{"id":28412,"date":"2012-01-22T13:09:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T17:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28412"},"modified":"2012-01-22T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T17:17:55","slug":"veterans-for-ron-paul-to-march-on-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28412","title":{"rendered":"Veterans for Ron Paul to march on White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for what I expected to be an irrational response to the results of the South Carolina primary in which Ron Paul came in fourth in field of four, I stumbled over this news at the Daily Paul<\/a>;<\/p>\n

On President’s Day, February 20th, 2012, the founders of Veterans for Ron Paul 2012, Nathan Cox and Adam Kokesh, will lead a formation of veterans and active duty troops who support Ron Paul’s candidacy for President of the United States from the Washington Monument to the White House. Upon arrival at the White House, they will do an about face and render a hand salute to a folded American flag surrounded by family members of military personnel and veterans. They will hold the salute for as many seconds as troops have died under the Presidency of Barrack Obama.<\/p>\n

The purpose of this event is to make it clear to the American people that Ron Paul is the choice of the troops and the candidate who will have the greatest support from those he would lead as commander-in-chief. This is already evidence by the fact that Ron Paul has recieved [sic] more campaign contributions from active duty service members than all other presidential candidates combined, INCLUDING Barrack Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I’m sure that anyone who would associate themselves with a group founded by Adam Kokesh<\/a> is rational and interested in our national security. I guess the excitement of smuggling raw milk and dancing in the Jefferson Memorial has lost it’s luster for Kokesh.<\/p>\n

ROS sent us a link the other day to Open Secrets’ report<\/a> on Ron Paul’s contributions and it appears that not only are active duty members contributing more to the Paul campaign than any other, they’re also his largest contributors;<\/p>\n

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But that’s out of a total of $8 million that Paul has raised<\/a> which, in turn is less than 20% of what Barack Obama has raised. So it’s no wonder that the paulians want to convince the members of the military that they should send him money.<\/p>\n

Even if there is a large turnout at this White House rally, don’t be fooled by the numbers. As with everything else, the Paulians intend to pad their numbers. This comment from the rally’s Facebook page<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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He sounds like a candidate for the Jesse MacBeth Chair at IVAW. He knew someone who is a veteran, so he plans to speak for them. Grow a pair and enlist, then speak for veterans, numbnuts.<\/p>\n

From The State Column<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Mr. Paul\u2019s popularity among members of the military is evidenced by the number of active members of the military who donate to his campaign. Mr. Paul led his fellow GOP candidates and President Barack Obama in donations from active members of the military in the the 3Q 2011. In fact, Mr. Paul raised more money from active members of the military than all of his fellow GOP competitors combined.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Actually, it doesn’t mean that at all, it means that more Paulians are willing to identify themselves as members of the military on their donation forms and that taken in the reverse, the number of donors to the number of people on active duty, Ron Paul’s support in the military is statistically insignificant.<\/p>\n

I might actually travel to this rally at the White House next month and get a feel for the number of real veterans who actually attend. Anyone else up for a road trip?<\/p>\n

And, oh, yeah, if I need to remind you, Ron Paul endorsed Adam Kokesh<\/a> during Kokesh’s run at the New Mexico 3rd Congressional District seat two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam Kokesh has dedicated his life to fighting for Liberty. He has set himself apart as one of the bold young leaders our Country sorely needs as we strive to restore our Freedoms and what has made America the greatest nation in history. I am very happy that Adam has decided to run for Congress and wholeheartedly endorse him.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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