Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

Election 2008

Ron Paul campaign calms expectations

With Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) finishing as low as two percent or less in presidential polls, sources close to the Ron Paul campaign say that as soon as the numbers tick above two or three percent, the "Ron Paul effect" can be said to be engaged.

This is because the differential between Paul's Internet presence and national polls is significant and because, even lo

Election 2008

Giuliani's Iowa stealth campaign

GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has said he is not focusing on the upcoming Iowa straw poll, yet sources "on the ground" in Iowa claim that his operatives are battling hard to gain traction in tomorrow's straw poll nonetheless.

The "name of the game," according to these sources, is managing expectations. Giuliani was recently seen to be struggling i

Election 2008

ABC changes debate tally after Ron Paul win!

August 5, 2007 - ABC TV apparently reset its tally of who won the Republican debate it broadcast on August 5, Sunday morning.

At 10 AM EST, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) was winning the debate with over 1,000 votes. Mitt Romney was next with 106. After the debate at approximately 11:10 AM EST when the tally was rechecked, ABC showed Ron Paul had just 445 votes. Second was &ldquo

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Iowa straw poll to use inaccurate Diebold electronic voting machines!

August 3, 2007 - A letter has been issued by Citizens for a Fair Vote Count, National Ron Paul Supporters Meetup, Restore the Republic, and We the People Congress regarding the use of Diebold voting machines in the Iowa primaries.

The letter reads as follows:

Everything we are all doing is going to be brought to NAUGHT if the Diebold computers - being used to 'coun

Election 2008

Ron Paul campaign has more money than John McCain!

WASHINGTON - July 16, 2007 - Ron Paul, the Lake Jackson congressman running a long shot campaign, reported raising nearly $2.4 million from April through June and ended the quarter with a similar amount in the bank.

The total is a remarkable showing for Paul, putting him in a better financial position - with less cash on hand but no debt - than Arizona Sen. John McCain. Paul s

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Rudolph Giuliani’s new foreign policy posse

by Philip Giraldi

July 12, 2007 - The naming of leading neoconservative Norman Podhoretz as one of Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani’s senior foreign policy advisers is disconcerting to those Americans who have hoped that the current disagreements with Iran might be resolved short of war. Giuliani - together with Mitt Romney and John McCain - has publicly advo

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Protester removed from Fred Thompson event!

HOUSTON, Texas - July 25, 2007 - A woman screaming “you’re not a real conservative, sir” was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson this morning. A second protester was also taken from the room.

Houston police officers escorted the woman - as well as a man - from the hangar at Hobby Airport, where