Why Ron Paul Mattered (and still does)
Something amazing happened yesterday. I voted for Ron Paul. No, my vote doesn’t carry any more weight than anyone else’s. Yes, it’s mathematically impossible for Ron Paul to win. The fact that I and hundreds of thousands of others knew about Ron Paul, however, is amazing. Despite the best efforts of the media, you see, an amazing amount of people who were dedicated to the idea of limited government and constitutionally sound policy banded together to support a candidate that nobody thought would do anything this electoral season.
Yesterday I talked to my mom, an ardent Obama supporter, about how ludicrous mainstream media is. I claimed that media is obsessed with what candidates say and wear, but not what they will do when in office (which, we forget, is the only thing that matters). She asked me what I would do about the situation, and at the time I didn’t know. I do now. The Ron Paul Revolution represents an alternative to mainstream media control over the election process and its stranglehold on candidate identity.
Ron Paul volunteers, myself included, contributed well over $4 million in a single day, the largest single-day political donation in the history of the world. I am proud to share $100 of that record amount, and I was proud to cast my vote for Ron Paul yesterday. Keep in mind, after all, that this was entirely accomplished without the support of non-stop CNN and Fox News spam. If cable news ever mentioned Dr. Paul, it was in a mocking tone. That is, until he started saying things that no other candidate was bold enough to say and his supporters gave more money than ever before.
So, dear reader, I cry out to you. I plead and beg. “Turn off your televisions!” I shout, as loud as I can. Get online, read a book, do anything else. When you study the art of government policy instead of the art of getting elected, you find that the best candidates often haven’t been given a stamp of approval by the media. I, for instance, found that the only candidate willing to defend the constitution from debasement and our economy from inflation was a Congressman from Texas. I found that there are a lot of other people who think like me. Maybe there would be more of us if we had the Obama advantage of MTV approval and constant, drooling adoration from sycophant talking heads, but I wouldn’t want it that way. Maybe my candidate won’t win, but I feel just fine.
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