we fed our spirit of capitalism at a greater rate than we fed our spirit of democracy
Here's an example of what we are dealing with in the general public.
I asked my boss if he could turn on the debate while working last night. He has not been following it at all. Doesn't know the candidates at all, but was interested. He thinks Obama is doing a good job because he was handed a financial crisis that was Bush's fault so he can't blame him for the downturn. But he's open to the other side too.
So he's looking at all the candidates and said he likes Gingrich and Huntsman because they 'look good, like good body language, seem very confident and strong'. So I say, yeah but you can't judge them by how they come across you gotta listen to what they're saying, what they stand for, their history, their record. I'm a big Ron Paul fan so I said listen to this guy and his response was, 'Man, yeah but he's so old!'
He's interested in someone who seems the most presidential and looks like a president and is confident. Doesn't really listen to or care much about anything else.
I know lots more people are really beginning to pay attention and wake up which is really nice to see.
Unfortunately my boss and people like him get to vote too, and their vote is just as good as yours, and there are lots and lots of people like him. The majority I would say. Who perhaps follow and know a little more than my boss, but still vote on gut instinct and looks rather than substance. This is where the media spin and hype for candidates they choose (or are told to favor) wins. Most people will just follow along with who the 'experts' say is the best.
Sad but true.
Ron Paul is a libertarian. To vote for Ron Paul, one would have to subscribe to libertarian principles.
I don't need media's perspective to know I'll never vote for Paul. All I had to do was visit Paul's web page and look at his platform. Not to mention the fact he's been around since '88 and anybody with a pulse knows what he advocates.
Saying people are sheep because they don't consider Paul is a baseless argument. Suggesting one guy doesn't think realistically because he doesn't think like you says more about you than them.
whatever
i wasn't even talking about ron paul.
to be quite honest i was thinking of the 25% of sheep that still support bush and supported him until the day he left office. i know a lot of people that think bush did no wrong. they can't think clearly for themselves. they might be able to think, but they can't step back, observe and deduct... they're blind... they made up their minds along time ago and just go thru the paces...
but, don't let that make you think there are not buffoons on the dems side also, that will just follow blindly, regardless of the facts or reality...
btw, ron paul could fix a lot of the shit that's wrong by getting the govt out of our lives...
whatever?
Here's an example of what we are dealing with in the general public.
I asked my boss if he could turn on the debate while working last night. He has not been following it at all. Doesn't know the candidates at all, but was interested. He thinks Obama is doing a good job because he was handed a financial crisis that was Bush's fault so he can't blame him for the downturn. But he's open to the other side too.
So he's looking at all the candidates and said he likes Gingrich and Huntsman because they 'look good, like good body language, seem very confident and strong'. So I say, yeah but you can't judge them by how they come across you gotta listen to what they're saying, what they stand for, their history, their record. I'm a big Ron Paul fan so I said listen to this guy and his response was, 'Man, yeah but he's so old!'
He's interested in someone who seems the most presidential and looks like a president and is confident. Doesn't really listen to or care much about anything else.
I know lots more people are really beginning to pay attention and wake up which is really nice to see.
Unfortunately my boss and people like him get to vote too, and their vote is just as good as yours, and there are lots and lots of people like him. The majority I would say. Who perhaps follow and know a little more than my boss, but still vote on gut instinct and looks rather than substance. This is where the media spin and hype for candidates they choose (or are told to favor) wins. Most people will just follow along with who the 'experts' say is the best.
Sad but true.
uh oh, are you one of the 25% ?
Nope. I just think that other than waxing agencies and returning to the gold standard, Paul supporters know as little about the man as they suggest others know about their candidates.
IMO, Paul doesn't advocate your legal right to smoke weed. He just says the feds shouldn't be the ones telling you no.
The president can't unilaterally do the things Paul advocates, like waxing the fed. He's been advocating the gold standard nationally since 1988 yet he's never determined, let alone expressed how to do it. When reminded our gold reserves are a pittance to GDP, Paul says we may have to consider some type of fractional (gold) reserve. I think 23 years is long enough to have a few economists on the record, showing how this will work and what it means to your personal bottom line as compared to the economy.
IMO, Ron Paul's ideas ask more questions than he can possibly answer in debates. But the guy's been a national figure for 23 years. We should be beyond what he wants to wax and into what life would be like with a Paul presidency. After all, he's THE most radical candidate in the field when you compare his platform to the pack.
Arguments abound whether we're governed from the center or the center-right. There's no candidate to the right of Ron Paul. IMO, no candidate has aligned with Ron Paul since Ed Clark and David Koch in 1980.
That's what's happening in America
You got all that from - 'he likes Gingrich and Huntsman because they 'look good, like good body language, seem very confident and strong'.