Posted by
Noel Gibeson on Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:42:22 PM
The People of America once again rose to the occasion and sent their hard-earned, after-tax dollars to support the candidate of their choice: Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is a lifelong Republican, a champion of freedom and liberty, who has been endorsed by Barry Goldwater, Jr. in the 2008 election cycle because Paul best represents the Robert Taft conservative wing of the Republican Party.
Paul is bringing together people from many different political parties, as well as those who never voted before because of their political apathy with the current batch of politicians (and, hence, they were never polled before, either). He just finished the fourth quarter with $19.8 million dollars ($19,765,973.77) in donations with the average contribution under $90, way ahead of the other Republican candidates in the third quarter and almost all the Democrats this quarter. He has widespread support even if this is not reflected in the mainstream polls because of the polling methods used (you must have voted in the past to count). If he does not have widespread support, then why does he continue to win straw polls everywhere he goes?
College students love Ron Paul. Ron Paul has more college student support than any other candidate running for president in 2008. What’s more, there are many other students in high school and even grade school who are too young to vote right now who adore him. They are great at placing and waving signs for him. Soon they will be voting for him and others who run for office of like mind. The People of America want to take their country back!
Another demographic where Paul has more support that any other presidential candidate, either Democrat or Republican, is among active duty military personnel. But their support is not just because of his stance on the war. More importantly, it is because of Ron Paul’s adamant support of the U.S. Constitution and his fiscal conservatism. Former military and retirees support him in large numbers too.
There are many, many young people today who are patriotic and want our U.S. sovereignty protected. They want our borders secure. And they value life and want the weak, unborn and infirm protected. In Ron Paul they have found a Christian with the same values that they hold dear.
Who are Ron Paul supporters? Well, in addition to the ones mentioned above, they come from every walk of American life. They are independent, hard-working and fun-loving. You probably won’t find any of them on welfare. Instead, whether young or old, they are saving and investing in the future. They want to wean America away from the Welfare State. That is why Ron Paul is Hillary Rodham-Clinton’s worst nightmare. Socialists of the world won’t be able to unite with Ron Paul in the Oval Office. Same thing with terrorists; they better stay away from America.
Gun owners know that Ron Paul will protect their rights to keep and beare arms. Moreover, Paul will make participation for young people in Social Security and Medicare optional, thereby freeing them from the state slavery that their parents have had to endure during their lifetimes because of these coercive taxation programs.
Can we abolish the IRS? Hell, yes, we can. And we can do it by downsizing our bloated federal government by 80% over time. And we can start immediately by downsizing our overseas military empire of 542,000 troops stationed in more than 400 locations in 130 countries and bring them all home.
For find out what all the buzz is about and where Ron Paul stands on the issues, go here: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
Yours in Liberty and Freedom, forever,
Noel Gibeson
Christian and father
Retired U.S. Marine Corps infantry and special operations officer
Republican National Committee member