Below The Beltway

Three videos from Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty on the causes of the financial crisis and what we need to do to fix it.
Restoring confidence in the markets:

The dollar problem that nobody is talking about:

Is this the end of capitalism ?:

H/T: Liberty Maven

Ron Paul spoke on Fox Business Channel about Henry Paulson’s plan to have the government buy ownership stakes in US banks:

Where’s the rest of the GOP on this one ? Where’s John McCain ?

John McCain may be the war hero, but active duty military members haven’t been throwing money his way:
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Ron Paul have little in common politically, except their opposition to the Iraq war.
Both top a new list of presidential candidates receiving campaign contributions from people who work for the four branches of [...]

Adam Bitley, who blogs at Red Virginia, joins those who realize that the Republican Party has abandoned the principles it claims to stand for:
After much thought and consideration, realizing that I would never see the day when the Republican party as it currently stands (and has for the last 40 years) truly deliver on the [...]

Ron Paul appeared on CNN’s American Morning to speak about the bailout and the Campaign for Liberty’s drive to defeat it:

Here’s the speech he made:

And here are the remarks placed into the Congressional Record:
The process of this bailout reminds me of a panic-stricken swimmer thrashing in the water only making his situation worse. Even a “bipartisan deal”—whatever that is supposed to mean— will not stop the Congress from thrashing about.
The beneficiaries of the corrupt monetary [...]

I’ve been fairly critical of Ron Paul’s political instincts, especially his recent decision to endorse Chuck Baldwin for President, but when it comes to the impending Paulson-Bernake bailout, he’s one of the few voices in Congress talking about what’s really at stake.
Here’s video from the Joint Economic Committee hearing late last week:

And here he is [...]

Earlier this week, former Presidential candidate Ron Paul finally decided to endorse a candidate for President, and he chose to pick the wackiest man in the room:
The Libertarian Party Candidate admonished me for “remaining neutral” in the presidential race and not stating whom I will vote for in November.   It’s true; I have done exactly [...]

In the wake of this week’s bizarre events surrounding Ron Paul’s vote-for-anyone-you-want-to press conference and Bob Barr’s inexplicable effort to get Paul to join his already formed ticket, David Nolan, one of the founders of the Libertarian Party, is declaring the Barr campaign DOA:
As of yesterday afternoon, Bob Barr’s Presidential campaign is effectively over. There [...]

As I noted below, Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Bob Barr failed to appear at Ron Paul’s press conference this morning.
Instead, he held his own:
Barr opened with a statement on how he’d gotten to this point, and why he’d not attended the Paul event.
- In December 2007, he authored the LP’s statement of intent to nominate [...]