The Ron Paul Thread

TimeWizardCosmo

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There's probably another Ron Paul thread somewhere here on Paranormalis, but probably not related to the 2012 elections.... So I'm making one.

I've long considered myself a liberal democrat but have only ever been arsed to vote once (during the 2008 election). I voted for Obama but have regretted it pretty much ever since, as most of you can probably imagine. Past presidents managed to get this country on the railroad tracks aimed at the canyon floor, but Obama hasn't done a thing to slow it down. More of the same, as per usual.

Then there's Ron Paul:

This guy has the most consistent voting record of anyone ever to hold a Congressional position and oozes the sentiments that this country was founded on.

How many of you guys have heard of him; what do you think of him?
 

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Here's another great interview done by Christophe Wallace on Fox News:

Last election the poor guy was largely ignored. This time around he's picked up a LOT more steam (probably because people are realizing he's right), coming in 2nd behind Bachmann in the Ohio Straw Poll by a margin of only about 200 votes.
 

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(via Huffington Post)

The top 10 reasons why Dr. Ron Paul is the only rational presidential choice for Americans, Democratic, Republican and Independent:
  1. Dr. Paul works a real job, has run a small a business and served in the military. He has been a physician for 40 years, co-owned a coin store for 12 years and was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. National Guard for five years. That was how our country was set up -- for public servants to work a real job that they returned to after their public service was done. He has real skills and is not a professional politician.
  2. Dr. Paul has decades of experience running a business and in depth knowledge of health care.
  3. Dr. Paul understands money and is chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
  4. Dr. Paul does the right thing referencing the U.S. Constitution and works for the country versus campaigning for his ego. He has been serving the public in politics for over 40 years.
  5. Dr. Paul refuses to accept a federal pension for his public service, something other members get after a short period because they do not have real jobs. According to Dr. Paul, to receive a pension for public service would be "hypocritical and immoral."
  6. Unlike most other candidates out there, Dr. Paul is not a good-looking, smooth-talking, snake charmer or charismatic zealot. He is a regular, plain-spoken person who says it the way it is.
  7. Dr. Paul doesn't care if big groups like him (like unions and businesses). His donations come primarily from individuals, not from groups. He is willing to serve his country honorably without personal gain. Dr. Paul will do what is right for the U.S. based on the Constitution whether or not big money or big government likes it.
  8. Dr. Paul has written a bill, called the Sun Light Rule that requires our politicians have at least 10 days to read bills before signing them.
  9. Dr. Paul will bring practical wisdom, cut spending, balance the budget, stabilize the economy and probably be able to do away with the IRS and income tax, a tax that is not constitutional and was started to fund the civil war and supposed to stop after the civil war. He wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, giving the states and parents back control. He wants to do away with other large government agencies, restoring the rightful power to the states.
  10. Dr. Paul's old-fashioned decency, integrity, honor and real-life experience are exactly what our country needs after hiring actors, puppets, oil and other group-connected slick sales men and marketers. He's been married to the same woman, Carol, for 54 years (married 1957).
 


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