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by:  Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny There were 14,000 supporters in the 20,000 seat Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University for the rally, according to the local fire department, ABC News reported . While the campaign was prepared for overflow crowds in Ohio, none materialized. The Washington Times - The presumptive GOP presidential and vice presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan are attracting thousands of supporters to their campaign rallies since Mr. Romney named Mr. Ryan to the bottom of the ticket. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has taken notice of the massive crowds at the Romney Ryan stump speeches and sent out an urgent e-mail to their supporters, reported The Washington Examiner last week. However, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not drawing the crowds they once could. Apparently the Obama campaign believes Americans suffer from a lack of thinking ability. Team...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -s- Tyranny Romney speak, from The Hill : Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that if the president's signature healthcare legislation was overturned Thursday by the Supreme Court, it would mean that President Obama's first term was a waste. "Instead of focusing on immigration — and of course the big issue, which was the economy, and getting the economy going — he instead focused on putting in place his healthcare reform called ObamaCare," Romney said at a campaign stop in Salem, Va. "As you know, the Supreme Court is going to be dealing with whether or not ObamaCare is constitutional. If it's not, if ObamaCare is not deemed constitutional, than the first three and a half years of this president's term will have been wasted on something that does not help the American people." So, Mittens, does this mean that if the Affordable Care Act; aka ObamaCare, is de...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny It is quite obvious the end is near for Representative Ron Paul and his valiant run to restore liberty in America by winning the Presidency of the United States. Even though his valiant and patriotic effort will not propel him to the general election his Revolution will continue. Ron Paul has inspired the young as well as the old. Individuals who love liberty and understand the need to return to constitutional governance will carry on the fight!. Philadelphia (CNN) – Ahead of Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, presidential hopeful Ron Paul painted his long-shot campaign as a new American revolution at a rain-soaked event outside Independence Hall. “In our early history, we had a major undertaking overthrowing an empire,” Paul said. “And in some ways that is what we are doing now.” Paul’s supporters call his campaign the “Ron Paul Revolution,” and they turned out in a steady, hard rain outside the hall where the...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Watching the republican primaries has just about convinced me that Obama is going to secure a second term. Not because he is deserving of reelection on the merits of his first term, rather because his opposition is so glaringly weak. Ron Paul, the candidate with some real horsepower between his ears really never stood a chance in the republican field. Being the ONLY consistent, limited government constitutional conservative who is truly liberty minded he scares the hell out of most people. The simple reason? He tells it like it is and not what people want to hear. The other three candidate, Mittens, Frothy, and Newtie are anything but fiscal conservatives. For those who have actually looked at their records the evidence is clear and I need not run it again. For those who haven't taken the time already running it again probably wouldn't matter anyway. The three stooges as I fondly call them have no problem i...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -v s- Tyranny Mitt Romney - Republican Statist ( Public Policy Polling ) - Romney leads Obama For the first time in PPP's monthly national polling since July 2010 Mitt Romney's taken a lead, albeit a small one, over Barack Obama. He's up 47-45. Romney has two main things going for him. He leads the President 45-36 with independents. And he's also benefiting from a much more unified party with 88% of Republicans committed to voting for him while only 83% of Democrats say they'll vote for Obama. Our national survey confirms the wide electability gap between Romney and the rest of the Republican candidate field. Obama leads both Newt Gingrich (49-44) and Ron Paul (46-41) by 5 points, Michele Bachmann (50-41) by 9, and Rick Perry (50-40) by 10. It continues to look like if GOP voters really want to defeat Obama they pretty much have to nominate Romney. { Read More } Principles matter. Or at least they shoul...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -v s- Tyranny Rep. Ron Paul, the long shot candidate for president. A member of the Republican party {why I haven't a clue} who is by far more Libertarian than Republican. A man who is different from your typical politician. Who unlike Romney, Perry, Cain, Bachmann, Gingrich, and Santorum {did I forget anyone?} is consistent in principle and his understanding of our Constitutional foundation. A man who could, if given a shot have a profoundly positive impact on the health of the nation. He is not beholden to the power structure in the party of R. Nor is he warmly in bed with the monied Wall Street monied interests. He understands the need for monetary reform and has been instrumental in exposing the need for oversight of the Federal Reserves. And he sees the definite and immediate need to reign in the MIC. Paul may not be the perfect candidate. In fact it is very likely there is no such thing as the perfect candidate. After all...