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Ron Paul, an Epic card
Ronald Ernest Paul is an American author, activist, medical doctor, and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 680,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Ron Paul quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ron Paul card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the ______ Act and the NSA surveillance programs.
Answer
Patriot. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the Patriot Act and the NSA surveillance programs. From the Ron Paul article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Silvio Berlusconi. Silvio Berlusconi 100 · Vitali Klitschko 94 · Ron Paul 91 · Ernest Shackleton 87 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States, first as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988, and then as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.
- A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a critic of several of the federal government's policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the war on terror.
- He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the Patriot Act and the NSA surveillance programs.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ron Paul article was read about 680,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Ron Paul
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Text : Wikipedia, Ron Paul (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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