I consider Ron Paul to be one of the most predictable candidates ever to run for President, and I love that about him. If you were to give me any scenario or possible legislation, I think I can predict with 80-90% accuracy what his position on the subject would be. Can you say that about your candidate? I can’t describe how refreshing that is, and how much it helps when campaigning on his behalf.
I am not saying that I can predict what Dr. Paul’s personal feelings on the subject might be, but the great thing is that I don’t have to. All I need is a copy of the Constitution and I can determine what his position will be. Because he understands the basic tenet of liberty, that just because I would choose a certain way does not mean that I have any right to make you choose that way. The Constitution spells out exactly what powers the federal government has. In most instances where I don’t guess correctly it’ll probably be because he has some other Constitution reason I had not thought of to say so.
That is just another of the reasons that I have chosen to participate to this much greater degree in the electoral process. Every election I have been aware of I was hoping someone would be saying the things that Ron Paul is saying now. But they never would. I’m looking for complete and total honesty and openness. Like the live ticker on his site showing how much he has raised. Like his willingness to state what his true position is and how the Constitution brought him to that position. You will often hear the other candidates embracing the Constitution on a topic when it lines up with the popular position. But when the Constitution gets in the way of their popular position it’s suddenly out of date and quaint. You don’t get that response from Ron Paul.
Tags: Constitution, president, republican, Ron Paul
December 19, 2007 at 12:41 am |
Rob has elaborated on a unique quality of Dr. Paul. If you are a true believer in the Constitution and what it stands for – this candidate is one who is out to uphold it, and restore our forefathers visions. It would be a nice change to have someone in politics who is looking out for the welfare of the people of this nation, with the intention of upholding the articles of the Constitution as they were written. We all need to hear more on this candidate. He may be what the United States people need, and get, before it’s to late. If things don’t change soon, we may not be able to turn this country around.
Good take on candidate Ron Paul – Rob.
January 2, 2008 at 11:26 pm |
“If you were to give me any scenario or possible legislation, I think I can predict with 80-90% accuracy what his position on the subject would be.”
I completely agree with you on this point Rob. Let me predict for you with 85%+ accuracy Ron Paul’s position on any issue.
- He is against it.
With that one statement I will be as accurate as you will be.
January 3, 2008 at 11:09 am |
“He is against it.” Well it would be more accurate to say he is against federal government being involved in it. Which is exactly as the federal government is designed to be. The Constitution lays out specifically what each and every branch of the federal government is allowed to do. Everything else is supposed to be handled by the states.
Unfortunately so many people today have the mistaken impression that the government there to help them, and take care of them, and protect them from their or other’s mistakes. That just simply isn’t the proper role for a government (especially the federal government) and trying to make it the role results in the bloated bureaucratic system that we have today. It might start off well, but quickly becomes too bloated to do any good, and too bureaucratic to significantly changed.
Ultimately though you are pretty much correct because 85-90% of the garbage that is proposed is unconstitutional, so he’ll probably be voting against it. I meant that not only can I predict that he’ll be against it, but I can explain why he’d be against it. For every project that you don’t like and you don’t think the government should be involved in I can probably give you a constitutional reason why they shouldn’t be. The problem is that for most of the projects you DO want and DO think they should be involved in I can also give you a constitutional reason why they shouldn’t be.