Letters to the Editor
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it is about freedom ...
After watching both parties for 50 years; I see Ron Paul as our last chance to stop the central government. It is all about freedom and independence from the totalitarians in DC.
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Should ring a bell
"Throughout his political career he has argued for legalizing gold and silver as legal tender, ending most foreign aid, abolishing the income tax, eliminating the Department of Education, and ending the federal war on drugs, among other things."
With a few tweaks, this sounds like the domestic platform of the American Party of the 1970s. Remember those guys? They were basically John Birchers whose party ran an insurgent Republican congressman (again with the insurgent Republican congressman!) named John Schmidt in '72, apparently because Nixon was too much of a commie, and fell behind George Wallace in '76. The paranoia of the old fringe right is just below the surface of the Paulist movement, but in these days of build-your-own-reality via the Internet, that goes largely unremarked.
It should be quite depressing to anyone with a sense of history that such a wholesale detachment from the complexities of American society should, in A.D. 2007, be considered fresh and incisive. Were it not for his anti-war stance, how would Paul be viewed by the political virgins pointing and clicking under his banner?
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Breaking free?
How about breaking free from credit card debt and your parents' house? I am not impressed.
I hope this kid is not really the best representative you could find of an idealistic Ron Paul supporter. My stomach hurts for him.
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Soooo.....
When are Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson going to be afforded the same courtesy of a serious and straight-forward column and/or interview? I am glad that Ron Paul has been afforded a platform on Salon for his views, now how about going the same distance for the aforementioned candidates? Or, is it just far easier to either ignore them entirely or belittle them (the Traister tongue-in-cheek column about Kucinich comes to mind).
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Ron Paul Challenges America (and Americans) to Grow Up!
Americans of my generation (Boomers) were taught that America was the land of liberty and independence, based on self-reliance and responsible and informed participation in civic affairs. I still believe this.
You can't be independent when most of your manufactured goods are imported and your balance of trade deficit runs into the 10s of billions of dollars a month.
You can't be independent when a huge and increasing part of your national debt is owned by potentially hostile nations.
You can't be enjoy liberty and independence when you rely on military intimidation and aggression to claim the resources of other countries.
You can't be free and independent if you rely on cheap immigrant labor to support your lifestyle.
You can't be free and independent if a cabal of bankers regulates the value and availability of your money.
You can't enjoy real liberty when an intrusive income tax empowers bureaucrats in the Federal Government to have a say in how you spend your money.
You can't be free and independent when educational policies come from the neo(con)Kremlin in Washington, DC, rather than from state and local sources.
Ron Paul challenges the nation and its people to act as adults and act fairly and responsibly, living within our means, not expecting "Big Brother" to manage our lives. We need to leave our children with a legacy of something besides insurmountable debt and a ruined planet. Ron Paul advocates the vision of the Founders in our century: liberty, independence, self-reliance, and responsible behavior.
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I'm still not getting the joke
Why, exactly, is Ron Paul's candidacy a joke? I don't live in my parent's basement and I don't have any credit card debt. I'm 50, own my own home, et cetera.
I don't see the "baby elephant" metaphor as being as compelling as the end of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (# ISBN-10: 0451163966; # ISBN-13: 978-0451163967) when Chief Bromden acts on the possibility of escape.
I'm of the opinion that you could examine Giuliani and Clinton and find that they're precisely the same. Evil tentacles of the Combine.
I'm not getting the joke. Could it be that the Mainstream Media division of the Combine has underestimated how angry the American people are? The Founding Fathers would have Giuliani or Clinton hanged. They would have embraced Ron Paul.
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ron paul
Wouldn't an election campaign between Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich be an enlivening thing?
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False Flag Spoiler
Ron Paul, obviously on well-funded mission to side-track voters from Dennis Kucinich, the real peace candidate, is a definitive Karl Rovean masterpiece. I expect he'll also be touting invisible birth control pills before the primary.
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What do Ron Paul's followers want?
... A Lynden LaRouche that (heh,heh) doesn't cause people's eyes to roll.
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Tears in My Eyes
Wow! This was a wonderful article that informed the reader of just how much passion and excitement fills Ron Paul supporters. This is a revolution of monumental proportions and I feel so blessed to be a part of it. I haven't had this much purpose and sheer inspiration for a candidate ever in my life. I'm one of those former liberal Democrats who's sick and tired of the charade going on in the government by both parties. All the other candidates, save Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel, are all the same old, same old...lying to get elected.
Ron Paul is beyond refreshing. He's a leader of the highest degree replete with integrity, honesty, intelligence, real concern for this country and the American people, and the ability to carry out what he preaches. He's courageous, he's strong, and his message is beyond reproach--freedom!
Long live Ron Paul, our next President of the United States!
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Ron's Racism
Here are the links for that:
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/10/real-ron-paul-surfaces.html
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/06/ron-paul-vs-new-world-order.html
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/06/man-of-hour.html
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/06/six-impossible-things-before-breakfast.html
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-pauls-record-in-congress.html
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What happens AFTER the nomination?
I love to see Ron Paul supporters on the side of the road. They know the Republican Party is out of control and I honk my horn every time.
My question is: after Ron Paul is NOT nominated to run for president on the Republican ticket(and he won't be)....then what? For whom do Ron Paul supporters vote? The Republican candidate? The Libertarian candidate? The Democratic candidate? Nobody?