appears on track to amassing the delegates he needs to be his party’s [...]

Romney falls for April Fool’s prank as staff send him out to make speech to an empty room

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney may have forgotten that Sunday was April Fools’ Day.

His staff did not.

‘This is a morning I’m not going to forget anytime soon,’ Romney told supporters a little later in the day. ‘They turned me into the April fool this morning.’

Scroll down to watch the prank

April Fool: Campaign workers took Romney to a room he thought was packed with supporters, instead he was greeted with a [...]

Patrick Henningsen: When lined-up side by side, Barack Obama’s artificial image fades to grey next to Ron Paul’s striking character and vision.

Patrick Henningsen
Infowars.com
March 25, 2012

Four years ago, Americans slipped further into an intellectual coma, helplessly sold on a blank canvas, a political avatar whereby people could project their false hopes for a nation stuggling to maintain its relevant place in a rapidly changing world.

This recent short film presentation featuring David Icke successfully breaks down the modern political marketing marvel known as ’Brand Obama’, contrasting his transparent agitprop image to the much more genuine, substantial character of GOP Presidential candidate [...]

Russian media reports Ron Paul winning in poll but US mainstream media actually reporting the opposite:

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul won his first caucus over the weekend, but the mainstream media by-and-large reported Mitt Romney the victor instead.

Voters in the US Virgin Islands hit the polls on Saturday to nominate an opponent for Barack Obama, and although Texas Congressman Ron Paul garnered more popular votes than any of his rivals, mainstream media outlets were quick to call the contest in favor of former Massachusetts Governor [...]

Brian Sullivan of CNBC was interviewing Ron Paul this morning. Congressman Paul was talking about the Fed blowing bubbles in a serial manner.

He said that the Fed has destroyed the incentlive to save by lowering and negating interest rates and thus pumping up bond prices.  This really struck a chord with Sullivan, the look on his face was priceless with a most indignant face, he asked Dr. Paul … “so you are saying that Treasury bonds are in a bubble”?

“ABSOLUTELY” was Mr. Paul’s reply.

Interest rates are at all time lows which means that bond [...]

California GOP convention occupied by Ron Paul supporters

RT
February 28, 2012

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the only GOP contender for president to appear at a California Republican Party convention this past weekend, but supporters of rival Ron Paul made sure their candidate of choice was made known loud and clear.

The GOP convention in Burlingame, California became the site of an impromptu Ron Paul rally on Saturday when hundreds of supporters for the libertarian-leaning Republican candidate appeared on [...]

Ron Paul: The choice of the troops

oin the Communities writers as we host a live chat of the CNN/GOP Debate tonight. 

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2012—Anyone who believes that Ron Paul’s foreign policy is a sign of weakness, or that he does not have the courage to defend this country, should talk to Dr. Paul’s military supporters. More than 1,500 supporters showed up at the march on the White House in support of Congressman Paul.

Among them were over 400 active [...]

Ron Paul Refuses to Concede Maine: Official

Business Wire
February 12, 2012

LAKE JACKSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tonight the campaign of 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul sent an email to supporters regarding today’s caucus results from the state of Maine. See below for a portion of comments from Ron Paul 2012 Campaign Manager John Tate.

“Ron Paul will win the most delegates out of Maine tonight.

“In fact, he will probably even win the ‘beauty contest’ straw poll the media has already [...]

Republican Congressman Paul Ryan confronted by woman furious he was drinking a 350$ bottle of wine on lobbyist’s dime while advocating medicare cuts; shouting ensues.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a leading advocate of shrinking entitlement spending and the architect of the plan to privatize Medicare, spent Wednesday evening sipping $350 wine with two like-minded conservative economists at the swanky Capitol Hill eatery Bistro Bis.

It was the same night reports started trickling out about President Obama pressing Congressional leaders to consider changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for GOP support for targeted tax increases.

[TPM [...]