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Ron Paul’s Farewell Speech Streaming Now

Watch it here at C-SPAN. Read Jim Antle’s latest article from the print mag about the Texas congressman’s legacy, and his column from today on the libertarian swing vote in last week’s presidential election. An excerpt from the former: A decade ago, only seven Republican members of Congress voted against the Iraq War—six congressmen and one […]

Watch it here at C-SPAN.

Read Jim Antle’s latest article from the print mag about the Texas congressman’s legacy, and his column from today on the libertarian swing vote in last week’s presidential election. An excerpt from the former:

A decade ago, only seven Republican members of Congress voted against the Iraq War—six congressmen and one senator. The number of conservative legislators who opposed the war was even smaller still, the redoubtable trio of Jimmy Duncan, John Hostettler, and Paul. …

What began as an academic exercise became a real movement. Paul’s is the only flavor of conservatism that currently appeals to millennials and other young voters. In Iowa, he finished 35 points ahead of Romney among voters aged 17 to 29. In New Hampshire, Paul won more voters between the ages of 18 and 24 than Romney, Rick Santorum, New Gingrich, and Rick Perry combined. …

When Ron Paul’s remarkable congressional career comes to a conclusion, he can return to Texas with the satisfaction of knowing that his educational mission revived an honorable political tradition: an American conservatism dedicating to conserving, not destroying.

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