Ron Paul beaten but not out

Fifth place in New Hampshire hasn’t slowed down the libertarian constitutionalist Ron Paul.

There’s really no reason for us to be letting up,” he told several hundred supporters. “It’s really only the beginning.”

Quoted from “2nd Finish in Fifth Fails to Dim Paul’s Hopes”

Who is Dr. Ron Paul

Ron Paul, libertarian Republican congressman representing Texas, believes in the de-jurisdiction of federal government for things like abortion, believes in bank notes that denote a gold reserve, and the dissolution of government programs like the Department of Energy and the Department of Education.

Over the two week vacation I enjoyed up until yesterday, I have growingly become a Ron Paul supporter for his old-timey views on the strict adherence to the constitution like actual congressional declarations of war instead of the euphemistic “police actions.” This candidate knows how to boil pseudo-complicated issues like racism down to its most rudimentary elements [11. See previous post on racism being collectivism.] It’s simple: government isn’t in the business of classifying people into shades of this or that; rather it sees only one thing—the individual. Only individuals are given rights, making each person completely equal to his neighbor.

These simple views I imagine would make Paul extremely unpopular among liberals if they were smart enough to see. For instance, de-jurisdiction of the federal government would allow the states to decide on issues of abortion, meaning some states could in fact ban it. [22. Dr. Paul is an OBGYN, giving him slight expertise over others.] And Dr. Paul’s view of “individual rights” sounds—and is—great, but this of course means the end to special treatment given to those who assume special status due to perpetual victimhood, like such the blacks so enjoy. Bye bye affirmative action. On the same token, gays would finally get the right to marriage with the name “marriage,” as well as open military service, because Dr. Paul sees everyone the same as individuals with the liberty to do what they so choose, making libs happy yet angering the right-wings.

And really, any candidate who will piss off the extremes of both left and right must be doing something right.

Labels: Race, Ron Paul