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Believe it or not, Ron Paul
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Posted by travisfam Sat Jan 12, 2008 22:38:59 PST
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0 responses 2 comments If you had asked me a week ago who Ron Paul was I would have guessed he was one of those strange libertarian candidates who do nothing but sit in a half-vacant office waiting for the next election and jump at any chance he gets to steal some airtime.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Dr. Paul is a former military flight surgeon; former obgyn; one of four original supporters of Ronald Reagan; grandfather of 17; a strong pro-family and pro-life advocate; a former and current Congressperson from Texas; and now, a presidential candidate. 

But all that was not what impressed me.  Certainly, he agreed with many of my ideals but, as he indirectly points out, it is not my personal ideals that are necessarily important for the running of this government. If that were so, we would have more and more of what we have now.  What is important, however, is that we uphold the  Constitutional principles that we agreed to adopt over two hundred years ago and work within those principles for a better, more efficient, smaller government.  If we do that, then we all win.

However, to do this, we need to rethink the way our governmental machine works and propose to honestly attack this grotesque beast that controls so much of our lives and our wallets.  His implementation is dramatic by current thinking.  Yet, every other candidate is a continuation of our machine - whether they know it or not.  As he says again and again, we need to honestly look at our dire fiscal problems and do something about it now before it's too late. He has a plan that, as President, he would be able to implement. I won't say what it is because I don't want to steal too much of his thunder and is one much better viewed on YouTube or a website.  But, what he advocates is true "change" and not just change for the sake of saying it.  He is not the machine, but is a real, viable, honest statesman.  I encourage, even challenge, those who have not heard him to just listen, there is no harm in that, and then decide for yourself.

A week ago I had no clue who I was going to vote for until I saw a lengthy interview with Mr. Paul.  I am now unwavering in my support and know that it is not him that I will be voting for in the primary but the Constitution - the first thing a President swears to uphold.

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Comment From: sunnica

Excellent piece. Now I have to go hunt down the interview on YouTube just to see what his plan is. Thank you for sharing this. Comment From: usclawyer

Did you mean RuPal?