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Greetings~  I have put off my decision of who to vote for until just a
couple of days ago – I wanted to weigh out all the up to date information before
deciding. So who is my candidate?
Ron Paul
Here are a few bullet points for why:
- He is
pro life: As an OBGYN, he has
delivered over 4,000 babies, and has never performed an abortion. He believes that life starts at
conception, and should be fully protected by law.
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He is pro family/home education: From his own website… “I support giving
educational control back to parents, who know their children better than any
politician in D.C. ever will. The
federal government has no constitutional authority to fund or control schools.”
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He stands firm for the right of Americans to own
firearms.
- He
understands the constitution better than any other candidate – the very
rule of law that all presidents swear to follow: He consistently makes decisions based on
the Constitution; He demonstrates a working knowledge of the Constitution.
- Some
of his “odd” views (i.e. not supporting a Federal Marriage Amendment) are
because he sees that the federal government has no jurisdiction in those
areas according to the Constitution. In the example of the FMA, and many
others, he is right.
- Most
of the arguments I have heard against him are that people don’t like his
personality. Since when is
personality the sole deciding factor for choosing a President? I agree – he could use to develop some
amiable personality traits. But
when you are trying to speak long-forgotten truth in modern day sound
bites, you don’t have much time to spare for winsomeness. We the people have forgotten so many
basic principles laid out in the Constitution that we take error for
granted. We assume things are
supposed to be this way because we can’t remember when they weren’t.
- Concerning
the war in Iraq: He is against the war for the right reasons:
- It
is an unconstitutional, undeclared war
- We
are selling ourselves to China
in order to fund our “war on terror”
- National
debt is up to $26,000 per man, woman and child
 - We
are becoming China’s
slaves in order to fight this war
I would like to add here that I have a high respect for
those of you who have chosen a different candidate, and the research that I
have done is not exhaustive.
But from what I am seeing Ron Paul is the only one who comes
close to representing what I believe about the role of the federal
government. He is not a perfect
candidate, but he does stand for principle.
For those of you who say he will never win, I wish I had written down
every person who claims to agree with his philosophy, but said they would not
vote for him because he won’t win. If
that is you, I ask you to consider that your way of thinking is the reason he
won’t win. There are enough people who
have said, “He won’t win, so I won’t vote for him” to swing the election in a
big way. 
Thanks for reading – Happy Voting!!!
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/
Sir John the Mysterious P.S. I'm sorry about the font colors - something seems to be goofed up here - hope you can read it alright.
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