A speech I gave on Ron Paul at my school

tombinghamthegreat · #1 (**permalink**) 11-23-2007, 10:54 PM

This is a speech i gave on Ron Paul in my Speech class in college. I got an A FYI. Please read andtell me what you guys think of it. The format is what is required of the class if you were also wondering.

Thomas Bingham
11/15/07
Persuasive speech
Liedtke
Topic: Ron Paul
Format: Topical

Dr. No as President
Ron Paul in the Republican debates at the Regan Library said, “How did we win (the Republicans) the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution.” Today I propose to you supporting Ron Paul for President. Ron Paul is a Vietnam Veteran, a physician and a Republican US Congressman both from 1977-1985 and as well as from 1997 to now. He has gained a lot of popularity on the internet and has won most of the polls taken after the debates. He set a record of raising 4.3 million dollars in one day over the net. He has written over 10 scholarly books with topics ranging from economic benefits of hard money to the threats that individual rights are facing today. He is the only antiwar Republican presidential candidate that voted against the Iraq war. He advocates a non-interventionist foreign policy similar to the Founding Fathers: no nation building, no entangling alliances, and no policing the world. He favors the US removing itself from both the UN and NATO. On the domestic issues, he supports free trade and balanced budgets. He favors hard money. This means the revival of the gold standard, as opposed to printing money out of thin air, as this creates an inflation tax on the lower and middle class. He also wants the 16th amendment to be abolished because it allows the government to steal money from people’s income and waste it on foreign conflicts. He wants to remove most federal government agencies such as the Department of Education, FEMA, and Social Security, just to name a few. He, among others, points out that centralized planning does not work and that these matters are best handled by states. His biggest focus is on individual rights and the Constitution, which is why he is opposed to the Patriot Act, the Federal War on Drugs, and gun control. He is the only candidate that has a voting record matches that what he says. In my speech, I will be discussing his stance on foreign policy, what he plans to do to limit government, and how he intends on protecting individual rights.

I My first argument to make is Ron Paul intends on limiting the federal government and control spending
A. Along with the trillions wasted in empire building, billions are being wasted on flawed programs at the federal level. His plan is to remove unnecessary government programs and to balance the budget. So the question is not what programs should be cut and removed. The real question is what functions does the constitution outline?
1. In LewRockwell online news published by him in 2005 “That's easy: only those functions specifically outlined in the Constitution. Is foreign aid allowed by the Constitution? No. Is public housing in the Constitution? No. Is federal involvement in education? No. Are the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? No. Is protecting our borders? Yes.”
B. Once the federal government is no longer imposing itself in state matters; the states can effectively and efficiently solve their problems. States tend to handle problems better than the federal government; an example is how FEMA handled New Orleans crisis after Hurricane Katrina, while the city still has not recovered from their failures.
1. In another article on LewRockwell online news published by him in 2002 “Most of the worst excesses of big government can be traced to a disregard for states’ rights, which means a disregard for the Ninth and Tenth amendments.”
II. My second argument to make is Ron Paul is the only antiwar Republican and supports a non-interventionist foreign policy.
A. As the Iraq conflict drags on, the monetary cost is in the hundreds of billions with no end in sight. The war was undeclared. The natural response to a mistake is to fix it but no other candidate is planning to pull the troops out. They only offer plans to send more troops to that region which only creates more problems for our troops, such as risking war with Iran, being caught in a civil war, or getting caught in the middle of Turkish invasion. The current Iraq conflict, according to many news polls such as CNN, shows that 70% of the US population is against the war.
1. As Ron Paul pointed out in the debates, “How can a pro war candidate win the 2008 election when the public is strongly opposed to the war.”
B. Another reason why Ron Paul stresses the need to end building the so-called “world empire” is because the US is broke and in debt. The only way the US can avoid going bankrupt is to borrow billions from China per day. For what, to keep 30,000 troops in Korea, 20,000 in Japan, 100,000 in Europe, 200,000 in the middle east along with 14 permanent bases? Is sending billions of dollars of weapons to Israel in our best national interest? Is giving Saudi Arabia, a dictatorship, billions of dollars in our best interest? While this conflict goes on, our Nation Guard is absent and unable to defend our country, our enemies are becoming more motivated to attack us, and our borders are left wide open to our enemies.
1. According to a report by John W. Schoen, MSNBC on March. 4, 2007, “As of last June, the biggest holder of Treasury debt was the U.S. government itself, with about 52 percent of the total $9 trillion in paper that's out there.”
III. My final argument to make is Ron Paul’s plan to protect individual rights.
A. the Patriot Act is clearly one of the biggest threats to individual rights. The government can do warrantless searches, spy on individual’s private activities, wiretap people’s phones, and create a “watch list” for individuals of “interest”. This undermines the purpose of a free society. Under a Ron Paul presidency, the Patriot Act would be abolished.
1. On May 3, 2005 in a CNN interview, Ron Paul said: “If you believe in smaller government, ask yourself one simple question: Does the PATRIOT Act increase or decrease the power of the federal government over your life? The answer is obvious to those who understand that freedom cannot be exchanged for security.”
B. The second biggest threat to individual rights is the real ID act. This allows the government to gain and store more information on people thus threatening people’s privacy. The new ID is attached to a driver license. It allows the government to easily track and locate people faster.
1. On August 12, 2005 Anita Ramasastry is quoted on the CNN site to have said: “It's that "machine-readable technology" requirement, along with the possibility of Homeland Security add-ons, that raises the most serious risk that the Real ID Act will cause privacy violations.”
In conclusion, I have discussed his stance on foreign policy, what he plans to do to limit government, and how he intends on protecting individual rights. With the 2008 election coming up, Ron Paul is the best candidate to vote for. In regards to a view that Ron Paul would most likely agree with, Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, once said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

RATSOADM · 11-23-2007, 11:49 PM

Nice job...

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"He set a record of raising 4.3 million dollars in one day over the net."

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add the fact the money was average about 100$ per donation, and it was donated by everyday individuals of all political parties not big companies.

tombinghamthegreat · 11-23-2007, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RATSOADM

Nice job...

also

add the fact the money was average about 100$ per donation, and it was donated by everyday individuals of all political parties not big companies.

I should have added that and would have looked even better. All well...

**Ristaron** · 11-24-2007, 01:24 AM

You may want to substitute words drawn from the vernacular (ex. "net") and replace them with official words (ex. "Internet", which is capitalized, or "World Wide Web", etc.) so as to give a better sense of professionalism. Also, your sentences are rather choppy. I realize it isn't a response paper, but making the sentences flow always helps the reader progress through the reading more easily.

JumpInTheFire · 11-24-2007, 01:38 AM

Great job man,
and of course I have to be an obvious RP fan/supporter and say thanks and a great work getting him and his messages/ideas out there

tombinghamthegreat · 11-24-2007, 11:24 PM

Thanks for the feedback and I am glad that for the most part, on this forum and other ones, felt I did a good job. It never hurts to take a subject you like and write about it. I also wrote the paper the day before it was due, since i had a bunch of other essays to finish.

Estefanina · 11-25-2007, 12:41 AM

That's the most information on Ron Paul I've gotten from a single source. It's concise, looks well informed, and delicious. Thanks for sharing.

**Ristaron** · 11-25-2007, 03:31 AM

I have to agree on that point. Easily one of the most informative pieces I've read on Ron Paul.

tombinghamthegreat · 11-28-2007, 11:56 AM

One of the people used Ron Paul in his speech on keeping the US military a volunteer army.

tonto128 · 11-28-2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tombinghamthegreat

Thanks for the feedback and I am glad that for the most part, on this forum and other ones, felt I did a good job. It never hurts to take a subject you like and write about it. I also wrote the paper the day before it was due, since i had a bunch of other essays to finish.

haha thats the way to get it done. very good, especially for being a day before the due(er?) thanks man, it was good. i hope you got a good response at your school.