And.... Your point is? Yes, he most certainly does reject about 10 to 25% of my posts.
Why are you surprised? --- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Readers: Please consider the source. EDR's posts have a > reputation for getting rejected by the moderator 10-25% of the > time. > > -Mark > > > > > ************ > {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote > "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the > case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions. > There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a > unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill > its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and > unjust lawsuits. > See www.fija.org > [Please adopt this as your own signature.] } > > ----------- > > > ********************************************* > Libertarian Republican Political Report > by Eric Dondero > 06-17-06 > ******************************************** > > Editor's Note - Thanks to Aaron Bitterman for sending this along > to > us. (I've been in Montana working for the Property Rights > Initiative, and have not had access to the Houston media). > > It saddens me greatly to see Ron Paul taking the position he is > taking on the War in Iraq. As many of you know I served as Ron's > Travel Aide in his 1988 Libertarian Presidential Campaign. I then > went on to serve as his Campaign Coordinator in his 1996 > Congressional run, and Senior Aide in his Congressional office > from 1997 - 2003. I resigned from Ron's employ in 2003, mostly > due to > our severe differences on foreign policy. But since then, I've > still > respected his views on such matters. > > However, the other day, driving through Western Montana I caught > a > CBS News Report. Bob Schieffer led into the report with something > to the effect; "but not all Republicans agree that the War in > Iraq was a good idea..." What followed were virulent Anti-War > comments by Ron Paul on the House Floor. > > It's one thing to be an Anti-War Libertarian. It's quite another > to > be used by the Leftist Media as a stooge against Pro-Freedom > values. The authoritarian Left is the enemy of freedom. It is > quite sad indeed that Ron Paul fails to see that. He is letting > himself be used by the enemy - CBS, CNN, the Houston Chronicle, > et.al. > > I believe it's time to declare Jeff Flake (or Dana Rohrabacher) > as > the new Champion of Freedom and the libertarian Republican > movement. > > And maybe it's time that someone I regard as an advocate of real > libertarianism, who supports the War on Islamo-Fascism, runs > against Ron for the Congressional seat here in Texas. > > > -Eric Dondero Rittberg > > > > June 15, 2006 > > Saving the GOP from itself: Congressman fights to restore party's > > traditions > > By SAMANTHA LEVINE | HOUSTON CHRONICLE > > WASHINGTON - It's not that Rep. Ron Paul, one of only six > Republicans publicly > against the war in Iraq, is estranged from the party, he said > Thursday, it's > that the party is estranged from its ideals. > > "The Republican leadership is not in sync with Republican > traditions" that > have historically valued a non-interventionist foreign policy, > said > Paul, the > Lake Jackson lawmaker who voted against the 2002 resolution > authorizing the use > of force in Iraq. > > Even Bush, Paul noted, had once been critical of former President > > Clinton's > involvement of U.S. troops in Kosovo and Somalia. > > "Now, I think Republicans have slipped and become more like > Democrats," Paul > said Thursday. "Not only have they drifted into a conflict > overseas, > but it was > a pre-emptive war." > > "I am doing my best," Paul added, "to save the Republicans from > themselves." > > The nine-term lawmaker is a Republican by registration and a > Libertarian by > philosophy. He is known for voting against most legislation on > the > grounds that > it oversteps constitutional limits. > > His comments came as the House debated a GOP resolution that > linked > support > for the Iraq war with support for the global war on terror. > > Paul, who represented Galveston and a suburban/rural swath of > southeast Texas, > deemed the proceedings little more than a political sham designed > to > bully > members of Congress into backing the war. > > The American people "will see through it as a resolution with no > substance," > he said. "It's pretty clear that the country is much more in my > camp > now. They > are not happy with Iraq." > > The resolution essentially advocates "endless war and endless > occupation," > Paul said. > > He tried unsucessfully to persuade GOP leaders to include in the > debate > consideration of a resolution that would pressure Bush to develop > a > plan to > bring troops home. > > Paul has little hope that the United States will succeed in > spreading > democracy in Iraq as long as U.S. forces remain in the struggling > > nation. > > "Our presence there is one of the sources of the problem," he > said. > "Occupation rallies the (opposing) troops and undermines any > overtures towards > the West." > > Like the rest of the House, Paul is up for re-election this fall. > He > faces > Democratic cattleman Shane Sklar of Edna, a former congressional > aide. > > Paul said his anti-war stance gets a good deal of support from > Democrats and > Independents in his district, though some Republicans question > his > loyalty to > the GOP. > > "I don't think about what's best for the Republican party," Paul > said. "I > think about what is best." > > > > Libertarian Republicans > > Fiscally Conservative, Socially Tolerant & Pro-Defense! > > Dondero is a US Navy Veteran, former Libertarian Party National > Committeeman, > fmr. Senior Aide to US Congressman Ron Paul R-TX, and Founder of > the > Republican > Liberty Caucus. He is Editor of the Libertarian Republican > Political > Report, > which covers insider news on mainstream libertarians running for > political > office. To subscribe send an email to ericdondero@ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2HUd1C/lOaOAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! 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