As stated in an article written on August 29, 2012, by Robin Koern, entitled Ron Paul Won:
"In all fields of human endeavor, winning by cheating is losing.
In a competition, when someone cheats, he gets disqualified. The disqualification does not make the runner-up the winner. Rather, it reveals that the man who appeared to be the runner-up had in fact been the winner all along.
In the race for the GOP nomination for president, therefore, Ron Paul won.
As the New York Times wrote yesterday,
Delegates from Nevada tried to nominate Mr. Paul from the floor, submitting petitions from their own state as well as Minnesota, Maine, Iowa, Oregon, Alaska and the Virgin Islands. That should have done the trick: Rules require signatures from just five states. But the party changed the rules on the spot. Henceforth, delegates must gather petitions from eight states.When Mr. Romney and the RNC cheat so blatantly, they make the game no longer about politics: they make themselves ineligible for the vote of anyone who cares about his own morality, his own honesty or his own integrity — regardless of his politics. And from a purely practical standpoint, they invite Americans to ask if they want to live in a nation thus governed ."
It truly is a disgrace and sad story for this country to have had someone who most resembles what a modern day founding father might have been like, only to see him get thrown under the bus by the old guard and their party cronies; people who praise the founding fathers ideals but have no sincere interest at all in seeing them put into practice or taken seriously. Now before any of you stop reading this because you say to yourself "Oh, here we go again, another Paul-Bot rant" or "C'mon, you know his foreign policy makes him totally unelectable; we need a strong AHHMERICA!" Please, just give me a few minutes of your time to explain my opinion and what I like to think is common sense.
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First, Dr. Paul is the only candidate who actually served in the military. For all you NRA, gun-totting war hawks out there, that alone should have you all screeching like Peregrine Falcons swooping down on their prey, which is probably a terrorist. Secondly, he was a damn doctor for over 20 years. So Romney Care or Obama Care, who gives a crap because both plans stink. Why not elect someone who knows the health system, positives & negatives, who could also probably bring together some good health care advisers to his Cabinet as well. Nah, we should probably stick to the business man or community organizer/professor for health care ideas. Finally, his powerhouse characteristic is his knowledge of money and economics. Yes, the subject we all slept through in high school and college- Dr. Paul actually paid attention. He is a student of Austrian Economics, unfortunately not the type of economics taught in most schools and practiced by most nations, that would be Keynesian. Keynesian economics basically encourages governments taking the active role in running the economy when private sector tendencies lead to "undesireable" conditions. It is basically central planning folks. And once it gets a hold, it usually doesn't go away. Just ask the Soviet Union, oh wait...they don't exist anymore. It also believes spending money is the way out of debt, or better known as the famous phrase we all have come to know and love "economic stimulus." Does that make any sense at all? If my family was going broke, the bank wouldn't dream of giving us more money. We would be forced to buckle down, get rid of some cars, maybe even lose the house...all of this until the debt is paid. So why is our country any different? Because all we are doing is kicking the can down the road by printing more money through the Federal Reserve. As Arnold Schwarzenegger would say after hitting the Predator in the face with a log "...bahhd ideaa."This is something Ron Paul talks about in his book, The Revolution: A Manifesto. When the Fed prints money, this causes inflation. What is that? Simple, there are more dollars out there than before chasing the relatively same amount of goods and services, WHICH makes the dollar value less. However, who gets to spend this newly injected money first? Governments and their friends(bankers, politicians, special interest groups). So that means these people get to reap the benefits of all this extra money in their hands while prices are the same as they were before they got this money. You see prices don't adjust right away when new money is added, it is a process that happens after the money exchanges hands multiple times. So, by the time that money reaches the middle class after being in the cycle for some time already, prices have adjusted. So the middle class has the double whammy, higher prices combined with a less potent dollar. Now, imagine what prices are like for the poor? By the time the money reaches their pockets, prices have fully adjusted. You see, we are destroying the middle class and the poor, well they are screwed. It is a hidden "inflation" tax on all of us not in the elite club. We are told the Fed is there to control inflation...they sure do alright. NEVER will you hear Mitt Obomney or Barak O Romna talk about this. Paul's economic savvy is enough to make any other candidate go cower in a corner and cry, but you don't know that because all you and the media care about is his foreign policy, which would actually makes us richer and safer. Google the word "blowback." Maybe you'll start to understand.
I think it pretty obvious to most Ron Paul is my hero. He is retiring from politics in January, which truly does make me sad in my heart. I will continue to read his books and listen to his wisdom. There is also my hope to seem him speak in person again before he leaves this Earth, to actually shake his hand and look into his eyes and say thank you.
In closing, I think he deserved a better end than what he received, but that is not for men to judge; "For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted" Psalm 9, Verse 12. For over 20 years...20 YEARS folks...he has been delivering the same message of limited government, smart fiscal policy, and liberty-look on youtube, his videos from 1980 are so similar to those of today it's scary. His nickname in Congress is "Dr. No", but at same time has the gentle demeanor of a grandfather, which my good friend Bono so often likes to point out. That is the essence of a great man, one who knows when to be brave and stand up for what is right; to speak with frankness, but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deeds follows his word. A man of conviction, a man who cares about the poor and those taken advantage of...a clear cut follower of the words of Christ in my eyes. Why wouldn't we want someone like that leading us?
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| Good bye Ron :'( |
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