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Who
is Ron Paul?
Update: Ron Paul wins
New Hampshire Straw poll
...Alabama
too!
The
Cat Is Out Of the Bag: Ron Paul Is a Top Tier Candidate!
From
ronpaul2008.com:
"Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for
freedom in our nation’s capital. As a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly works for
limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets,
and a return to sound monetary policies. He is known among
his congressional colleagues and his constituents for his
consistent voting record. Dr. Paul never votes for
legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly
authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former
Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the “one
exception to the Gang of 535” on Capitol Hill.
Ron Paul was born and
raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from
Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of
Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the
U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved
to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in
Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology,
Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol,
who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of
five children and have 17 grandchildren.
During that time,
Congressman Paul served on the House Banking committee,
where he was a strong advocate for sound monetary policy and
an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve’s inflationary
measures. He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and
pro-family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or
abolish federal taxes, spending and regulation, and used his
House seat to actively promote the return of government to
its proper constitutional levels. In 1984, he voluntarily
relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical
practice.
Dr. Paul returned to
Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional
district of Texas. He presently serves on the House
Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs. He continues to advocate a dramatic
reduction in the size of the federal government and a return
to constitutional principles.
Congressman Paul’s
consistent voting record prompted one of his congressional
colleagues to say, “Ron Paul personifies the Founding
Fathers’ ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear
that his principles will never be compromised, and they
never are.” Another colleague observed, “There are few
people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or
shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those
few.”
While serving in Congress
during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul's
limited-government ideals were not popular in Washington. In
1976, he was one of only four Republican congressmen to
endorse Ronald Reagan for president."
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