Meetup Ratings and Featured Comments
Number: 100 recent ratings
Average:
"Others must join this meetup, become Republican PCs and take the party back from the neo-cons."
"Let it not be said that we did nothing..."
"May the Re- love-lution bring the change we wish to see- help us, please!"
"It's BIG. It's REALLY BIG!"
"The best Ron Paul Group in Tucson."
"A good mix of ideas and practical application. We need more people our overall meetup group to ACT in some positive way to help Dr. Paul in Arizona. The primary is FEBRUARY 5th"
"We are the best."
"To promote freedom!"
"it was great getting together with people that has similar views."
"Great energy, great ideas!"
"Good job! Thanks for all of the work with organizing, setting it all up and tearing it down."
"The country is moving in the wrong direction with the potential of future wars which immensely hurt the country and the economy. To fund the wars they have to print money since they do not dare to raise taxes to pay for this nonsence. And since most people do not understand economics, they also do not realize that this is the cause for inflation and the decline of the value of the dollar."
"Good people,need to stay organized to fight for freedom,"
"I love you"
"This group is growing like crazy! Real Americans getting involved to change things for the good of our country. This is what it is all about."
"A verry active group of inteligent people."
"The picnic/sign wave helped me meet some like-minded people. I hope we can keep this spirit alive after the elections."
"very friendly people in the group."
"This group is amazing!!! "
"They are all a great bunch"
"Everyone seems to have formed neat bonds with the members who joined long ago, or in the beginning. Though that is very nice to see, we were made to feel like outsiders and any suggestions and opinions we offered were ignored, which isn't a big deal in the grand scheme, but it would have been much more fun and comfortable if the others at least pretended that they wanted us there."
"Excellent people, I am making fine new friends."
"I have been fairly active in Libertarian politics for a while, and it is very inspiring for me to see that there are people out there who still care about our country and practice the principle that "The price for freedom is eternal vigilance". I am proud to see that there are so many supporters of Ron Paul, and so many politcally savvy people who are finally "starting to wake up and get it". "
"AMAZING people!!!!! Truly hope to meet even MORE Great people at MORE events!"
"The Tucson Group welcomed us Phoenicians with open arms and treated us like Family. Good hearted people."
"Great group of patriots."
"Cool! Go RP! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"
"Had a great time.Enjoyed the company very much.A really fine group.Ditto this week."
"You guys rock!"
"Tucson rocks! Great people marching for a truly inspirational man, Dr. Ron Paul. "
"coolest new friends ever"
"Where was everone? How many were planning to come? Makes the organization look weak. Pete"
"I love the people in this group and am so glad to know that I'm not isolated and alone when it comes to dreaming of the erosion of tyranny, and restoration of the Constitutional Republic!"
"Amazing people. It's so nice being with free thinkers. "
"Once the ball really gets rolling, we ought to go get some of the rich yuppies on the North side of town."
"Not a rotten apple in the bunch."
"I am completely thrilled, happy, and overjoyed with the Tucson Ron Paul Meet-up Group"
"Everyone seemed nice and I think our message was well received."
"There were more than 30 people at this event, didn't take a head count."
"great thoughts, i liked it!"
"Ron Paul 2008, nuff said:)"
About Ron Paul
Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for freedom in our nation's capital. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly works for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies. He is known among his congressional colleagues and his constituents for his consistent voting record. Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the one exception to the Gang of 535 on Capitol Hill.
Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of five children and have 17 grandchildren.
While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul's limited-government ideals were not popular in Washington. In 1976, he was one of only four Republican congressmen to endorse Ronald Reagan for president.
During that time, Congressman Paul served on the House Banking committee, where he was a strong advocate for sound monetary policy and an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve's inflationary measures. He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and pro-family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending and regulation, and used his House seat to actively promote the return of government to its proper constitutional levels. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice.
Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional district of Texas. He presently serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He continues to advocate a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles.
Congressman Paul's consistent voting record prompted one of his congressional colleagues to say, "Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers' ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are." Another colleague observed, "There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few."
Brief Overview of Congressman Paul's Record:
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.