Paul makes bestseller list
Ron Paul doesn't have much in common politically with Barack Obama.
He's an iconoclastic congressman from Texas still running an insurgent campaign for the Republican nomination though John McCain has it wrapped up. Obama is senator from Illinois almost certainly soon to be the Democratic nominee after a campaign that is more of a movement.
They both have used the Internet to raise enormous sums of campaign cash, and now they share something else -- a place atop the New York Times bestseller list.
Paul's newest book, "The Revolution: A Manifesto," is number one on the list for May 18. "The ranking is yet another of the many successes Dr. Paul has had during his presidential candidacy spreading his message of personal freedom and constitutional government," his campaign said in a statement.
After its official release on April 30, the book was the number one bestseller on Amazon.com and remains the number one bestseller in political books.
Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" reached the top of the Times bestseller list in 2006, and the autobiographical "Dreams from My Father" did so when it was reissued in 2004.



Paul actually believes that this country should live by the plain words of its Constitution, or else modify that document--never ignore nor subvert it.
THAT is revolutionary, sadly.
Ron Paul is a good man and was the only interesting voice in the Republican nomination battle. He was the only one to speak with any shred of truth or honesty to the American people. I don't agree with many of his positions but I have a great deal of respect for his honesty and candor.
The way he was treated by his opponents during the Republican debates, which was as a total joke, is a real revelation about the utter contempt that the Republican Party holds for anyone with the guts to question the blind dogma of Bush and his fiscally irresponsible, pro-war, fear agenda.
Obama's "movement" is an empty one, a cult of personality with no ideas behind it.
I've enjoyed asking Obama supporters during this campaign *why* they're voting for Obama. None of the answers are substantive. When I ask why Obama over, say, Edwards, their expressions are blank, or they mutter something about "hope."
Ron Paul supporters know exactly why they're voting for him: an end to the war in Iraq, a return to sound money via elimination of the criminal Federal Reserve cartel, and preservation of civil liberties.
Good for Ron. He hardly got a fair shake from the media when it came to campaign coverage, most notably when he was excluded from the FOX debate just prior to the NH primary even though candidates with poorer showings in Iowa and less donors were invited. There is certainly something to be said for the wide ranging support for his platform, and I think we'll be seeing a lot of Ron Paul Republicans for years to come. By and large, Americans can take care of themselves far better than the State can, and the sooner we realize that the better off we'll be.
There will also be a large march on Washington D.C in July that should get media attention. Maybe a 100,000 thousand people marching on Washington D.C or more! Join the revolution!
There are still major differences:
Obama voted for the patriot act and Iraq war funding. Paul did not.
Obama gets money from lobbyists. Paul does not.
Paul votes constitutionally. Obama votes politically expediently.
Paul votes for liberty. Obama votes for increased government power.
Obama gets tons of media exposure. Paul? Twice a month, if lucky.
Yet Paul gets a book on the NYT bestseller list, without the help of the media.
Paul has very strong support. Obama would loose his support very quickly if the media didn't prop him up.
I dare you Boston Globe to write just one piece on Ron Paul without comparisons or mentions of other candidates.
Finally a Candidate, That I really Believe in and Listen too, and the Media fails to report on. The Country wants "Springer" not what makes sense!
I can't believe...over 300 million people in this Country and these (Obama, Clinton and McCain) are what you give me to pick from...What a Joke...The Main Stream Media is Controlling the Country or should I say the Companies that own the Media Control the Country.
The GOP (with lots of help from the media) may have stopped the man Ron Paul in this go-round, but the message of Ron Paul will never be stopped. The genie is out of the bottle. The Revolution will move forward with its agenda of personal liberty, freedom, responsibility, sound money, an end to illegal wars, and strict adherence to the Constitution.
This book will be around for years to come, influencing the thoughts and decisions of the next generation of political movers and shakers, not to mention voters.
Ron Paul's message of personal freedom and liberty, a return to sound money, an end to the massive welfare state and illegal wars, is popular with young people because the next generation realizes that their parents and grandparents are selling them down the river with trillions of dollars in unfunded entitlements.
I once thought it was strange to see so many hundreds of thousands of college-age men and women rallying around Ron Paul, a 73 year old congressman. But he presents his message with the delivery qualities of a sage and the certainty of a prophet. He offers a message of real Hope for America, not canned quips and one liners like other candidates who talk about "hope".
The Revolution has only just begun. Even John McCain once called Ron Paul "the most honest man in Congress." Even as the GOP nomination seems to be all wrapped up, John McCain is beginning to acknowledge that on matters of economics, Ron Paul is right. Any candidate who hopes to run the country would be wise to listen to Ron Paul.
The collectivist establishment hates Ron Paul. Dr. Paul's arguments for a return to Liberty and Freedom are sound, logical, and irrefutable. The news media just says what they're told to say, while the constitution is shredded around the country. One of the greatest statesman of all time has come to actually save this country of ours, and you guys barely cover him. How shameful. What happened to your national front runner Rudy Giuliani? haha... Dr. Paul whipped him soundly.
The revolution cannot be stopped. There is still time to change the destructive course the Bush/Clinton regime has placed us on. Read this awesome book, and give it to someone who wants real change, not phony change.
Repaulicans unite! Run for office! Get in the GOP before those crazies ruin us!
By the time 2012 rolls around, we will all look back at a missed opportunity, the opportunity to actually have real change implemented in this country. Whether McCain, Obama or Clinton ends up in the White House, nothing, absolutely nothing will change because all of them are simply looking at the symptoms instead of the disease that is plaguing this country and in particular, this rogue government that has assumed power and authority that has not been delegated to it through the Constitution.
"All Power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are no other sources. All delegated power is trust, all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either." Thomas Paine
Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate and it seems one of the very few in Congress that is calling for this government to return to a legal base of operation, that legal base, the only legal base is found in the very limited provisions of powers and authority delegated in Trust to the federal government. Constitutionally, powers and authority are delegated to the sub-ordinate federal government, it has no powers or authority inherent within it; now the question is if the federal government is the sub-ordinate member in this Republic, who and what is the superior: I declare, as does the Constitution, that the Several States, by the Consent of the People, delegated authority to the federal government and are thereby superior in position to it.
It is time to return to the common sense found within that grand document called the Law of the Land, the Compact between the People and Themselves. Its time to put this run-a-way federal government back in its place!
Ron Paul should put "I told you so" on his tombstone.
Ron's book really summarizes his philosophy in an easy to read manner. I believe this book will be a real eye opener for most people. The other great thing about the book is the reading list provide at the end. This is for those who want to learn more.
Simply put, "The Revolution: A Manifesto" is just what the doctor ordered for an uninformed electorate.
Ron Paul is revolutionary, because he has a revolutionary view of society. He sees human principles as the starting point of the political system. This, in contemporary politics is revolutionary. The commercial (sponsor controlled) media is absolutely obsessed with avoiding mentioning Ron Paul. This is because of the incendiary nature of the message of the US Constitution. This is nothing surprising. The principle of Freedom, has been completely defaced to the point where what is called freedom, actually works out to be obedience.
Americans are slowly begining, in small numbers, to analyze the results of US government policy, in their own heads. This is the thing about liberty. Liberty assumes that you will seek to understand the world, for yourself. For many modern suburban consumers in developed countries, this is revolutionary. Modern media seeks to prevent this,and control the information flow to citizens. Therefore Ron Paul's message was always going to be picked by those who sought truth, rather than those who sat in front of a TV, believing everything.
Ron Paul is the real face of opposition in the current nomination process. Romney and Huckabee engaged in a lot of shadow boxing, before running out of money, and then backing the commercial media approved candidate, John McCain. There was an air of almost complete disbelief. Fox News organized debates for the Republican candidates, and focussed heavily on 'educating' the viewers to McCain, Guiliani, and Romney. Guiliani flopped. Romney dropped out. Huckabee as the representative of the Evangelical wing of the party, was always going to accumulate a solid fraction of support, especially in the South. The only actual debate that took place was around Ron Paul, and his controversial positions on Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, and Economic Policy. In each case, the news journalists steadied the debate to assist other candidates. The TV cameras focussed on the other candidates looking away while Ron Paul spoke. The time allocated to Ron Paul was always minor.
But what Ron Paul has done more than anybody else is challenge many prevalent assumptions concerning the electorate. He made inflation and currency devaluation an issue a long time ago. He voted against much of the legislation that has the other candidates in convulsion, over their voting record. He gives straight answers to all the controversial topics that seem to preoccupy candidates both right and left. He has stood consistently on dozen of options, where the other candidates have stood in grey areas, or fallen into party line, after initial reservations. Ron Paul has opened up questions about the success of policies that are pursued by both Democrats and Republicans. He has exposed Republicans as having Democrat policies, and Democrats of behaving like Republicans.
I think the american people have forgoten that the government ist o be working for us,not we working for them.So as any good employer would do when a job is not being done well by it's employees....fire them.They have become way to powerful and are not out for you and I.We need to stand up and take our country back.Our politicians need to be accountable to us.No mor double talk,just simple common sense.It seems the gov needs more panls ,groups and committees to resolve nohing.Morew and more laws ,less and less freedom.Leave the people alone.They know best what they need.Start reducing spending,start saveing our social security and medicare.These should be self sufficiant by know on interest only.But unfortunately the gov has drained it for other uses.We should demand that what they misused should be put back by them.Enough is enough.The truth will always prevail.Lies collapse after awhile becuse to much has to be covered up.Ron Paul is a true and the last great statesman.We all need to follow his lead
Ron Paul is the only prophet-candidate in this election (and for a long time before). He has spent decades in Congress arguing against proposed legislation in the let-government-control-everything mold, explaining why and how it would cause terrible consequences that its proponents had never imagined.
Today we live in an America whose problems are almost entirely the product of the legislation he has argued against. Ron Paul has every right to be screaming, "I TOLD you so!" -- but he doesn't, because for him it's not about _being_ right, it's about _what's_ right. Instead, he is doggedly pressing on with his arguments about why government power directed toward anything except protecting individual rights leads inevitably to bad results, and why true liberty leads quite naturally to peace and prosperity.
The shame of it all is that most Americans have neither the intellectual horsepower nor the factual knowledge that would allow them to properly assess this great man. But that's why we have public education on the Prussian model, isn't it? The people are to be trained for obedience and loyalty, not independence and knowledge.
Weep for America.
Congressman Paul is as close to Sen. Goldwater as we'll ever get.
How can any of the other Republican canidates speak of President Regan when is fact, Congressman Paul is the "only canidate" this election that was endorsed by the former President.
I will write in Congressman Paul before I cast my vote for any of the others.
I have personally only heard 3 persons speak honestly about our conditions in this country.
Congressman Paul, Sen. Goldwater and President Reagan.
We are a modern day Rome and we are falling apart. We ARE NOT an Empire, we a a Republic. The Great Expeiment is in danger and our only hope is "We the People" and Congressman Paul.
I also dare to do a piece on Ron Paul. And one that doesn't ask stupid questions about the other cannidates . He is our last chance to turn this country around,. The other three only represent more government , more wars , and less freedoms . The way he has been treated by mainsteam media is a disgrace ! I have my DON'T BLAME ME I VOTED RON PAUL bumper sticker ready !
JULY 12th REVOLUTION MARCH , WASHINGTON DC .....BE THERE !!!!!!!
To stand up for what is rightfully yours . YOUR COUNTRY !
This movement is about the sound principles that Ron Paul embodies, not about the man Ron Paul. That's a good thing because of the way his party and the national media's "talking heads" have continued to ignore substance and focus on superficial nonsense.
This article states that Obama's campaign seems "more like a movement"...Laughable! I suppose a political movement can be based on some individual's personality and carisma, but such political movements are bound to be short lived. If Obama (God forbid) should meet with an unfortunate end tomorrow, this so called "movement" would instantly become a memory. Absolutely nothing would come of it. On the other hand, should we tragicaly loose Dr. Paul, the movement he has sparked will continue...that's because there is substance and wisdom at the foundation of this movement, not just flesh and blood animated with an attractive personality.
You can't live on hope from a dreamer such as Obama. You won't have more freedom with more government as proposed by Clinton. You will not prosper with illeagal immigrants invading our country with anchor babies as would be allowed by McCain.
NAFTA and free trade, the UN, the IRS, the World Bank, the CIA, the FBI, and every other governmental departments are illegal and immoral in our society. The tax system favors large corporations, and other countries dictate how we Americans are to live. Our Constitution is ripped apart by judges from universities such as Yale and Harvard. Common sense is is lacking in our schools, colleges, universities, and government because if the U. S. Constitution is to be analyzed by such judges because they say want to know what the writers meant , then they should not be in a position to determine anything. Ron Paul, you still get my vote and I'll be in Washington DC on July 12th.
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