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<DIV>Another issue that made his campaign so interesting is that he defeated
Speaker of the House, Tom Foley. After the election any number of WA
voters said they voted for him assuming he would become the new Speaker.
He actually wrote a letter and gave it to the House Clerk promising not to run
and asking that he be denied his seat should he run and be re-elected. He
withdrew the letter before he announced for re-election.</DIV>
<DIV>Sue H. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 30, 2011 10:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited
Campaign</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Jay,<BR><BR>Nethercutt first ran in '94, and embraced term limits,
promising to only run for three terms. Then he decided to change his mind and
run for a fourth term. And a fifth. I cited him not because I didn't like his
Republican politics (and I didn't) but because he was a weasel. <BR><BR>I didn't
like Helen Chenoweth's politics either (if you don't remember her, she was
elected at the same time as Nethercutt) and thought she was a nut. She also
pledged to serve no more than three terms. Here's an excerpt from her Wikipedia
entry: 'She later said that she regretted limiting herself to three terms<SUP
id=cite_ref-regret_6-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Chenoweth-Hage#cite_note-regret-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>7<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and called the whole concept of <A class=mw-redirect title="Term limits"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_limits">term limits</A> bad policy. She
nonetheless honored her pledge and did not run for reelection to a fourth term
in <A class=mw-redirect title="United States House elections, 2000"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_elections,_2000">2000</A>.'<BR><BR>So
while I didn't like her politics, I respected her for keeping her word. I don't
agree with term limits, but if you're going to run for office claiming that you
do, and use it as an issue against your opponent, you should keep your word. She
did, and Nethercutt didn't.<BR><BR>Sunil<BR><BR>
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Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign<BR>Date: Fri, 30
Dec 2011 22:13:46 -0800<BR>From: jborden@datawedge.com<BR>To:
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">No,
I don’t recall George Nethercutt. (I Googled him to see if I could learn
more… but nothing really stands out as far as his record).</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Since
(according to the interwebs) he was a Republican, I can only assume that he
rubbed left-leaning folks the wrong way in his politics… perhaps under the guise
of “term limits”. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(If
I’m missing something major (like he became infamous for driving the dodo bird
to extinction or something), please send me more information before the public
lambasting begins). I only moved back here to Moscow in 2005 … so
anything local at the time surrounding him I probably missed.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Of
course, the Achille’s Heel in the “term limits” plan is that we would have to
take a potential politician at their word… I suppose my larger point was
that if we truly want a government that represents the people, then we
*<B>all</B>* should set aside whatever individual beliefs/agendas that we have
and focus on that single issue: that a representative cannot hold office
for longer than X terms. Congeal around THAT issue and get it done… and
then we can return to our megaload riots and NASCAR races.</SPAN></P>
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vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Sunil Ramalingam<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 30, 2011 2:02
PM<BR><B>Cc:</B> vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul's
Discredited Campaign</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jay,<BR><BR>Remember
George Nethercutt? He's a good reason not to apply your standard. I think we'd
better know all their positions before voting them in because they say they're
for term limits.<BR><BR>Sunil</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Date: Fri, 30 Dec
2011 11:02:49 -0800<BR>From: jborden@datawedge.com<BR>To: godshatter@yahoo.com;
deco@moscow.com<BR>CC: Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw:
Mr. Paul's Discredited Campaign</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I’ve
been a proponent of term limits for… well, forever. We limit the number of
terms for our President, we need to limit the terms in our House and
Senate. Having people in office for *<B>decades</B>* does nothing
but consolidate power and invite corruption.</SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If
you *<B>truly</B>* want representation in America, we have to rotate through our
elected representatives… frequently. </SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">To
do this, Americans are going to have to put aside all other opinions until this
is achieved. Environment? Abortion? Taxes? Left-handed
dentists? All of these items need to be tabled, and the *<B>one
question</B>* that needs to be asked of a candidate is “Will you introduce and
vote for term limits?” It needs to be the *<B>only</B>* reason to vote for
a candidate, and until the goal is accomplished, it needs to be the
*<B>only</B>*reason that a candidate is voted FOR.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">THEN,
when term limits come to fruition… when our elected representatives cannot stay
in office and continue to consolidate power and control… then we can dust off
our beliefs and take them to a government that is as elastic as the population
it represents.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Paul Rumelhart<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 30, 2011 9:47
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Art Deco<BR><B>Cc:</B> Vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul’s Discredited Campaign</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>If he does what
I think he'll do if he gets into office, he'll veto anything that he finds to be
unconstitutional. This will, at the very least, help stop abuses like the
Patriot Act and increases in funding for DHS. Even if Congress can come up
with enough votes to override the veto, issues like this will suddenly be at the
forefront of the "national conversation" about what's going on in
government. For this alone, I'd like to see him get in
there.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>On 12/30/2011 09:29 AM, Art Deco wrote: </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I agree with
Rumelhart to the extent that things in this country [and globally] are broken
beyond the traditional politicians' ways of repairing them. We need bold,
realistic, non-poll-driven leaders who can convince us to re-evaluate our
situation, offer feasible solutions, and to convince us to make the inevitable
selfless sacrifices necessary.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Though not
traditional, I do not think Ron Paul is one of those leaders.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">His view of the
world and his positions are too simplistic for the complex, diverse, globally
competitive world we live in. The latest revelations have shown that his
integrity does not rise above the minimum standard. The simplicity of his
views are his main attraction to many, but reality is the barricade to his views
ever producing workable solutions -- they would be even more disastrous than the
messes we now face.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In addition, some
of his views are so abhorrent and/or crackpotty that he would not be likely to
convince congress to implement them in the face of public opinion.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Having said that, I
am unable to suggest any leader or group of leaders that seem capable of fixing
things. The best I can hope for is that we elect the lesser of the evils,
at least by a little, to struggle on.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I'm glad I'm old
and not likely to live too much longer. I don't not want to see the result
of where the world is heading and the foolishness of those in power resisting
what needs to be done to change that direction.</SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Friday, December
30, 2011 7:54 AM</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cc:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com
CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Re: [Vision2020]
Fw: Mr. Paul’s Discredited Campaign</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Why doesn't the NYT
address Paul's stances on foreign policy? On defense
spending?<BR><BR>Sunil</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Date: Thu, 29 Dec
2011 20:38:24 -0800<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</A><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR>CC: <A
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Fw: Mr. Paul’s Discredited Campaign<BR><BR><BR>I'm beginning to
believe that Ron Paul is our only hope to stop the downslope this country is
on. For example, the Transportation Security Administration just got an
extra $7.85 billion in funding for 2012, including several hundred million
dollars of funding for whole body imagers. This passed both the House and
the Senate. Does anyone here actually believe that terrorism is a
personally actionable danger? Do you change your behavior at all due to
the threat? Do you think all the security theater is worth the
money?<BR><BR>Ron Paul is about the only guy out there that votes against this
kind of crap. Pretty much everybody else, (R) or (D), votes it in.
All they seem to argue about is who is getting the pork.<BR><BR>As I see it,
your choices are 1) the same old shit, but next year having slipped even farther
away from rationality or 2) this one bat-shit crazy dude that might actually try
to do something about it.<BR><BR>One thing I've noticed this year is that Ron
Paul is actually getting press. There was a massive grassroots campaign
for him the last couple of elections, but nobody in the media would take him
seriously as an actual candidate.<BR><BR>The fact that they have started the
smear campaign means that there is actually a chance of getting him in
office.<BR><BR>My advice? Don't vote for the person that looks like the
most responsible Dad, or the guy that looks like he's someone you could have a
beer with, or the one that looks like a he's a successful lawyer. All of
those guys are going to perpetuate the power grab that has been going on for the
last few decades.<BR><BR>Vote for the dude that puts the fear of God into the
others. Vote for the one that will work to decrease their power, not the
others that only want to increase it for personal gain.<BR><BR>Sure, he's a bag
of mixed nuts sometimes. But he's the only one with half a chance to shake
things up a bit.<BR><BR>This should be a fun election
year.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>On 12/28/2011 11:35 AM, Art Deco wrote: </SPAN></P>
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disqualified himself for the presidency by peddling claptrap proposals like
abolishing the Federal Reserve, returning to the gold standard, cutting a third
of the federal budget and all foreign aid and opposing the Civil Rights Act of
1964. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Now, making things
worse, he has failed to convincingly repudiate racist remarks that were
published under his name for years — or the enthusiastic support he is getting
from racist groups. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mr. Paul, a
Republican congressman from Texas who is doing particularly well in Iowa’s
precaucus polls, published several newsletters in the ’80s and ’90s with names
like the Ron Paul Survival Report and the Ron Paul Political Report. The
newsletters interspersed libertarian political and investment commentary with
racial bigotry, anti-Semitism and far-right paranoia. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Among other
offensive statements, the newsletters said that <A title="McClatchey report"
href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/22/v-print/133898/paul-walks-out-of-interview-over.html"
target=_blank>95 percent of Washington’s black males were criminals</A>, and
they described the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as “Hate Whitey
Day.” One <A title="PDF
of a newsletter"
href="http://www.tnr.com/sites/default/files/January1993.pdf" target=_blank>1993
article</A> appeared under a headline lamenting the country’s “disappearing
white majority.” Other articles suggested that the Mossad, the Israeli
intelligence service, was responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing,
praised the Louisiana racist David Duke and accused some gay men with AIDS of <A
title="NYT
report"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremists-views-but-doesnt-disavow-the-support.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=all"
target=_blank>deliberately spreading the disease</A>, “perhaps out of a
pathological hatred.” </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A <A
title="Reuters report"
href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE7BM03320111223"
target=_blank>direct-mail ad</A> for the newsletters from around 1993 warned of
a “coming race war in our big cities” and said there was a “federal-homosexual
cover-up” to suppress the impact of AIDS. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mr. Paul, who,
beginning in 2008, has disavowed the articles and their ideas, now says that
most of them were written by others and that he was unaware of their content.
Even if that were the case, it suggests a stupendous level of negligence that
should force a reconsideration by anyone considering entrusting him with the
White House. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">When the
newsletters first became an issue during his Congressional campaigns in the
1990s, however, <A title="Slate
report"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mr. Paul has never
given a full and detailed accounting of who wrote the newsletters and what his
role was in overseeing their publication. It’s especially important that he do
so immediately. Those writings have certainly not been forgotten by white
supremacist and militia groups that are promoting his candidacy in Iowa and in
New Hampshire. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Times <A
title="NYT report"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremists-views-but-doesnt-disavow-the-support.html"
target=_blank>reported on Sunday</A> that dozens of members of the white
nationalist Web site Stormfront are volunteering for the Paul campaign, along
with far-right militias, survivalists and anti-Zionist groups. Don Black, the
Stormfront director, said his members were drawn to Mr. Paul by the newsletters
and his positions against immigration and the Fed (run by Jews, Mr. Black said),
even if Mr. Paul were not himself a white nationalist. </SPAN><SPAN
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still hopes to “convert” these supporters to his views, has refused to disavow
them or to chase them out of his campaign. If he does not do so, he will leave a
lasting stain on his candidacy, on the libertarian movement and, very possibly,
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