This is an eBay auction for an original painting of “Ron Paul: Champion of the Constitution” direct from the artist, Carl Bork.

Size: 16″ by 20″
Medium: Oil on Canvas – fixed on panel

Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill is gaining support and to celebrate and support this historic event, Carl Bork decided to create this painting. He will donate 25% of the final bid to the winner’s liberty related group of their choosing (40% if bidding goes past $1,200).

Place your bid on eBay.

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On December 16, 2007, during the first political Tea Party in modern history, supporters of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign came together and raised over $6 million online in one day. That event is documented here.

Below is a promotional video for the Ron Paul Tea Party of 2007:

As activists across the country hold national tea parties today, April 15, 2009, Campaign for Liberty president John Tate issued the following statement:

“The concept of the modern day Tea Party began on December 16, 2007 when supporters of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign came together and raised over $6 million online in one day. The tremendous success of that event led activists in the freedom movement and members of the Campaign for Liberty to begin planning today’s Tax Day Tea Parties.

“Success always brings company, and it is very positive that so many conservatives, libertarians, Republicans, constitutionalists and even progressives have come together and joined our efforts. All Americans who are sincere about cutting out of control government spending are welcome to stand with Dr. Paul and the Campaign for Liberty as we fight to take our country back.”

Congressman Ron Paul is the honorary chairman of Campaign for Liberty. For more information, visit www.campaignforliberty.com

Other related websites worth a visit:

• Daily Paul
• Liberty Maven
• Ron Paul Forums
• Young Americans for Liberty
• Tax Day Coalition
• LewRockwell.com
• Mises.org

If you have a blog or website and are reporting on today’s tax day tea parties, post your URL in the comments.

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For many, including myself, Dr. Paul represents both a practical form of modern libertarianism and proof that the truth can actually survive in modern politics. These are very important realizations, yet we’ve also learned that the truth is capable of much more than just surviving. It’s capable of winning. Perhaps not today, but in the near future mainstream politicians will speak of Ron Paul as Reagan spoke of Goldwater.

Most of the grassroots volunteers didn’t stop fighting when McCain was the declared the presumptive nominee. They moved to building infrastructure for the future. Indeed, a considerable amount of the Ron Paul Revolution is in the middle of shifting gears. We are not winding down, but gearing up.

The grassroots found new ways of communicating quickly and effectively. Websites like RonPaul.com started popping up all over the Internet. Today most of us can’t even name all the Ron Paul related websites, podcasts, forums, or media outlets in existence and be sure that every one of them is visited, heard, or read. We should have no doubt that, though scattered throughout cyberspace, the revolution continues.

While the mainstream media continues to salivate over McBama’s ludicrous stage fight for the presidency, Ron Paul’s newly awakened “Young Conservatives” are patiently building their own media empire. Everything from social networking, to radio, to interviews, to scholarly journals, even to cable channels has been created to promote ‘pro-liberty’ media. How about a media company that caters instead of panders? How about a source for relevant news, not ‘brain candy’? How about a million new ways for people to communicate? They’ve been built, they’re being used, and we must be familiar with them.

One day the horn will blow for the Ron Paul army to re-emerge and push our next liberty loving candidate into the mainstream. Our success rests in our own hands and in our ability to use the tools we have been given and the tools we have created. While I can’t list all the sites dedicated to filling the gap left by our mainstream media, I’d like to list a few below. I believe that by using the sites below, and other independent media movements, we give even more power to truth.

RonPaul.com, CampaignforLiberty.com, DailyPaul.com, BreaktheMatrix.com, ActualPolitics.com, RevolutionBroadcasting.com, RonPaulForums.com, RonPaulBlog.com, RonPaulPlanet.com, Mises.org

Feel free to post additional websites in the comments.

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In a press conference scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., Congressman Ron Paul is expected to urge supporters to reject John McCain and Barack Obama and vote for “any” of the four smaller-party contenders in the coming presidential elections: Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, Green Party contender Cynthia McKinney, independent Ralph Nader or Constitution Party standard-bearer Chuck Baldwin.

Update: Click here to read the Ron Paul Announcement

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Total votes: 3,108
The poll was open from June 6 – June 11

Let’s make our voices heard!

Now that the Republican primaries are over, the suspense continues to build over what Ron Paul is going to do next.

• Will he stay in the race for the Republican nomination and continue his efforts to take back the GOP?
• Will he relaunch his campaign and run as an independent or third party candidate?
• Will he drop out and endorse either John McCain, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin or Barack Obama?

During the Republican primaries Ron Paul often said that he had no plans to run as an independent. But plans can change, and Americans need Ron Paul more than ever:

• The economy has deteriorated and the Federal Reserve continues to print more and more money, further devaluing our dollar in the process.
• Illegal aliens continue to invade this country, slowly but surely turning it into a third-world nation that will be increasingly vulnerable to attacks on its sovereignty.
• We’re headed for more wars and destruction now that even Obama, the hope of many peace-loving individuals, has shown his true colors by trying to out-warmonger McCain and threatening Iran with a nuclear first strike.

America needs a real anti-war candidate who offers actual solutions to our economic problems, instead of mesmerizing people with abstract concepts such as “change” and “hope”.

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Montana, South Dakota and New Mexico held Republican primaries yesterday, and in a surprisingly strong showing for a candidate the GOP establishment loves to hate and the media continues to ignore, Ron Paul received 22% of the vote in Montana, 17% in South Dakota and 14% in New Mexico.

The primary season may now be over, but the Ron Paul Revolution continues stronger than ever before. If you too are dissatisfied with the way things are going, make your voice heard and join us on July 12 in Washington, D.C. for the Revolution March and on September 1 – 4 in St. Paul/Minneapolis for the Republican National Convention. Ron Paul is counting on our support.

Montana Results

John McCain: 72,208 votes (76%)
Ron Paul: 20,408 votes (22%)
Uncommitted: 2,033 votes (2%)

South Dakota Results

John McCain: 42,843 votes (70%)
Ron Paul: 10,127 votes (17%)
Mike Huckabee: 4,337 votes (7%)
Uncommitted: 1,793 votes (3%)

New Mexico Results

John McCain: 93,496 votes (86%)
Ron Paul: 15,296 votes (14%)

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On Wednesday, May 28, Ron Paul was interviewed by Charles Goyette of AntiWarRadio. Ron Paul discussed the following topics:

• His book The Revolution: A Manifesto
• The revelations of former press secretary Scott McClellan regarding the Bush administration’s propaganda campaign in the run-up to war
• The Asia Times article on the proposed attack of Iran by the Bush administration by August
• The status of his presidential campaign
• The enthusiasm of his supporters
• The reach of the campaign and the message
• The status of the GOP delegates won by Ron Paul during the campaign
• The rumor that he is negotiating to speak at the Republican National Convention
• The rally planned adjacent to the Convention
• Bob Barr’s nomination as the Libertarian presidential nominee
• The status of the Iraq War and whether or not Congress will stop it
• The future of the U.S. dollar
• The possible consequences of attacking Iran on the oil market and the U.S. dollar
• The need for dissolution of the Federal Reserve

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The Ron Paul Revolution’s growing success continues to haunt Republican party officials who support amnesty for illegal aliens and Al Gore’s global warming propaganda by pressing on with their efforts to make John McCain this year’s Republican nominee.

In Minnesota, John McCain got only 22% of the vote in the state’s caucuses on February 5, compared with Ron Paul’s 16%. The Minnesota party establishment is concerned enough to send out an unsigned letter to GOP members, signed only as “Friends of the Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team”.

In a chilling attack on free speech and open discussion among Republicans, the missive exhorts GOP members to attend the State Convention this Friday and assist the party establishment in stifling the growing number of dissenting voices:

Dear Republican friend,

Conservatives must unite if Barack Obama is to be defeated in November. As conservative leaders in this state and in our party, we have come together to seek your support for the positions of National Delegate, Alternate, and Presidential Elector.

As members of the Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team, we began this campaign season supporting a wide array of candidates for President. The primary and caucus season was hard fought, but fair. Through the rigorous nomination process, John McCain has emerged victorious as the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. As members of the Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team, we are pledging our support to John McCain should you elect us to the positions we seek at the upcoming Republican State Convention.

Unfortunately, the supporters of Ron Paul still refuse to unite our party behind our presumptive nominee. At our Congressional District conventions, the Paul supporters ran slates of candidates seeking to thwart the will of the majority of those who have already united behind John McCain. Paul supporters are promising to do the same at our State Convention by fielding a slate of candidates who continue to refuse to accept the outcome of the primary season.

You can help launch our party to victory in November in a few important ways. First, please attend the Republican State Convention in Rochester. The convention will come to oder at 9 AM on Friday, May 30. Please be registered and in your chair by 9 AM. Virtually every Paul supporter in the state will be in Rochester. Let’s not let the will of the vast majority be overcome by a tiny, organized and motivated minority.

Second, support the Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team with your vote. Whatever success Paul supporters have had in Minnesota conventions has largely been the result of the failure of mainstream conservative Republicans to unite behind a qualified team of party leaders. A fragmented votes opens the door for the organized minority to have much more voice and control than their numbers justify. Unite behind the Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team.

Finally, reject efforts of the Paul minority to disrupt and manipulate our convention with challenges to the convention rules and procedures. Cries for “fairness” by the Paul group are simply desperate tactics by a minority who simply don’t have the votes and wish to overcome the will of the majority. Manufactured confusion and delay has been the standard for Paul supporters at other State GOP conventions. Support the Committee Reports that will be presented and don’t open the door for Paul manipulation.

History has taught us that Republicans need to stand united if we are to win in November. The civil war that is ripping the Democrats apart does not need to occur within our party; we have our nominee, John McCain.

Sincerely,
Friends of the Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team

Paid for by Minnesota Conservative Delegate Team, 4521 Belvidere Lane, Edina, MN 55435. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

Just like its counterpart in Hawaii, the Minnesota GOP is looking for “sheep to hand in the ballots they want” and who will unite behind their “leader” even if they completely reject his elitist values and plans for America’s future.

Here’s what one outraged GOP member responded:

I do not, cannot, will not, understand the argument that because people in OTHER STATES chose McCain in THEIR primaries, that somehow that defines the will of Minnesota Republicans. It certainly doesn’t represent the people I talked to on Super Tuesday. Why I should support people who try to bully ME so that they can bully everyone in our state from St. Paul is beyond me.

The Ron Paul Presidential Campaign issued the following press release, announcing that Ron Paul would be speaking adjacent to the convention:

Minneapolis, Minnesota – Presidential candidate and Congressman Dr. Ron Paul will speak to his supporters, and other delegates and alternates to the Minnesota Republican State Convention, Friday morning, May 30, at 7:30 AM at the Mayo Memorial Park, 30 Civic Center Drive, Rochester MN. The park features an amphitheater setting adjacent to the rear of the Mayo Civic Center where the convention is to be held.

After repeated requests for an invitation, the Republican Party of Minnesota’s Chairman, Ron Carey, issued a letter to Marianne Stebbins, Minnesota Campaign Coordinator for Ron Paul 2008 PCC, denying Ron Paul a speaking opportunity at the convention. (Letter attached.)

“I put in five calls to the MN GOP over the past several weeks, requesting a simple yes or no on letting Dr. Paul speak, with no response,” said Stebbins, “and only received the written denial following a demand for response via certified mail. So the Ron Paul campaign extends our invitation to all GOP state delegates and alternates to hear for themselves why this remarkable man has created such a stir in this presidential election.”

When the gavel drops in the Civic Center at 9:00 AM, Stebbins anticipates the convention Rules Report will favor the MN GOP Chairman’s picks for national delegate, allowing only “qualified” candidates to appear on the ballot, to be named later by the Nominating Committee, while not defining such qualifications. Paul’s supporters will appeal to the delegates of the convention to amend the rules in the interests of fairness and openness to allow for all who filed their intent to run with the MN GOP to appear on the ballot.

“Other challenges to the rules may be brought in an orderly fashion,” said Stebbins, “by no means as an attempt to disrupt the convention, but strictly to favor an open, democratic process to allow for the delegation to make decisions about whom it wishes support, as opposed to an orchestrated election of unopposed, backroom candidates.”

MN GOP Chairman, Ron Carey, last week sent an email to party officers urging them to turn out their McCain delegates, forwarding an email message from the Ron Paul campaign as an additional motivator. Contrary to Carey’s claims, the vast majority of caucus attendees voted against McCain.

Marianne Stebbins, Minnesota Campaign Coordinator for Ron Paul 2008 PCC stated, “Ron Carey is misusing his office of Chairman to encourage turnout only of delegates for one candidate. The Republican Party Bylaws clearly forbid this activity. If Mr. Carey wishes to actively campaign for one candidate and for his slate of candidates for national delegate, he should relinquish the Chair to someone who can more impartially handle the duties of the office.”

Dr. Ron Paul, tenth-term Congressman from Texas, is one of two candidates remaining in the Republican race for President, and has earned seven national delegates so far out of Minnesota. With his new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto, now in its third week on the New York Times Bestseller List, he remains in the race to offer conservatives an option in the primaries, and to spread the message of Liberty, Peace and Prosperity.

Minnesota Republican State Convention
WHEN: May 30, 7:30 AM
WHERE: Mayo Memorial Park, 30 Civic Center Drive
City: Rochester
State: MN

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