Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 2610

Romney Down, Ron Up

The latest NH tracking poll. (Thanks to Brad Funkhouser)

McCain's Anti-Romney Ad (2008)

(Thanks to Travis Holte)

Ron Paul Loses the Plutocrat Vote

Romney and Obama win it. (Thanks to Travis Holte)

Ron and the Neocon

(Thanks to Travis Holte)

Suspicious Iowa

Writes a friend, a former professional election monitor:

"I have monitored dozens of elections here and overseas and while watching a replay of one of the Iowa caucus meetings on CSPAN I felt more red flags go up than at a May Day Parade in Red Square circa 1975. First was the curious method of 'electing' the chairman and secretary of the caucus, which was done on the spot, rapid-fire, with little or no possibility for alternative candidates to be offered.

"Second, immediately after his 'election' the chairman announced the voting procedures: ballots would be passed out, collected, and then the ballot box would be removed to a private room to be counted, out of the view of the participants. Whoa, that is highly suspect and would certainly be noted by an honest monitoring delegation, possibly affecting the final judgment of the relative fairness of the election.

"Ballot counting, if not feasible before the entire congregation gathered, should be done in the presence of at least one registered observer from each of the campaigns, with a clear process for disputing the count and a procès-verbal signed by all all witnesses. That did not take place, and in fact the voting process was also highly suspect: ballot papers were handed out willy-nilly to anyone with the proper colored pin on his shirt. Then someone came around with what appeared a trash bin to have everyone toss his ballot into, like a church collection plate. In fact the ballot box should be in a fixed location with the lid clearly sealed in wax or other security device in place. That way a pair of eyes could be on the box at all times.

"Had an election with the above flaws been conducted anywhere overseas where the US is critical of the government in power, say Russia or Iran, the US State Department would have cried 'foul' and demanded new elections."

3 NH Newspapers

Endorse Ron Paul. (Thanks to Brad Funkhouser)

Lead Guitarist for Aerosmith Endorses Ron Paul

From Bob Wenzel's indispensable EconomicPolicyJournal.com:

Lead guitarist for Aerosmith, Joe Perry, has been tweeting:

@AdmiralPerry

All the kids I talk to are into Ron Paul . They like his voting record. He's not a smiling grinning talking head spewing party BS.

@AdmiralPerry

Obama hasn't done anything close to what he promised he'd do.didn't get my vote and I got lotta grief. Well,my votes for Ron Paul.

@AdmiralPerry

Media is trying to crush Paul. It's so transparent. They will smear himevery chance.beware! Get your news from lot of different sources.

Lead Guitarist for Arrowsmith Endorses Ron Paul

From Bob Wenzel's indispensable EconomicPolicyJournal.com:

Lead guitarist for Aerosmith, Joe Perry, has been tweeting:

@AdmiralPerry

All the kids I talk to are into Ron Paul . They like his voting record. He's not a smiling grinning talking head spewing party BS.

@AdmiralPerry

Obama hasn't done anything close to what he promised he'd do.didn't get my vote and I got lotta grief. Well,my votes for Ron Paul.

@AdmiralPerry

Media is trying to crush Paul. It's so transparent. They will smear himevery chance.beware! Get your news from lot of different sources.

New Attacks

Writes Tony Diaz:

"You know Ron Paul's a force to be reckoned with when The Democratic

Governor's Association is attacking him already! But wait, there's more. Algore is on the assault as well!

The Only Candidate Without Power Lust

Ron Paul. (Thanks to Travis Holte)