Paul vows to contrast his record with rivals
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NASHUA , N.H. -- Rep. Ron Paul will spend the next five days in New Hampshire contrasting his record with those of his opponents who he says have done much less to shrink government compared to him.
"If they do vote for somebody who kept voting for big government that means they didn't get enough information," Paul told reporters following his first rally in New Hampshire since his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
"So I think my job is to explain what they have supported in the past, and, as far as I'm concerned, all my opponents support way too much government and support the status quo, and the more they (New Hampshire voters) get this information the better."
Asked by a reporter whether he viewed former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum as his "biggest competitor," Paul said, "Oh, hardly."
Santorum is "one individual when the conservatives up here find out" about his record they will think twice about giving him their vote, Paul said.
"He talks about being for the balanced budget amendment, never did anything about it; four or five times he voted to raise the national debt, so that tells you how conservative he is," Paul said about his GOP rival.
His comments came after he was welcomed by hundreds of people inside an airplane hangar who cheered loudly as Paul was introduced onto the stage by his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
The Texas congressman immediately launched into some of the criticisms of his campaign and the anti-war, intervention-adverse message.
"They call us 'dangerous,'" he said. "And in a way we are to their empire."
The crowd inside the Jet Aviation hangar began to form more than an hour before the rally.
Some held large handmade banners. Several wore shirts with Paul's face on them and one woman held Zeppelin-shaped balloons with "Ron Paul Revolution" on one side and "Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" written on the other.
"We actually got the last 100 blimp balloons that were in the U.S.," said Teshia O'Keefe, 34, of Wolfeboro, N.H. "These were from the last campaign."
"If they do vote for somebody who kept voting for big government that means they didn't get enough information," Paul told reporters following his first rally in New Hampshire since his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
"So I think my job is to explain what they have supported in the past, and, as far as I'm concerned, all my opponents support way too much government and support the status quo, and the more they (New Hampshire voters) get this information the better."
Asked by a reporter whether he viewed former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum as his "biggest competitor," Paul said, "Oh, hardly."
Santorum is "one individual when the conservatives up here find out" about his record they will think twice about giving him their vote, Paul said.
"He talks about being for the balanced budget amendment, never did anything about it; four or five times he voted to raise the national debt, so that tells you how conservative he is," Paul said about his GOP rival.
His comments came after he was welcomed by hundreds of people inside an airplane hangar who cheered loudly as Paul was introduced onto the stage by his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
The Texas congressman immediately launched into some of the criticisms of his campaign and the anti-war, intervention-adverse message.
"They call us 'dangerous,'" he said. "And in a way we are to their empire."
The crowd inside the Jet Aviation hangar began to form more than an hour before the rally.
Some held large handmade banners. Several wore shirts with Paul's face on them and one woman held Zeppelin-shaped balloons with "Ron Paul Revolution" on one side and "Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" written on the other.
"We actually got the last 100 blimp balloons that were in the U.S.," said Teshia O'Keefe, 34, of Wolfeboro, N.H. "These were from the last campaign."
