I'm not going to go into all of Ron Paul's issues. I agree with him on just about everything. But if there was one candidate I would expect to get support from everyone on this board, it would be one that unequivocally supports the 2nd amendment. No ifs, ands or buts. Not because we are one-issue voters, but because we understand what the 2nd amendment stands for and stems from, and we know what it says about them.
We finally have someone running who does that. An interviewer tried to make him look bad by harping on the question: "Do you think American citizens should be allowed to own machine guns?" And he answered "Yes, I'm not saying my neighbor should be allowed to build 20kiloton bombs, but if you want to own a machine gun, that's fine, that's none of the government's business."
During an interview with Wolf Blitzer, he was asked if he thought his supporters knew he supported the 2nd amendment, because Wolf Blitzer apparently thinks you're either pro-war or anti-gun, no inbetween. His answer was "I think they do, because my stance has always been very clear - I'm for the constitution and it's _very clear_ when it comes to the 2nd amendment."
I never in my lifetime expected a candidate with a decent chance to win to be an ardent, no compromise 2nd amendment supporter. If we want to show the country what we believe, we need to back Ron Paul.
If you're not aware of his other positions (smaller federal government, not trying to police the world, protecting the bill of rights) they all come down to being pro-freedom. I hope you'll look them up. I hope you're at least curious to find out about the one real 2nd amendment supporter running. (He's also one of the very few people who voted against the Patriot Act.)
A lot of people I know have been fooled by the media into thinking RP has no support. It's a long story, but it's easy to see the truth if you look into it. In polls that they can't easily manipulate (txt messaging, online) RP has come out FAR ahead of the other candidates. He's won many of the straw polls.
The poll results they buy from the big name pollsters are extremely biased. Some of them use multipliers that put RP at a huge disadvantage. Some of them leave his name out of the list! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpCvF7N3Vg
The biggest show of support for Ron Paul, which they have been unable to ignore, is the amount of campaign contributions he's raised. Everyone is flabbergasted, (apparently because they're buying into their own ********.) This is something they can't LIE about. On the 11/5 drive, he made contribution history! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZmIzEMUN8
That's why, even though I'm a broke-ass graduate student living off an assistanceship (can't even afford to shoot much any more) I'm contributing 100$ to his campaign on Dec 16th, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. More important than how he will spend this money is the fact that people will know that the pollsters and the media are lying and that he does have the support of people who love freedom. There are enough of us out there to make a big difference. I hope that some of you guys will do the same.
http://www.teaparty07.com - pledge
http://www.ronpaul2008.com - donate
We finally have someone running who does that. An interviewer tried to make him look bad by harping on the question: "Do you think American citizens should be allowed to own machine guns?" And he answered "Yes, I'm not saying my neighbor should be allowed to build 20kiloton bombs, but if you want to own a machine gun, that's fine, that's none of the government's business."
During an interview with Wolf Blitzer, he was asked if he thought his supporters knew he supported the 2nd amendment, because Wolf Blitzer apparently thinks you're either pro-war or anti-gun, no inbetween. His answer was "I think they do, because my stance has always been very clear - I'm for the constitution and it's _very clear_ when it comes to the 2nd amendment."
I never in my lifetime expected a candidate with a decent chance to win to be an ardent, no compromise 2nd amendment supporter. If we want to show the country what we believe, we need to back Ron Paul.
If you're not aware of his other positions (smaller federal government, not trying to police the world, protecting the bill of rights) they all come down to being pro-freedom. I hope you'll look them up. I hope you're at least curious to find out about the one real 2nd amendment supporter running. (He's also one of the very few people who voted against the Patriot Act.)
A lot of people I know have been fooled by the media into thinking RP has no support. It's a long story, but it's easy to see the truth if you look into it. In polls that they can't easily manipulate (txt messaging, online) RP has come out FAR ahead of the other candidates. He's won many of the straw polls.
The poll results they buy from the big name pollsters are extremely biased. Some of them use multipliers that put RP at a huge disadvantage. Some of them leave his name out of the list! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpCvF7N3Vg
The biggest show of support for Ron Paul, which they have been unable to ignore, is the amount of campaign contributions he's raised. Everyone is flabbergasted, (apparently because they're buying into their own ********.) This is something they can't LIE about. On the 11/5 drive, he made contribution history! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZmIzEMUN8
That's why, even though I'm a broke-ass graduate student living off an assistanceship (can't even afford to shoot much any more) I'm contributing 100$ to his campaign on Dec 16th, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. More important than how he will spend this money is the fact that people will know that the pollsters and the media are lying and that he does have the support of people who love freedom. There are enough of us out there to make a big difference. I hope that some of you guys will do the same.
http://www.teaparty07.com - pledge
http://www.ronpaul2008.com - donate
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