Posted on 11/22/2007 8:25:31 AM PST by George W. Bush
That won't happen.
But it might also mean a true remake of the Republican Party for the future.
That won't happen either.
O.K., I'll bite; What do you mean by "harming"?
And; who are "the best candidates"?
I am a Ron Paul supporter.
I hate war. For me, it's personal, not theoretical. I know that war results in terrible suffering from good men.
Don't get me wrong. War is sometimes necessary, and the only moral alternative. I am no pacifist.
War should be waged by a Nation, only after following the rules, and a declaration of war. If we had listened to Ron Paul before Iraq, there would be no wavering by the Democrains. They would have been forced to vote for/or against war. We would be committed, as a nation.
Ron Paul makes sense. The Constitution matters. It exists to provide rules for our government to follow.
Ron Paul's real attraction, is that he is a lousy politician. He does not have Mitt Romney's looks, or Fred Thompson's showmenship, or John Edward's hair. He is not Black, nor is he is a woman. He stutters, says "uh", and, he is not a great public speaker. Ron Paul is not good looking, and has the "sex appeal" of the farmer who plants soybeans across the road from me.
In fact, that is the source of Ron Paul's appeal. He speaks with the same integrity, and the same frankness, as my next-door dirt-farmer. The power of his thoughts resonate with those of us, who "just want to be left alone" by our government.
Sound money, running government like a business, and reducing taxes resonate with those of us who are "Southern dirt farmers" and Black liberals and white students, who distrust the power of government.
Even more, the idea that personal liberty is a sacred ideal resonates with young voters.
Ron Paul upsets republocrats, because he breaks the barriers between Republocrat and Democrain.
Frankly, I like that.
I am a Ron Paul supporter.
I hate war. For me, it's personal, not theoretical. I know that war results in terrible suffering from good men.
Don't get me wrong. War is sometimes necessary, and the only moral alternative. I am no pacifist.
War should be waged by a Nation, only after following the rules, and a declaration of war. If we had listened to Ron Paul before Iraq, there would be no wavering by the Democrains. They would have been forced to vote for/or against war. We would be committed, as a nation.
Ron Paul makes sense. The Constitution matters. It exists to provide rules for our government to follow.
Ron Paul's real attraction, is that he is a lousy politician. He does not have Mitt Romney's looks, or Fred Thompson's showmenship, or John Edward's hair. He is not Black, nor is he is a woman. He stutters, says "uh", and, he is not a great public speaker. Ron Paul is not good looking, and has the "sex appeal" of the farmer who plants soybeans across the road from me.
In fact, that is the source of Ron Paul's appeal. He speaks with the same integrity, and the same frankness, as my next-door dirt-farmer. The power of his thoughts resonate with those of us, who "just want to be left alone" by our government.
Sound money, running government like a business, and reducing taxes resonate with those of us who are "Southern dirt farmers" and Black liberals and white students, who distrust the power of government.
Even more, the idea that personal liberty is a sacred ideal resonates with young voters.
Ron Paul upsets republocrats, because he breaks the barriers between Republocrat and Democrain.
Frankly, I like that.
I agree that we need more "citizen representatives" representing us. The fact that Dr. Ron Paul actually has a career, and it's not in politics, is a point in his favor.
He may be the last example of a selfless individual simply answering the call to public service for no personal gain other than the satisfaction that he can help this country get back on track.
Semper Fi, Sir.
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