Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 2530

Have You Ever?

Writes Jeff  Deist:

I have a serious, straightforward question for LRC readers: have you ever seen a Mitt Romney bumper sticker?

I never have.

This guy literally has done nothing but run for President since 2007, and in all those years (both in California and the Washington, DC, area) I honestly have never seen a bumper sticker, T-shirt, or yard sign for Romney.  The only place you see any Romney paraphernalia at all is at staged political events or primary/delegate events.  Maybe my experience is unique but I doubt it.

Contrast this with ubiquitous Ron Paul shirts, hoodies, bracelets, signs, banners, etc.-- often homemade and quite creative.

Mitt Romney is a terrible politician, a terrible campaigner, and a terrible speaker.  He engenders no enthusiasm, loyalty, nor interest anywhere.

Ben, Are These Eggs Poisoned?

Ron Paul has breakfast with Bernanke at the Fed palace.

Paulians: Don't Take Over State Republican Conventions!

Says the RP campaign manager.

Carol Paul Is Interviewed by Tom Woods

(Thanks to Travis Holte)

The Loser Bachmann

Though I was jealous when she announced her Swiss dual citizenship, I wondered how bad it would be for her in the crazed Republican party. Well, now she has renounced her Swiss passport with much nationalist rhetoric. But at least she admitted her dual citizenship. Who else in the congress, or the higher reaches of the bucreaucracy, is a dual citizen? Inquiring minds want to know.

Rombee?

Will Romney pick Huckabee as his veep? Certainly they are two fascist peas in a pod, and it would help with the warvangelicals of the South. (Thanks to Brad Funkhouser)

Democracy Almost Works

Keith Judd, a Texas inmate, gets 40 percent of the vote against Obama in the West Virginia Democratic primary. (Thanks to Bill Sardi)

RP Primary Results Yesterday

Indiana: 16%

North Carolina: 11%

West Virginia: 11%

Michele Bachmann Becomes a Dual Citizen

Of her second favorite little country: Switzerland. (Thanks to Travis Holte)

T-Partycons Encounter the Paulians

Lots of meat in this very interesting article by Adam Sparks, "Rationally Defending Ron Paul: Detractors and Supporters Beware." I like, among much else, his description of a TP org, which has backed Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, and Scott Brown, meeting the Ron Paulians in Austin. It was a rally for Republican senate candidate Ted Cruz, but naturally people came to see Ron:

It's not surprising, then, that it takes a certain skill to whip a Ron Paul rally into a frenzy. So if you're looking to please a crowd of a couple thousand people holding Ron Paul signs in front of the Texas Capital and don't know exactly what to say, here's a start: Don't just stand there bashing Barack Obama. Paul supporters have bigger fish to fry.

Last Sunday, Ron Paul was back in Austin headlining a Tea Party rally on the steps of the Capitol. Paul's supporters launched the Tea Party movement back in the 2008 election cycle, but, by the 2010 midterm elections, the [Tea] Party (or at least a large segment of it) had been co-opted by the traditional right.

Amy Kremer, spokesperson for the Tea Party Express — which was organizing Sunday's rally — and one of the emcees for the event, rattled off the traditional Tea Party rhetoric (Obama is evil, Obama sucks, Obamacare is an unconscionable travesty). The crowd was almost comically un-enthused by her tired Republican talking points; by the end of her speech, Kremer couldn't go a minute without the crowd erupting into chants of "Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul!"

As a general rule in life, you should do everything in your power not to rub Ron Paul supporters the wrong way. This can occur A) at rallies where Dr. Paul is to speak, and B) on the Internet, which, if comment boards are to be trusted, is populated entirely by Paul diehards.

Amy Kremer made the first mistake, fighting against the tide when all everyone really wanted to do was chant "End the Fed!"

Read it all.