Ron Paul for President
Ron Paul announced his candidacy for POTUS this morning. I support him.
Here are some comments my email received today:
Linda wrote: “Ron Paul makes me nervous in some ways—Washington rumor mill stuff in large part, but some of it has some credence. Then again, most of them make me nervous. Obama is the most interesting new face in the race IMHO—notice I said interesting. I reserve further opinion until after I’ve finished his book. Has Paul written any autobiographical books or other books on how he thinks politically?”
Joe would reply: Ron Paul has written a lot of books and articles.
This list is from Gene:
Ron Paul has written a couple of booklets, mostly about the Gold Standard. Everyone who is backing him is doing so because of his record in Congress:
(a) Voted against the Patriot Act (along with 2 other Republican Congressmen, 75 Dems & 1 Independent)
(b) Voted against authorizing the Iraq War (along with 5 other Republican Congressman, 132 Dems & 1 Independent)
(c) Always votes for tax cuts, votes against most spending bills
(d) Votes against military spending, opposes conscription
(e) Sponsor of the Liberty Amdendment to abolish the income tax
(f) Lead sponsor of Industrial Hemp bill
(g) Co-Sponsor of bill to stop federal government from interfering in states that have passed medical marijuana.His many columns on various issues can be accessed here:
(A) Anti-war columns
(B) Columns on other issuesHe is a life member of The Libertarian Party. Texas does not have party registration, so he is not even a registered Republican.
On two issues at least, he takes stands that I disagree with:
He voted for the Wall at the US/Mexico border. He opposes abortion.He is also a Christian, and more comfortable with religious displays in the public square than I am.
He is the most ideologically transparent candidate in history. Much of what he has written, of course, has been ghost written. I was a ghost writer for some of his stuff on the gold standard back in the 1980s. But Ron Paul is a clear thinker. He learns from ghost writers like me. It is like being his college professor for one semester. But the teacher writes the paper, and signs the student’s name.
Frank Luntz, in his new book, Words that Work (2007), points out it is most important for the political leader “to be” the message. Ron Paul does that very well.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Reply to SusanMarie: I just sent Ron Paul $2,300.
I do not want him to waste his time and ours, but I want him to put up a head of steam in favor of some issues we support.
Have you noticed how he smoothly handles all the really hard issues, like Medicare, gay rights, and global warming? He is really smart and smooth without being “slick.”
He exemplifies honesty and strength of character. That is his strong point, after all. Like Frank Luntz said, “the candidate must be the message.”