20 Aug

arguments against ron paul

I’ve been a Ron Paul supporter on and off for 23 years now, casting my first ever Presidential vote for him in the 1988 election. Two things have remained 100% consistent since then:

  1. Ron Paul’s convictions and beliefs
  2. The arguments against Ron Paul as a potential President

For me, the arguments against him, however legitimate they may be, are an order of magnitude less significant than all the wars we are involved in and how many people die and suffer every day as a result of them. Here are the usual arguments against him:

  1. He’s supposedly anti-abortion
  2. He’s a Christian and/or creationist and somehow that’s the worst thing ever
  3. He’s a Libertarian, so that’s automically terrible or something
  4. He’s supposedly racist

Even though each of these are only partially true at best, it’s interesting to just step back a minute and assume for a moment that they all are true and compare these thoughtfully to all of the things he supports or opposes:

  • He wants to end all wars and bring all the troops home
  • He wants to end all meddling in the affairs of other countries, including sanctions that cause starvation and suffering in order to push some political position
  • He wants to end the insane drug war
  • He wants to let people have complete control what they eat, drink, and otherwise put into their bodies
  • He wants to end corporate welfare

Personally, I’d vote for anyone from any party or anywhere on the political spectrum if they supported these five things. Sadly, he’s the only one that does.

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