Brushfires of Freedom

The United States Senate will be taking up the bailout scheme tomorrow. The following Senators are considered key votes. Please take a moment to call these Senators and urge them to cast their vote against this dangerous legislation. And please, call your two U.S. Senators and urge them to vote no as well.
Elizabeth Dole (NC) […]

In a new video on the campaign’s YouTube channel, Bob talks about the bailout plan and wonders why the Feds are just now trying to take on the issue when they’ve know about the problem for years.

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Dr. Paul will be interviewed on the Mike Church radio show tomorrow morning at 10:30 am EST.  I listen to his show on Sirius Satellite. 

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As I wrote ealier today, Bob has been in Charleston, South Carolina campaigning. A couple of news stations already have stories online. The first comes from Live 5 News, a CBS affiliate:
A College of Charleston economics professor was animated when asked for his opinion on the so-called “financial bail-out” plan.
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Apparently the markets don’t read Paul Krugman or watch Larry King

Index Value:
10,850.66

Trade Time:
4:08PM ET

Change:
485.21 (4.68%)

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Debra Medina, Chairman of the Wharton County Republican Party (in Dr. Paul’s district) and Interim C4L Texas State Coordinator, sent us the following excellent email:
I’ve visited with Norm Singleton, Legislative Director, for Congressman Ron Paul this morning. Many of you know that Ron introduced HR 2755 earlier in this session. The bill was […]

(One clarification that needs to be added is that ronpaulforpresident2008.com is a supporter site and not officially affiliated with Ron Paul or the Campaign for Liberty. The quote attributed to Dr. Paul by CNN was actually a quote by Lew Rockwell on his blog.)

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Three good hits coming up:
1) At 3:30 PM ET today, Dr. Paul will be on CNN Television.
2) At 10:30 PM ET tonight, Dr. Paul will be on FOX News Radio with Alan Colmes.
3) Finally, Dr. Paul will be on CNN American Morning tomorrow at 7:24 am ET with our favorite host, John Roberts.

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Over at The American Spectator, Robert Stacy McCain joins the crowd pointing out that Bob Barr got it right on the bailout:
Members of Congress didn’t need to consult the polls to know how unpopular the bailout was — their phones were ringing off the hook with calls from citizens angrily opposed to the plan.
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Sam Hussseini, a very principled friend who comes from the Left, has started an effort called VotePact. C4L Members should check it out. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section.
About Vote Pact

The Problem:
Most voters don’t vote for—often don’t even consider voting for—third parties because they view voting for a third party as […]