[Duchess47]

Shades of our founding fathers. Wouldn’t it be nice of people actually read what he had to say instead of jumping on the bandwagon to ridicule him?

[militem]

I would hope that people who either love or hate him at least read part of what he is saying. A lot of it makes sense. I am growing less keen on Ron Paul, and more so on Fred. What I would ideally like to see is the “Ron Paul Revolution” move to the congressional races. We need more people like him in Congress to deal with the absolute fiscal mess our country is in (see David Walker GAO Report).

[cgbg]

Reading Paul's speech is very depressing--because we are reminded just how far we have fallen from where we started as a country.

I am beginning to believe that this is a natural progression of all great nations--that there is just no practical way to keep legislatures from passing law after law after law restricting liberties and increasing the power of government. We see this at the state and local level as well, regardless of the claimed ideology of the state legislature or the city council or board of selectmen.

The factions that the Founding Fathers feared have gotten powerful and overwhelmed the constitution and the legislatures. What is left is little more than a bidding war for spoils. Those who advocate the public interest in liberty can barely be heard above the cacophony.

:-(

(If Paul were President tomorrow, Congress would just override his vetos and spend like drunken sailors. :-( )