Even Defense Contractors SupportRon Paul For President

Steve WatsonInfowars.comFebruary 21, 2012

Paul wants to freeze defense spending but hasmost support from those in the industry

Much has been made of the fact that Ron Paul isthe choice of the troops, having received moredonations from active duty military personnelthan all the other GOP candidates combined, aswell as Obama. However, new figures also showthat Ron Paul is favored among people whowork in the defense sector.

U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC)contribution records analyzed by Defense Newsreveal that Paul received both the mostcontributions and the largest total amount of cashamong Republican candidates from employees ofthe world’s top 100 defense companies.

$177,413.39 was donated to to Paul’s campaignby defense employees in 2011, with a total of 824individual contributions, meaning an average of$215.31 per person.

That figure is the highest any GOP candidatereceived from defense workers at companies suchas Boeing, Deloitte and Lockheed Martin.

Although Mitt Romney’s total isn’t far off Paul’s, the figures show that the former MassachusettsGovernor received just 198 contributions.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum received just $27,310 and $8,185, respectively from defenseworkers.

Defense news notes that the results are startling because, unlike the other candidates, Ron Paulhas campaigned for a stemming defense spending.

Loren Thompson, chief operating officer at the Lexington Institute believes that the findingsspeak more to the politics of those working in the defense industry. “There’s a strong libertarianstreak among many in the sector,” he said. “Just because people work in the defense industry,

doesn’t mean that they always votetheir economic interests.”

The numbers could also indicate thatthose within the industry feel morallycompelled to support the onlycandidate who advocates a humbleforeign policy and a reduction inmilitary activity around the world.

Gary Howard, a spokesman for thePaul campaign, noted:

“Those in the defense community,like other supporters, likely find thatDr. Paul’s common-sense foreignpolicy and the serious attention hepays to our nation’s number one

security threat — our debt — are the most vital issues a presidential candidate must address.”

During his campaign, Paul has been sure to make a firm distinction between his definition ofdefense spending and military spending. Defense spending, as Paul has explained during thedebates, has to do with protecting the country itself and its citizens. Defense spending can beaccomplished WITHOUT overseas military spending. They are two different kinds of expense.

Ron Paul Smacks Down Fox Moderators on Military/Defense Spending! January 16, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOKAdFzioZc

The FEC figures released this week also show that the Paul campaign raised $4.5 million in themonth of January and is ontrack to exceed its Q4fundraising of about $13.3million.

The campaign has $1.6million in cash on hand, andthe latest figures do notinclude last week’s moneybomb that has so far raisedanother $2 million plus.

“Naturally we’re pleased that our growing support base continues to generously support RonPaul, so in turn he can spread his message of constitutionally-limited government, sound money,and a foreign policy that keep America safe,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign ChairmanJesse Benton.

Election 2012: Just One More CraftedIllusion? Rick Ackerman

1. Rick’s PicksFebruary 21, 2012

[For well more than a year, theMainstream Media have given usa steady flow of campaign bilgethat, finally, has made the entireRepublican field seemunappealing. Perhaps this was theFourth Estate's goal all along.After all, it was a left-tilting pressthat conspired to help Obama winin 2008 by ignoring his completelack of experience and extremepolitical views. This time, withthe same goal in mind but using the opposite approach, the news media have picked off the GOPcandidates one by one, turning them into shooting-gallery ducks as their ex-wives and mistresses,former employees and business associates and a sordid parade of other detractors testified againstthem. And all for what? Apparently, to ensure the still-likely nomination of Mitt Romney, a manwhose candidacy excites no one.

In the guest editorial below, Wayne Razzi, a Rick’s Picks forum regular who goes by thehandle “Red Will Danaher,” explains how it came to pass that, in a time of national crisis, weare about to do no better in November than perpetuate the political status quo. Could thingshave turned out differently? Unfortunately not, concludes Wayne. It may take catastrophe,rather than mere crisis, to bring about real change. RA]

Assume for a moment that you’ve been installed in the role of the maintenance manager of theGreat American False-Choice Spectacle. Your primedirective would almost certainly be to keep hidden thefact that outcomes matter little. Thus, as we arerepeatedly informed via popular media, you may stronglyconsider hiding the truth in plain sight, as there are fewbetter places. And so, that seems to be the case now morethan ever as the strategy is executed through the chain ofcommand and control that expertly utilizes mass media.

The elitist, crusading cowards in the media execute theirmarching orders with gusto. They seem to manage the

coverage of the race and the races within therace more skillfully with each successiveproduction. This time around, it appearedthat any one of more than a half-dozenRepublican candidates wore the Leader’sJersey with an inside track to the nominationduring the early trials. Skeptics might notethat the shelf life for each front-runner waslimited and that most were eventuallyundone by gaffes and/or surprise revelationsmuch in the same way that suspects becometripped up in those curiously popularprocedural crime dramas. The thing isthough, we need not worry about theskeptics, as they are but few, so let’s getback to the race because it’s the race thatmatters.

A Dead Heat

Odds greatly favor establishment candidate Mitt Romney to be installed as False Choice #2, muchto the surprise of many, apparently. Almost as if by design, ole Mitt contrasts strongly whencompared to the know-nothing, never-done-anything Community Organizer who was anointed as“This Is the Guy!” in 2008. Despite the alarming track-record of our lamentable incumbent, hisappalling ignorance, arrogance and incompetence aside, the race to become the next GrandPuppet appears to be a dead-heat on paper, and that should almost guarantee a barn-burner comethis November. Yes, it would appear that the big race will be decided by a nearly perfectly dividedelectorate yet again. Soon, perhaps, it may become fascinating to the passionate across the landthat half of their fellow citizens very strongly agree with their viewpoints while the other halfremains in strong opposition. Or maybe not.

Intentionally lost in all this is what some of us like to call reality. We won’t hear much aboutreality or even the mention of anything of true significance, but we will hear phrases like “on his

watch” and “what he inherited” and “broken promises.”Good luck to you, my friends, finding an in-depth, non-politicized discussion of substance.

The arguments that things “really aren’t that bad” or have“never been better” with respect to the rather large groupof college-educated Americans is one that I’veencountered frequently at Rick’s Picks and several otherplaces. As much as I try to respect opinions, I can’tfathom as to how genuine observers can possibly miss theepic and accelerating descent of the fortunes of theaverage American over the past fifty years. We now livein a society and world that are more dependent than everbefore on the maintenance of crafted illusions, on mass

self-deception, and on the adding ofelectronic zeros to the ends of alreadyunimaginably large sums. Yes, if you’rewilling to evaluate things on the superficialplane with the aid of officially falsifiedstatistics, it may be possible to arrive at otherconclusions. However, simply compare andcontrast the messages of not so long ago tothose of today and it becomes impossible tonot see how beaten-down the Americanpsyche has become.

Why Reagan Won

A Wikipedia entry summarizes the principlesRonald Reagan championed to win thepresidency in 1980: lower taxes to stimulatethe economy; less government interference inpeople’s lives; states’ rights; a strong national defense; and, restoring the U.S. dollar to a goldstandard. And what are the messages now? It seems to me that message is actually moreappropriate, and it is this: “Jobs, jobs, jobs!” The Mainstream Media (MSM) have pounded thatmessage into the heads of voters over the past few years, and any “man on the street” piececonfirms it as long as the chosen participant isn’t a Tea Party member, a Ron Paul supporter or an

anarchist.

A little over thirty years ago, Americans longedto hear of increased freedom and greateropportunities as the preferred message. Now?They’re only too happy to be installed as cogs ina machine. Where will we be in thirty years? It’sdifficult to forecast, but I don’t see how anyonecan favor the current trend or extrapolateanything promising from today’s state of affairsin a conventional sense. I am encouraged only bythe fact that there’s a small chance that this allmight eventually end in a forced Reset.

That concludes this installment, but in the greattradition of alternate titles pioneered by theRocky & Bullwinkle show, join us next time for“Craving for Cogdom” or “Shooting forSisyphus.”

New Ron Paul 2012 Ad SlamsSantorum As “Fake”

Steve WatsonInfowars.comFebruary 21, 2012

A new Ron Paul 2012 campaign adhas been released today that takesdirect aim at GOP rival RickSantorum’s voting record.

Entitled simply “Fake”, the 30second spot makes the case that it isa myth that Santorum is in any waya fiscal conservative.

The concise ad crams in the factsthat Santorum voted to raise thefederal debt ceiling five times, votedto double the size of the Department of Education through No Child Left Behind, and voted forMedicare Part D — the biggest entitlement expansion since the ’60s.

The ad also highlights the fact that Santorum voted to send foreign aid to North Korean dictatorKim Jong Il and also endorsed sending billions in tax dollars to the corrupt regime in Egypt.

Finally, the ad makes the point that Santorum also voted to give the abortion provider PlannedParenthood millions of dollars in funding.

“Our new ad ‘Fake’ contains just a snippet of evidence against Rick Santorum being a fiscalconservative, but because these examples are so damning it makes the case convincingly,” saidRon Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

“Santorum touts his ‘conservative record’ all too often. It’s time that his real record makes itsway into the national conversation we’re having about which Republican presidential candidate isthe authentic, consistent conservative. That man is Ron Paul.” Benton added.

The new ad is scheduled to air on broadcast and television in Michigan as part of the Ron Paulcampaign’s major ad blitz set to hit next month’s ‘Super Tuesday’ states.

Watch the ad below:

Ron Paul Ad - Rick Santorum a Conservative? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgNJBdTaKE8