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http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

While both parties seem to be handing out worthless candidates such as Socalist like Hillary Clinton and Wishy-washy candidates like McCain, the Republicans seem to have one decent candidate, though he was a libertarian at one time.

Many will probably already have heard of Ron Paul, the champion of the constitution. Finally, a decent candiate. He is anti-tax (Thank Goodness! The government does not need any more cash!), anti-War, anti-gun control, he is for ending the war on drugs, and an all around good candidate.

Of course, the mainstream is trying to push him out of the light, but us on the internet won’t give up to the owners of the big 5. They say he is a long shot, with a very small, strictly internet following. Let’s show them wrong.

I'm not sure if this has already been posted, but here you go (from Ron Paul's Daily Update):

Ron Paul Excluded in Iowa

Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance will host a presidential candidates forum on Saturday, June 30th in Des Moines. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, and Tom Tancredo will participate.
Ron Paul, however, will not participate. Why? Because he wasn’t invited.

We heard about this forum from numerous supporters in Iowa who asked why Dr. Paul was not going to participate. Those supporters assumed that Dr. Paul was invited.

The campaign office had not received an invitation so we called this morning; thinking we might have misplaced the invitation or simply overlooked it. Lew Moore, our campaign manager, called Mr. Edward Failor, an officer of Iowans for Tax Relief, to ask about it. To our shock, Mr. Failor told us Dr. Paul was not invited; he was not going to be invited; and he would not be allowed to participate. And when asked why, Mr. Failor refused to explain. The call ended.

Lew then called Mr. Steve Sheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance, to talk with him. Mr. Sheffler did not answer so Lew left a message. He has yet to respond.

Why are the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance excluding the one Republican candidate who scored at the top of every online poll taken after the MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN debates? Why are they denying Iowans the opportunity to hear from the Republican presidential candidate whose popularity is growing by the day?

We couldn’t get answers to these questions from Messrs. Failor and Sheffler. Maybe you’ll have better luck. Their contact information is below.

It's ironic that on the same day we learned the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance excluded Dr. Paul from their candidates forum, we received a call from ABC News confirming Dr. Paul’s participation in its nationally broadcast August 5th debate to be held in Des Moines.

Kent Snyder, Chairman
Ron Paul 2008

Contact Information

Edward Failor
Iowans for Tax Relief

2610 Park Avenue
Muscatine, Iowa 52761

Phone: 563-288-3600 or 877-913-3600
Fax: 563-264-2413

E-mail: itr@taxrelief.org

Steve Sheffler, President

Iowa Christian Alliance

939 Office Park Road, Suite 115

West Des Moines, Iowa 50265

Phone: 515-225-1515

Fax: 515-225-1826

E-mail: slscheffler@iowachristian.com

I encourage you to be respectful in whatever you send to Mr. Sheffler or Mr. Failor. Even if you don't like Ron Paul, you can at least admit that their decision to exclude him was undemocratic and unqualified. After all, they are not on the stage; they are merely providing it. They should should not grant themselves the power to censor candidates nor should they patronize the American public by purporting to know what we should and should not hear. I sincerely believe that America and the press will hold them accountable for so cavalierly and callously offending the impartial democratic institution they've forced us to defend.

According to Reuters, John McCain just announced that he is running for President of the United States on "The Late Show with David Letterman." While other presidential candidates are using online video, McCain is using a show that was on the cutting edge when it was on NBC two decades ago.

The latest issue of Reason magazine suggests that we should "be afraid of President McCain" and promises to reveal "the frightening mind of an authoritarian maverick."

Friends of mine who call themselves "conservative" are adamant that if the choice for president is between McCain and Hillary Clinton they would pull the voting lever for Clinton. Talk about a lose-lose situation.

Is there a hope? Many libertarians are rooting for Ron Paul but it you believe in the freedom of movement, this video of him on Lou Dobbs show may make you think twice. My hope is that government shrinks to a size where it won't matter who is president because they won't have the power to control your life.

The question is, we face a lot of dangers in the world and, in the gentleman's words, we face a lot of evil men and what in my background equips me to deal with evil and bad men

- Hillary Clinton (The Associated Press then reports that "she paused to
gaze while the audience interrupted with about 30 seconds of laughter
and applause.")

My friends, we just got a peek behind the emerald curtain.