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罗_百度百科 网页新闻贴吧知道网盘图片视频地图文库资讯采购百科百度首页登录注册进入词条全站搜索帮助首页秒懂百科特色百科知识专题加入百科百科团队权威合作下载百科APP个人中心收藏查看我的收藏0有用+10罗恩·保罗播报讨论上传视频美国政治人物罗恩·保罗（英语：Ron Paul，1935年－）美国德克萨斯州的医师、众议员、以及总统候选人，隶属共和党籍。从1997年起他一直担任德州第14国会选区的众议员，之前也曾于1976及1979—1985年间担任第22选区的众议员。在1984年，保罗曾角逐德州参议员选举的共和党提名，但最后并没有成功。保罗在1988年获得自由党提名为总统候选人。在总统选战结束后，保罗于1997年返回国会。德州的共和党党部高层原先反对他重新竞选，但保罗最后成功当选众议员。保罗曾在1988年、2008年和2012年3次参加美国总统大选。其子兰德·保罗是现任美国参议员，2015年4月7日宣布参加2016年总统大选 [1]。中文名罗纳德·欧内斯特·“罗恩”·保罗外文名Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul别 名阮炮国 籍美国出生日期1935年代表作品《终结美联储》职 业政治家，医师出生地宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡目录1早年生涯▪早年政治生涯▪个人生涯▪与自由党的联系2后期国会生涯▪返回国会▪原则▪与选区的联系▪起草法案3政治观点▪外交政策▪经济观点▪支持金本位▪医疗用大麻▪工业用麻▪选举法改革▪堕胎▪同性婚姻和收养▪网络和科技▪其他议题4保罗撰写的书籍早年生涯播报编辑罗恩·保罗保罗生于宾夕法尼亚州的匹兹堡，父亲是一名德裔移民之子霍华德·卡斯帕·保罗（1904-1997），母亲是玛格莉特·保罗（1908-2001），保罗家在匹兹堡郊外经营一座小农场。保罗自幼便开始在双亲的农场工作，从五岁开始也担任过送报生，并且在一间杂货店打过工。他在1953年从多蒙特镇（Dormont）的多蒙特中学毕业，并且就读了盖兹堡学院（Gettysburg College），在1957年取得文学士学位。接着他就读了杜克大学的医学院，在1961年取得硕士学位。他在1961年至1962年间于底特律的一间医院担任实习医师，并且在1963年至1968年间担任美国空军的军医。在空军任职期间保罗也于匹兹堡大学完成了妇产科训练，并且在1968年和妻子卡罗·威尔士搬至德州的冲浪海滩（Surfside Beach）定居。保罗有时候也会回到他在杰克逊湖（Lake Jackson）的住宅度假。早年政治生涯他在1974年成为德州共和党部的代表大会代表。他在1974年曾获得共和党提名竞选国会议员，但被现任的民主党议员Robert R. Casey击败。当总统杰拉尔德·福特指派Casey出任联邦海运委员会（Federal Maritime Commission）的部长时，德州在1976年4月进行了一场补选以选出替代他的众议员。保罗赢得了补选，但在6个月之后的大选里输给了民主党的Robert A. Gammage。保罗接着在1978年的选举中击败Gammage而当选众议员，他接连赢得了1980年、1982的连任选举。他在1984年曾角逐德州参议员选举的共和党提名，但最后并没有成功。在1985年保罗重新担任医师，他的众议员职位则被Tom DeLay取代。在1988年保罗获得了自由党提名参选美国总统，在普选中他赢得了第三名（431,750票—0.47%），仅次于共和党和民主党两党候选人。个人生涯罗恩·保罗与兰德·保罗父子保罗和他的妻子卡罗·威尔士在1957年2月1日结婚，两人最初是在歌星Sophie Hawkins举办的一场舞会上认识的，他们后来就读了不同的学校，但仍然保持联系，并在保罗于盖兹堡学院就读的最后一年正式结婚。他们育有五名子女：罗尼、萝莉、兰德、罗伯特、和乔伊。保罗已有17名孙子女和1名曾孙子了。在保罗担任医师的岁月里他和卡罗一直定居在底特律，卡罗还曾在他们的地下室经营一个舞蹈学校。三名保罗的子女—兰德、罗伯特、和乔伊后来也成为了医师。在子女就读大学和医学院的年间保罗一直坚持自行缴交学费，拒绝让他们接受联邦政府补助的学生贷款计划。同样的保罗也始终拒绝接受议员特权的国会退休金。当保罗在竞选德州第14选区众议员时，为了帮助他的选情，妻子卡罗开始将他们的家常烹调秘方汇集成一本食谱，并将食谱复印送给选区中的各户家庭，食谱还附上了保罗全家的合照。自从最初食谱出版后，食谱连续再版了五个版本。卡罗和其他家人还在保罗的国会竞选网站上维持一个“每周食谱”的专栏。与自由党的联系保罗在1987年申请成为了自由党的终身党员，他一直维持这个党籍至今。虽然他是以共和党身份被选为众议员，他始终与自由党保持紧密的合作关系，他最近就在2004年的自由党全国代表大会上发表了演讲。自由党的发言人George Getz指出有许多来自全国各地的自由党人捐款支持保罗的竞选。保罗公开的财务报账显示他所取得的选举募款中有71.4%是来自德州以外的地区。与其他许多政治人物不同的是，保罗绝大多数的选举募款都是来自于个人的资助（2004年有92.5%、2005年有96.8%），而非来自团体或企业。保罗也是共和党里的共和党自由联盟（Republican Liberty Caucus）的成员，共和党自由联盟代表了共和党内的自由意志主义派系。后期国会生涯播报编辑返回国会罗恩·保罗在1996年保罗再次当选为共和党众议员。当时德州共和党党部的高层反对保罗参选，支持现任的Greg Laughlin，Laughlin原本是民主党籍，但在1994年共和党掌握国会后便加入了共和党。Laughlin不但获得共和党党部高层的青睐，还获得众议院议长纽特·金里奇（Newt Gingrich）以及当时担任德州州长的乔治·沃克·布什的背书，Laughlin并且批评保罗的政治观点是极端而古怪的。尽管如此，保罗最后仍以极大的票数差距击败Laughlin，成功赢得初选。保罗还让棒球选手诺兰·莱恩担任他的罗恩誉竞选阵营主席。由于保罗一直定居在杰克逊湖，选区重划将保罗分配到临海的第14选区，而不是他之前代表的第22选区。在当年秋季的选举中，保罗的民主党对手—律师Charles "Lefty" Morris对保罗展开大量的攻击，包括了攻击他支持废除联邦药品法以让各州自行决定的立场，尽管如此，保罗还是以些微的票数差距获胜。德州共和党党部的高层在1998年又试图要阻挠保罗，但保罗再一次赢得了初选和正式选举。党部高层于是同意与他达成协议：保罗在国会里会和共和党团一同投票、并且维持共和党党籍，以交换他在国会里的各种委员会职位。保罗在2000年和2002年都成功当选连任，并且在2004年无人竞争的情况下当选。2006年的选举中他则以20%的票数差距击败民主党候选人，获得第9届的众议员任期。原则Texas Monthly将保罗称为“完全奉守原则而且绝不让步”的人，包括了他从来不向政治行动委员会（PAC）收取补助、从来不向国会里的游说份子低头、始终以他“深刻抱持的原则”投票表决议案、并且从不接受“秘密协议”的手段。他们还写道：“‘诚实的政客’这一词似乎互相矛盾，然而保罗真的是从来没有投票违背任何他的明确原则…这一词真的能够形容保罗。”除了从来没有接受国会的议员退休金以外，保罗的国会办公室每年都会将未用完的经费缴回政府，在2000年这个金额到达$50,000元。不过，联邦选举委员会的纪录显示保罗的确有从PAC收取一部分的资金，虽然这个金额远远少于他在国会的其他同僚。在一个名为“清洁华盛顿”的团体所列出的特别名单中，保罗是众议院数百名议员中最少向PAC收取资金的第七名，同时也是国会里最少接受来自游说团体的议员之一，除此之外在收受的小额捐款所构成的资金比例排名上保罗是第四名，象征了大多数保罗的捐款都是来自私人的捐助。在2008年的共和党总统候选人之中，保罗所收受的PAC补助是所有人里最少的。在国会里绰号“不先生”的保罗有时对其他共和党同僚而言也是相当难缠的，因为他并不会顺从党内的压力投票支持那些被他视为浪费纳税人资金的法案，又或者是那些被他视为违反了宪法的案子。曾经有一次共和党的众议院发言人纽特·金里奇发言告诫所有成员都必须和党团一致投票，除了保罗例外。另外一名以坚持财政保守主义闻名的共和党众议员Jeff Flake也在2006年说：“每当我是党团中唯一要投否决票的人时，我通常会想到他（保罗）也会走下来。”保罗也想起在一次432-3的悬殊表决上，他出自原则的理由反对了那个法案，并且集合了仅有的两名支持他的同僚，在众人瞩目下一同投下反对票。与选区的联系即使是已在国会任职的年间，保罗也一直在得克萨斯州的布拉佐里亚郡担任妇产科医生，接生了许多在他选区内的婴儿。他是众议院里少数（共8人，包括牙医）原职业为医生的议员，更罕见的是他在议员任内仍继续行医。有记者还曾报道在保罗的选区里，碰到自称是由保罗接生的年轻人可不是什么罕见的事。保罗也会反对一些通常不会被来自乡村或海岸选区的国会议员所反对的法案。保罗的选区是一个濒临墨西哥湾的海岸地带，也包括了休士顿市的一部分郊区。即使如此，保罗仍然反对联邦政府补助的洪灾保险计划，因为那会让那些住在远离洪灾可能地区的人掏腰包补助接近洪灾地区的人，同时也使住在洪灾地区的人不能自行挑选他们的保险计划。即使是位于一个“绝大多数属乡村地区”的选区，保罗仍然反对政府对于农业的补助，因为他认为这种补助最终只会流入大公司的口袋，而不是小农场主们。尽管这样的农业补助法案在国会里受到大量支持，保罗在这方面的“不合群个性”以及他对于减低税赋的推动一直使他受到第14选区选民的信赖。或许会让一些政客难以想像的是竟然有议员敢投票反对将“猪肉”带回他们自己的选区，原因在保罗花了许多时间经营他的选区，以补偿他“违反了几乎所有你可以想到的政治生存法则”。他一周经常会花上3到4个小时巡游选区、倾听并解决选民的问题，有时候还会带着他那17个孙子女的其中1个作伴。他也频繁参加学校的毕业典礼、各种仪式、或者是童子军的典礼活动。由于选区辽阔，保罗经常在一天内游遍超过300英哩拜访各村镇并解决选民的问题。他在解决第14选区选民的老兵议题上特别有效，例如替那些错过授勋的老兵们争取颁布战争勋章，他也会替那些老兵们主持授勋典礼。保罗有时也会透过一些较不知名的药品公司，协助年长的选民取得免费或低价的处方用药，保罗选区的员工也会定期寄发生日卡片给选民，以及在选民逝世时寄发悼函。起草法案保罗在国会起草了许多的法案，但之中的大多数（比如其中一项要废除所得税的提案）连在他所属的委员会都没有通过。不过他也起草了一些成功通过的法案，例如阻止城市和住房发展部（HUD）以征用权为由企图没收纽约市一座教堂的土地，还有将德州的Texana湖从原本的联邦政府水坝计划转给德州政府管辖。在国会里保罗是金融事务委员会（Committee on Financial Services）、国际关系委员会、以及联合经济委员会的成员。他是金融事务委员会旗下的监督调查小组委员会的副主席，同时也是国内货币政策小组委员会的成员。在国际关系委员会里，他是西半球、亚洲和太平洋小组委员会的成员。政治观点播报编辑保罗是个坚定的宪法主义者（小政府）、自由意志主义者。在国会的各种表决里他反对几乎所有的政府开销、法案、或税赋案，在许多次表决上他经常是共和党里唯一一个与党团立场不同的议员，这也使他遭到一些共和党同僚的抱怨，并且使他获得了“‘不’先生”的绰号。举例而言，保罗是少数三名投票向萨班斯-奥克斯利法案说“Nay”（不）的众议员。外交政策保罗指出美国外交政策造成恐怖分子“回击”众议员保罗坚定支持不干预主义的外交政策。他投票反对授权向伊拉克发动战争的伊拉克决议案，并且自始至终反对美国对伊拉克的入侵，他也批评布什政府在反恐战争中的许多行动已经侵犯了公民自由。他最近以来演讲中顾虑的则是美国与伊朗间的紧张关系，担心两国间会爆发战争。他在2001年投票反对了美国爱国法（USA PATRIOT Act），使得他与共和党团的关系一度破裂，他也在2005年投票反对了一项征兵法案。他支持美国退出联合国。保罗的支持者大多来自保守派和自由意志主义派的共和党人，但在911事件后保罗也吸引了一些德州中部民主党人的支持，因为他始终反对伊拉克战争。举例而言，奥斯汀的一份自由派报纸Austin Chronicle原先曾在2000年批评保罗的政治立场相当古怪，但在911事件之后则开始肯定保罗的表现，赞美他对于伊拉克战争的坚定反对。最近以来保罗一直表示他对于美国和伊朗两国间关系紧绷的忧虑，担心美国可能会入侵伊朗。他说局势相当类似于伊拉克战争爆发前的样子，并且敦促国会不该授权对伊朗发动战争。虽然保罗坚定支持自由贸易，但他投票反对了中美洲自由贸易协议（CAFTA），认为自由贸易不需要这种协议的批准，并且批评协议会增大政府规模、违反宪法。不过保罗在外交政策上的某些立场也与一些自由意志主义者不同，例如他支持应该巩固边界安全、防止非法移民进入美国。经济观点保罗在经济议题上反对几乎所有政府对市场的干预。他支持废止所得税、废止大多数的总统内阁部门、废止联邦储备银行。他认为联邦储备银行不但不能有效制止通货膨胀，其本身就是造成通货膨胀的凶手。保罗认为联邦储备银行滥印钞票的结果导致个人的储蓄价值被掏空，造成通货膨胀，并且人为制造出经济繁罗恩期的假象，最后导致如同经济大恐慌一般的灾难。这种说法来自于奥地利经济学派的商业周期理论。保罗认为政府对于中央银行（联邦储备银行）的操弄是导致通货膨胀、乃至于经济萧条和衰退的主要原因。他指出大多数他在国会里的同僚都不愿废止中央银行，因为中央银行乃是政府资金的来源。他说政府刻意制造的通货膨胀就有如“隐藏的税率”一般，因为如果政府不这样做，国会和总统就必须面临要以提升税率或减少政府开销的方式抵销赤字，而两种做法都会损害他们的政治声誉。保罗也支持民营化健保体制，他在2004年的竞选口号便是“纳税人的最好朋友！”以降低税率为目标的全国纳税人联盟（National Taxpayers Union）的主席John Berthoud便说：“罗恩·保罗证明了他自己一直是替纳税人权利奋斗并强调节制政府开支的领导者…没有人有像他那样多替纳税人发声的表决纪录。”保罗也被认为是小商业团体的提倡者，全国独立商业联盟（NFIB）的主席Jack Farris也说：“众议员保罗真的是小商业团体的好朋友…他一直支持小商业团体的政策，主张有限的医疗保险、更低的税率、侵权法改革、并且消除各种恼人的政府管制。”支持金本位保罗在许多公开演讲中都表达了他对于重新实行金本位制度的期望，这个改革将会使美国政府买入大量的黄金，在那之后所有货币都必须要有相同比例的黄金库存才能发行。保罗认为金本位制度能有效避免通货膨胀。保罗也呼吁要废除对于黄金贸易的所有课税。在2002年他曾提议要废除联邦储备银行，他认为这样才能使美国“回归到最初开国先驱们所设计的那种金融制度：所有货币都是因为有像黄金一般的货物支撑才有价值存在。”保罗的个人财务报帐显示他投资了大量资金在黄金和银块上，这些都是透过各种合法的黄金银行所购入的。保罗认为美国政府试图维持美元霸权地位的举动—尤其是自从1971年布雷顿森林协定垮台以来美国停止开放美元兑换黄金的政策，最后会导致战争的爆发。同样的，他也认为当一些产油国家如伊拉克、伊朗、或委内瑞拉选择不再以石油交换美元、而是交换欧元时，这将会使美元进一步失去其价值，最后美元将会失去世界最强大货币的地位。依据保罗的说法，美国对于石油的需求、以及试图“改造中东”的计划，都是美国会与伊拉克或甚至伊朗发动战争的潜在主因。医疗用大麻保罗也与其他议员一同发起了代号H.R. 2592的医疗用大麻合法化法案，投票支持让大麻成为合法的医疗用药物。工业用麻在2005年保罗提出了代号H.R. 3037的工业用大麻种植法案，修改毒品控制法案的条文，将工业用大麻排除在“大麻毒品”的定义外，以将其合法化，这个法案将会给予各州独立管理大麻种植的权力。这是自从美国禁止工业用大麻种植以来第一项改革的法案。在2007年2月13日保罗再次提出代号H.R. 1009的“2007年工业用大麻种植法案”，与其他9名众议员一同发起这项法案。保罗相信依据宪法，国会并没有禁止或管制毒品的权力。选举法改革身为自由党的前总统候选人，保罗一直主张要改革选举资格的管制法案，并且在许多场合上演讲强调选举法改革的重要性。在2002年保罗在国会进行演讲，以宪法第一号修正案为根据，反对那些会限制一般公民和商人向候选人捐款的竞选募款改革法案。在2003年保罗则提出了代号H. R. 1941的“2003年投票自由法案”，将会创造更为公平而统一的投票资格门槛，以使第三政党候选人得以更容易投入选举。在2003年保罗也演讲反对一项授权当国会议员由于恐怖主义攻击而死亡时得以透过指派（而非民选）填补空出议席的法案。在2004年保罗演讲表示反对废止选举人团制度，他还说若是没有了选举人团制度，将会“减弱那些向往自由的州份的投票权力”。在2007年2月一次于新罕布夏州进行演讲时，保罗呼吁要撤销第17号宪法修正案—规定了美国参议员由直选选出的修正案，保罗主张联邦的国会议员应该由地方的州议院选出。他认为这样能够增加地方州对于联邦政府层次事务的影响，以此平衡州政府与联邦政府之间的权力差距。保罗认为更大的州权将能更有效的制衡联邦政府的作为。堕胎保罗一直抱持反对堕胎的立场。不过，保罗认为美国宪法并没有授权联邦政府决定堕胎属于合法或非法的权威。他认为堕胎“并不是和宪法有关的议题”并且应该交由各州的立法机关自行决定。尽管这种看法，保罗依然投票支持了2003年的怀孕后期堕胎禁令。他也提出了代号H.R. 4379的法案，禁止最高法院作出与堕胎、生育控制、定义婚姻或是同性恋有关的各种判决，并且所有在这之前的最高法院判决先例也不再具有参考效力。保罗支持生命与伦理的一致性，也因此反对所有并非出于自我防卫的杀人举动。他反对堕胎的立场也是出于他坚守不干涉主义的原则，也是因为这样他反对死刑。保罗还提出了2005年神圣生命法案，试图移除所有最高法院作出的、会影响到地方州的堕胎判决案例，同时也会允许各州的地方法院作出与联邦法院先例相反的判决。同性婚姻和收养众议员保罗在同性婚姻议题上的立场是：定义或承认婚姻并不是联邦政府或宪法的权力范畴，而是应该交由各州自行决定。在1993年他投票支持编号H.R. 2587法案，将会禁止在哥伦比亚特区的同性伴侣收养小孩。他在2004年投票反对联邦婚姻修正案（Federal Marriage Amendment）。不过他也在2004年一次演讲中他表示支持联邦婚姻捍卫法（Defense of Marriage Act），以替代联邦婚姻修正案。网络和科技在2006年由CNET出版的一本“科技选民投票指南”中，保罗被给予了80%的评分，使他成为国会两院中得分最高的议员。保罗曾经投票反对授权警察上线假装幼童援交的法案，这使他被CNET所赞扬，但也使他遭受一些人批评。保罗回应批评者道：“我个人相信扶养小孩、教育小孩、并且训练小孩的责任应该是在父母身上，而非国家身上。假如国家加以干涉，那就会变的非常专制武断。”他也认为这项法案是违反宪法的。其他议题保罗在许多议题上为了保持他认为合乎宪法和小政府的原则，经常与共和党团或主流舆论产生冲突。保罗在投票上的强硬态度也招致一些批评，例如他曾是国会里唯一一名投票反对授与若望·保禄二世、罗萨·帕克斯、德蕾莎修女国会金牌奖章的议员。依据Texas Monthly的采访，当他因为投票反对授与勋章而被批评时，他要求那些批评他的众议员同僚应该自行捐出$100铸造勋章的经费，但没有人愿意捐钱，于是保罗说道：“慷纳税人之慨，显然是相当容易的事阿”。在2003年6月25日一次演讲中，保罗批评国会授与托尼·布莱尔金牌奖章的决定，他这样说道：“这些勋章是被设计用以奖励终身的贡献和领导表现的，而不是出于政治动机的，比如国会曾经在两党无异议下通过授与共和党的里根总统一枚金牌奖章。这些奖章通常都颁发给真的值得奖励的个人，所以我经常亲自捐出$100，加上其他议员捐出的钱，以铸造这些金牌。”当美国人口调查局更新了一份给所有家庭填写的人口统计调查表时，保罗批评调查表上的问题是“既可笑又侮辱人的”，他认为那些问题根本不是政府应该询问的东西。保罗撰写的书籍播报编辑Challenge to Liberty. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and EducationGold, Peace, and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Economy. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, 1981.Ten Myths About Paper Money. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and EducationThe Case for Gold.卡托研究所, 1982; Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007. ISBN 0-932790-31-3.A Republic, If You Can Keep ItMises and Austrian Economics: A Personal View. Auburn, AL: 路德维希·冯·米塞斯研究所, 1984.Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200 Years. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, 1987. (经罗恩·保罗许可发布)A Foreign Policy of Freedom. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, 2007. ISBN 0-912453-00-1新手上路成长任务编辑入门编辑规则本人编辑我有疑问内容质疑在线客服官方贴吧意见反馈投诉建议举报不良信息未通过词条申诉投诉侵权信息封禁查询与解封©2024 Baidu 使用百度前必读 | 百科协议 | 隐私政策 | 百度百科合作平台 | 京ICP证030173号 京公网安备110000020000怎样评价荣・保罗（Ron Paul）？他独特在哪里？ - 知乎
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Ron Paul, (born August 20, 1935, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American politician, who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1976–77, 1979–85, 1997–2013) and who unsuccessfully ran as the 1988 Libertarian presidential candidate. He later sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008 and 2012.Paul grew up on his family’s dairy farm just outside Pittsburgh. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Gettysburg College in 1957 and a medical degree from Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, in 1961. He later served as a flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force (1963–65) and the Air National Guard (1965–68). In 1968 Paul moved to Brazoria county, Texas, where he established a successful practice in obstetrics and gynecology.Paul, RonRon Paul, 2007.(more) Paul was inspired to enter politics in 1971 when Pres. Richard M. Nixon abolished the Bretton Woods exchange system. Paul believed that the abandonment of the last vestiges of the gold standard would lead to financial ruin for the United States. Though he was unsuccessful in his initial run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974, his opponent resigned before completing his term, and Paul won a special election to complete it. He lost the seat in the subsequent general election, only to regain it two years later. He chose not to seek reelection in 1984 and instead campaigned—unsuccessfully—for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. He broke from the Republican Party to run as a Libertarian in the 1988 presidential election, ultimately winning more than 430,000 votes. He returned to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 1997, though his votes were often at variance with the majority of his party; for example, in the early 2000s he voted against authorizing the Iraq War and the USA Patriot Act.Paul’s presidential campaign platform remained libertarian in spirit. It focused on free-market economics, a radical reduction in the size of government, increased privacy protections for individuals, and a reduction of U.S. participation in international organizations. Having claimed only a handful of delegates, he ended his bid for the White House in June 2008 and launched Campaign for Liberty, a political action committee. In April 2011 Paul, who was popular within the Tea Party movement, formed an exploratory committee to assess the viability of a third presidential run. The following month he formally announced his candidacy. In July 2011, in order to focus on his presidential campaign, Paul announced that he would not seek a 13th term in Congress. Although supported by a devoted and energized base, Paul was selective in the states where he actively campaigned. A second-place showing in New Hampshire was among his best performances in January 2012. He garnered a number of other second-place finishes before announcing in May that he would not campaign in the remaining states. Paul did not endorse the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, and said on the night of the general election that he believed the only winner would be the status quo. He retired from the House in January 2013, at the age of 77.
Paul’s views are outlined in Freedom Under Siege (1987), A Foreign Policy of Freedom (2007), and The Revolution: A Manifesto (2008). The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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5 Things You May Not Know About Ron Paul Everybody knows that this GOP presidential hopeful favors low taxes, free markets and commodity-backed currency. But you might not know about Paul's past as a fraternity brother — or that his own party once pulled a dirty trick on him.
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Everybody knows that Ron Paul is a doctor from Texas. Born in Pittsburgh in 1935, he graduated from Gettysburg College and Duke University's medical school. He was a flight surgeon in the Air Force. His wife's name is Carol. He has served as a Republican congressman for years and years. Everybody knows that Paul has made bids for the presidency three times — as a Libertarian in 1988 and as a Republican in 2008 and this time around. And everybody knows he lost the first two. Everybody knows that Paul has moved into second place behind Newt Gingrich in the Des Moines Register's most recent Iowa poll — following Herman Cain's decision to suspend his campaign.
And everybody knows that Paul favors low taxes, free markets and commodity-backed currency. Ron Paul has been Ron Paul for a long time. But not everyone knows that Ron Paul is now selling a family cookbook on his campaign website or that he was a track star in college — he ran a mean 220-yard dash. And here are five other things that might surprise you about Paul. 1. He is a pretty good baseball player. In 1979, according to The Washington Post, Paul swatted a two-run homer over the left-field wall for the Republicans in the 18th annual congressional baseball game. But his team lost to the Democrats 7-3. 2. He was a frat boy. Karen Kwiatkowski, a co-author of the 2008 biography Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas, says that while Paul was a student at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha — one of a few national fraternities to take an early stand against cruel and dangerous hazing practices. One of Paul's fraternity brothers was fellow biology student J. Michael Bishop, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in 1989 for research into cancer-causing viruses. 3. He can deliver. As a doctor in Texas, Kwiatkowski says, Paul delivered more than 4,000 babies over the years. Most people may not know that Paul "has also been an outspoken proponent of midwifery, market-driven health care and, in his medical practice, he refused to accept federal funds." Even under great pressure from the Texas branch of the American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Board, Kwiatkowski adds, "Dr. Paul refused to accept Medicare and Medicaid funding even as he served many of the poorest residents of Brazoria County."
4. He might have run against offbeat musician Frank Zappa. This is from a 1987 Los Angeles Times item: Just before Paul was nominated by the Libertarian Party to run for president — at their gathering in Seattle — Robert Murphy, a Libertarian delegate from Oklahoma, approached Zappa and asked him to throw his hat in the ring. After meeting with Murphy for hours and studying the party's platform, Zappa declined. It would have been a Mother of Convention. 5. He was the victim of a political scam. In 1996 The New York Times — crediting The Austin American-Statesman — reported that the Republican National Committee pulled a dirty trick on Paul. According to the Times, Paul was running for Congress against fellow Republican Greg Laughlin, whom he eventually defeated in a runoff. During the campaign, an Austin marketing company called people and asked respondents who favored Paul if they would still support him knowing that he was in favor of legalizing drugs, pornography and prostitution. The real truth, the Times noted, was this: "Dr. Paul said he only favored repeal of Federal laws on drugs, pornography and prostitution, leaving states to prohibit them."
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85岁的前国会议员罗恩·保罗（Ron Paul）在Zoom采访中穿着黑色腰带的小短裤和西装外套 - 知乎切换模式写文章登录/注册85岁的前国会议员罗恩·保罗（Ron Paul）在Zoom采访中穿着黑色腰带的小短裤和西装外套方盒子电视斯特林大学 传媒管理硕士85岁的前国会议员罗恩·保罗（Ron Paul）在Zoom采访中穿着黑色腰带的小短裤和西装外套保罗身着蓝色西装外套和白色纽扣羽绒衬衫出现在Zoom的播客中短裤是由《纽约邮报》发现的，该报报道说，一些观众最初认为传说中的自由主义者穿着拳击手这位八十岁的人从1976年到2013年担任德克萨斯州的国会议员他竞选自由党和共和党的总统候选人在采访中，保罗讨论了包括个人自由和使美国政治永久化的分歧等话题。他的儿子兰德（Rand）是茶党共和党人，自2011年以来一直担任肯塔基州的美国参议员。年轻的保罗最近与安东尼·福西博士（Anthony Fauci）发生争执，因为接种疫苗的人在COVID-19大流行中被要求戴口罩 在星期三接受政治播客道格·凯西（Doug Casey）的Take采访时，看到前国会议员罗恩·保罗（Ron Paul）身穿西装外套穿着黛西·杜克（Daisy Duke）短裤。现年85岁的保罗穿着蓝色西装外套和白色纽扣衬衫出现在Zoom的播客中，但是当他在采访结束时站起来时，让观众看了他的紧身短裤。据《纽约邮报》 报道，观众很快发现了短裤，他们最初认为传说中的自由主义者穿着拳击手。但经过仔细检查，保罗实际上穿着的是黑色皮带的小牛仔短裤。 这位高管在 1976年至2013年期间担任德克萨斯州的众议员。 经仔细检查，保罗实际上穿着一条黑色腰带的小短裤现年85岁的兰德·保罗（Rand Paul）身着蓝色西装外套和白色纽扣衬衣出现在Zoom的播客中当他在采访结束时站起来时，他给观众看了他的紧身短裤罗恩·保罗（Ron Paul）在采访中穿雏菊西服搭配西装外套他在三个不同的种族中竞选自由党和共和党的总统候选人，并在2016年总统大选中获得了一位不忠实的选民的一票选举权。在采访中，保罗讨论了个人自由和使美国政治永久化的分歧。保罗谈到当前的政治气氛时说：“我认为，我们处于绝望状态，有充分理由感到悲观。”“他们当选的尼克松停止在越南战争，他当选后，34000名多的美国人仍然死亡。这些都是问题。但从某种意义上说，从哲学上讲，我认为我们的处境更糟。”保罗说。``即使我们经历了那些时代，我们也不是互相残杀。我们不是在吵架。我们没有今天存在的分歧，现在这真是一团糟。华盛顿正在发生什么，当我在那里时还不错。” 他补充说：“没有什么比找到一个会同意某些自由主义者问题或战争问题的自由主义者更令人兴奋的了。” 在采访中，保罗讨论了包括个人自由和使美国政治永久化的分歧等话题。他的儿子兰德（Rand）是一名茶党共和党人，自2011年以来一直担任肯塔基州的美国参议员，最近与安东尼·福西（Anthony Fauci）博士发生争执，因为接种疫苗的人在COVID-19大流行中必须戴口罩。年轻的保罗最近还愤怒地与总统拜登（Joe Biden）担任卫生与人类服务部助理秘书的选择抗争。 他在讨论变性妇女雷切尔·莱文（Rachel Levine）时将性别变化手术比作生殖器切割，因为她出现在参议院卫生，教育，劳工和退休金委员会的确认听证会上。发布于 2021-04-08 10:54服饰搭配西装衬衫赞同 11 条评论分享喜欢收藏申请
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Here’s a look at the life of former presidential candidate and US Representative Ron Paul.
Personal
Birth date: August 20, 1935
Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birth name: Ronald Ernest Paul
Father: Howard Paul, dairy farmer
Mother: Margaret (Dumont) Paul, dairy farmer
Marriage: Carol (Wells) Paul (February 1, 1957-present)
Children: Ronald Jr., Lori, Rand, Robert and Joy
Education: Gettysburg College, B.A., Biology, 1957; Duke University Medical Center, M.D., 1961
Military Service: US Air Force, 1963-1965, Flight Surgeon; US Air National Guard, 1965-1968
Religion: Baptist
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Practiced obstetrics and gynecology and has delivered more than 4,000 babies.
Never voted for legislation unless the proposed measure was expressly authorized by the Constitution; was known as “Dr. No” for this policy.
Voted against the Patriot Act.
Was the first representative in US history to serve alongside his child serving in the Senate. His son Rand Paul is a US senator from Kentucky.
Timeline
1961-1962 - Completes internship and residency training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
1963-1965 - Flight surgeon in the US Air Force.
1965-1968 - Completes obstetrics and gynecology training at the University of Pittsburgh.
1965-1968 - Reservist in the US Air National Guard.
1975 - Runs for a seat in Congress representing the 22nd district of Texas. Paul loses to incumbent Robert Casey (D-Texas).
April 3, 1976-January 3, 1977 - Serves as a member of the US House of Representatives for Texas’ 22nd district, replacing Casey who is appointed to the Federal Maritime Commission.
November 1976 - Loses bid for reelection to Democrat Robert Gammage.
January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985 - Represents Texas’ 22nd District after beating Gammage in the 1978 election.
May 1983 - Loses primary to Representative Phil Gramm (R-Texas) for John Tower’s Senate seat.
November 8, 1988 - Unsuccessfully runs for president of the United States as the Libertarian Party candidate.
November 7, 1996 - Defeats Charles Morris and is elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican for the 14th District of Texas.
January 7, 1997-January 3, 2013 - Represents Texas’ 14th District.
March 12, 2007 - Files a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission to run for president as a Republican, officially entering the race for the White House.
June 12, 2008 - Suspends his presidential campaign.
May 13, 2011 - Announces his run for the presidency in Exeter, New Hampshire.
July 12, 2011 - Paul announces he will not seek reelection for his Congressional seat in 2012.
May 14, 2012 - Paul ends active campaigning for the presidency.
January 3, 2013 - Retires from the US House of Representatives.
April 17, 2013 - Launches his foreign policy think tank, the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
August 5, 2015 - Three of Paul’s aides from the 2012 presidential campaign are indicted for conspiring to pay an Iowa state senator $73,000 to secure his endorsement before the state held its caucuses. The senator had previously supported Michele Bachmann. All three of the former aides are convicted in 2016.
September 25, 2020 - Is hospitalized after an apparent medical episode but is “doing fine,” according to a tweet posted to his Twitter account. Just prior to his hospitalization, Paul was seen visually slurring his words during a livestream on his YouTube channel “Ron Paul Liberty Report.” The video has since been removed.
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Ron Paul: Why The Young Flock To An Old Idealist The 75-year-old Texas congressman is a lonely voice in Congress: He rails against government spending, argues against wars and calls for the legalization of drugs. But Paul, who has run for president twice before, packs halls on college campuses.
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