Off the Grids to Freedom
columnist: Melinda Pillsbury-Foster

Topic: Ron Paul
Is this the Ron Paul we have known and admired for thirty years?

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Ron Paul is a man of absolute integrity; the National Campaign needs to be restructured if this is their idea of appropriate.

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by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster
(Libertarian)
Friday, December 14, 2007

Is this the Ron Paul we have known and admired for thirty years? No. It is the over paid staff in the National Office.

"Two former Republican legislators from Mike Huckabee 's home state are in Iowa this week criticizing Huckabee's record on immigration and taxes on trips paid for by Ron Paul, Huckabee's Republican presidential rival.

Paul's campaign said Thursday it was paying former Sen. Jim Holt and former Rep. Randy Minton about $5,000 each to go to Iowa for a series of radio interviews criticizing Huckabee's 10 1/2 years as Arkansas governor.

"We just want to make sure Iowans get the full picture of what Governor Huckabee did when he was in office," said Paul's campaign spokesman, Jesse Benton. "There hasn't been a whole lot of information going out to Iowans and we want to make sure they get the full picture."

To counter the criticism, Huckabee brought in a group of longtime Arkansas supporters to defend his record.

Holt, who ran unsuccessfully for Arkansas lieutenant governor last year, has tangled publicly with Huckabee over immigration. Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher, spoke out against Holt's proposal in 2005 to ban state services to illegal immigrants and said "I drink a different kind of Jesus juice."

Jesus Juice? $10,000.00 for this? Who are these people?

This is not what we want in a presidential campaign. It is petty, nasty, ugly; the remarks defending it as 'brilliant political strategy are most probably plants from the same cadre of pre-adolescents who think that Karl Rove epitomizes brilliance.

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A Conversation Takes Place Off Camera.

"How would Ron even know about these guys?" asked one activist. "Did you see that quote in the article? Jesus juice! Would Ron have anything to do with people who talk like that? Never!"

"They're from Arkansas, aren't they?" said the other. "You know what I think? I think that these guys are connected to Paul Jacobs. He is from Arkansas and that would be just like the Cato people."

A long pause. "Your right. It even smells like them."

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Published: Friday, December 14, 2007
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