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Apparently, the Ron Paul Revolution Is Being Televised

Posted by Joshua Holland, AlterNet at 11:54 AM on April 22, 2008.


Fancy graphics and a nice critique of Empire.

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Regular readers know that I disagree with a lot more of Ron Paul's views than I support. Actually, I find some of those views downright scary.

But when it comes to an accessible critique of American militarism, nobody else articulates the simple point that empire is incompatible with small R republicanism as well as the Texas rep.

The video to your right has been playing in Pennsylvania markets leading up to today's primary. It's a trippy, animated 60-second spot in which a Max Headroom-like (I'm dating myself, I know) Paul wanders back through American history to condemn today's hubristic foreign policy consensus.

For readers who are unable to view video clips online, there's a transcript after the jump ...

Ron Paul:

We now are a nation known to start war.

We feel compelled because of our insecurity, that we have to go over and attack these countries to maintain our empire.

We have over 700 bases -- we’re in 130 countries. And they’re talking about bombing Iran.

It is such a dramatic change from what is truly American, and truly Constitutional.

I don’t want to run the world!

The Constitution doesn’t give me the authority to run the world!

We ought to mind our own business is what we need to do!

With all this spending overseas wasting money!

This is a continuation of a revolution. It is a peaceful revolution. It’s up to you to spread this message around this country.

This is an American cause, it’s the cause of freedom.

There's something going on in this country, and it’s big!

Spread the message! Thank You!

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Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.


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