Rep. Ron Paul Responds to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Accusation that he is Hijacking the Republican Party
October 15, 2009 at 5:27 am
by: Allison Bricker
At an October 12th town hall meeting in Greensboro, South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham (R) accused Representative Ron Paul of ‘hijacking’ the Republican Party, stating:
“I’m going to grow this party. I’m not going to let it be hijacked by Ron Paul”,
Senator Lindsey Graham
October 12th, 2009
| Orig. Town Hall Video |
| Unedited town hall footage |
| Video Courtesy: 33ItHappens |
The Senator’s terse tone a result of hecklers in the meeting chastising the former supporter of John McCain’s abysmal failure of a presidential bid, for voting in support of banker bailouts via the TARP program, as well as his support for extending the PATRIOT Act and President Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan.
However, my view differs greatly with that of Senator Graham’s. Where he sees a “hijacking”, I see liberation from a party occupied for far too long by insurgent Whigs, perhaps the 2.0 variety, but Whigs nonetheless.
After all, today’s so-called “mainstream republicans” are just are just as backwards with their perpetual warmongering, chicken hawk imperialism, banker bailout, torture-apologist agenda, as were their predecessors; Whigs 1.0 from the 19th century in their support of denying inherent liberties to African-Americans via the promulgation and expansion of slavery.
As such, never failing to parallel their political coverage to a style more befitting of a magazine show like “Extra”, (think Election Day holograms) CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and his merry panel of peanut-gallery talking heads invited Representative Ron Paul into ‘The Situation room” Wednesday evening. Practically salivating for an attempt to degrade the issue into a worthless petty verbal dispute, host Wolf Blitzer sophomorically began by asking Dr. Paul for his “reaction”.
Always the statesman more concerned with principle, Dr. Paul pulled the debate back between working to support the Constitution, or further allowing the status quo to persist with its utter disregard for one of our most cherished founding documents. In consequence to the tone set by Mr. Blitzer, the other commentator/old-media journalists could not seem to structure a question without first displaying a philosophical bias for government to intervene in as many areas of our lives as possible.
The only exception to the vacuous line of dribble was Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post. So kudos to her for demonstrating some new-media moxy soliciting Representative Ron Paul’s opinion on the true issues at hand like the never-ending war in Afghanistan.
| Video Courtesy: Ron Paul vs. Tyranny |
October 15th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Good post, young lady ( Forgive me if my presumption of your youth is wrong )
For too long has politics devolved into a right vs left atmosphere, and i blame the media in a large part. They no longer need to do some basic research. They can just invite two folks on either side to shout their talking points.
Mr.Paul not only has young supporters but also people like me rooting for him, and more importantly, the principles and positions he stands for.
Kudos to you too for bringing this online – as i am currently half way around the world and am no longer actively following american politics
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Allison Bricker Reply:
October 15th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Thank you for your kind words, they are appreciated.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I’m all for throwing out the government idiots. Both the elected and the non elected (the bureaucrats make things the worst and include those of staff of the elected people.) However I don’t see that happening in my life time. I will continue to vote against incumbents; however I’m not willing to take a stand that will endanger my family.
Were I single I’d take a public stand against the corruption. However I have a wife and kids that depend on me for a living. Only when the resistance seems to have a chance of winning will I endanger my family by publicly joining. In the mean time, I’ve stocked up on things such as food, and water, my families medications (3 month supply of each and growing) I’ve got alternative heat sources in my home (wood fireplace insert and wood stove) along with enough fuel to run them at last years coldest level for about a month. The only fire arm I have is a single shot 12 gauge. I’d get a more effective resistance type weapon but can’t afford it right now.
My job was eliminated March 09, I was able to find other employment but am taking home less than half of what I used to despite working 3 jobs currently. I average 68-73 work hours per week, 1 full time 2 part time jobs. I blame the job loss on the economy, the bad economy on the Federal Reserve perpetual debt system. The only reason I have my home is I didn’t get a huge expensive one like the realtor and mortgage company told me I could afford. I went smaller and guess what; I get to keep this place for now anyway.
Let me know when I can do more than show up at rally’s and send letters to my so called representatives at the local, state and federal level!
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