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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRon Paul releases "Greatest Hits" album of batshit crazy comments at Virginia rally for the Cooch.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/ken-cuccinelli-ron-paul-urges-nullification-virginia-governor-2013-election-99358.htmlHeadlining the final rally of Ken Cuccinellis underdog campaign for Virginia governor, Ron Paul suggested the nullification of Obamacare on Monday night.
Jefferson obviously was a clear leader on the principle of nullification, the former Texas congressman said of the third president. Ive been working on the assumption that nullification is going to come. Its going to be a de facto nullification. Its ugly, but pretty soon things are going to get so bad that were just going to ignore the feds and live our own lives in our own states.
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Then came Paul. Free associating, he touched virtually every libertarian erogenous zone in his riff.
He tore into the Constitutions 17th Amendment. Ratified in 1913, its the one that allows for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote.
That undermined the principle importance of the states, said Paul.
He criticized the 16th Amendment, which allowed the federal income tax.
After the crowd chanted End the Fed, Paul decried the printing of more money by the Federal Reserve.
We need someone to stand up to the authoritarians, he said. Theyre dictators.
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He stressed that the constitutional right to keep and bear arms was not for hunting, but to allow rebellion against tyrannical governments.
The Second Amendment was not there so you could shoot rabbits, he said. Right now today, we have a great threat to our liberties internally.
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Paul also talked extensively about the health law, which he believes unfairly forces some who dont need insurance to subsidize medical care for others.
The taxes involved there, theyre evil, he said. Theyre going to create class warfare, generational warfare.
Seems like Ron Paul was working some kind of improv jazz version of Libertarianism last night.
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Ron Paul releases "Greatest Hits" album of batshit crazy comments at Virginia rally for the Cooch. (Original Post)
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
OP
Thanks! That's the first one I tried to post. It played on my computer, but ...
11 Bravo
Nov 2013
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. Paranoia may destroy ya! What song is that from?
It went through my head as I read this.
11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)2. The Kinks!
On edit: Hell, this link doesn't work either! I give up. (Anyway, it's the Kinks.)
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Aha! Thanks.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)4. Here ya go....
"Destroyer" by The Kinks.
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(23,922 posts)5. Thanks! That's the first one I tried to post. It played on my computer, but ...
the link wouldn't play when I tried to post it to DU.