online. he can watch all of our archival video online. talking with different delegates. you can see it right here on your screen. in just a minute at politico, they are holding a forum. this is a lively event here in tampa. we bring that to you now. >> we are thrilled to be joined in partnership with c-span 2 is covering this program nationally. -- with c-span who is covering this program nationally. we have the author of the

political playbook. we have the two smartest mind in politics. we have a lot of excitement and uncertainty could >> that is right. >> is getting a little wet now. >> it has been blustery. >> even if it doesn't hit tampa, we are worried about the starting anywhere along the gulf coast. they cannot afford it. >> they will go with the full convention. if you had 100 percent -- 100 miles per hour wind hitting biloxi, we all know what happened in 2008. the republican players and the convention in st. paul were desperately worried about it so soon after katrina.

the split screen is not something that they want to invite. they want to have the romney speech. that is really the guts of this convention. >> he has to be nominated. >> everything else, obviously, is not as important as that. in late august come in tampa, there are a lot of republicans saying, what the hell were we thinking? >> and some people are trickling in today. the barricades are all set up. they are setting up for the big speeches five or six blocks from here. officials are getting into town. you did in the sense in the year that there is an air of uncertainty. the storm could be about to hit and it definitely feels coming private conversations, that they

might have to -- the family feels, in private conversations, that they might have to change things. >> they really want to feature mitt romney. this was the moment where they wanted to show the american people who he is, what he is about, what his family is about, what he believes, his faith. >> it will goal. we could do a little bit of a tease. we sat down with mitt romney in ohio yesterday. he talks a lot of his -- he talks a lot about his leadership style. people tell them to be more real, the more real. he says that is not his game. he is mr. fink said.

he talks about how that corporate mentality would translate into government. >> he has very specific ideas of what he wants to do in the first 100 days, the first month, the first term. >> we went to boston and they had a separate headquarters in boston, separate from the campaign, where it is designed for the guts of what the white house would look like in the first hundred days. >> that is not that unusual. >> it is a little bit earlier than most folks. this is somebody who is much more interested in governing then he is in campaigning and politics. he has had a difficult time connecting with some voters, for making the sale.

he is still in countering some difficulties trying to make the sale because that is not where his passion is. he tries to boil it down to sound bites and it is certainly a challenge. >> there is a good chance -- >> certainly. he is close to governor romney. he is a substantive guy, very much of the romney mold. >> outside of medtronic, who are you most excited to see? -- outside of mitt romney, who are you most excited to see? >> his wife. she will have a very substantive speech that will set the tone for the convention. there were hoping she would do

it tomorrow. before is it was even there, the network pulled the plug on that. she would cover their whole life, his whole life, not just the their marriage. they have three things they are focusing on -- the olympics, business, and government. she will go through each facet of that. then they would take a step further and bring in people from all of those areas of his life. >> who are you most excited to see? >> paul ryan, who is now wednesday night. he will give us the keys to the romney speech. we will hear him drawing an explicit contrast between what president obama has done in office and what he said in denver. he will use that as a benchmark can say that this is what we are talking about. this is what they deliver. whether it is explicit or not, that will be general gist.

>> yesterday in ohio, outside of columbus, you had romney and ryan on stage and you could definitely tell he has been thinking about it for the speech. i am talking about the 2008 speech. it might have been inspiration. it might have set your heart aflutter, but did he delivery? the presence of the obama possibilities and the reality. >> i am struck, too, that romney and ryan are set together. it is so reminiscent of the sarah palin with john mccain in the first two weeks. separately, she did not do so

well. >> it does bring in energy. the music that they play a different events, they play it both coming on and coming off the stage. >> speaking of the 1980's generation, there is a new garden of republican speakers. i think this will be a real training ground for a new faces in the party, certainly folks like chris christie, bob jindal, marco rubio, scott walker. this is the next generation. who will get the best buzz among that crowd? >> it would be senator rubio, right? >> yes. >> he might not get the prime

time slot. >> gavel-to-gavel coverage. the governor of nevada has a low profile. you do not hear about him very much. he was never on the -- he was never in the game to be on mitt's ticket. >> and does that translate on the national television. >> he has to be careful not to be too angry. yesterday pointed beard christie can getting -- we saw him

snapping a constituent wants about a question. he has to be a little strident, but not nasty. >> yes. >> no b.s. >> people are dying for that. people know that he could have been the vice-presidential pick. >> that is one of the great stories. they are all thinking about 2016 or 2020 if romney wins. the subtext is always the guy is angling to run the next round. >> romney made in the head of the line. he created a legacy for himself by tapping paul ryan to be his running mate, the face of the republican party for the next 30 years. >> there is no doubt.

watching the candidates going on and off the stage as soon, he is as big on stage as the candidate is. it is working for the ticket right now. >> but here's the question. if you want to divide and conquer, they can get more money separately. but will they stick with that? it will be fascinating to watch. >> it will be there ann romney or the vice-presidential candidate with him. >> there was a remarkable saying from one of the romney and visors. >> it's a remarkable thing. >> we have delegates pouring in from throughout the country right now. we have a fascinating interview

with the youngest delhi get from -- the youngest delegate from virginia can he is 17th. let's learn a little bit about him. >> nice to see you. your viewers may think that, because i am 17, [inaudible] i will be able to vote in the next general election. i will be 18. [inaudible] this is pretty amazing. i am nervous because i think that a 17-year-old delegate, my

words are getting out affecting my generation. >> we will have a great week, right? >> alright, we will see you. this week is pretty busy, not just in terms of me being a delegate, but i tried to get with the media and i have a unique story to tell and a unique perspective. i feel that i am representing my vote. i get to be as busy as i can and talk with anyone who will want to listen. [inaudible]

i am hanging out with other people my age. the fact that i have been a delegate earlier than a lot of people who traditionally have probably means that i will stick with conservative values as i grew up. i have not asserted tournai salary could has i do, more of my pager will be taken by government -- i have not earned a salary yet. as i do, more my paycheck will be taken by government. [inaudible]

>> so many different dimensions to these conventions. so many people coming in from around the country. we appreciate you being here. mitt romney has started to try out a . he is trying to appeal to women entrepreneurs.

-- try out a new line. he is trying to appeal to women entrepreneurs. why is he having trouble connecting with independent women in this campaign? >> i think maybe we have not had the message that is specifically for women. the message has been to our entrepreneurs. i think a woman entrepreneur looking at the constant talk of new taxes and overregulation and obama's face care is now open to mitt romney. >> and there are hispanics, to. >> i think the immigration issue has certainly hurt us with hispanics. we will have two hispanic senators and they will be republican. the two hispanic republican senators will be very effective.

our party is very pro-legal immigration. but i think the illegal immigration issue has been very volatile. when the immigration reform was put forward the mother was not a base late for how you would be able to put all the different pieces together. i was there. i helped to try to put together a comprehensive reform. but i now believe you cannot do it. >> did romney himself in the primaries by maybe being too strident in his opposition to illegal immigration? he is doing even worse than john mccain. >> i think that, in the primary, there is certainly a

need to stop illegal immigration for many reasons. in the republican primary, mitt romney was saying we will take on illegal immigration. but he has been very specific. i noticed in his speeches that he once the technical pieces that we want to welcome people who have university degrees from america to stay here and work let's get the payback for the investment we made. >> you have been in the senate. every two years, democrats go after republicans on the immigration issue with hispanics and republicans are defensive about it. therefore, on issues like entrepreneurship and small business and culture, there is a lot of anti-abortion catholics were latinos. you can get to those issues were you guys have an advantage because they are stuck on the

immigration issue. it is a block, in some ways. >> the democrats in obama's two years had a complete lock on congress, including a majority in the senate. and what did they do? nothing. they talked a great game and they do nothing and then they make it a political issue. >> do you think they want the issue more than a solution? >> i do. i think we could do something especially with the children who came here illegally. they have been through american school spirit >> the dream at. >> an alternative to the dream act. it is something i believe could were. -- could work. we had some democrats interested in the plan could but then it kind of shut down. the message went out from the white house to not do anything

on this because we want the issue. >> you are doing a number of events for the senatorial campaign committee. a republican senate majority seems to be slipping away. >> i don't think so. if we take the message that we need to change the direction of this country -- >> it does not look like it is really working in. >> i think we have a great chance in new mexico. i think we have hawaii. i think we are in play certainly in florida. i think george allen will win. i think he is dynamic. he is a virginian through and through. he has the experience could i

think george allen will win peridot >> what about the situation in missouri -- will win. >> what about the situation in missouri? it seems like every republic can came out of the word were to get rid of akin? did that cost control in the senate? >> yes, i am frustrated. i think that he has damaged himself. i think he should realize that. even if he was well-meaning. he needs to be bigger than just himself. and i hope he will come to that realization. i do. >> are there any races that might be tighter than commonly thought right now? >> i think -- north dakota? i think we have a really good shot there.

i am trying to think. >> what would it take for scott brown to win in a presidential year? >> he is a very tough and he is a great candidate. he has been wonderful. he has fought the good fight. because he won decisively in the first fight, i think people are -- and mitt romney will do well. i think scott brown has shown an independence. he is ahead in the polls. i think scott brown will stay with us. >> let me ask you about the abortion issue generally good there is a diversity in the republican caucuses on abortion. nationally, it seems like republicans are painted with the the anti-abortion party. does the party lose votes

nationally among women because it seems to be dogmatic anti- abortion party? >> i cannot answer that. i can say that women come at this issue from a very personal level. a catholic religion certainly plays a big part on how people feel about this issue. women have experiences that affect this issue. i know mothers and daughters who disagree on this issue. i don't know if we would lose. i do think that more people in this country are more pro-life. they do want to protect the unborn. i don't think that, when you look at the moral issue, that it is a loser. i don't. >> but there are exceptions, right? it does hurt to somewhat. >> i am speaking for myself, but i do think that rape and incest and life of the mother are things that are out there. it is not just one. i think we have to consider

that and may become a people don't and they disagree about that, it shouldn't be the issue that makes people republican or not. >> your right. >> thank you very much -- you are right. >> thank you very much for joining us. that was a quick update on the planning of the convention. >> you are doing a great job. look at what has been thrown at him i just spoke with my husband in dallas could it is a lot worse there than it is here. i hope that everybody gets on through and keeps a happy face. we will have our message and are great candidates. >> thank you for being our first guest. >> chairman previous will be joining us from the convention hall. are you with us? >> with you. >> he is a fellow wisconsinites.

>> you can hardly tell, you know? [inaudible] >> give us say -- >> [inaudible] >> how do you go forward with the convention if there is a storm hitting anywhere in the united states? >> i don't think so. we are very nimble. we have an opportunity to react very quickly. we will be careful. there will be a lot going on. we will make smart decisions. >> there is a similar situation

back in l.a., as you recall, at the republican convention when hurricane gustav came down the gulf coast. do you think that you want to have the split screen with people out of power, the trees down and have delegates wearing funny hats and boozing and partying it up here? is that not bad for the party? >> you have to take every day at a time, john. what happened yesterday is that we had emergency services. we could not guarantee the

safety through the causeway because of the water. what you're describing is one of those things where you know what it will be. we will be smart. we will nominate mitt romney and paul ryan. we are ready to go full steam ahead. there is nothing in my discussion with anybody that suggests that what you're suggesting will have been. >> i mean somewhere else on the coast.olff >> we are not in there. we are planning this convention. >> is there any curtailing of a two? or will you start today to a little earlier, trying to cram

four days of programming into three? >> i don't know the start date time. [inaudible] >> we know some of the speeches are being compressed. there is a little diplomacy and a working with the speakers, and telling them they will have to run a little shorter. what else are you doing to fit four days into three? the fact that it can be done, maybe the convention should have been three days to begin with. >> i think it is a great opportunity for the candidates. it is a chance to talk about the

issues for the week. we have this great debate. [inaudible] >> what is the one thing you want viewers to know about mitt romney that they may not think or know about him right now? >> i am really looking forward to mitt romney's story. i think he is an honorable and decent man. everything he touches turns out to be successful, whether it is business, the olympics -- just look at his family, his church. we will be the party that embraces the american dream. >> mr. chairman, you talk behind the seats with your fellow

wisconsinites. you have paul ryan on the ticket now. how does that change the chest or for this fall? [inaudible] that changes the advantages in colorado and ohio. there is a contingency plan for anything else we might not predict. paul is doing great. the reason i think paul is doing a great job is that he is a big deal. and he does not know he is a big deal. >> just like you, mr. chairman. we will let you go.

you run into the darndest people walking around in tampa. one of our videographer's is walking around and found rep debris watson -- debbie watson. she had a couple of comments about mitt romney the other day. [inaudible] he was born in the state --

>> that he is leaving the door open. ♪ >> welcome back. she has been on the road and has covered mitt romney with paul ryan entellus a little bit about -- one of the things that we found fascinating in ohio, the energy clearly that paul ryan brings to the ticket, how much they play him up. his speech may have been as long

or longer than it romney. that is kind of unusual at this point in the campaign. >> you have seen them campaigning together the last couple of days. he really highlights mitt romney. they look great. there's a lot of enthusiasm. this is the most attendance and enthusiasm i have had. i have been covering ms. romney of the summer pin is a quite remarkable change. >> do you get time with paul ryan? what is he let off the record? >> i traveled with the write-in campaign. -- with the paul ryan campaign. he has made several

opportunities to come out and be open with the press. reporters thanked him because he brought us chocolate chip cookies the other day. this is a very different interaction with the press, which is different from it romney. he did not shy away from talking about the issues and the tough situation in missouri with todd takeakin. >> there was a little bit of rebellion in the press corps. there were a bit cautious for the first couple of days he came back the next day, the reporter

was headed for a new assignment. is the first person who -- he is the first person who has asked me about my personal life. you get a day off the road. that is not the experience i have had on the road. >> does he have tough rallies? >> you will never see paul ryan out with a white ford drawing a graph. he is able to get crowds fired appeared his speeches are remarkably confident. the press corps will compare notes from one speech to the

next. >> that is what is known for in the house. in the house, he is known for coaching people through tough legislation. he probably has a white board in the capital that he has used all year to get republicans comfortable with these huge bills they passed. >> you cover congress. you know him very well. the republican leadership very well. ryan?esn't like paul and what is the critique of those who work clothes with him? >> the people that still like him -- and i do not want to throw any specific person under the bus -- i think the older set, the guys who were around when you were right -- you were covering republicans in congress -- [laughter] that did not come out right. some of the folks who are around in the 1990's or the 1980's, they fill that what all right is

doing is not necessarily. it is not good risky. kind of not smart. >> we get it good he is smart. he has a lot of ideas. but we should not pass these bills. >> people think that paul ryan is this humble guy who is really wonky. the guy has been extremely methodical throughout his career. he has developed relationships with people who are household names and who are not household names. stephen hayes, a well-respected conservative thinker for "the weekly standard." he is able to use all of them to win support for his ideas, and force those old guys to say you should wait your turn. >> when they did his budget, he did not only whip people in

spite, but with the right stuff. that has been an important part. it's something that he did quietly earlier this year is that he took some of his aides and said the capital and send them to his political action committee to lay the groundwork early on. he has been very methodical. >> when you think about the next couple of days, in our inouye view, you see how focused his own governing -- in our interview, you see how focused he is on governing. what about the idea of the corporate approach to governor in -- to governance? >> you try this touchy-feely stuff and he does not try to be

bill clinton. he will not try to feel our pain. trying to be likable is always a mistake. the harder you try, the worse it is. [laughter] >> i should know. i tried to do that in high school. [laughter] >> you watch him. what do you mean? i am not likable? i won the republican nomination. do you sense in connection with the audience, comparticularly compared to other politicians? people still seem enthusiastic about beating barack obama. >> it is hard to tell how much of the excitement is people who do want to see barack obama succeed.

he liked paul ryan so much because paul ryan talks from the get been he is a straight shooter. you don't get the idea that he is -- he yanks the microphone off of the podium and goes walking around. i think he gets a lot of people feeling like he could go have a beer with them. at almost the event and have -- at almost every event i have been to, people are impressed that he does not have a teleprompter. >> when you think about the house members, the barometer of frustration or excitement in the ticket, do you notice a difference with paul ryan on the

ticket? are they more in gauge to? >> they are definitely excited, definitely more hopeful. their fortunes are tied to paul rain. he is the best thing since .liced bread > >> even with medicare? >> that is a difficult issue and not get hammered. older people tend to vote in much higher proportions than younger people. >> here is that a sting. [laughter] >> paul ryan has held their hand during this entire congress. he got them comfortable with this medicare stuff. they believe him. they trust him. it is the same thing, grab the microphone, have a beer with him, it is a human feeling. >> when we were talking about ryan's rise, right after he became the budget chairman in january 2011, he said what then

seemed a very tumble, which was to get the 2012 nominee to embrace medicare. and when he did it is the that the way you do said. it is to coax a republican to take the lead. once you have all of them do it, you can get the nominee to do it, too. >> he was making the argument that paul ryan might be one of the greatest political acts in the last 20 years, taking that medicare plan that had only a handful of people who wanted to go anywhere near it three years ago and make it the central plank of the republican party. that is a huge achievement. whatever happens in his career, -- no matter what happens in his career, that is impressive. [inaudible]

>> a year ago, it was a big point of contention. >> we heard about how come over the years, paul ryan sat next to eric cantor, who is now the no. 2 house republican, and he spun him and educated him on it. he got the leadership to go along with this plan because his road map became a chapter. that was the first time the leadership had given any attention to this. >> where will paul ryan go after the speech? >> if they are setting a schedule, they're not telling us. he has had a pattern of spending a little bit of time at home on the weekends. has young children and wife at home. you'll likely see him backing gainesville where he has a campaign rally tomorrow.

they are heavily invested in having this full of parts of a have more people out there sending the message. >> we very much appreciate you being with us. we will have a short but you break and then we will be back with the oak ridge boys. >> it is convention time. if the weather holds. we explored the city. these of the top five tampa hot spots. for a hot reservation, they will match the perfect drink with the perfect meal. at lunchtime, it is a tampa political power play. for a good bar, known for its cigars, they tell me this is the only place in tampa where you can meet them a drink and smoke

inside. for a good cup of coffee, but the brew. they roast their own beans. it is a stop for national and local politicians. in 2007, mitt romney was here. for a local hangout, the west tam of sound which shop. if you are in florida politician, based on the photos on wall, [inaudible] for an iconic attraction, the ss american victory ship. it is a fully operational victory class cargo ship

appeared it has a nice view of the port. if your scouting, it is a great place for a speech. ♪ >> from where? >> from louisiana last night. >> fantastic. we drove all right.

they started getting in touch with us here today and said you have to go to politico to do a live show. so we just piled off the bus to come see you guys. >> our driver said that we were just about fuel care and if we stop for fuel, we would nominee and and and and -- we would not make politico. a couple of weeks ago, we were playing a couple of shows up in new england. george and barbara invited us over for lunch. we have been friends with george and barbara bush for a long time. and every year, we go with their wives and families and spend a couple of days with the bushes. it is possibly the greatest bed- and-breakfast in the history of the world.

>> you have been doing republican events for some years down. >> there are a lot of people that lean toward conservative thinking and common sense thinking. >> how did you get involved formally with the party? >> we were never really that vocal politically. we still never ticket to the stage. we have democrats and independents and republicans all coming to our show. and we don't take our politics to the stage. in 1982, when george bush was president, we were doing a

barbecue on the congressional from long, where they bring in all the parties and bring their families. we were doing the sound check that afternoon and here came this long lanky guy with a plastic bag of goodies over his shoulder and he literally started running towards the stage. as he got closer, we realized it was george bush. [laughter] we had heard that he like their music. but he came up on stage and give us all vice-presidential t- shirts. he started requesting songs. he said, i have to go to africa. i cannot be here tonight. will you do these songs? and he started naming songs from our albums. we knew that you listened to our music. he knew the album cuts. we did the show that afternoon and he went off to africa and we did the bbq for both sides of the senate and congress. we did a show for them that night. we have actually been that two

or three more times than done the same thing. >> in 1988, when he was nominated for the republican presidency, in new orleans was the convention could he invited us to the republican national convention then. we were on the stage when he in -- when he expected the nomination. >> we have been very close with all of the buses. president 43 also invited us to the white house during the congressional barbecue during his presidency. >> is mitt romney fan? >> he is. >> we are good friends with ron kaufman and the romneys. they are all the same people that we already know. we're looking forward to trying to help him out.

>> we're scheduled for tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. if it is pushed back to tuesday, i am thinking that we will be singing the anthem. yes, we believe in mr. romney and mr. ryan and their vision for america. >> to all four of you consider yourselves conservatives? consider yourselves republicans? >> i think we are americans. >> i am a conservative. i believe in the conservative values and the way we look at things. the oak ridge boys sang for america. we sing for everybody. we have been asked to come here. we are also the spokesperson and the singers for the national anthem for this whole year. we have been selected by the national music council to

represent the entire united states. so we will open the national republican convention with the national anthem and we are proud to be do that here we have not been invited to the other one yet. but if we are, we will go. >> richard, you also won first country music artists to travel to the u.s.s.r. when it was the u.s.s.r. >> that's right. you have a chance to see where people live where they do not have the choice and the freedoms that we have in this country. what i saw there personally, it changed my life. the first thing i did when i got back from that trip is i became a registered voter.

i realized then that the vote is very important in this country and we have -- and we are allowed to do what we are allowed to do because the freedoms that this country allows us to do. i have covered politics since then. >> why do you think it is so rare and that there are musical artists on the republican side? >> we have a lot of republicans that are active and we know they are republicans. for the most part, most people don't get active in the entertainment business on a republican side. we just put our vote to down. the oakridge boys were like that until we met george bush. he became a fan of hours here and he let it be known appeared he kept telling people this is my favorite group. when he asked us to sing for him, that was the vice president of the united states. of course, we will sing for him.

we also sign for bill clinton. we also sang for jimmy carter and gerald ford and ronald reagan. and we will sing for any president who asks us to sing. that is an honor. probably in country music, we have a lot of people who are conservative and vote that way. we are just not all the vocal about it. we just try our best to live that way. >> i think republicans are excited about your visit here. you will be allowed to go to the different parties and meet some of the republicans. >> we know most of them. we love it. we think he is a genius. [laughter] >> that is great. >> we like camelot. we know mike huckabee and a lot of the people -- we liked him a lot. we know mike huckabee and a lot

of the people. >> you guys do things very fairly. [laughter] >> it's fun to breathe in the metal sometimes. you guys present both sides in a very fair life. >> when we -- and hollywood are gospeler country, it is a different culture. but when you go to country shows are if you listen to the music -- the bushes were great because it was all country. >> i think folks in the industry are excited. i think our nation is focused on this election more than ever before. our nation seems to be polarized on both of the issues

and both sides of the aisle. but i think there's a lot of excitement in the air. people who have supported obama and his policies are very passionate about it. and people like ourselves of people i know personally do not like the direction of the country as much are just as passionate about romney and ryan in november. it will be a close election. i think it will be a lot of fun to watch as a political junkie. and we all are. >> we are passionate, we're just not as loud. but we vote. the vote counts the same. i consider myself a conservative. i am close to the middle. i vote democratic some time if there is a good democrat that i like. someone in that is close to my principles and my views, i will vote for that person. we're here to support this cause. we believe in us everything they are talking about and we hope that we can bring some

awareness and we are glad to be here. >> the show is over. we appreciate you guys. enjoy the convention. this is an honor for us. thank you, everyone, on c-span. >> tomorrow morning, on our politico playbook breakfast, we will hear from karl rove. that is tomorrow morning at a 30 a.m. eastern. taking a look at tampa entered -- at 88 -- 8:30 a.m. eastern. taking a look at tampa airport, people are being affected by tropical storm lies it. a lot of in flights -- in state flights have been canceled could

about 50,000 people are expected to come to tampa for the convention. taking a look at the airport, checking out the board's command the flights, the number of the events at the rnc, the convention are being rearranged now that the convention will be three days instead of four days. the speakers were postponed until tuesday. mitt romney is at his vacation home today. he is making final preparations before he heads to tampa. and the storm is moving closer to the florida keys pinned it could become a hurricane and reach the panhandle, from the panhandle to new orleans in the coming days. so far, seven people have died in he. power lines and trees are down into the -- so far, seven people have died in haiti. power lines and trees are down in cuba.

we also saw an information table with convention officials making sure that people make their way to where they need to come especially if the storm arrives at the national republican convention. we will now join the congressman ron paul rally. he is speaking at the university of south florida, just a few miles away from the site of the republican national convention. >> they are hanging by a thread and there is only time before they lose their grip and we will win. we have an obsession and it is called liberty. [applause]

and you mark my words. they will stop at nothing to reclaim the republican restore the constitution. just like many of you, five years ago, i had no political experience. today i am helping to push through the revolution of dr. paul in virginia. i want to to help to restore our individual liberties, sound money is, and common sense for an policies. because we are the future. thank you, god bless you. [applause] >> dr. ron paul, more than 4000 babies delivered, a man of faith, committed to protecting

life. >> you just knew that he cared about you. >> as a result, i love to go to the doctor who feels the same way. >> he not only protect the unborn life, but he walks through journeys with women that he has for years. >> he is -- he has not let washington change him. >> he is still the same man, saying the same thing. >> it is not hard for someone who truly believes, who is truly a christian, to stay on the right path. >> it is nice to have someone like ron paul. >> i am ron paul and i approve this message. [applause] >> well, you all followed to the

last two, three, four, eight years, the activities in the state of nevada. you saw the ron paul people coming to the ascendancy. they did so well four years ago that the party was ready for them this year. the man behind all of that work, the man who helped to energize so many others, our hero of liberty, one of our first sons of liberty and side of the movement. we will call him the mechanic. he figures out how to get it done. please welcome the vice chairman from clark county, nev. -- that is las vegas -- [applause] welcome [unintelligible] [applause]

>> patriots. [applause] before i make my comments, i would like to recognize my fellow nevadans. please, stand and say hello to your fellow patriots. [applause] i love you guys. we are all here because we have love for our families, friends, and liberties. we are operating under the principle that our liberties are under attack. this is an orchestrated tyranny. orchestrated by a bureaucratic committee. it was written centuries ago

that good intentions are not enough to justify the intrusive backs of government. such acts are labeled as false foot room -- false philanthropy. he reminded us that the unintended consequences of this can never be justified and the results are often far worse than the intended good. i think that we all utterly reject that mind-set. i want to talk to you about nevada, a strong libertarian stronghold. dr. paul supporters were so well organized that we had 94% of the national delegates. before we could complete our elections, the lights were literally turned out on us. the party leadership's knocked out the back door and the

convention was he legally shut down. this was heartbreaking for us, but i have to tell you that that event gave us the direction and stamina to get to the point we are at today. some of you have had similar things happen to you this year in your convention. i have a crystal ball. i want to tell you where we will be in two years to four years' time, heading your local state and republican -- your local state republican party. this is something that i can almost guarantee, if you learn from nevada. we are working hard to reshape what the party looks like when its leadership is composed of a large number of liberty-minded activists.

our recent political victories are the results of years of hard work by people who stay engaged with the political process. we did not recognize a couple of things it you can learn from. there are always causes to take up liberty. needless to say, we are exhausted from fighting these battles. once we realized that this was only a distraction, we chose our battles more selectively. we are also more aggressive with our actions. i have to tell you, that was a huge mistake. if you want to influence people, you have to examine your communications. it is probably the most important thing you can do. there is respect, love, and

fear. nothing gets in. when you approach communication with a mutual respect for others, the outcome is much different. even if they do not like the words you're saying, they can definitely hear them. find the common ground with others, as they will never make it to where you want them to be. listen when you tell us about the liberty movement. some of the relationships that you make will be key to the success of the movement within 20 years. we welcome the influx of republicans, they were a shot in the arm, trying to bring us closer to where we wanted to be. some of these friendships were vital to the successes of the experienced.

after four years of hard knocks in the republican party, we were within the belly of the machine. important as we anxiously awaited ron paul's announcement that he was running for president. we were intent on making sure that this cycle would be open, fair, and completed properly. the liberty movement had become so dominant a force across the centuries, as we had selected battles wisely and treated the election process and voters with respect, developing relationships with people in the political process. when the message went anywhere, we all went. the liberty movement has become so dominant, the establishment has rolled up their tents and started their own status quo flux. we refuse to be distracted by

political drama. our battle is working locally to present liberty-minded candidates. we have planned for years ahead. i am currently the vice chairman of an outstanding team working to reshape the republican party from the ground up. supporting liberty-minded candidates. please take the time to keep an eye on our efforts and even lend a hand. aha like all good parents, we are cautious, protective, and worried about our child's future. aha high parenthood, patients and planning are what we need. we depend on each other to make sure that our movement grows strong. it is in our hearts and minds that the hope for a free society

exists. our words can never be stripped from history. thank you. [applause] >> you cannot have any weed in here, you know better than that. we have an reputation to maintain. i am going to introduce to you the iowa state chairman of the republican party. is a republican national committee man and one of the most famous sons of liberty. he was also the ron paul state

chairman from iowa. how does that work? please welcome aj spiker. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. the people responsible for delivering delegates to tampa for ron paul r. david fisher and drew ivars. i want them to come up here. true, david, get up here. [applause] david and i were cochairs of the campaign from iowa. drew was the chairman.

he led another revolution in 1998, the pat robertson evangelical revolution. i know that you all will change the party as well. but, i am very grateful to have gotten to know dr. paul as a campaign co-chair in the state of iowa. he is truly one of the most humble, decent, down to earth men i have ever known. the reason i have so much respect for him is that he does not want to run your life. he does not want to tell you what you should eat, drink, put in your body, how you should educate your children. he trusts you, the individual. and he does not believe that

bureaucrats in washington should be telling us how to live our lives. [applause] david and andrew played a huge role in iowa for what the congressman accomplished, but it could not have been done without a national campaign, including john and jesse. they put their faith in us and allow us to run the state of iowa. they did not run it from a national campaign. we had overflow crowds throughout iowa, as well as the support for him which was on real. i was amazed. even my father, a disabled vietnam veteran caucused for the

first time, and he did it for ron paul. because of the support of the republicans, i was proud to be elected share of the republican party in iowa in february. my staff is mostly made up of small government republicans like you. they are focused on growing the party. today for the first time in six years, the republican party of iowa has the voter registration advantage over democrats. we want to be as big of a party as possible. at the 2012 iowa caucus, we saw a tremendous number of new voters join the party.

i am encouraged by the dedication and motivation of these principled young people, who have helped to advance the principles of the republican party. when the mitt romney campaign lobbied to unseat the delegates from the state of maine -- [boos] as chairman of the republican party of viola, i offered to seek those individuals that were denied delegate badges as guests of the republican delegation from iowa. [applause] if the republican party stands a chance of defeating democrats this year, and in years to come, we must embrace conservatives. if we divide ourselves, we will

lose and the democrats will win. i want you to be a part of embracing this young, energetic conservative movement in this country. grass-roots activists like you are changing the work. please, please stand with ron paul. get involved. run for office. get involved in your party. vance the principles that you believe in. they you very much. [applause] >> we arrived in vietnam on september 14. >> they broke through the alliance. >> we had to go hand-to-hand.

>> when i came back there was one here. that was hard to forget. >> 75 were killed. 115 were wounded. >> vietnam was held. >> congressman ron paul presented me with my medals. that was an awesome feeling. >> people broke down and cried, getting the medals they finally deserved. >> he is a veteran himself. >> he give us a hug. that will always be there. >> i am ron paul and i approve this message. [applause] >> he was the chief of staff of -- to governor mark sanford.

he was the first state senator to endorse ron paul. what of the biggest offenders of sound economic policy in the gop today. help me to welcome tom davis of south carolina. [applause] >> hey. that is awesome. that is incredible. thank you so much for turning out to support our common cause, liberty. backstage, i was wondering what i would talk about. i guess that it comes down to

this, for me, which want to talk to you about in the few minutes i have. i wanted to talk to you about the federal reserve. i wanted to get under the hood of this corruptive creature. i want to talk to you about what it has done to our constitutional republic. it is bad enough that we have a $16 chilean debt. it is bad enough that for the fourth year in a row, there will be a deficit of over $1 trillion. but it is far worse than that, if you look and you see how the debt is finance. it will make you despair for our country. the treasury sells securities. the money that it raises goes to

pay our national that's and support military presence. the federal reserve, more than any other entity or country, prince money and pays for those securities. in the last three years, the federal reserve has tripled our monetary base. in three years, it has taken the monetary base and multiplied it three times. at some point the house of cards will fall. ben bernanke is a traitor, a dictator, riding out the republic. [applause]

he is not contents with destroying your savings. he is not content with tripling the monetary base. he is not content -- content to setting up the largest inflation increase we will ever see. he has done something the federal reserve has never done. he has reached into the bank accounts of wall street, taking your tax dollars and bailing them out with your money. when ben bernanke came before congress, they ask him -- we see you are creating billions of

new dollars. who are you giving this money to? he said that he was not going to tell you because it would defeat the purpose. how can we have that in a constitutional republic? we all learned in grade school the of the genius was the founding fathers and they took those branches, separating the powers to have those check and balance each other. where are the checks and balances of ben bernanke and the federal reserve? there are none. there are none. the greatest achievement, in my

opinion, is going to be exposing the corrupt behavior of this institution. you guys say are a testament to the fact that he is speaking the truth. he has pulled aside the curtain and said -- look at what these people are doing to your economy. look at what they're doing. let me tell you something, there is one thing that a politician wants more than anything else, to be reelected. what happened a few weeks ago when the fed bill was on the house floor? they were running like lemmings to support it. this fraud has been perpetrated for 100 years, 100 years too long. jumped aboard that ship. now, give us a hearing in the

senate. [applause] ron paul has opened my eyes. opened my eyes as if he is rolling by and has to be stopped. [applause] now, we have other people to take care of in that regard as well. now they're asking you to embrace senator lindsey gramm. are you all want to help?

and we have a beachhead for liberty. thank you. [applause] >> [laughter] senator tom davis, it is my privilege to introduce one of the new rock stars of american politics. he is one of 40 under 40 leaders in the united states.

he is the dynamic new popular congressman from michigan, rep justin lamont. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. we should be honoring [unintelligible] i want to say that it is an honor and privilege to be here. i wanted to give a thank you to dr. paul. he deserves a round of applause. we would not be here without him.

[applause] i really never would have imagined i would be here a few years ago. a few years ago i was like you, excited about the body, working the ropes, hearing about dr. paul. it is amazing which can do. well, it is of some. if you look at the plane voting or it is not alone, an iran --

anymore. if it is still 100 and something, you can count on dr. paul being up there. people love him on the house floor. i can tell you that on the house floor, every single one is asking for his endorsement. they come up time after time. the impact he has had on our country and the republican party, he is extremely kind to them. every thursday, he holds lunches in his office. they have not been consistent during the campaign, purchase

and introduced exit in a dentist -- introduce into existence. [applause] what does it mean to be dr. no? sometimes he gets a bad rap. but what he says no to are unconstitutional actions. and when he says no to violating the constitution, he is saying yes to all of you. he is saying yes to limit

government, economic freedom, individual liberty. sometimes i am asked if i am the next ron paul. who is going to be the next ron paul? i can tell you, there is no next ron paul. ron paul is one-of-a-kind. [applause] nobody can replace him. nobody. but there are many new champions. we will come from different backgrounds. we will focus on different things. we are all part of this debris movement. we do not have to be at throats. we are bringing in new people

design very eloquently about the federal reserve and going after ben bernanke. well, we need someone to champion the cause. one of the biggest impacts was my parents came here as immigrants. he came here very who were they

both have parts in this successful small business. >> [no audio] >> that is right. president obama would have you will and what used to say -- and you can enjoy these on your own destiny. it was not decided where a government. that is so we are here fighting for >> -- politicians so backing

it up with voting records. [applause] i can tell you that the gop is slowly but surely changing. we are and sam hall where they have moved there in the nasa the reason that they're doing is is

she is going to people of home and you are talking about the a whole party. [no audio] >> we have a problem with our live coverage. we are working on it and planned to return to the event shortly

>> we were taking a look at the ron paul rally in florida. we are working on those technical problems. in the meantime, we are going to look at some of today's "washington journal." host: winners and losers, who is coming out ahead?

republicans, democrats, mitt romney, barack obama, and fundraising? president obama was able to raise money more effectively for more than one year. now that mitt romney is the presumptive nominee, some of the road for -- support for republicans come to him. everything points to a competitive race. >> as we have seen it romney outpace obama in july. guest: it depends on if you're looking at these outside groups. believe you will not involve of the parties. why is that? -- host: why is that?

>> -- guest: that role has been taken over by these outside groups. you do not hear much about the republican party itself and what they are spending on campaigns. host: what kind of a game changer is this? as we march into these final months, what are we seeing? guest: there was a time in the 1990's and parties could except unlimited contributions from people. they're not allowed to receive those anymore. the monarch -- money has filtered into those other organizations. we will see the parties more involved as the campaign goes forward.

the parties have much higher limits. they're very effective, especially the republicans. we are starting to see that in television now. but it's basically the same kind of activity in a different direction. i think we'll see the parties more involved as the campaign goes forward, as we get into the general election. they're actually raising money with the candidates very effectively. we have the joined fundraising organizations, and the parties have much higher limits on how much can be given to them. 51 so they're very effective in raising money. now especially the republican party has been very aggressive in the last few months and we're going to see -- we're starting to see that on television now in states where the battlegrounds happening, rnc is beginning to advertise now in support of the romny campaign and that will continue in the general election period. host: let's take a look at the numbers, number of dollars in the superpac spending and who they are. this is august 21, restore our future, $72.1 million. a republican pac. tell us more about it.

guest: it started to support the romney campaign early on. >> we are going to leave this conversation now and go back to the ron paul we are the future rally. we have the signal back. [applause] >> so, together we are changing the gop for the better. i am sure that things are changing in york county as well. slowly but surely. we are having big wins. mike lee, thomas massie, tom davis.

there are other ones coming. this movement is the legacy of ron paul. it is our responsibility. thank you very much. >> dr. ron paul [no audio] >> that was great. >> dr. ron paul, more than 4000 babies delivered. a man of faith. committed to protecting life.

>> this notion of life not being valuable is not something i can accept. i cannot walk into an operating room where they are doing an abortion on a late pregnancy. they put the baby in a bucket in the corner of the room and pretended it was not there. i walked down the hallway and a baby was born early. they had 10 doctors in there to save the baby. who are we to decide that we can throw one away and struggle for the other? unless we understand that life is precious, we cannot protect of liberty. [applause] >> we are having fun. we are having more fun than they

are going to have. do you know why he gets more donations than the others? from the military servicemen? from men who have been to war and have fought with war, fought with women? who have sacrificed? you know why? they know that ron mock -- ron paul will fight for america, but he will not sacrifice young men to allow pentagon contractors to make money. [applause] he cherishes life all the way. all the way to the end. from the beginning to the end. liberty and life, you cannot

have one without the other. this is going to be fun. i am going to introduce a couple of legends. their product is available. one of them is a national delegate to the rnc. he will appreciate your stopping by. here we go, these are legends. one of the grammy winners that will be around forever. like running around, an acclaimed new album that is out right now called susy crack the whip. these legends on stage with him, the man that made the european american worldwide radio plays in california. so, his music is also available. he is a delegate from the state

of new hampshire. please welcome a legendary john popper and ron noise. here we go. [applause] >> friends, americans, libertarians. i got to visit the wrong call headquarters in new hampshire. we wanted to remind you all that it is important to volunteer. i wanted to show you how easy it is. this is my iphone. i am dialing a number. speaker, this is rick santorum. [laughter] his voice mailbox has not been set up yet. we were going to ask him to

endorse our candidate. maybe next week he will get it together. this song is not really a political song at all. it is a love letter. but we like to think it is from ron paul, on behalf of us, to the mainstream media. ♪ singing] ♪

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♪[harmonica] >> thank you, thank you. it is only fair that we let an actual delegate do a song of his. >> this actually is from the

live free or die state. >> there is something out there called the free state project. here we go. ♪ [harmonica] ♪ singing] ♪

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there. >> thank you. >> getting a sip of water, i am something of a mercenary, a prostitute by profession. i have played a few political things. by far, one of the most satisfying things is seeing how much you care. meeting and talking with all of you, i have been a libertarian for a long time. we may not agree on everything, but it is that search for the truth in our government. i am so grateful that you are here. i am thankful that you guys exist. of course, i want to thank ron paul. hopefully, sunday rick santorum will have his phone machine set up and we can tell him that.

thank you again. this is for nick spanos, by the way. he would only let his phone bank people listen to this song. he used it as a brainwashing technique. i am not quite sure how. but i do have the song committed to memory. ♪ it does not matter what i say as long as i say it with inflexion [unintelligible]

reflection [blues singing] it does not matter who you are because the world brings you back and i am not telling you and elias -- any lies the heart brings you back on that you can rely i am being insincere it draws you need

from above the heart brings you back i am not telling you and elias the heart brings you back and not -- and you can rely on that ♪ [harmonica]

♪ [singing very quickly] ♪

the heart brings you back and i am telling you know live, the heart, on that you can rely ♪ thank you very much. [applause]

>> it is the storage of the lost city, lost opportunity, lost hope. a story of failed policies, failed leadership. a story of smooth talking politicians, games, rhetoric, and division. one man stood apart, stood strong, and true, voting against every tax increase, every unbalanced budget, standing up to the washington machine. and ron paul, the one who will stop the spending, create jobs, bring peace, the one who will restore liberty. ron paul, the one who can beat obama and restore america now.

>> i am ron paul, and i approve this message. [cheers and applause] >> all i have to say is five- time grammy award winner, he supports ron paul in texas from the beginning. please welcome jimmy vaughn and his brothers. [applause]

[tuning instruments] [warming up]

>> mic check, 1, 2. how you doing? it is great to be here. it is a great feeling to be here, in the right place.

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what's all right. -- >> alright. let's hear it for ron paul. [applause] we are going to do a little thing. we want everybody to help us out. you may remember it. i am going to sing something. i want you to sing it back to me. i am sure you will know what to do. ♪ ♪

♪ [instrumental interlude] ♪ no shackles on me me't want no shackles on i sit down with big brother in the good old usa igot the blues about my freedom got the blues about you and me got the blues about tyranny

down with big brother no more slavery ♪ [instrumental interlude] ♪

♪ listen here i love the constitution and the bill of rights shackles on me down with big brother no more slavery everybody, help me out down with big brother shame on big brother down with big brother down with big brother liberty ♪bout

thank you so much! [applause] >> i have to say, this is a very unusual campaign. i have been part of seven presidential campaigns, but this is my first revolution. >> there is a very high probability ron paul will walk away with this. nobody has more dedicated and passionate staff than ron paul. >> what is her.

-- what is refreshing is he has done it the old-fashioned way with the best of each operation in iowa. >> there are so many heroes in this campaign. you have to pay for that in other campaigns. you cannot really pay for it or buy it. a great press secretary, a great leader. he never stopped working night and day, a real talent. debbie hopper, not enough money in the world to pay for somebody like that to work and your staff. matt collins, brian, jed, i cannot begin to name all of them. john tate is one of the best campaign managers i have ever seen operate. jesse is. genius. the delegate strategy they came up with was a backup plan.

we went to the backup plan when we came close in iowa. the young people really felt it. we knew it was coming down to the wire. we knew a lot of people did not want us to win that. >> the ron paul people are not going to like my saying this. to a certain degree it will discredit the iowa caucuses. >> that person is not going to get the republican nomination for president. >> ron paul is a complete destruction. >> i think anybody, other than ron paul, could beat obama if the election were tomorrow. >> you can see the board retained in a virtual tie with michele bachmann -- you can see at they virtually ignored that we came in a tie with michele bachmann. they laugh because they know what he is joking about. >> there is a top tier.

we have not mentioned and we should rick santorum, who did surprisingly well for the amount of money and resources he had. >> rick santorum? he did not get half of what ron paul got. he was the guy who did so bad he dropped out of the race. >> we knew coming close was not good enough. one of the young men left the room. i saw tears in his eyes when the word came we had come within a few votes of coming in second. i went into the restroom, he was throwing up. that is how deeply felt and passionate these workers were in the campaign. they carried the world on their shoulders, taking on the whole establishment, trying to change the world.

what tremendous work these people did. >> this will make history. >> this does not exist in any of the campaign. [applause] >> he told me 11:00 p.m. [laughter] how did you maintain that energy all day? ron paul! [applause] >> ron paul just one iowa. first we told you mitt romney told. then it was santorum. it turns out ron paul one all along. >> i want everyone of you to know that you did it. it is your win. you are the reason why. [applause]

♪ >> the greatest hero by far, there is no comparison, it is dr. paul himself. it was when ron paul started talking about monetary policy. i started seeing how monetary policy, just a slight tick can rob the poor. have seen it in a loss of our values -- our homes and ira's. >> people are looking at the right source of the problem, the fed that created the bible. >> that is what triggered it for me. when ron paul had my attention,

i was able to hear the rest of what he had to say. >> that is another reason i am supporting ron paul. he talks about the federal reserve. ending the federal reserve. >> ron paul began the conversation about that, deficit, government intrusion. it is becoming more clear that we live in the age of ron paul. >> if you believe the world will continue to take our dollars no matter what our debt is, americans should not work anymore. we can just. all the money. if you love big government and taken last forever, i understand why you of the fed. >> ron paul is a man of integrity and honesty. >> you are saying no compromise. >> do you think it is a compromise on property rights? a businessman wants it and can pay more taxes.

do you want somebody who can stand on principle? [cheers and applause] >> when i first went to talk to ron paul before the campaign started, he did not want to run. he knew he was going to take on the establishment. it was an age when most of us get to retire. i remember having a conversation with him when i said do not run for president, just run for the iowa cavalcade this next summer. do your best for that. that is all you have to do. of course, i knew if he took that step, knowing his nature, he would go all the way, and he did. but he carried it because there was no one else who could carry it. >> i understand you did not take my friendly advice last fall. i thought maybe you should look for other employment. what would be wrong with talking about competing currencies?

this is something i have talked about. it is good to see you again. gregory was fond of saying the managed economy was in danger because it was based on the pretense of knowledge that certain things economic planners do not know -- we are in a failure because we're trying to determine the price of money. we should not have individualized central bankers determining the price of money. they make mistakes because they are human. it is this pretense of knowledge. you think they are smart enough to tell us what the price of money should be. >> i started watching videos of him in the senate, you to videos and was passing to everybody. here is someone who is second generation liberty. when he was a teenager, he knew things i am just now learning. he took on the establishment

clearly. he clearly took on the establishment of the rnc. he fiercely fought against it. every effort was made to keep him out. through this wonderful miracle of events, he got elected to the senate. we have never had a senator like him. >> it turned out more republicans in a republican primary in the history of republican politics in kentucky. this was mitch mcconnell's party. it is rand paul's party tonight. who would have bought ron paul would be the republican presidential campaign. candidate with more influence on the party in 2010 than any of the other guys recovered in 2008? >> i see great things. i see someone who was raised at the table of ron paul. he heard from him every day as a child.

he is in a position to make a difference. he is going to fight this battle and carry it on another generation. >> the patriot act did not go through the standard procedure. look at what is happening now. >> we need a counterrevolution back to sanity. ron paul and his family represent that. ran paul as the best chance. he is a u.s. senator in power right now to help lead the counterrevolution. >> young people are looking for a genuine truth and new ideas, constitutional ideas. they see the national debt, the foreign wars, they are not willing to put up with it. >> they need to prove to the republican party they are the loyal opposition, they are the other big wing of the party. >> politics will have to be used. many people are critical of those who practice the art of

politics, but if ron paul had not taken a step as a candidate, i would never have heard of him or learned this. i would hate to see our ideas co-opted by other people who use politics and say now we're going to audit the fed, but we do not. i would rather see true believers gain political power. i look to these new heroes of revolution. mike, justin, thomas, rand paul, these great leaders of the future. i hope they will keep going and not be discouraged by any of us. they will have to make hard decisions about how to get this message out, and timing is everything in politics. [cheers and applause]

>> good morning, america. wake up! rise and shine. ♪ rise and shine! what is up? ron paul! save the constitution going to give us a fight got a revolution breakdown the illegal institutions ♪ liberty no judge and no jury breaking down our doors

come on. ron paul! save the constitution never going to give up the fight break down in legal institutions -- break down in legal institutions wait -- : the show. -- hold the show. we have got to start at over. ♪ wake up! good morning, america. rise and shine, rise and shine save our constitutional rights

never going to give up the fight start a revolution breakdown illegal institutions no more war bring our boys home to our shores we do not want big government or the federal reserve. or a police state jefferson rolling over in his grave come on. save our constitutional rights ron paul! start a revolution break down illegal institutions

the patriot act took our liberty, no judge, no jury breaking down our doors waking up people, civil war we work three jobs, bring home no pay we struggle to pay the rent come on! save our constitutional rights never going to give up the fight start a revolution breakdown illegal institutions >> the system is breaking down the poor. can you imagine the system if we

did not have the federal reserve? ♪ save our constitutional rights we are not going to give up the fight start a revolution breakdown -- save our constitutional rights we are not going to give up the fight start a revolution break down illegal institutions save our constitutional rights start a revolution break down illegal institutions ♪ thank you so much. thank you to the good doctor. ron paul for president. i love you all.

god bless you. revolution! [cheers and applause] >> i will tell you the first time ever laid eyes on him. i had gone to a track meet. it was my first track meet in high school. you know how you are when you are a freshman in high school and things are so important. the 440 relay was going on. they were handing the baton around. ron was halfway around attract -- the track. he ran like the wind to help them win the race. i was so impressed. never did i think i would end up marrying that wonderful man. [laughter] one day, he came in and said, i

know you hear this all the time, but i think i am going to run for congress. just so i can get this off my chest. he said, if i do not tell what is happening and i know what is happening, i will be just as wrong as those who are doing it. i said, what do you want to do it for? it could be dangerous. he said, why? i said, you could be elected. he said, i am not going to be elected. you have to be like santa claus. you have to give them something. i do not want to give them something or bring home the bacon. i want to give them their freedom. [applause] no one in his family had ever been a doctor. he said, you cannot go into the profession for the money. you have to love doing it. he loved medicine. he loved his patients. they knew that.

he was a marvelous doctor. this is why it was very hard for me to see him going into politics. everybody loves their doctor, but they do not love their politicians. he said he was not going to be a politician. he was going to be a statesman. he feels so compelled to do this and get the message out, and for people to learn everything they can about history, what has happened, what our forefathers fought about, what the constitution says. i never moved to washington with the children. the best thing i could do was to keep the homestead going and the home buyers going. i do not know how he has the stamina to catch airplanes all the time to come home and do the things that were necessary and he wants to do at home. he believes in exercise as much as he believes in america.

he thinks if you are not healthy, you will not be able to do things you want to do and help anyone else. he did everything right. he did that from the time he was young. he always did the right thing. he was a trustworthy. people knew that. one of his friends who was an attorney said to him one time, your the kind of people we like to get on the stand. you are really believable. i said, that is because he is telling the truth. he always does. it has been a wonderful life being married to him for 34 years to a man you can always depend on. he cares about his home and family as much as he cares about his country. >> i guess if you have not heard, our 50th wedding anniversary is today. [applause] >> this is quite a surprise. i did not know i would be part

of the press conference. i am glad to be here today. i am happy to celebrate 55 years of marriage. i could not be happier. ron paul has done everything right. i have to follow along because of all of that. thank you for coming. [applause] [applause] >> have you ever seen those candidates walk out into stadiums with no people? then you flip through the youtube and you see the thousands that attend ron paul rallies across the united states. [applause] there is three reasons. one is liberty. the other is ron paul barry the

third is the director -- the other is ron paul. the third is the director of events for ron paul, debby hopper. [applause] >> thank you. is the revolution alive and well tonight? [applause] for more than 30 years, ron paul has been in the trenches fighting for a constitutional principles, for our liberty, and for a different future for his children and grandchildren. he has not been in that fight alone. there has been a faithful woman who has stood beside him and made equal sacrifices. she has knocked on more doors. she has stuffed more envelopes.

we all think we have done a lot. but after all these years, she has been a faithful wife and a lover of liberty just like her husband. [applause] it often occurred to me over this campaign as i watched the two of them travel all around the country to build hope and encouragement in each one of you, what a sacrifice they have made. most people after they have had a long career, they retire and enjoy retirement. instead, ron and carol have sacrificed their retirement for our liberty. carroll has been right there with him. it did not matter if people were vilifying him. she stood faithful. she stood up to what many other women would have fallen away from. she was ready to stand with her husband no matter what lies were

told about him, what the media had to say about him, because just like him, she believed in liberty. she wanted to leave something greater to her children and grandchildren. i thought it would be most fitting if tonight we did not honor the sacrifices caril made. would call her out here and let her know how much we love and appreciate her. please join me in welcoming our first lady of liberty, carol paul. [cheers and applause]

carol! [cheers and applause] >> on behalf of the ron paul nation, we want to present you with the first lady of liberty award, carol paul. [cheers and applause] >> that certainly is a very nice honor. i thought we were just moving things along to get ron up here. i know you have all been waiting for him. my job was to introduce the family because that is what i do best, the family things. first of all, i want to thank you all for coming. we could not do what we have

done without you. this is only the beginning. we are the future. [cheers and applause] ok, i have some family here that i want to introduce. i am going to bring them out on the stage. ok. they do not listen to directions. they are not doing it in order. all right. on this side, our oldest son ronny and his wife peggy, he has two of his three daughters with him. one daughter is a medical student, the other is a student at a&m. the other is a resident doctor

and could not leave her station so she is not here today. next, our daughter lori and her husband tom. lori has five children. [laughter] [applause] her oldest son, matt, is a principal at an elementary school and could not make it today, but his sister vickie is here. she is married to christopher. they have two children. [applause] kayley and cole. next child is valerie. she is married to jesse.

they have one daughter, caroline, my namesake. next we have our third child and second son, rand paul. [cheers and applause] his wife kelly is with him. they have three sons. william is a sophomore in college. duncan is busy playing soccer and could not be here. their youngest son robert is with them today. [applause] our number four child, dr. robert paul -- [cheers and applause] monica could not

be here because they have kids busy in sports this weekend. our youngest daughter joy is just a few weeks away from delivering our 19th grandchild. [applause] her doctor did not want her to come. ok. wait. i have already made a mistake. we have to back up to the number two child, lori. she has two more kids. mark is here. raise your hand. [applause] mark is a junior at the university of houston. his younger brother michael is playing for the houston cougars baseball. they would not let him off.

he had to do some training. >> [unintelligible] >> what? [applause] ok. now i get corrected. our youngest daughter joy sent one of her twins to be here. because of the storm, he is on an airplane back to texas. did i get them all? [applause] thanks for putting up with all the history. now it gives me great honor to present our middle child, senator dr. rand paul.

[cheers and applause] who will introduce his dad. i would like to tell you -- [unintelligible] one thing. ok. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. you guys are lucky we only brought half of the family. if we had brought the whole family, we would be here for

another hour. i want to thank you for supporting my dad and also the cause of liberty and not letting our founding principles die. [cheers and applause] anybody here in favor of [unintelligible] [applause] when i say that in washington, they say, water you complaining about? you can go to the airport. if you do not have health insurance, you can get a free breast exam, a free mammogram. if you mention the ron paul revolution, you can get a free colostomy. the only problem is that some of us would prefer our position --

physician not be selected by advertising on the pizza hut box. i had the director of the tsa come before my committee. he said we have got to pat down these children. i showed him a picture of a 6- year-old girl from kentucky. the agent had her hands inside this little girl's pants. [booing] >> he said to me in all seriousness that a girl in kandahar set off a bomb. i said this girl is not from kandahar, she is from bowling green, ky. [applause] there is a professor at harvard, noah feldman, he wrote the next time tsa asks you to put your

hands above your head just a little bit higher, when you stand there for a vulnerable 7 seconds, the next time you do this, ask yourself, is this the pose of a free man? we have had the beginnings of some great victories, but we have yet to have the great victories. we did have a victory in the house when we passed audit the fed. [applause] this is a credit to a certain congressman from texas who got every republican to vote for it and 100 democrats to vote for it. [cheers and applause] a lot of news reports are saying it is dead and going nowhere.

i can tell you that is not true. we had 29 co-sponsors in the senate. i have sat down personally with harry reid twice. he assures me he has been for audit the fed for 20 years. do not laugh. we found the youtube video from 1987 on, harry reid has been for audit the fed. he is just not sure if he is still for it. this is something we can do. when i go back in september, we're going to try to get a vote. harry reid is the only one that can allow me to have the vote. he has all the power. if everyone in this room convinces 100 other people to e- mail harry reid and say we want to vote on it, i think we can still get it. that is for you to do.

[applause] end the fed! >> one of the great things that has come out of audit the fed is that people have heard you saying end the fed. they have also heard audit the fed. because we talk about it so much, we're now talking about audit the pentagon. [cheers and applause] because of hurricane isaac, it is not sure my message will get to the convention. i am pretty sure i will be able to speak.

one of the message i will give to them is that republicans need to acknowledge that not every dollar is well spent or sacred in the military, and we have to look for waste in every department of government. [cheers and applause] a lot of you have been involved in my dad's presidential campaign in 2008 and 2012. it has been a marvelous ride that none of us will ever forget. there are three things that stick out in my mind and to me are so incredible that they were ever spoken at all on the national stage. the first one and the one i will never forget -- this is something republicans need to harken to. republicans need to understand when they wonder why so many young people love ron paul. they think it is because he is

cool. i am his kid. i can tell you it is not because he is cool. but the idea of liberty is cool. one moment i thought was really cool when he said when you read the sermon on the mound, it does not say anywhere in there, " blessed are the warmakers." what came out of these campaigns was a candidate who said something no one had heard, who said that we can and should have limited constitutional government. as part of that message, we should be reluctant to go to war. we should not have a rash policy. we should be careful. another moment they originally

called the ron paul moment was when he talked about blowback. if he had not, i do not think anyone ever would have. [applause] the one thing people still fail to grasp, they say, that is what your enemies are saying. if you want to know why your enemies attack you, it does not justify why they attacked you. but if you want to understand what is going on, you would have to know why they say they attacked you. [applause] i know there are hundreds of moments, but the final one that was one of my favorites, i think this was from 2008 also. when they talk about the war in iraq, he said, we just marched

in and we can just march out. [cheers and applause] bring them home! >> i give to you the guy that is my hero, the guy that is the greatest representative of the liberty movement in our time, my father, ron paul. [cheers and applause] ron paul! ron paul! ♪

♪ ron paul! ♪ >> thank you very much. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause]

thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] ok, enough is enough. [laughter] [cheers and applause] that is very nice. thank you very much. is there anything left for me to say? this is wonderful. it is wonderful to be among friends with my family, and for a good reason, to promote the cause of liberty in a

revolutionary spirit. thank you very much for being here. [cheers and applause] i have to tell you, i was worried that the early part of this week. i saw a couple of bad articles. it was not a hurricane i was worried about. i saw things that sent revolution is over, there is going to be no revolution. [booing] >> a major paper in washington said, the revolution will not be happening. don't they only wish? [cheers and applause] but it is great to come together for something so important. other people say today is a very important day. i think it is. today to me is very important.

they say it is the convention. very important this week. this election is very important. there is something even more important than all of that. that is because we're leading and the cause of liberty. the attention we're getting right now. [cheers and applause] there has been a lot of talk about whether or not i would get to speak at the convention. of course, i have written off. today, i was very excited. i got a call from the rnc. they said they changed their mind. they were going to give me a whole hour. i can say anything i want. tomorrow night.

[laughter] just kidding. i want to recognize our delegates, hundreds, i do not know how many, but thank you, thank you. [applause] it takes a lot of hard work. you knew the rules better than they thought they knew the rules. that did not stop them. they have learned how to bend and break rules. now they want to rewrite the rules. [booing] >> then again, maybe they have been paying attention to what has been going on in washington. they have been bending and breaking rules for too long. that is what we have to stop from happening.

[applause] you know, people at the convention were worried about how much trouble we would cause. stopping something for the sake of stopping something does not achieve a lot. i have been cautious. they have overstepped the bounds. there is a big fight going on. we are involved in it. a bunch of them are joining us and saying you have gone too far. the ron paul people were right about overstepping their bounds. [cheers and applause] it has been great the experience i have had these last five years. it has been a very important time, not only for me

personally. but i think the attention we're getting -- i have received a lot of compliments and been given some credit. but i tell you what, it takes you and a lot of other people. there have been things going on for decades. it is coming about, not only because i believe we are right on the issues, but what is coming out right now is proof positive that their philosophy of government is failing and they need something different. [cheers and applause]

i have often quoted victor hugo or samuel adamsbut, ultimae powerless. like the powers of liberty in the minds of men, yes, that is important, but, ultimately, numbers duke it out, and they do count a lot, because we do have the number. [cheers and applause] those that promote ideas ultimately have to have an influence on the prevailing attitude of the people, and that is what is happening today. the people are waking up, and they are realizing the failure

of what we have and these ideas coming about. in this primary, we had close to 2 million votes. 2 million votes, that does not swing an election, dah, dah, dah, but for every vote we got in the primary, let me tell you, just from traveling around the country and meeting people, the support is much, much greater, and they do not feel comfortable coming to a republican primary, so the support there would be two or three times as much as the number of votes we got in the primary. [cheers and applause] we have talked a lot about the excitement that the young people bring, excitement we have on the campuses. [cheers and applause]

i asked somebody on the staff after the last campaign even on a college campus, "how many campuses did i go to?" and had they told me i was going too good to this number of campuses during the campaign, i probably would have said, "there is no way you you can do that." we went to 33 college campuses. [cheers and applause] we talked to close to 150,000 young people, enthusiastic. were they the conservative college campuses? or were they the liberal college campuses? no, they were all of the college campuses. they welcomed us. [cheers and applause] now, would you think that if there was a party, we have an open tent.

we want new people to come in. we want them to appeal to the young people. do you not think they would be pleading and trying to get us to come into the tent? no. we will get into the tent, believe me, because we will become the tent eventually. [cheers and applause] once they know we are the future, they will know, but they certainly have the enthusiasm, and there is the enthusiasm that really energizes the campaign. it energizes not only themselves and the college campuses, there will not be a true revolution unless the college campuses are alive and well with those ideas. [cheers and applause] but there has been so many times

that the young people, not only those of voting age, but sometimes 13, 14, 15, they bring their parents to the office and have them converted into believing and understanding what liberty is all about. young people energized a lot of people and get the energy to surround it, those who are with us already, so this is an exciting the energy that we have. it seems to me they would be begging and pleading for us to come into the party. [cheers and applause] you know, most people in this room probably read that book called "1984." it was required reading in high school for so many years, and i figured it out. i can explain to you where the problem is.

1984 has been read by a lot. i would assume that everyone who read it assumed it was a dire warning of what can happen to society if you are not careful. i think a bunch of people read the book and thought it was a business plan, and they ran for congress. [laughter] because so many claim they read it, and they claim that they understand it, and yet, they do the very things that we have been fighting against in trying to stop. during the campaign, i got a lot of advice. can you believe that, a lot of advice? sometimes from our friends, sometimes from our enemies, sometimes for others, as well, but there was a very well meaning, individuals who were in the category of maybe mainstream republicans, and they would come up and say, "ron, we really like

you. we really like what you are doing, and we really like what you are saying, but if you would just change one thing, you would have a lot more success. you need to change or foreign policy." [crowd boos] and, of course, if i did not have the same policy, i do not believe we would be here tonight. [cheers and applause] and this is something they obviously do not understand. those understand it fere it -- fear it, with the military industrial complex, so it is complex, but they strongly resent this, but it was

mentioned already today, i have mentioned it before, and i think it is the best test. my support, coming from more so than anybody else from the military. [cheers and applause] the subject of monetary policy comes up, of course, in washington, but often on over quite a few years, and the question has already been, what are we going to do with the penny? they want to change it to steel. we are off the gold standard, the silver standalone --

standard, the zinc standards, but by the time you get done making the penny, it costs more to make the penny than the worth of the pennant. can we save a penny? and i got to thinking, well, they did not understand monetary policy, or they would not be talking that way. the biggest question we will be forced to ask is can we save the dollar? [cheers and applause] there was a bill passed not too long ago. that was the dodd-frank bill. did you ever hear of that monster? [crowd boos] they created a financial protection bureau, to protect all of the consumers, and they were given the text -- test to make things more efficient, and

this is that efficiency is the answer to our problems. we want to get the government out of the business that they are not supposed to be doing. [cheers and applause] and this new consumer protection board was given the task of simplify applications for the mortgage loan, because it is complex. they had a bubble, and they do not know where the bubble is coming from. what we need to do is simplified these forms. they provided the solution, and it was 1000 pages long on how to reduce two forms to one form. [laughter] all of the new regulations

placed on some of applies, and this will be the solution, but that is not the solution. the solution is get the government out of our lives and off of our backs and out of our wallets. [cheers and applause] now, we are serious, and we are serious. when we have the help, what we do is we do not think around with 1000 pages to simplify things. what we review is we repealed dodd-frank, is what we do. -- we repeal dodd-frank, is what we do. and there was another time when they were there that they passed sarbanes-oxley.

this is when the conservatives were in charge, so when we are getting rid of dodd-frank, we get rid of sarbanes-oxley, as well. [cheers and applause] i am convinced that we're living at a time where an era is ending, and this is significant, because you can be depressed at a time when you look at what is happening in washington. you come close. you get close to having victories, and this is too overwhelming, and washington is responding too slowly, but the end of an era presents an opportunity, and i have the sinking recently about what era are we talking about, and i would say in the last 100 years, probably about 1913, that was the beginning of an era. ] [crowd boos]

that is an era where they said with the income-tax, we would make the world safer for democracy, and we will have a war to end all wars, and we will have a a federal reserve to get rid of the business cycle. on and on. we were going to introduce this wonderful era. s guess what? that era is not with us anymore. it is over and done with. we are just looking at the vestiges of a bad program started in 1913. we will eventually get rid of the federal reserve. [cheers and applause]

[crowd chanting] also, at approximately the same time, something else was started, and that was the domination of the oncoming communism, 1917. the bolsheviks taking over, and communism was a panacea. it was a good intention to take care of the people, all of those wonderful promises. well, communism lasted 74 years. it dissipated in 1989 to 1991. people do not talk too much about communism anymore, but at the same time, it is hard to count when you get up into the hundreds of millions. it is estimated 200 million people died by people who were able to put a bad idea on the table and look at the tragedy of what happened. that era is over and done with.

we are not like to see the world go back to that type of a program. [cheers and applause] one of the books that still in pressed to name what i was still in medical school was "dr. chicago -- zhivago," and lara, she says to zhivago, "what a terrible time to be alive," and she was absolutely right. anticipating just what was coming, but i think things are different now. i do not think we should be as depressed. we have more knowledge now than ever before. [cheers and applause] we also had the 1930's, the continuation of the progressive era.

we had the keynesian economic policies taking over, the new deal policies taking over, the fascism of hitler and mussolini, and they contributed to another 25 million people who died, just the fascism of europe, so the 1930's did not do well either, and, of course, when you have bad economic policy, and you have a war to end all wars, and it is just a war to start more wars, another world war ii, and then after world war ii, we have the development of the united nations and the imf and world bank. [crowd boos] of course, they were working towards a world wide currency, so they set up an agreement on monday, which was a total farce. the austrian economist at that time said, "it will not work,

and it cannot work," and when it fell apart, it was a very, very impressive day to me, and it was a sunday evening like tonight, 1971, when the monetary system collapsed. that was predictable. it is over with. there are some, no doubt, who want to go back to it. but it gives us the wonderful opportunity to advance. there is a failed policy. the project for a new american century. [crowd boos] you already know there are a bunch of neo-cons running that show. they opened up an office in 1997. they closed their offices in 2006. that does not mean they are gone. that does not mean they are not influencing most of the politicians in washington, but,

believe me, they are losing steam. the wars fought in the last years has given us $4 trillion worth of debt, are unpopular, we cannot afford, the american people want them out, and they want to bring the troops home. [cheers and applause] >> bring them home, bring them home, bring them home, bring them home! now, if they do not listen to your shop, and they do not listen to common sense, they will listen to the facts of life, and the fact of life is we cannot afford it anymore. the soviets did not leave because they had the enlightenment. they left because they were broke.

why do we not wise up and just take care of ourselves and defend our country and not be this for the world? [cheers and applause] these conditions that have been developing for the past 100 years, and now we are in the midst of a change, remind me for the opportunity for a revolution towards liberty. this has provided some very serious problems for us. it will not be smooth sailing, but there is reason to be optimistic that we can have great achievement, but for me, there are some problems we have to face.

number one that i see as the problem, if we solved it, it would probably solved most of the other ones, and that is the attack on personal liberty. [cheers and applause] is people truly understood what personal liberty means, that you have self ownership, that you have eight natural god-given right to your live, and therefore, you have a right to your liberty, and we defend all right and all liberty despite our judgment on how we feel people are using that liberty, then we will have a chance to say, if that is the case, you have a natural right to keep the fruits of your labor. [cheers and applause] personal liberty, when it returns, once again, you will be able to drink raw milk.

you'll be able to make rope out of hemp. you will be able to secure your house, that the federal government will not be able to spy on you or bust in on you without a search order. [cheers and applause] you will be allowed without a government permit to find a nutritional permits fists -- find traditional permits for what you need. no longer will the government have the responsibility of protecting you against yourself. nobody can do that. [cheers and applause] the emphasis will no longer be on economic and personal security. the government will take care of it, but the government will be there to protect our liberties. they can give us security,

whether it is economic or personal, but if they say we can provide you with perfect security, is that not what we do with animals that we agreed to raise up and eat? i mean, this is what we do. you put them in cages, fatten them up. they have all of the food that they want and the nutrition until it is time to butcher. with liberty, you do not want a false sense of security that government cannot give you. [cheers and applause] it is true. in a free society, you can make your nutritional choices and drink raw milk, but in a free

society, you are allowed to make even more controversial choices. you might decide to drink alcohol, and there is a a little bit of a risk of alcohol, but in a truly free society, they tried that out of business, and it did not work too well. too many politicians drink alcohol, so they repealed that. what types of things you smoke and drink or whatever you do to your own body. [cheers and applause] now, first, the argument is, what would happen to the world if you have freedom of choice to try drugs and all of these dangerous things? well, why did not go back to look at the history and find out how many people were using these in the 19th century, so once

again, you get to make these decisions, but the hardest thing for people to accept, both liberals and convert -- and conservatives, your freedoms. we want you to have your freedom and make your own choices, and we are not want to tell you you cannot make bad choices. people say, "does that mean you endorse it? what if people make bad choices? >> they have to assume the consequences of their actions, totally and completely. [cheers and applause] but it is under the pretense of taking care of ourselves that we have this drug world. our government agencies at the known to be involved in the drug trade, law enforcement agencies have been involved, and guess what? guess which industry would like

to see marijuana never legalized? that is the alcohol industry. how about the drug companies that sell all of these tranquilizers'. they do not want marijuana legalized either, so there is a lot of special interest that would like to keep drugs illegal, but that attack is on our liberty. we want the freedoms to make these decisions even when the wrong decisions are made. [cheers and applause] there are some people say, "if it is legal, then we endorse it." no, that is not true. what about religion? some people choose no religion, some pick other ones, 50 different types of religions, but we generally protect that

and say that is your own choice. we are not judgmental about that. [cheers and applause] and we are pretty good, but we are getting sloppy on it, protecting intellectual freedom. now that they want to regulate the internet and arrest people for saying things. [crowd boos] this is one thing to pay attention to, because when they feel under attack, that is one of the first things they do, get rid of the freedom of speech. to take away our ability to communicate, but the ideas that change the world, that is why the first amendment is so crucially important. [cheers and applause]

and in the second area that we have to be concerned about is economics. we are in an economic mess, and it is very, very bad. i am convinced this is worse than anything we face, wars and the great depression, worse than the major wars, because the foundation of our economic system, the an understanding of property rights, the understanding of monetary policy has so eroded, the bubble that exists is so huge and worldwide, in europe, what is going to happen to the euro or the european community, what is going to happen to us, but so far, when our federal reserve is like this, we say we had better be in europe because our bank is over there, and we do not want to have everybody fail, and we do not want to keep bailing them out.

i would say that will bring the downfall of the dollar and the downfall of the economy, which means there will be more excuses for them to crack the whip and crack them on our civil liberties. civil liberties, individual rights, these are so crucial, and tying it into monetary policy and property rights because we cannot allow that to happen. [cheers and applause] the economic system today was based on debt. for too long, what we have done is bail every attempt for the market to correct mistakes made since 1971. we have always jumped in and interfere. we spent more money, printed more money, lower interest rates, and there seemed to always be a response, even though the statistics are

showing how devastating this economy and the structure of the currency is. the average american family is losing. they know it. it was on the news this week. significantly. austrian economics teaches that if the government deliberately to values and destroys the value of the currency, it will destroy the middle class, and the wealth will gravitate to the wealthy. this is the reason monetary policy is important. ultimately, we get rid of the fed. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting] but people ask, well, have we

not had an accumulation of wealth and the last several decades? some people have got the wealthy. the average person has not. the middle class is smaller, especially in these past years, so you print money, and even if you get the gdp to go up, the government spending more money on cruise missiles or something, and that does not help you. that does not help keep prices down. it does not help you one bit, and it is so destructive, because when the trouble comes, and the fed is that we are all rock -- all wise, we know what it should be, guess who qualifies? the big banks. the banks get free money. they make a lot of money. what happens to the average person who decides they need to be frugal?

times are tough, spend less, save more. instead of getting a market rate of interest, they get 1% or nothing paris is so unfair. it protects the big banks and corporations and politicians. [applause] another area where we have created problems for ourselves is on foreign affairs. we are spread too far around the world premiere in 140 countries. -- we're spread too far from the world. we are in 140 countries. they're preparing to go into syria and maybe iran. we do not need more war. we need less war.

we need to quit. [applause] one of the strongest things we have to deal with is foreign- policy as a consequence of the tremendous fear about being attacked by a terrorist. terrorism is a serious subject to deal with. if we understand the blow that mechanism, -- blowback mechanism, we think we can do a lot to reduce it. the chances of being killed by a terrorist right now are about one in 25 million. the odds of being killed by a car one in 19,000. lightning is about one in 5 million.

if you are in the military and half to get involved in the shooting battle to save the world for democracy and bring peace and tranquillity to these countries, guess what? the estimates are between two and 20 per 100 people. it is between 2% and 20% that you will be killed by friendly fire. what a tragedy. they think we have to have thrown warfare -- drone warfare. [booing] >> guess what? that does not win friends. it does not help us in any way whatsoever. it was said they were pleased we

were over there. it was much easier to kill us over there than having to come over here where the second amendment is alive and well. [cheers and applause] in talking about foreign policy like this and emphasizing blowback, somebody on the under -- on the internet said if ron paul was in charge, osama bin laden would still be alive. so with the 3000 people from 9/11 -- be alive! [cheers and applause]

so with the 8500 americans killed in iraq and afghanistan. they would be alive as well. also, those 44,000 military personnel who have come back severely injured, they would not be suffering those consequences. we would not have hundreds of thousands suffering from post- traumatic stress syndrome as well as brain injuries. i would say if you take that and add in $4 trillion, our side winds that argument by a long shot. -- wins that argument but a long shot. [cheers and applause]

if we have our way, the president would not be able to assassinate anybody, especially never an american citizen. [applause] of course, if we have our way, we would repeal the national defense authorization act. this whole idea to repeal the habeas corpus, you do not have any right of due process, the military can arrest us and put us in private prisons and never did a trial -- there is something very un-american about that.

let me tell you. [applause] when that bill was being debated in the senate, there was a provision that said if an american citizen were arrested and tried and found innocent in a jury trial, they still claimed they could put us away forever to be held indefinitely in detention -- after being found innocent. it did not get that bad pitches it is still bad. there was a senator. i think he was from kentucky. he was able to stop that. when it got out on the table, they said we did not know that is in there. that is possible because they do not have the vaguest idea of what they're voting on most of

the time. [applause] that is a problem. i think you ought to read the bill. i have to admit i have not read all of those bills. they are 1000 pages long. my staff has good instructions. they say all they have to do is show me if it is unconstitutional. a lot of times, they only have to read the first page. [laughter] [cheers and applause] if there was ever a time when i was not well informed or thought i have not thought this through completely, let me tell you. it has always been safe to vote

no. [applause] i think the important thing we know in this room and a growing number of americans are realizing is the worst thing we can do is remain silent. how many times i have been to campuses, i have brought the subject up of military arrest and the problems we're facing, assassination, torture, and all of these things. how many times have you read or heard about it on the evening news? it is almost like there is silence. early on in the campaign, i would say, let me tell you a little bit about ndaa. i would think i would have to fully explain it. as soon as i would say ndaa, people were outraged about it. that means we are not silent. we know about it.

we have to get around the system which will not report on it because they are part of the problem. they are part of the military- industrial complex. [applause] another accusation made frequently of me and you is that we're not patriotic. we do know the military supports us. all of our views are supposed to be unpatriotic. they hide behind this patriotism i have been taught and i am convinced that patriotism is the quality that permits us any free society to criticize our own government when they are wrong. [cheers and applause]

this is why i have a soft spot in my heart for whistleblowers. [cheers and applause] the whistleblowers serves a very good function. quite frequently, they are accused of treason. why are they releasing this information? bradley manning -- [applause] he is in the military. there's probably some debate on how and what to do. but let me tell you, bradley manning did not kill anybody. he has not caused the death of anybody. he has exposed daniel elsberg,

who told us the truth about vietnam. when daniel was under the gun, the government wanted to crack down on the exposure. "the new york times" printed the material he released. that went to the supreme court. he did not go to prison. it was upheld. the new york times did not suffer the consequences. we are at this point. i am afraid if we took a poll across the country and said should we try him for treason, most americans would say he is a bad guy because he is telling us

the secret. but guess what, he is an australian citizen. you read it all the time. try him for treason and bring him to the united states. we have so much power and clout even sweden is saying we will send him to the united states so he can have a fair trial. [booing] >> those of the problems we need to be concerned about. they are also the kind of things we can reverse. that should be our goal. to change this. to know what free society is about. to know where we are and what we need to do. we do not have to invent it. we have had a good taste of it. we do not have to go back to the 19th century. there were a lot of problems. even the gold standard can be improved upon. we want to advance the cause. it got a tremendous boost with

our revolution and constitution. we do not want to say we're going back. the people who want tyranny and big government, that is what is ancient. that is what we should worry about. they are the ones that want to go back to the dark ages. [cheers and applause] how do we look at today in 2012? do we look at it like 1913, starting all over again and bring in a new system? is it 1917 with the communist ization of the world? ?s it 1930's with the fascism with the 1950's, the advancement. are we now going to have to live with the neocons?

are we going to say we're living in a new year and going to start something completely different from all of that? [cheers and applause] in 1935, sinclair lewis wrote a novel, "it cannot happen here. " the novel was a warning because he thought it could happen here. it was an anti-fascist novel. he was very concerned about mussolini and the nazis. his whole argument was it cannot happen here. i would like to turn that around and say it can happen here. it can happen we can reverse this. we can turn it around if we put

the work and effort into it. [applause] some people will still be negative. they say, how many times have you seen a revolution that has turned out? during the 20th century, so many revolutions and wars. it never happens. right now, we still have neocons all over the place. they are not all one party either. [laughter] they are both of the parties. that is the challenge. but there have been times in our history, in the history of the world, when there have been successes. in 1850, the british passed a law. it was an introduction into a free-market. it ushered in the age of the industrial revolution. it was a difficult time.

the representative who had this past worked for many years and it was finally passed. it worked. they transitioned from mercantilism into a much better system. in 1919, they decided in this country that we were going to take care of the american people to make sure your habits were wise and frugal. they passed the prohibition of alcohol. it was an absurdity. it did not work. 1933, early 1930's, by the people rose up and said, this is ridiculous. prohibition is bad. they repealed prohibition. sunday, we're going to wake up and say the same thing about all drugs. right now, we're getting a lot more support for this. repeal the drug laws. . of the crime associated with the drug laws. -- get rid of the crime

associated with the drug laws. [applause] in 1933, roosevelt took over. his program in 1932 was balanced budget. he had the most conservative platform because hoover was not doing a good job. he said he would defend the gold standard and cut spending. that did not happen. the first thing he did was make it illegal for an american citizen to own gold. that told you something about what was happening. it was illegal to own gold all the way up until 1975. in 1975, why is gold illegal? a law was passed. we moved back in the direction. the american people could own gold. it was a very important issue. in a free society, and do not

give up your right to own precious metal or a weapon to defend yourself. [cheers and applause] then we even made more progress. we had not minted gold coins since the early 1930's. in 1985 as a consequence of the gold commission, they would not go along with the views i have on gold at the time. they said, why not go back to minting gold coins again? far from perfect. not the gold standard. but it was a big deal for us to take one of the few constitutional authority as we had to mint gold and silver coins. that was restored in 1985. the point being that it is not

inexorable that we move in the wrong direction. we can start moving in the other direction. [applause] if you had asked me five years ago if we would get the attention of the nation and of the establishment republicans to where they felt compelled to talk about in the platform, i never dreamed we would get attention, probably 75% of the american people say the fed ought to be audited. [applause] what is our big challenge? the big challenge is, can we restore our natural god-given rights to our people so that we emphasize the fact that the

return of liberte chan solve many problems. economic liberties mean private property, a gold standard, and get the government out of the business of regulating markets. under those conditions, guess what happens in a free market? the regulation is, if you go bankrupt, you do not get bailed out by the government. [cheers and applause] the really big question we have to decide upon is which way we're going to go. we see the end of an era. where is it going to go? i do not think there is going to be another marxist come along to restore enthusiasm for marxism. i do not think tomorrow we will have the same thing as a hitler

or mussolini. but i do think we have to worry about fascism, and expansion of what we already have, which is corporatism. the buddy system between big corporations, big banks, with the government. that is the reason we have to be on the side of saying if you are big and major money because you have special benefits, bailouts come and protection from the government, that is wrong. but if you are big because you sold a good product to us and we bought it and you got rich, you have a right to be rich for doing that. [cheers and applause] we do know ideas have consequences. an idea whose time has come

cannot be stopped. i believe we're here. they are not going to be able to stop us. we have to learn to know how to spot the baloney and get rid of it. do not listen to it. you cannot just hit them over the head with a two by four. it seems like maybe that is the best way to do it at times. some people claim i do not express my outrage enough. you should be more outraged, look at what they are doing to you. they will say to me, how did you put up with this in congress for 30 years? you are not yelling and screaming. have you ever thought about it? what if i became outraged at everything they did wrong? i would have been worn out in about five years, for sure. [applause]

we do need to sort it out. we do need to denote the good ideas from the bad ideas. we do need to persuade people. politics plays a role in this. i feel blessed i was able to be a professional purpose -- person who practice medicine. i loved it. one reason i went back to my practice after being in washington for six or seven years. but politics is something that is beneficial. if i had not run for congress, i had some luck in winning a seat. i think picking your positions is freedom of choice. being in the right place at the right time has a lot to do with it. i think everyone of us has a responsibility. people in an audience like this know and understand the problem.

you have more insight than almost everybody in washington. i guess that is no challenge. [applause] but the difficult task is you have more responsibility. a lot of people say, they talk about sacrifice. i do not think i sacrificed anything. i do it out of self-interest. i do it because i think it is good for me. [cheers and applause] i would do it because i enjoy ideas and assorting right from wrong, good ideas from bad ideas. there is some fun in it. if you are in this business and do not try to have some fun -- which i hope we do this evening -- then you are going to get more now. you are going to get worn out.

when you put this thing together, personal liberty, property rights, monetary policy, there is a light that goes on. you say, this really comes together. out of your own self interest, you spread this message. you educate yourself. you learn how to give the answers. you do not have to worry about what your job is going to be. if you know the answers and speak out and you are available, somebody will use you. it may be in public. you may run for office. you may organize. who knows what it will be? but the obligation is there. you have an obligation to do your very best to change this because it is in your interest and your family's interest and in the interest of our country. [cheers and applause]

when we do this, we have to aim high. we have to be idealistic. we have to use reason. we have to have passion. we have to have passion. this will convert people rather than grabbing them by the collar. that does not work. a soft answer sometimes is a lot better. a soft answer in washington does not seem to help much, but when you are persuading your friends, soft answers in discussion is a good way to convince people. the idea of describing it as a one unit were you do not have personal freedom and economic liberty, it is more than one issue. people get confused and say i do not understand. just tell them, freedom is popular. that is the reason. [applause]

the basic rule that drives this whole philosophy is the rejection of violence. you don't kill other people. you do not take their property. you tolerate other people. freedom should bring us together. it should never be divisive. in this room, there might be 1000 different reasons why you want your freedom. you might want it for personal reasons, economic reasons, intellectual reasons. but if you all agree on liberty, you do not have to worry about the other person, how they dress or what they say. we should all come together to defend liberty. [cheers and applause] giving up the initiation into the force of violence is important. we live with a lot of violence.

we are in a violent culture. this is my own theory. i think it comes from the fact that welfare-ism and socialism does not generate a sense of self-esteem. [applause] instead of generating an understanding and enjoyment of liberty, it generates the idea that someone owes us something. this is very negative. i think self-esteem comes from production, where you feel good about yourself, that you did something. [applause] some people can produce computers. there can be a steve jobs. i could not be a steve jobs. i bet his satisfaction came as much from producing things as

much as getting another billion dollars. i do not think that is it. it is self esteem in common. everybody's self-esteem from producing comes differently. it might be raising a family. it might be doing your job well. various ways. but the self-esteem seems to be so important. i am convinced that when people lose their self-esteem, they are more likely to do violence to others because they do not even have enough respect for themselves, so injuring others does not matter. [applause] maybe those who redistribute wealth suffer from the same problem. superficially, they want to redistribute wealth and take everybody, but they might not have enough self-esteem to understand where it really comes from. my personal goal with my politics and my personal life politics and my personal life is