Topic: Political Literature
Mitt Romney Has Great Hair, But Ron Paul Gets My Vote Raised On Wine And Liberalism, I can see the fruit of what I once believed.by Scott from Oregon
(Libertarian)
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
As a west coast American with a strong affiliation to the greater San Francisco Bay Area, most people would assume a few things about me. I am relaxed around gay people. I love Redwood trees and wine. The bible belt seems like a foreign country to me and I lean Democratic when I vote in the presidential elections.
All of those things would be true I am confessing. I am not a west coast original. My political persona comes from the coastal breezes and the society that thrives out here.
The oddest thing occurred to me though, during this election cycle.
I made a conscious choice and I flipped.
For the first time ever, I am registered as a Republican and will be voting on the Republican side of the fence.
I have to tell you, it feels a little weird.
Some of the people who reside over here are scary. I mean they really scare me a lot. They are so SURE of things I have never been sure of. Things like a "creator". Things like "God-given rights." Things like "family values".
I jumped the fence because of Ron Paul. He too, mentions a "creator" and "God-given rights" and demonstrates family values by having an awesome one, but that’s not what brought me here to unfamiliar territory.
It is his vehement belief that society is better off without having a giant monstrosity regulating everything we do. That’s it in a nutshell. His stance on the role of government at the federal level. He says it has grown and is far too big. It is too unwieldy. It desires to do too much. And I agree with him. And the big irony of all of this is, it took a Republican to take control of the White House for eight years to bring this to my attention. Republicans, who were supposed to be for smaller government, and less meddling abroad, made me realize that granting power to the federal government was a huge mistake. All they seem to do is create mischief with it. They get grandiose notions about ridding the world of evil. They get grandiose notions of their effectiveness in solving other nations’ problems. They get grandiose notions about how to protect Americans by prying into everything Americans do. They get these notions, because we as a people, have allowed them to assume they have that right.
Now I think Mitt Romney has a fine hairdo. I really do. And I know he has spent a lot of his own personal fortune to put himself up to run for president. And I know he has hired the best advice money can buy to help him run his campaign. And I know he was once a Liberal, like I am, and this is pretty groovy too.
But Mitt wants to solve everything. He wants to hop into the presidency and start solving everything. He wants to use the powers that have crept into the federal government over many many years, and he wants to start pulling levers and pushing buttons. I know this because he tells me this. Mitt is a grandiose thinker with grandiose solutions for America and the world. Just let him at it! He can’t wait to get in the seat and start wielding power! He can’t wait to be the next "decider"!
And that scares me more than anything.
America needs less of these grandiose people.
America needs more humility. It needs humble leaders who don’t want to solve every problem. It needs leaders who are grounded in basic tenets that we, as Americans, understand to be self evident. It needs a leader that will not lead us down their egotistical passageways, because they think they know what is best for us.
On both sides of the political aisle, there is only one humble man running for office.
Ron Paul.
A Republican.
Imagine that?
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Posted By: John Armstrong
Date: 2008-01-02 02:36:49
Groovy. I never believed that we needed to solve our problems at home. It took this administration to realize that trying to solve them abroad for other countries could put us in a situation where all of the American elbow grease won't be able to solve it.
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