Ron Paul is not electable. He's obviously a long shot! A Ron Paul Presidency isn't going to happen! There's no way....[Where do ideas like these come from?] by creator
(libertarian)
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Ron Paul is "not electable." Ron Paul "doesn't have a chance." Ron Paul is "not a mainstream candidate." "He's a long shot." Ron Paul is a "spoiler." If you vote for Ron Paul, you're "throwing away your vote." "We've gotta beat Obama, and Ron Paul will never get the Republican nomination." "Ron Paul won't make it - that's what they're saying in the circles I run in."
If phrases like these come immediately and unbidden to your mind, please take an honest look at your thought processes. Can you look yourself in a mirror and say without flinching:
"The notion that Ron Paul is "not electable" is original with me; I arrived at it by careful consideration of all the evidence."
Can you honestly say that? Or is is possible that you may have been, ever so slightly, influenced by the outside forces that have come to dominate our culture?
Turn off your TV! Turn off that radio! When you hear Sean Hannity speaking, get out your earplugs! Forget Stephanopolous. Flip the channel if you've accidentally tuned in Michael Medved! Close the paper on Mona Charen. Increasingly, it is the likes of these who are losing what remains of their credibility. You'd be better off listening to comedians like Jon Stewart who will rub your nose in the fact that, when it comes to media reporting, you are being led around by it.
Cancel your subscriptions to Time magazine, US News, Newsweek, and whatever "news" paper you happen to read - you know, all the rags that ignore or try to dismiss what's really happening?
"He's a kook, fringe, unelectable, long shot, no chance." "More money than any other Republican candidate? Doesn't matter! He hasn't got a prayer!" "Ron Who?" "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
Are you a Christian, who reads World magazine? Do you really think you're getting news from World magazine? Open your eyes!
If you want to prove to yourself that "traditional media" is seriously distorting your world view, try this simple test:
Take a drive around your city and see for yourself all the Ron Paul signs! Who are those people at the mall, on the street corner, and why do they stand there for hours waving to you and holding up those signs that say "Hope for America!" ???
How about that "political nut" at church - you know, the one with the Ron Paul button and the signs on the side of his car. You know who I mean! Why is he so passionate about Ron Paul? Is it possible this Ron Paul guy has more support than you've been allowed to see on the TV?
There is another, better way to get real news. It used to be that we would tune in to short-wave radio to get real news. Today, we can simply log on to the internet. Why not try it?
Watch the videos, admire the creativity! Read the blogs. See the artwork. Listen to the music. Count the money! Tune in, for God's sake, and for America's sake, and witness a movement for liberty unprecedented in recent American history!
NONE of this massive support for Dr. Paul -- you can see it with your own eyes -- was manufactured by a Corporatocracy!
ALL of these efforts are spontaneously generated by a rapidly growing legion of people, people like you and me, people excited to the core by the idea of LIBERTY!
Now, after personally considering all the evidence, can you still say with a straight face "Ron Paul is not electable?"
Maybe it would be worth your while to read a little bit about Ron Paul and his message of Freedom, don'cha think? Then, register or re-register as a Republican and get out and vote to make Ron Paul the Republican nominee for president!
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Posted By: trd
Date: September 10, 2011 10:44:53 AM
No need to go to a church or bring christianity into this. I'm an atheist who truly supports Ron Paul. He is the ONLY one that is promoting freedom including both the freedom OF religion and the freedom FROM religion. I will vote for him in the primaries AGAIN.
But we need a younger Ron Paul. Maybe a Rand Paul. Or maybe a 37 year old me.
Posted By: Randee
Date: September 11, 2011 05:30:31 PM
I take issue with trd's comment "no need to go to church or bring Christianity into this..." Now I respect his freedom to be an atheist if he so chooses. However,the issue is that his comment seems to be saying " no need for Christians or the church to vote and get involved in the 2012 election" . George Mason, in The Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) wrote:
"That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights...." So,my freedom to be a Christian and vote and attend church is equal to his freedom to be an atheist and vote and not attend church. XVI "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other." The point is Christians have an inherent right to the FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION and accordingly I will bring Christianity into the 2012 election by voting to put Christians in office.
