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Ron Paul on Privacy

The candidate's third New Hampshire ad

Ron Paul's third New Hampshire TV ad is up. This one addresses an issue I don't think any candidate has in his/her commercials yet: Privacy and the war on terror.

Both parties have put their pet schemes ahead of our rights. Not me. As president, I won't stand for it. No national ID card, no invasion of privacy.

If Paul's going to make a surprise showing in New Hampshire, this is the talk (if not the production quality--this is direct but dark) that'll do it. Let the rest of the field thrash about debating Iraq and making fun of Hillary's ankles while he talks to Free Staters about REAL ID.

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Dan Warner | November 8, 2007, 7:16pm | #

Ron Paul has my vote. He respects the people and the constitution. No other candidate on either side can hold a candle to Paul's record, period.

Darla | November 8, 2007, 9:19pm | #

The American Freedom Agenda, an organization of conservatives founded last March 20 to restore checks and balances and protections against government abuses, requested all presidential aspirants, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, to sign an American Freedom Pledge.

They were asked to renounce the following powers if elected: torture; presidential signing statements; indefinite detentions of American citizens as enemy combatants; military commissions that combine judge, jury and prosecutor; spying on American citizens in contravention of federal statutes on the president’s say-so alone; kidnapping, imprisoning and torturing suspected terrorists abroad; executive privilege to shield the executive branch from Congressional oversight; prosecuting journalists under the Espionage Act for exposing national security abuses; listing organizations as terrorist groups based on secret evidence; suspending the writ of habeas corpus during the conflict with international terrorism; and invoking the state secrets privilege to deny victims of constitutional wrongdoing any judicial remedy. Senator Clinton has balked at signing the pledge, as have all other candidates except Representative Ron Paul.

Bruce Fein
Chairman, American Freedom Agenda
Washington, Oct. 24, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/opinion/l28clinton.html?ex=1351224000&en=e5625021e0f23fac&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg

toddb | November 8, 2007, 10:26pm | #

I like the direction they are going with ads #2 and #3...look the voter in the eye and deliver a straightforward, simple message. I'm going to pretend the first ad doesn't exist.

david | November 9, 2007, 1:12pm | #

he's catching on!!!!

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