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As for Ron Paul, if Republicans nominate him, you have my word that I will seriously consider voting for him over whoever the Democrat is.
I imagine we will have other things to worry about if that happens, like the complete meltdown of the Establishment's control over the media that would have had to proceed it, not to mention GOP leadership. Those would probably have to occur before Paul can be "allowed" to win the nomination. Trust me, Ron Paul is the Establishment's worst nightmare largely because he wants to break the People out of debtor's prison the central banks have locked us up in and dismantle the empire and its military industrial complex. Paul is already under attack by the Establishment spinsters and smear merchants (on both sides).
If you want to hear the most vitriolic tone towards Ron Paul, look no further than the neocons themselves. If a "Republican" can make people that are part of his own party's blood boil, people like Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and other neocon mouthpieces, then imo he is doing something right. You could tell that even Alan Colmes was experiencing great pleasure making Hannity announce who was leading the MSNBC post-debate text message poll when the results first came in.
Paul makes the republican debates worth watching. The rest of them are summed up as: War = good. weapons = good. terror, jihad, 9/11 = bad. Israel + Saudi Arabia = BFFs. Everything else = N/A (platitudes).
The other candidates talk about cutting taxes and can't even name a program they would make cuts to. Abortion is nothing but a wedge issue. The only life either side cares about are the lives they use to pander for votes (which doesn't always work, e.g. 50% of donations from "the troops" went to Ron Paul even though the Establishment constantly panders to them).
Ideas about limiting Government are dead in the MSM, including limiting Government that wants to curtail your civil liberties and spy on you to make you feel "secure". And why shouldn't they be? Bigger and more Government leads to bigger and more news stories to fill the 24 news cycle. The Government and the Media feed each other and grow fat, while at the same time starving the people of independent thought and brainwashing them to reject any new ideas that might diminish the coercive power of the State (and its media minions). Don't expect Hillary "Police State" Clinton to change anything about the Establishment power game, she has been playing it for years.
