"Remember a very early lesson: 'never underestimate the power of denial.' Denial has no power in itself, but you can give it the power of your mind, whose power is without limit of any kind. If you use your mind to deny reality, reality is gone FOR YOU." ~ Jesus Christ
With the Ron Paul excitement fading as reality sets in, libertarians are once again lapsing into their habitual uncertainty as to where to be and what to do next. The so-called "defeatists" are saying: "the GOP is bogged down in a hopeless quagmire and we should pull out our troops." The eternal optimists are heard saying: "The GOP is about to suffer such a terrible landslide defeat that their only remaining choice will be to start becoming libertarian." Finally, the possibly fact-based realists warn, "if you allow Marxist Barack Obama to win, that's the end of any hope in our lifetime."
Ron Paul himself is a realist.
Ron Paul shows more maturity than most libertarians. He doesn't need others to validate his ego. He can feel total integrity and thorough relevance even while surrounded by other GOP Representatives who far too often compromise with those who would destroy liberty. He needs neither their agreement nor their approval.
Nor is Ron Paul inclined to fantasy. On the one hand, he knows that third party efforts are always self-sabotaging, destined for defeat, but worse ... serving the enemies of liberty. On the other hand, he understands there will never be a GOP defeat momentous enough to change some of his Republican friends. Some Republicans are probably hopeless, while others will suffer defeat and still look in all the wrong places for answers. But Ron Paul knows if he himself stands his ground, he is building something to which others will eventually come.
Ron Paul sees reality clearly. He knows Barack Obama is a champion of Marxist "Liberation Theology," the philosophy which preaches victimhood to gain power, then practices dictatorship (see the likes of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela). He knows that the real battle is between Marxists, whether they call themselves "liberal" or "socialist" on one side of the battlefield, and on the other side American Revolution traditionalists or Constitutionalists, whether they call themselves "conservative" or "libertarian."
The American Revolution was all about freeing people from slavery. It didn't happen overnight. It didn't even happen in the 1860s or 1960s. But it IS happening and IS continuing: [link edited for length].
Ron Paul is pragmatic. He knows "divide and conquer" works. He understands that for as long as various factions refuse to fight together in one coordinated army, but divide their efforts and resources ... the enemy will continue to win. Right now the GOP leadership stinks. But new and better leadership can and will arise ... and Ron Paul knows it.
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Reader Comments:
Posted By: steve r
Date: 2008-02-25 19:58:10
While Barack Obama is a clever politician who learned well from Ross Perot that to define your policy positions is to drive away the supporters who project their own views onto a blank slate, he is not the Antichrist.
Obama, should he win the Presidency, which seems increasingly likely -- who in their right mind will vote for 100 Years McCain ("Bush II")? -- will necessarily be forced to govern from the center just as Clinton (WJ) discovered quickly that he was forced to do.
I am a committed Paul supporter who voted for him in 1988, and I consider Obama to be the least offensive alternative remaining in the field.
Just as Paul would not be able to carry forward his vision without serious limitations, even if Obama's vision were to be even more anti-American than that of Mr. Bush, he would not free to manifest it in terms of public policy.
Take a deep breath and count to ten. Obama could not possibly be a worse President than GW Bush, and almost certainly a far better one than McCain who seems to think that Bush merely got the details wrong.
McCain has already expressed his contempt for constitutional government with the McCain-Feingold abrogation of the First Amendment. (The plaintext of the Constitution is clear, whether the distinguished Justices are able to read and reason or not.)
Posted By: Barry
Date: 2008-02-25 20:17:41
steve r.............any of the 3 viable candidates will destroy this country. Pick your poison, my friend.
I'll still need to look myself in the eye every morning when I shave, and will someday have to explain to my kids why my generation didn't prevent the slavery they will live under.
Revolutions are NEVER bloodless, figurtively or literally.
To think this will be won by voting for evil, even the lesser of, is to doom your descendants to a despareate life of mediocrity.
I'm in to the bitter end.
Posted By: Stebro
Date: 2008-02-25 20:23:22
Um ... where exactly did Jesus Christ say the quote in your deck copy?
Posted By: Barry
Date: 2008-02-25 21:37:30
Stebro.........Exactly.
I'm pretty sure the Lord didn't say that. Sounds more like something Tom Cruise would say.
Posted By: E. Wayne Johnson
Date: 2008-02-25 22:18:43
The denial quote is not from the Bible and not from anything I read of Jesus. It is at least partially attributed to the movie American Beauty.
Posted By: Tara Davis
Date: 2008-02-26 06:25:45
Ron Paul is a Republican.
Though I voted for Ron Paul and gave money to his campaign, I am not.
The GOP has no right at all to expect my support, especially given the shabby way in which he was treated by the party for most of this year.
If McCain is the Republican candidate this fall, I'll be voting third-party.
Posted By: James
Date: 2008-02-26 07:47:40
I think steve r said it best.
Besides we need to start focusing on winning state and federal house and senate seats. The Ron Paul-Republican platform wont advance from the top down but rather from the bottom up (grassroots). It starts with making citizens think, then getting them to elect our style of politician and then and only then will real policy changes happen.
-James
www.thepoliticus.org
Posted By: Barry
Date: 2008-02-26 08:09:47
steve r...............I think we're pretty much on the same team, however; of course we can get a worse President than Bush. I didn't think we could get a worse President than Clinton, but we did. Obamas wife is even scarier than he is...............and my bet is she wears the pants in that relationship.
I'll be writing in Ron Paul. They'll probably steal my vote, but I will never again vote for evil, even the lesser of.
Posted By: Jim_NYC
Date: 2008-02-26 08:12:25
you lost me at jesus.
working within the corrupt republican structure will only corrupt you.
Ron Paul is a republican in name only. There is nothing in his platform that is recognizable within the modern day republican party. Seems to me that what we have here are "Republicans" trying to exploit the newly registered republican voters who only did so because they wanted to vote for Ron in the primaries. The Ron Paul Republicans will be gone before the next congressional race.
Posted By: Barry
Date: 2008-02-26 08:58:17
Jim_NYC..........whether your "lost" or not is a problem you'll have to solve, in this life, all on your own .
This revolution has nothing to do with "Republican". It has nothing to do with Democrat. It's about liberty and the Constitutional rights of those who consider themselves Patriots.
If you want to commit financial suicide for yourself and your children, and sell your soul to the idols of either the "Golden Elephant" or the "Golden Donkey", go for it.
Please don't take my family with you.
This Revolution will survive and gain momentum in spite of people like yourself.
We're MAD AS HELL AND WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE !!
Posted By: Beatnik
Date: 2008-02-26 09:50:24
Whether or not RP will be president in 2009 is, as already stated, no longer the main focus.
We're still all going to fight for it, and we know we have a good chance of losing. But this is an awakening, not a one-shot deal.
More than anything, this campaign has jolted me back into realizing that there are still some decent folks out there in the political arena. RP is not alone in that respect. He may be alone in his particular views, but step one in this revolution is to at least identify our friends and our enemies.
Did the Republican neocon leadership completely bollocks up the party? Yes. Does that mean the whole party is corrupt? No - it can't be completely corrupt because we have at least one example of a member who isn't.
Wake up and realize who your friends and enemies are. Unless RP is the Republican candidate, I will not be voting Republican this time around. I won't be voting for a Democrat either, because their presidential candidates are my enemies too.
But you know what? I sent an email to my local delegate last week explaining how I didn't vote for him, but he can count on my support in the future. He's a Democrat, but he's proved that he's doing everything in his power to serve his constituents.
That's where the revolution needs to go now. RP says over and over that it's not his revolution, it's ours, and he's just along for the ride. We need to find the other decent servants in this country and get them on board, too. Otherwise, Jim_NYC will be right, and we'll be gone before the next congressional race.
Posted By: Barry
Date: 2008-02-26 10:20:21
Beatnik...........you've defined this correctly when you distinguish the fight between freiends and enemies. That's the bottom line.
This revolution can be won, ultimately, one representative at a time, if..........it's not late already. The "Men Behind the Curtain" are formidible and will not give up their immense power and obscene wealth without a fight.
That's a fact. The enemy is entrenched and money is no object.
Posted By: patrick henry
Date: 2008-02-26 10:23:28
Barry, I'm in it with you my brother, shoulder to shoulder with musket in hand if needed. My kids will not inherit this bag of crap without a fight from me and many others like me. We know this wont work out the way we want it to, but the NEOCONS wont win. They may win this battle but we will win the war. This fight has just begun. "Appear strong when you are weak and weak when you are strong"- Tsun Tsu
Posted By: Barry
Date: 2008-02-26 11:03:48
patrick henry..............thanx, man. But remember, it's not just the NeoCons.
The Democrats / Socialists are just as evil, or maybe worse.
They'll both steal all they can from us, as fast as they can, under the cover of deceit.
Our, and our childrens futues, depend on how far gone the majority of our fellow countrymen are. Apathy and braindeath is rampant.
Posted By: Christian Prophet
Date: 2008-02-26 21:03:46
Nobody here has convinced me to change my point that it will be more efficient to stay together and work within the Republican Party. Divided we lose. Think of the socialists, or even the new-left. They were (and are) a clear minority. But they have a plan, they have worked together inch by inch to implement the plan, they have finally taken over the Democratic Party ... and now they are on their way. I'd say libertarians need to study the leftist field manuals.
Posted By: Christian Prophet
Date: 2008-02-26 21:37:33
Sorry, I meant to mention: the quote from Jesus is from his revelation for the 21st Century, A Course in Miracles. I know Hillary and Bill are well acquainted with the Course. Marianne Williamson even stayed at the White House. Oprah Winfrey is very seriously into the Course, so Obama is surely at least acquainted with it. If libertarians were students of Jesus' Course in Miracles, they would probably have won all their campaigns by now.
Posted By: MikeFoster
Date: 2008-02-28 13:21:38
"Jesus' Course in Miracles".
The quote is from Jesus only if you believe in channeling.
I haven't read all of ACIM so perhaps I am wrong, but it doesn't seem to give credit to the source of most of its concepts: Christian Science.
If anyone is interested in Christian Science I suggest you go directly to the source: The Christian Science Textbook, by Mary Baker Eddy.
Posted By: MikeFoster
Date: 2008-02-28 14:31:38
The assumption that the Movement would be more efficient if everyone agreed to work from within the Republican party is dubious. Besides, that is not going to happen. Ron Paul supporters initially came from a wide spectrum of political thought: Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, etc. IMO it is more natural for each of us, after having been seeded with Pauleolibertarianism, to take this ideology back into the political group from which we came. In this way the Message of Liberty and Constitutionalism will have the broadest effect over time.
We must continue to support each other, regardless of political affiliation, because this Movement is more than a mere political movement.
So, yes, America needs more Paul Republicans, and she needs more Paul Democrats, more Paul Libertarians, more Paul Independents ... heck, America needs more people like Ron Paul :-).
Posted By: Diane
Date: 2008-02-29 01:39:25
I agree with you all, Beatnick, Barry and Foster and others. I'm a mom home with a sick child and reading your posts are keeping me engaged in our fight, reenergized even. I need to get out knocking on doors, talking about Paul, as soon as my son's feeling better.
Posted By: MikeFoster
Date: 2008-02-29 09:26:12
Christian Prophet, that channeling comment was a cheap shot -- I apologize for that.