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What exactly does the Department of Education do? If it doesnt decide on curriculum, it merely funnels money from the federal government coffers to the state government coffers. Seems like a waste of tax dollars to have such a layer of bureaucrats essentially doing nothing. Their main purpose is to protect their budget and therefore their influence and use such influence for the benefit of the teaching lobbies.

Same with the protection agencies at a federal level. Nothing of consequence was ever protected at a federal level, except the budgets of a federal department. Consumer protection, if a valid purpose of government (which is contestable except in issues of fraud), is properly the role of the courts. I take on board your worries about the influence of Supreme Court appointees. Wouldnt the best way of ameliorating such problems be to make those issues more state based instead of concentrating power at a federal level? Its the concentration of power that makes the harmful misuse of such power possible.

No, I will not vote for a man who thinks that while the Feds can’t outlaw abortion, not only is it allowable for states to do so but he’d really like it if they did. I will not vote for a man who believes that not only should the Department of Education be eliminated but every single avenue for consumer and citizen protection at the federal level should also be eliminated. What would this mean? That you could live in a state that has good environmental protection but you would still be at the mercy of your neighboring states if they decided that the government has no business telling businesses what they should dump in the air and water. The people who support these positions say that law suits based on property rights will be possible. Really? I think President Bush has shown us what can be done with the right appointments to the courts. Right now there is a significant section of the Republican party pushing to make radical changes to what the courts can and cannot do. They want it at the federal level and at the state level. It’s only a relatively minor step from there to making it impossible to sue companies or at a minimum making it possible to limit the relief available through a lawsuit to be so small as to be petty cash and absolutely no deterrent to continuing their bad behavior. This is the future if Ron Paul really got his way.

Brilliant, couldn’t have said it better myself.

It is reasonable to comment on probabilities of winning at sites such as Gambling911.com, but serious discussion should be spent on the dynamics of Ron Paul’s campaign. I always find it interesting when writers for internet sites dismiss Ron Paul’s support on the internet. Why is there such a large disparity on the internet from Gallup and Zogby polling results? We know the answer is name recognition, with Romney, Giuliani, and McCain being christened the front runners before they were even running.

I hope that Ron Paul would except a VP nomination. He could use his voice as President of the Senate.

Ron Paul’s campaign changes the debate in America, whether he wins or loses. With enough money in hand to campaign for the entire Republican primary process, and with multiple minor third parties dying to endorse him as their candidate, Ron Paul will be around for a long long time. He will continue to be the only political figure speaking honest truth about our sham monetary system, and our misguided policy of global militaristic empire. His message will spread, just like it has spread over the internet, and even if he doesn’t reach the whitehouse he will, like Goldwater before him, be the progenitor of a future political movement that will dominate for a generation.

Okay, now that that is out of the way :)

Time for some realities:

1) Ron Paul is a longshot. But with no clear favorite in the race, the odds are against any one candidate.

2) Five months out from IA and NH, public opinion polls are nothing more than name recognition gauges. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton weren’t that much higher in the polls than Dr. Paul is at this point, this far out from the primaries.

3) Ron Paul has gotten this far while spending nearly nothing. There’s a lot of money to be raised between now and IA.

4) Intensity counts for something, and the support of RP’s people is unlike anything this party has seen since Reagan, and maybe since Goldwater. If Giuliani or McCain had supporters this gung ho, every talking head would be declaring this race over.

5) The Buchananites and Birchers, Free Staters and Gold Bugs, the purists and the Young Turks are all looking for a voice that no longer seems to be part of the GOP repertoire. Ron Paul can be that voice.

Yes, RP is a longshot. So was Goldwater against the mighty East Coast Establishment and their chosen champion, Nelson Rockefeller. I challenge any Republican reading my words: Examine Dr. Paul’s record. See how he fares on taxes, abortion, guns, Social Security, growth of government, national sovereignty. And ask yourself: How many Republicans running for president are closer to my point of view on these issues than Ron Paul?

Vote for a man that represents the Republican wing of the Republican party.

Vote Ron Paul.

The answer, of course, is, emphatically “NO!”. The colonies don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of defeating the most powerful empire on Earth.

Now, 250 years later, a whole lot of us are waking up from our collective comas, and realizing that our present government has become far more taxing and meddling than King George (of England, not Crawford) ever was.

We are not going to accept defeat lying down.

The Revolution of 1776 succeeded in spite of impossible odds and only limited popular support by a minority of Americans. But the champions of Liberty now, as then, are energized. Our modern day tyrants, like King George and his “loyalists”, are ignorant, lazy, and unmotivated.

Welcome to the Revolution.

Ron Paul grassroots supporters get enough people thinking “Who is Ron Paul?” to get the 70+% of people who have no idea who he is or who only vaguely know him as that “kook” the Fox News types denigrate start to look him up and find out that he is the REAL DEAL, an *HONEST* politician with *INTEGRITY* and values, who is essentially CORRECT in what he is saying, and who is saying it with more fire in his voice each day.

It’s only lack of name recognition that holds Ron Paul back. His rabid supporters are those people who saw him in the debates, where even Fox News polls showed Ron getting the highest marks from the viewing public.

Listen to Ron Paul in Pittsburg today and tell me this man won’t be President if more people heard what his speeches: http://ronpaulaudio.com/rpaudio/RonPaulMarsPennsylvanniaRally080307.mp3

I have a good friend who was an Obama supporter a few months ago. He told me that for him, Obama was the “second coming” (his words) because he was a minority politician with a real shot. (My friend is Hispanic). Two months later, I saw him again and now he wants a Ron Paul sign for his yard. He now supports Ron because Ron has the substance.

RON PAUL is sweeping the nation, the country has not seen anything like this in our modern age of canned candidates and pundits.

No.

Not with anyone in the current field anyway. We (most ron paul supporters) are not going to vote for any of the other republicans.

Realistic scenario of a Ron Paul Nomination: By January, a plurality of the republican Party Realizes that none of their pro war candidates have a snowballs chance in hell of winning in the General Election. Any of them will be EASILY painted as another George W Bush Term and loose by a 8-10 point margin.

That’s why a better question is “Describe for me a realistic scenario where Rudy, Fred or Mitt wins the general election.”

Because there aren’t any.

Just speculation but remember the name Jerry Clower when I’m right. It doesn’t really matter anyway. If you like the guy, vote your conscience & let the chips fall where they may.

So, stop being a tool. Think for yourself. Understand what is really happening. Ron Paul has a great chance. He is growing in name recognition and anyone who reads his writings, such as those at the ronpaullibrary.org instantly become fans. He has proven to be right about everything.

And those quirky ideas he has like getting rid of the Department of Education? Have you ever stopped to think what it would mean? It would mean an end to the dumbing down of our society. Right now, the federal government spoon feeds its recruits whatever it takes to keep the people in line. And you call it quirky to want to end that propaganda? When was the last time you looked at textbook to see what kids are allowed to learn?

If someone suggested having the feds take over the press you would be appalled, would you not? Why? Because people need unfettered access to the truth. So why are you so gung ho to have that same group of megalomaniacs indoctrinate your children for 12 forced years?

As soon as you get your head out of the box they have built around you, you can see for yourself that Ron Paul offers this country the hope and freedom and liberty upon which we were built. Not the controlling, stealing, manipulative machine that has become Washington.

Ron Paul offers everyone everything they ever wanted in a presidential candidate but were convinced could not happen. He is honest, true, consistent, and only wants to be President so he can restore our liberty, privacy and freedoms.

What fool thinks that doesn’t have a chance?

Rated 76% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record.

Using my liberal decoder key: Votes in favor of evangelical Christians which tend to be one-issue voters, they vote for “God” every time, even if the message happens to be delivered by the Devil (i.e. Bush) himself. Big turn off!

Opposes the death penalty.

Using my liberal decoder key: This is brave and clearly puts him at odds with the entire Republican party sentiment on this issue. It’s worth noting that this is a consistent stance when it comes to “pro-life,” as Ron Paul opposes the death penalty, which I too oppose and yet, he supports a ban on abortion. That IS a “pro-life” stance, he doesn’t support taking life through capital punishment and he doesn’t support taking life through abortion. I will have to say though, that I support abortion 100 percent. Big turn on and big turn off!

Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

Using my liberal decoder key: Awesome! about damn time. Prisons should not be used as storage warehouses to put people that aren’t “productive.” Profiting off of the imprisonment of non-violent, drug addicted offenders isn’t acceptable. America has by far and away the largest percentage of its citizenry behind bars in the world, which are disproportionately black and they always have been. Stop the criminalization of the poorest and most disadvantaged Americans. Yes, violent criminals need to do hard time and pay for their actions but incarcerating 2.2 million Americans, half of which committed non-violent drug related offenses is draconian. HUGE turn on!

Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)

Do I need to say anything about this? Pro-defense, anti-imperialism.
Huge turn on.

Intervention abroad incites hatred & attacks like 9/11. (May 2007)

Damn straight. Turn on.

Anyway, there are things I really like about Ron Paul and many things I absolutely disagree about. I think people have to understand that politicians are human beings just like the rest of us and we must also understand that they will have opinions on things which you will disagree but in the end it’s about the balance, does the good outweigh the bad. It’s too early to make any decisions set in the sand, but for me the pro-life issues and the privatization of Social Security make me think this isn’t the guy for me.

Just my opinion. If it is any consolation I believe Ron Paul absolutely blows away all other Republicans. I’d never vote for a Republican, but if I did it would have to be a Ron Paul type, minus the religious influenced politics.

Ron Paul is more dangerous to the Republican power base than the Democrats are.

The media must keep a lid on the popularity of Paul because to know him is to love him.