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| Ron Paul |
55.1%
(103,116 votes)
|
| Mitt Romney |
15.3%
(28,608 votes)
|
| Rick Perry |
12.9%
(24,144 votes)
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| Jon Huntsman |
6.4%
(11,975 votes)
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| Newt Gingrich |
4.3%
(7,962 votes)
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| Herman Cain |
3.1%
(5,792 votes)
|
| Michele Bachmann |
1.9%
(3,595 votes)
|
| Rick Santorum |
1%
(1,782 votes)
|
Few reporters in the mainstream media said that Ron Paul won the GOP presidential debate on September 7, but a majority of voters on MSNBC’s website said that he did. Is there still a disconnect between the news media and the American people?
That appears to be the case as liberals and conservatives in the USA continue to downplay the words and actions of Ron Paul. The American people are scared and angry about the overspending that has infested Washington D.C. for far too long. If there was ever a year when a non-mainstream candidate could win, 2012 might just be that year.
The establishment called him “extreme and unelectable”. They said he was the wrong man for the job. It’s why a young Texan named Ron Paul was one of only 4 congressmen to endorse Ronald Reagan’s campaign for President, believing in Reagan’s message of smaller government and lower taxes. After Reagan, Senator Al Gore ran for President, pledging to raise taxes and increase spending, pushing his liberal values. And Al Gore found a cheerleader in Texas named Rick Perry. Rick Perry helped lead Al Gore’s campaign to undo the Reagan Revolution, fighting to elect Al Gore President of the United States. Now, America must decide who to trust, Al Gore’s Texas cheerleader, or the one who stood with Reagan.
Rick Perry Can’t Handle the Truth
An open letter from Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton
Dear Governor Perry,
After our campaign’s first ad highlighting your Big Government record and support for liberal Al Gore, your campaign is attacking Dr. Paul – missing the point of why your past is important.
We don’t think the fact that you used to be a Democrat is the big problem here. The real problem is that, too often, you still act like one. Even you yourself, Governor Perry, said of your party switch, “I will still vote the same principles, only with an R after my name.”
That’s the kind of thinking that has our country teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. We cannot afford to nominate someone who thinks the letter next to their name is more important than what they believe.
Governor Perry, let me be clear: It is not that you supported Al Gore that worries us.
It is that you supported Hillary Clinton’s health care plan.
You pushed for federal bailout and stimulus funds.
You support welfare for illegal immigrants.
You tried to forcibly vaccinate 12-year-old girls against sexually transmitted diseases by executive order.
You raised taxes twice.
And, state debt has more than doubled in your tenure as governor, pushing Texas to the brink of our constitutional debt limit.
It’s that you supported ALL of these bad ideas that are inconsistent with how most Republicans understand conservatism, yet you now try to swagger your way into the Tea Party.
Governor Perry, with all due respect, you have used great rhetoric. But you will have to answer to the voters of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and across the country as to why that rhetoric does not match your record.
For Liberty,
Jesse Benton
Campaign Chairman
Ron Paul 2012
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Posted on September 8, 2011