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Originally posted by spacedoubt
reply to post by Salt of the Earth
You're first paragraph contains a falsehood. Paul is a Republican.
He ran on a Libertarian ticket once. But has always held office as a Republican.
Paul didn't quit until it was mathematically impossible for his to obtain enough delegates.
I find it hard to believe you took part in the "rEVOLution". Your post is entirely inaccurate.
Originally posted by Novise
reply to post by Salt of the Earth
No, Ron Paul is Pro-Life actually. He wrote legislation to define life as beginning at the moment of conception. Congress would not pass this. Your experiences wth the grassroots campaign were not like mine were, but I didn't work around people who were paid to do it, it was all volunteers where I was. That probably has a lot to do with it. Don't get me started on people that get paid to do volunteer work, lol.
Originally posted by oconnection
While it's not impossible a part of me doesn't want to believe that possibility. Without Dr. Paul I would have zero faith in the political process. Ron Paul in my opinion is a dieing breed of politician that supports ideas of liberty and the U.S. Constitution. If Dr. Paul ended up being purely a political pawn I'd feel a deep sadness.
What kind of evidence do you have? Or is this a gut feeling?
Originally posted by oconnection
This could explain why he seems to have all this air time. If that was the plan after all, I believe it partially back fired. More and more people support his ideas and are in fact doing there own thing. Many groups and individuals are awake because of his message.
Of course I don't know if we're going to have anymore presidential elections. I think Obama could be our last president, unless people wake up.
Originally posted by oconnection
Of course I don't know if we're going to have anymore presidential elections. I think Obama could be our last president, unless people wake up.
In this sense I think as Americans we have a lot of potential. There are more people on the same page or frequency then you realize. Many are quite, many aren't even aware of it yet but it's inside there hearts and there minds.
More and more are "waking up" everyday, they know this and it is there biggest fear. This is why I think if Ron Paul is a puppet there plan wasn't very effective.
My father was the most stubborn Bush supporter I've ever met, yet he's finally seeing he was wrong. After 8+ years of heated debates/arguments he's finally taking the material I present him into serious consideration! When you know my dad and see a persons perspective take such a radical change it gives you an enormous amount of faith and hope!
He's now seeing past Left vs Right and finally thinking outside the box, good times indeed!
[edit on 15-4-2009 by oconnection]