Do You Agree With Me?

Good questions you've raised there!

I support Ron Paul because he represents an idea. I also believe that unshakable principle, honesty, consistency and many reasonable ideological stances that are extremely reasonable are also positive things.

Now, I know you're 14 and all, but you do hold the positions as the rest of the party, in that, you want to "regain the country". I know, it sounds noble and all, but how exactly would you be regaining it?

Mitt Romney (according to national polls, the only candidate who has a better chance than Paul of actually beating Obama) is hardly different in any way from our current president. I know it's hard to see for some, but you have to get passed the labels of it all. They are both big government, war mongering, corporatist politicians, with no substance. He's probably the only candidate who actually couldn't debate Obama. Sure, he has tenacity and things of that nature, but absolutely no substance! You need to look past electability and into if they can walk the walk and talk the talk. Romney can't: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vS9SF3vc-A

Santorum, as it has been shown, consistently in the polls; wouldn't have a leg to stand on in a national election against Obama. His social and foreign policy are simply insane, I believe. He doesn't talk about monetary policy and doesn't seem to want to look at the root of our problems. I think he wants to go to war with Iran. And I believe he, and the people that think like him will permanently destroy American conservatism and liberty.

Gingrich, like the two above, is a big government guy. He thinks the patriot act and the police state are just great, positive things for this country. I cannot, in any way support this dude. He is philosophically and morally bankrupt, I believe. He tries to live from the legacy of Reagan, who didn't even seem to like Gingrich. And once again, as the polls have shown, he has no chance against Obama.

I wonder if you've ever seen Paul actually debate someone. The guy can actually back up what he says, which means a lot more to some of us than regurgitated, empty talking points. And I won't vote for anyone except Paul, because it would be betraying my ideological stances. If Gary Johnson or Thaddeus McCotter were doing better in the polls, I would vote for them. But they dropped out, and Paul has been one of the biggest political inspirations for the right and for libertarians in this country in a long time. None of these other men, including Obama have any substance! They are using us man!

f Obama wins, so be it. It's much better than prostituting your beliefs away so you can vote for the lesser of two evils. 4 more years of increasing taxes, war, corporatism, despotism and an emerging police state is what we will get with Obama. Tell me how it would be any different with Romney, Gingrich or Santorum?

I suggest you check out some books:

Prince by Machiavelli

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

The Declaration of independence and the United States Constitution

Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul.

Just read something! Expand your mind!

God bless.

Pretty good for a 14 year old!

But Ron Paul isn't running to win, he's running to get his ideas out there, hoping to change the GOP from within. His ideas are libertarian, not Republican, but he's running as a Republican. The Republican Party has a very strict agenda, and they require every candidate to follow this agenda. Paul doesn't, so there's no way he's going to get the nomination.

Paul has a very loyal fan base, mostly younger people (not as young as you!) who are very idealistic. Like with Ronald Reagan, Paul's ideas have the great advantage of having never been actually tried, so it's easier for his fans to believe they might work.

I admire Ron Paul's honesty and consistency. He doesn't slavishly follow polls like Mitt Romney, but that means that sometimes he's at odds with the majority of Republicans.

But I also think some of his ideas are downright kooky. For instance, he wants to abolish the Federal Reserve and go back to the gold standard. But the reason we went off the gold standard in the first place was that there just wasn't enough gold in the whole world to back our growing money supply. That's why the Fed. was implemented in the first place. Going back on the gold standard would decrease our money supply by maybe 75% That would be an enormous catastrophe. Paul never seems to address this. Nobody ever asks him about it! And I wonder can it really be that NONE of his fans has ever thought of this?

I agree! Paul has some things that I agree with but he is scary on too many others. His supporters seem to be very loyal, to the point that they claim they will sacrifice our nation by helping to elect obama again. There comes a point where a mature, intelligent voter needs to get a grip on reality and look toward the good of the nation, instead of a small group of idiologs.

Paul should immediately endorse a republican candidate when he finally throws in the towel...this might help his faithful followers to not feel too guilty about voting for a different republican candidate.

Daisy sums up my feelings: I have voted Republican for 32 years. My fiscal conservative ideals have served me well and made me a successful business man. My moderate social views and acceptance of others choices without supporting them financially have helped me to serve 8 years on the school board and still be respected even though I disagree with some people. They know that I have good reasons to think what I do and am fair in considering the views of others. Ron Paul is an incredibly good choice because he would bring us together instead of driving us apart. Just because we disagree with the views of some people does not mean we forget about the good of the United States.

Ron Paul is a God send for Obama. Ron Paul is a cute little old man with some good ideas but he can not possibly win the election. A vote for Ron Paul is a wasted vote. We will need everyone to unite under one banner and vote for the person who can beat Obama. Voting for Ron Paul divides the conservative vote making it so much harder to vote Obama out of office. Every vote for Ron Paul is one less vote against Obama. The Ron Paul people should just vote for Obama since they are wasting a Conservative vote.

Obama is a gifted motivational speaker but, he is a horrible President.

Ron Paul is a master illusionist. He keeps running for President even though he has no intention of even trying to win. He just wants to have a role in the Convention. He does this all the time. He is not a leader and is unremarkable as a Congressman. Here is how he works.

He sits there refusing to agree with anyone on anything, claiming to be standing on principle. But that is not how our kind of government was founded. Here, compromise is necessary and required to promote any agenda. He remains pure and clean while many other good men and women take the arrows and fight the battles to move the Conservative agenda forward. Then, when they manage to achieve far more than he ever has, he criticizes them for the things they compromised on.

Fake, phony, fraud. He always has a new batch of young, impressionable followers who are seduced by his lure of making narcotics for recreational purposes legal. Yet, it his many decades of "service" he has never even attempted to present legislation to do so.

But, every four years, another batch of college students buy into his BS. For crying out loud, if he won the Presidency he would be 77 years old before he even took the oath of office. But they still believe him.

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Ron Paul supporters are at least true to themselves.

I see more and more CONSERVATIVES giving up their supposed "beliefs" for someone they think can beat Obama.

In fact, I think they've made a joke out of the term "conservative." How can you call yourself a person of family values when you vote for Newt? Or a financial conservative when you vote for Mitt? Or a small government supporter when you vote for Santorum?

Your Party is controlled by Corrupt Crooks and Special Interest,..That could careless about your honest righteousness,..They care about Mega business and Monopolies.."Lets Blame the Government, There's no one else to Blame".. "Blame the Government,..before they realize it was us all along""Bloody Fools"

His Scarey points would never fly by the senate,..most of it wouldn't..

I agree with one thing.If the people vote for Paul they will only be taking votes away from Mitt or Rick and helping Obama retain the office.

yes, i do agree with you

ron paul does have some good suggestions

but

his ideas of Iran, brought him down

a no go, for me