Monday, November 26, 2007

PRIVADAMENTE LIBERTÁRIO

O Washington Post deste fim-de-semana dá grande destaque no seu caderno de análise política Outlook à progressão que o candidato libertário Ron Paul vem atingindo na recolha de fundos e no posicionamento nas intenções de voto dos eleitores.
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Ron Paul, se fosse eleito, contruiria um muro em toda a extensão da fronteira com o Mexico.
Já não falta tudo, aliás.
Aliás, ao muro.
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lib•er•tar•ian

n. 1. a person who believes in the doctrine of the freedom of the will
2. a person who believes in full individual freedom of thought, expression and action
3. a freewheeling rebel who hates wiretaps, loves Ron Paul and is redirecting politics

By Nick Gillespie and Matt WelchSunday, November 25, 2007; Page B01

How to make sense of the Ron Paul revolution? What's behind the improbably successful (so far) presidential campaign of a 72-year-old 10-term Republican congressman from Texas who pines for the gold standard while drawing praise from another relic from the hyperinflationary 1970s, punk-rocker Johnny Rotten?

Now with about 5 percent (and climbing) support in polls of likely Republican voters, Paul set a one-day GOP record by raising $4.3 million on the Internet from 38,000 donors on Nov. 5 -- Guy Fawkes Day, the commemoration of a British anarchist who plotted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I in 1605. Paul's campaign, which is three-quarters of the way to its goal of raising "$12 Million to Win" by Dec. 31, didn't even organize the fundraiser -- an independent-minded supporter did.

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