This ‘Letter of Apology’ was written by Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman, US Marine Corps, Retired.
It is the epitome of exactly how I feel in regards to the current world state of things. It’s nice to know that there are others out there who share my convictions.
Well whaddaya know? I’m a Democrat?!! According to this tool (”tool”, heh heh), I am in alignment on a lot of key issues with presidential hopeful and former senator John Edwards. Who knew? I’ll admit Edwards seems likable enough, but would I actually lend him my vote?
Thankfully, I am relieved of such serious decisions because the rest of you have ruled him out as an option - nice guys finish last ya know. But, like my compatriot here, this tool did make me think about a lot of these issues and about the remaining candidates. I, too, have come away from all this looking to McCain to become our nation’s 44th president, but in all honesty, he’s the “default” option.
You’d have to be hiding under a pretty big rock not to be inundated with the 2008 US Presidential Election coverage in the media and online. And I’m sure it’ll only get worse as the year progresses.
For those of you who still are wondering which way to go for the upcoming Presidential election, or perhaps you can’t decide between two particular candidates, I found this great tool. Now I’m not advocating you let a piece of javascript decide your vote for you, but this tool is a great way to put the candidates into a context you can use to help decide.
Speaking for myself, Ron Paul is the man that I think has the best attitude and solutions for this country. With few exceptions, like pulling out of Iraq immediately for instance, I find my Libertarian tendencies line up perfectly with Senator Paul’s stance on the issues. However, Paul’s nomination by the GOP is extremely unlikely, so I find myself stuck in trying to make a pick from a selection of candidates I only kinda agree with. I suspect I am not alone in this dilemma.
Without the use of the tool I found myself leaning towards Senator McCain. Unfortunately, the only reason I could honestly give was that something about Romney, Huckabee & the entire Democratic side that I just don’t fully trust. Using the tool helped me see on an issue by issue basis, who I am most in alignment with. As it turns out my gut instincts turned out to be very accurate as far as this tool is concerned. It showed John McCain to be one of the candidates who I still share a good chunk of views with.
While I am still far from a permanent decision, I’ll be honest, this tool has helped me quite a bit in clearing the cob webs, so to speak.
Try it out. See where it takes you. You just might be surprised.
Here are all of Ron Paul’s replies during last nights New Hampshire debate. This man is just pure logic at work. You can tell because of the reaction of the other candidates around him. They laugh, snicker and then prove their inability to see the truth by spouting off the same old tired lines and rhetoric. Notice most times he is actually ganged up on by the others but never waivers nor does he fall.
I have to say that my respect level for the other candidates has taken a severe drop after viewing all this. Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani in particular. After watching Thompson’s arrogant, snobbish attitude and the absolute stupidity that came out of Giuliani, I am convinced that Fred should stick to acting and Rudy…well Rudy should really just go away.
Let’s face it, Ron Paul scares the other candidates. Not because he is “crazy,” but because he makes sense to a lot of Americans about just about everything. They can look at him and smirk & laugh all they want, but they are afraid of what he has to say. People say they’re looking for change, and every candidate on that stage promises change, but all I see and hear are the same old tired lines. This is why we all end up with the same crap year after miserable year.
The only hope any of these other guys have of getting my vote is either Ron Paul not getting the GOP nod or if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama are my alternatives. I won’t vote for a Democrat unless God himself tells me too. Those folks are always way too caught up in trying to spend as much of my money as possible on shit that will never work. Why is it none of these people ever seem to think about the fact that “free” health care really means huge tax increases to pay for it all? Whatever…
In this first video Senator Paul explains why we should not be the worlds police agency.
This second video shows Ron explaining how we need to bring back the value of the American dollar and how the trickle down effect will help alleviate some of our other issues.
Here Charles Gibson shames the other candidates for pointing fingers about “flip-flopping” policies by pointing out where each one has done exactly that. Notice he noted that Senator Paul had only changed one thing…his political affiliation. For those of you pointing to this as proof that he is the biggest “flip-flopper” of all, I would like to point out that this change in political parties is absolutely necessary for anyone to win the race for President. Why? Simply because we are a nation of cows who like to follow the herd and so to get anywhere he needs to place himself in a place where the cows will see and hear him easily and perhaps even choose to follow! I myself, like Senator Paul, am a Libertarian but affiliated myself with the Republican party when I registered to vote. Lets face it in the grand scheme of things, no one takes you seriously if you aren’t either red or blue…just ask Ross Perot.
Been doing a lot of reading lately about the Republican Senator from Texas, Ron Paul. I am surprised at the pure logic coming out of this man and am leaning towards supporting his Presidential run. I watched the John Stossel interviews and thought they really showed the brilliance of the man.
Sadly, it’s a reminder of how far we have strayed from good old fashioned common sense. Even sadder is how much we have allowed ourselves to be 100% reliant on the federal government. We have allowed ourselves to become the very thing we claim to be a safe haven from…a tyrannical state.
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Been doing a lot of reading lately about the Republican Senator from Texas, Ron Paul. I am surprised at the pure logic coming out of this man and am leaning towards supporting his Presidential run. I watched the John Stossel interviews and thought they really showed the brilliance of the man.
