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Video: Presidential Candidate Ron Paul on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
By Privacy Maven | October 31, 2007
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is a practicing physician and a Republican Presidential candidate who advocates “limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies,” a message resonant among libertarians, free thinkers and other stalwart freedom lovers. Privacy Maven does not endorse any of the Presidential candidates but always appreciates any meaningful discussion of core issues of freedom and civil liberties in the political arena.
USA Today makes note of a few highlights of his “Tonight Show” appearance:
Paul, who remains in the low single figures nationally in most media polls, has been raising more money than several candidates who are better known and has certainly been generating more buzz on the Internet, where his videos and blog postings about him have multiplied sharply in recent months.
He told Leno he attributes those successes “to the message.”
“I have shortcomings, but the message has no shortcomings,” Paul said. It’s all about “liberty,” he added.
Paul ticked off some of the things he would try to do as president — including bringing all U.S. troops home from Iraq and eliminating the federal income tax.
Leno asked if Paul, who ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988, would accept the vice presidential slot on a Republican ticket. “I probably wouldn’t be offered one,” Paul deadpanned — to laughs from the audience.
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