Topic: Ron Paul
WWRPD - What Would Ron Paul Do? Vote 3rd Party Ron Paul continues The Campaign For Liberty with his eloquent request for all Americans to be heard by voting for a 3rd party candidate. It is time to send the entrenched ruling elite a strong message.by Jim Quinn
(libertarian)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The big lie about change is that neither party wants to change anything. The Democrats and Republicans love their power, influence, and wealth. The two parties always agree when it involves tax rebates and pork projects for their constituents. They have no problem spending our grandchildren's money to get re-elected in November. No politician is willing to tell the American people the blunt truth that we have an epic financial crisis that must be addressed in the next 10 years. The media spends weeks discussing lipstick, bulldogs, pigs, and hockey moms. We are wasting precious time. Our society is dominated by present self interest to the detriment of the best interests of our future generations. We need leaders who are willing to speak the truth and convince the country to change course before it is too late.
Our fiscal crisis is complex, multi-faceted and dangerous to our long-term future. The major issues that we need to confront include the current fiscal situation, the colossal amount of unfunded liabilities that our politicians have obligated us to pay, our dependence on foreign oil, our failing education system, and a dearth of leadership and political courage. To successfully solve these issues we need to ignore political affiliations and choose the best solutions. Both candidates promise tax cuts, when the United States has no money. We are broke. The money that our politician leaders will use for tax cuts or new government programs will be borrowed from China and Saudi Arabia, with the bill being passed on to future generations.By far, the greatest challenge that we must overcome is the entrenched ruling elite that run this country. The ruling elite includes the crooked politicians in Washington, the lifetime bureaucrats who run the various governmental agencies, the paid lobbyists who write the laws for Congress, obscenely overpaid short-term profit driven corporate CEOs, media conglomerates, and the privileged Wall Street aristocracy. These privileged few are surrounded by leeches and parasites (media consultants, pollsters, spin artists, and PR agencies) that attack anyone who threatens their position of power. The only way to overturn their comfortable world is an uprising among the masses.
Ron Paul, the only candidate during the Presidential primaries to tell the American people the truth, has articulated the 1st step in taking this country back from the entrenched political establishment:
"Pretending that a true difference exists between the two major candidates is a charade of great proportion. Many who help to perpetuate this myth are frequently unaware of what they are doing and believe that significant differences actually do exist. Indeed, on small points there is the appearance of a difference. The real issues, however, are buried in a barrage of miscellaneous nonsense and endless pontifications by robotic pundits hired to perpetuate the myth of a campaign of substance. The truth is that our two-party system offers no real choice. The real goal of the campaign is to distract people from considering the real issues. Those candidates who represent actual change or disagreement with the status quo are held in check by the two major parties in power, making it very difficult to compete in the pretend democratic process. This is done by making it difficult for third-party candidates to get on the ballots, enter into the debates, raise money, avoid being marginalized, or get fair or actual coverage."
The message that needs to be sent is a rejection of the two party system. On November 4,2008 vote for the 3rd party candidate of your choice. Send a message to the ruling elite.
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According to the Campaign for Liberty site, three candidates -- independent Ralph Nader, Green Cynthia McKinney, and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin -- have agreed with Ron Paul's four-point "liberty agenda."
It is important for voters to know that two other third-party candidates -- Libertarian Bob Barr, and Charles Jay of the Boston Tea Party -- have also agreed with the four-point statement.
If we really want to make a difference with a third party run, we can't split 3rd party votes behind 4-5 people. We need to create a massively advertised "pre-election, virtual 3rd party election" where the 4-5 third party candidates all have a platform to present their differences, debate, essentially give people a chance to know who they are. Then we all vote via some web-site and a winner is declared. We all rally behind that person on the 4th.
In the meantime, all involved 3rd parties market this larger vision, and it creates a momentum building "movement". Divided we fail. United we make a difference.
I am sorry, but I couldn't disagree more. Why is voting for the lesser of 5 evils better than voting for the lesser of two? Is there any third party candidate that anyone here really likes? Are you seriously suggesting that all people just wait until someone rolls the dice and then they all go run for that person? Doesn't anyone have any principles at all? What message are you trying to send? That you like socialists, because if the die lands on the wrong number that is what you will say.
Allison's link is great. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/hamilton4.html
I suggest everyone read the article and then see if you want to just vote for "anyone". Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what is for dinner. Your solution to voting for fools is to let other people tell you what fool to vote for? And what if you like one of the third party candidates, should you force others to vote the way you do or should you give up that choice and pick someone you hate because that is how the website told you to vote.
"What would Ron Paul do?" Ron Paul is still alive!
"What will Ron Paul do" is the question since he did not give a precise answer.
From what he says I think he will vote for himself for Congress and maybe for Baldwin. Nader and McKinney are too statist. Bob Barr is a fraud and I don't think Ron Paul will ever give him his vote. Fortunaltely for that disgusting Bob Barr that Ron Paul is not a nasty man...
But, you should not discount the possibility that Ron Paul is an active abstentionist as far as the presidential election is concerned. If so, he would be one step closer to perfection.
Barr really does seem misplaced this year. A militarily aggressive libertarian is kind of strange. Like forcing together two 5 pound blocks of plutonium.
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