Just read down my blog and you'll see that at one point I was torn between Ron Paul and Barack Obama. I chose Obama (being the Democrat I am), and I haven't looked back. But I still believe Ron Paul is a great American, who would make a great President. He is intelligent, and understands this world, probably better than Obama does. But I personally just felt Obama would make a better President, regardless.
Anyway, Paul made some comments on Obama the other day, and I thought they were great. Give them a listen:
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Showing posts with label ron paul. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Obama surges! Paul gains!
It's been an exciting week! From the Iowa caucuses: Obama destroyed Clinton and Edwards. Since that time, it's become readily apparent that the Democratic ticket is likely to be Obama/Edwards. Edwards has become the attack wing for Obama. He's taken her on directly in attacks that have hurt her, while leaving Obama still relatively clean. They both talk about removing the lifers from Washington politics and changing the system that is broken. It couldn't be any more apparent.
Now New Hampshire: Obama surges past Clinton! Clinton cires. As always happens when you attack, Edwards goes down with Clinton. But I'm sure he's happy to be the VP on a winning ticket this time.
Go Obama!!
And on the Ron Paul side, Ron Paul takes 10% in Iowa, ahead of Guiliani, who had only 3%. Yet Fox still excludes him from their debate. No worries, Paul just buys an hour of airtime right before the debates! haha.. go suck on that Faux News!
Go Ron Paul!
So if you're a Democrat, vote Obama! And if you're a Republican, vote Ron Paul! And if you're an independent, go google/youtube Obama and Paul, and figure out who you like best.
Now New Hampshire: Obama surges past Clinton! Clinton cires. As always happens when you attack, Edwards goes down with Clinton. But I'm sure he's happy to be the VP on a winning ticket this time.
Go Obama!!
And on the Ron Paul side, Ron Paul takes 10% in Iowa, ahead of Guiliani, who had only 3%. Yet Fox still excludes him from their debate. No worries, Paul just buys an hour of airtime right before the debates! haha.. go suck on that Faux News!
Go Ron Paul!
So if you're a Democrat, vote Obama! And if you're a Republican, vote Ron Paul! And if you're an independent, go google/youtube Obama and Paul, and figure out who you like best.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Ron Paul & Dennis Kucinich Ticket
It's time. Let's face it. The best candidates for the future of our Country are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich. They would change the face of politics and the course of humanity if either of them were elected. But neither of them will be. They will both lose their party's primary election. It's going to happen. Face it.
But will the revolution die? When Ron Paul loses the primary, will that be the end? Does it have to be?
I don't think so. If one thing has been made perfectly clear in his campaign, its that he is not as important as his ideas and the hundreds of thousands of people who support them. He has raised as much, if not more, than all of his fellow Republican candidates, due to our financial support, and our belief in his message. We have given him nearly $12 million dollars in this last quarter of fundraising (maybe more come Dec 16th). Could we not do the same in the general election?
Ross Perot showed us in 1992 that if you have money, you can be a contender in the Presidential Election. Well how much are you willing to risk to make that a reality? Are you willing to risk Hillary's pre-determined victory on it? Does the possibility that Giuliani or Huckabee or Romney could be our next President scare you enough? Are our ideals worth that risk?
Yes. That situation is the very reason why we NEED Ron Paul. How many "lesser than two evils" voting cycles do we have to go through? How many more terrorism, 9/11, WWIII tirades do we have to hear? When we are too scared to vote anything but for Hillary for fear that a pro-war Republican might achieve victory, then we have already lost. When we have two choices, "Bad" and "Worse", then we have no choice. We NEED Ron Paul. Our Country NEEDS Ron Paul.
And what better ticket to have than a Paul / Kucinich? Or Kucinich / Paul? I don't care who is the President and who is Veep. But would it work? Could their message resonate to a large enough audience to upset the establishment election? I don't know the answer to that. But at this point, I'm willing to give it a shot!
Are you?
But will the revolution die? When Ron Paul loses the primary, will that be the end? Does it have to be?
I don't think so. If one thing has been made perfectly clear in his campaign, its that he is not as important as his ideas and the hundreds of thousands of people who support them. He has raised as much, if not more, than all of his fellow Republican candidates, due to our financial support, and our belief in his message. We have given him nearly $12 million dollars in this last quarter of fundraising (maybe more come Dec 16th). Could we not do the same in the general election?
Ross Perot showed us in 1992 that if you have money, you can be a contender in the Presidential Election. Well how much are you willing to risk to make that a reality? Are you willing to risk Hillary's pre-determined victory on it? Does the possibility that Giuliani or Huckabee or Romney could be our next President scare you enough? Are our ideals worth that risk?
Yes. That situation is the very reason why we NEED Ron Paul. How many "lesser than two evils" voting cycles do we have to go through? How many more terrorism, 9/11, WWIII tirades do we have to hear? When we are too scared to vote anything but for Hillary for fear that a pro-war Republican might achieve victory, then we have already lost. When we have two choices, "Bad" and "Worse", then we have no choice. We NEED Ron Paul. Our Country NEEDS Ron Paul.
And what better ticket to have than a Paul / Kucinich? Or Kucinich / Paul? I don't care who is the President and who is Veep. But would it work? Could their message resonate to a large enough audience to upset the establishment election? I don't know the answer to that. But at this point, I'm willing to give it a shot!
Are you?
Friday, November 9, 2007
Barack Obama or Ron Paul?
So I'm a progressive liberal, (if you can't tell). I've been supporting Barack Obama in the Democratic primary. He's been preaching change, and has a record to show that he believes what he is talking about, and will do something about it (unlike Hillary who will continue the status quo). And he's been speaking out against war and how to deal peaceably with the world.
I'm also pessimistic about our government. I've known for quite some time that our government is broken. We have a corporate controlled (fascist) government, run largely by the military-industrial complex. We spend something like 60-70% of our annual federal budget on defense. At the same time Bush is pouring billions of our yet-to-be-collected dollars into wars in the middle east while our national needs aren't being met. We have bridges collapsing and health care for poor kids being vetoed.
I've long felt that our federal government needs to be dismantled and rebuilt from the foundation up. The foundation laid out by our founding father's was a good one. It's what we've built on top of it that needs be torn down. And soon!
And that's where Ron Paul comes in to play. I know that he is a Libertarian at heart, meaning he believes in freedom and liberty over government control. That extends to everything, even those government programs like helping to provide healthcare to poor kids. While I think that having those types of programs is good for this country, I think that my feelings for what is right with our government is being far overshadowed by what is wrong with our government. And so the idea of having a president who works to cut down our government, however he can, is appealing to me. I just want to be sure the first programs he focuses on cutting are not social ones, but military ones.
Ron Paul has said that the US needs to pull all of its forces from abroad, and focus on ourselves. If we eliminate the need to police the world, like he says, then our needs to spend billions on the military drops. That's the military-industrial complex being slashed, which is a great thing!
After Ron Paul has had 4 or 8 years of hacking our federal government to iddy-biddy pieces, then we can refocus on building it again. Once the bloat is gone, we can build those programs that we feel we need for our society, not ones our military industries say we need. Not ones that corporate interests say we need. Ones we actually need. That's the point where the Democrats should be in control.
So it's coming time that I have to decide. Obama is still my Democrat. But Ron Paul is only slightly behind him on my list of favorites. And I only have a short time before I must change my voter registration to "Decline to State" in order to vote for Ron Paul. Otherwise I'm locked in to Obama. What to do....
I'm also pessimistic about our government. I've known for quite some time that our government is broken. We have a corporate controlled (fascist) government, run largely by the military-industrial complex. We spend something like 60-70% of our annual federal budget on defense. At the same time Bush is pouring billions of our yet-to-be-collected dollars into wars in the middle east while our national needs aren't being met. We have bridges collapsing and health care for poor kids being vetoed.
I've long felt that our federal government needs to be dismantled and rebuilt from the foundation up. The foundation laid out by our founding father's was a good one. It's what we've built on top of it that needs be torn down. And soon!
And that's where Ron Paul comes in to play. I know that he is a Libertarian at heart, meaning he believes in freedom and liberty over government control. That extends to everything, even those government programs like helping to provide healthcare to poor kids. While I think that having those types of programs is good for this country, I think that my feelings for what is right with our government is being far overshadowed by what is wrong with our government. And so the idea of having a president who works to cut down our government, however he can, is appealing to me. I just want to be sure the first programs he focuses on cutting are not social ones, but military ones.
Ron Paul has said that the US needs to pull all of its forces from abroad, and focus on ourselves. If we eliminate the need to police the world, like he says, then our needs to spend billions on the military drops. That's the military-industrial complex being slashed, which is a great thing!
After Ron Paul has had 4 or 8 years of hacking our federal government to iddy-biddy pieces, then we can refocus on building it again. Once the bloat is gone, we can build those programs that we feel we need for our society, not ones our military industries say we need. Not ones that corporate interests say we need. Ones we actually need. That's the point where the Democrats should be in control.
So it's coming time that I have to decide. Obama is still my Democrat. But Ron Paul is only slightly behind him on my list of favorites. And I only have a short time before I must change my voter registration to "Decline to State" in order to vote for Ron Paul. Otherwise I'm locked in to Obama. What to do....
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