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Recent statements by Ron Paul




"If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 in a Meet the Press interview
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"It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education."
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa
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"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg
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"The founders advised non-interventionism."
Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in Orlando
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"He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership."
Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a statement on his campaign Web site.
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Recent statements by John McCain




Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.
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Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.
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"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.
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"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich.
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"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.
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Recent statements by Mitt Romney



"I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector."
Friday, January 25th, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.
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"Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in Boca Raton.
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"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C.
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"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
Monday, January 14th, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.
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"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.
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Oh hells fire ma'am, I like this!!

Where are the Conservatives in this race, the only one gets shunned and insulted.