Probably not correct to say his tenure as a Congressman was "unremarkable". His consistent voting record based on his principles of limited federal government will be one for the history books.
Seriously, I believe that you secretly agree with him on a host of issues. However, since he doesn't fit the narrowly prescribed and vetted childlike notions expressed by contemporary Seattle yuppie dingbats, you struggle with him. Kind of like a closeted gay man. You wrestle everyday with the truth, yet due to your cowardice, you simply cannot embrace him in public. After all, what would, your friends say?
Seriously, develop an ability to smell the bullshit that runs raw in the street of capital hill, and accept your true feelings. The feelings that you have, which is that there is something terribly wrong in this country, are perfectly fine. Make the next step, which is to say that the current system, has as its core, a rotten seed that needs to be replaced. Ron paul may not be perfect, but he is far closer to your inherent internalized ideals and revolutionary spirit, than some mealy mouth slack jawed queer whose immature conclusions about the way the world works rise and fall on the status on his/her genitals.
You are way smarter than those you surround yourself with.
So is Bernie Sanders, who shares more in common with Ron Paul, than the centrist oligarchs you bend over to support in the name of "reason".
@11 The whole 'liberals would agree with Ron Paul on a lot' nonsense has not, nor will ever, work. While yes, libertarians are often right on a few social issues, they are right for the wrong reasons. And just in general wrong.
It's not cowardice, nor ignorance, that makes most people dislike Paul. Quite the opposite actually. People have considered what he has to say, and his overall philosophy, and found it lacking, stupid, or otherwise unappealing. Then you add in the man's complete willingness to court the most racists and nutty elements of society to make a buck, his off putting personality, and the cult like nature of his followers. Pretty soon its more surprising why so many people seem to actually like him.
Jesse Jackson used to charge 10K per speech way back in the 1970s. My father, whose politics were aligned with Jackson's, was totally disgusted. In this case I think both sides do do it.
Please explain why the senate cosponser of Ron Paul's bill to audit the fed is Bernie Sanders if the only things that liberals and libertarians age on are social issues.
Paul constant railing against Ron Paul's critique of the banking system is exactly what I'm talking about. Just cause you consider things carefully, doesn't mean you've come to the correct conclusion.
Ron Paul is not and never has been consistently libertarian. He is against women making their own health decisions. He is against equal civil rights for not just gay and lesbian people (both anti gay marriage and pro DADT), but also black people. He's like a slightly crazier version of McCain taking a "bold" stance on a few signature issues and following the Republican party line on the rest.
If a district is tiny geographically, that just means it is densely populated (like ours).
And given the rapidity and length of his speech, on a dollar per word basis it's probably a good deal.
Why your fascination/obsession with Ron Paul?
Seriously, I believe that you secretly agree with him on a host of issues. However, since he doesn't fit the narrowly prescribed and vetted childlike notions expressed by contemporary Seattle yuppie dingbats, you struggle with him. Kind of like a closeted gay man. You wrestle everyday with the truth, yet due to your cowardice, you simply cannot embrace him in public. After all, what would, your friends say?
Seriously, develop an ability to smell the bullshit that runs raw in the street of capital hill, and accept your true feelings. The feelings that you have, which is that there is something terribly wrong in this country, are perfectly fine. Make the next step, which is to say that the current system, has as its core, a rotten seed that needs to be replaced. Ron paul may not be perfect, but he is far closer to your inherent internalized ideals and revolutionary spirit, than some mealy mouth slack jawed queer whose immature conclusions about the way the world works rise and fall on the status on his/her genitals.
You are way smarter than those you surround yourself with.
So is Bernie Sanders, who shares more in common with Ron Paul, than the centrist oligarchs you bend over to support in the name of "reason".
Be true to yourself for once.
It's not cowardice, nor ignorance, that makes most people dislike Paul. Quite the opposite actually. People have considered what he has to say, and his overall philosophy, and found it lacking, stupid, or otherwise unappealing. Then you add in the man's complete willingness to court the most racists and nutty elements of society to make a buck, his off putting personality, and the cult like nature of his followers. Pretty soon its more surprising why so many people seem to actually like him.
Please explain why the senate cosponser of Ron Paul's bill to audit the fed is Bernie Sanders if the only things that liberals and libertarians age on are social issues.
Paul constant railing against Ron Paul's critique of the banking system is exactly what I'm talking about. Just cause you consider things carefully, doesn't mean you've come to the correct conclusion.