Comments on: Ron Paul Rolls On Despite Super Tuesday Primary Results

By: Kahmiel

Kahmiel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:18:03 +0000

I *was* a Ron Paul supporter. But to be honest, his ideas just don’t work in practical application. One cannot dispense with the IRS and then make healthcare free, expecting the professionals who work in that system to go along with that. Not to mention I very much enjoy going to my public and state/federal funded school. Public university would be a thing of the past, which in turn would mean a rising cost in education and a fall in the amount of people getting a college education. John, the author, makes a point, our rights are not laid out in our current constitution, and it concerned the original citizens of our country to. The thirteen states were apprehensive to ratify our current constitution until they knew a bill of rights was in order. Some were faster than others, some, like Rhode Island, waited until George Washington was in office and they saw the new constitution in working order before they ratified, and even then it was a close vote. Our first ten ammendments are our bill of rights, those “inalieanable rights” that are not laid out hand and foot in the constitution. The reason we have yet to replace our countries constitution is because it is broad and general, able to adapt to the times, unlike state constitutions, which tend to be long, detailed, and carry the issues of the times in which they are written. Most states have their constitutions rewritten a number of times, and it is a trying task, taking many experts and people who do not have a vested interest in the current constitution. On top of that, the constitution then needs to be ratified, which involves passing it in the legislature, and amongst the people, depending on the state’s laws. People are resistant to change, and a new constitution is a big change. The Federalist papers convinced people to ratify our current constitution, a hero of a similar sort is needed to convince people of a constitution if one were to be rewritten. Sorry if i’m rambling on, were currently learning about this in PoliSci, which I am taking alot of this semester. My .02 ^_^

By: jett

jett — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:59:04 +0000

A bit of a P.S. here…the only thing I’ve enjoyed in this election so far is
that the myth that ‘Conservative’ talk radio spoke for the Republican Party
has been shattered. They went after Ron Paul, John McCain and yet the
only guys who have been knocked out of the race are they guys they
were pushing for like Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson. So maybe after
this, people will begin to realize that just because talk radio says something,
it don’t mean a thing.

By: jett

jett — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:12:15 +0000

Ron Paul may have the last laugh so to speak on the Republicans who
mock him now. Because, come November, he probably will have gotten the
Libertarian Party nomination (he’s run on it before) and if he accepts
he’ll probably end up with 2%-5% of the popular vote across the board…
which in most countries would get the party seats in Congress but that
would be too much democracy for here. And won’t those Republicans have done anything to get that percentage back because they probably won’t be able to win without it.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:11:14 +0000

Not really. The livejournal crosspost is an automatic thing. I do excerpts for the post (in theory that’s all the software should crosspost… I’ll have to look deeper into that) and that’s what shows up on our website front page.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:33:10 +0000

Interesting read, but do you have any way of LJ-cutting? This thing ate half my friends page.

By: Jaspenelle

Jaspenelle — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:22:09 +0000

I really like how John laid out the points in this article, of course I am a Ron Paul supporter (probably wouldn’t have liked that big banner on our website otherwise…) I feel I have a right to my own personal freedoms and choices, just like everyone else does, the Libertarian ideal as defined in the constitution. I personally feel Ron Paul is the only candidate who stay true to his issues (and rises above the mudslinging and flip flopping.)

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:51:55 +0000

One of the reasons I am so disappointed in the vote on “Super Tuesday” is because I saw the people choose to give away more of our freedoms by that vote.
When I choose a candidate to vote for, I look for the person that does have a chance to be elected and who also is a protector of those freedoms. My view of being a republican is less government, less taxes, and more individual power to the people. But there is more to it than just that. If that was all there was to it, then why even unite as states back in the beginning of our country. It is because there is more power and protection in those greater numbers and unity.
Protection not just from outside forces such as dictators or terrorists, but also from those things that would destroy our civilization from with in, like selfishness and the erosion of values such as work, individual responsibility, freedoms, compassion for others, etc.
We need a president who sees the world as it is today, not the same world that was at the time the constitution was first written. We have different things that threaten our civilization now. We need a president who unites and inspires us, one that will untie our hands from all the government red tape and take off the suppression of over taxation. One who will encourage our resourcefulness so we can be competitive in a worldwide economy. One who understands the value of the individual family in the role of civilization and the training of our children for the sake of the future.
The only candidate that I see that comes close to that description is Mitt Romney