Too Much Weight For One Man to Bear
As much as I love Ron Paul, I can’t help but think that his supporters are placing too much hope in his candidacy.
Yes, I loved how he responded to Chris Wallace’s question in a debate, “Do you take your marching orders from Al Queda?” Ron Paul answered with a resounding, “No! I take my marching orders from the constitution!” I fell in love with Ron’s stance after that. I had never heard a presidential candidate stand for politicians following the rules of law, the Constitution of the United States. Never! It was a breath of fresh air.
But what if he loses the bid for presidency or even if he is elected to 2 terms, so what!? What happens after that? I don’t see anyone who can take his place. Howdid we as a nation degenerate to the point where we have 16 major candidates for president and only one supports the full reinstitution of the constitution, and adding insult to injury, the pro-constitution candidate is called the radical!? Instead we should have a crowd of 16+ pro-constitutionalist and 1 radical who isn’t. What happened to my America?
The problem is our culture has totally disintegrated. Most people who graduate from high school, even college have never read the constitution. Free speech and the right to bear arms are the limits of most people’s knowledge of our constitution. Our press, our education system, and even we as parents have failed miserably in our jobs.
After 2008, whether Ron Paul wins or loses we must force change. Force the nation change back to the nation that our forefather’s envisioned. All of you Ron Paul supporters in the 18 – 24 year old range,choose your careers wisely. We need teachers who teach the constitution. We need journalist who hold our politicians accountable to the legislative anarchy tearing apart our capital in the halls of congress, and lawyer who legally defend our constitution. Most importantly, we need statesmen and women who are not afraid of honesty and adhering to the rule of law set down by our founders. We need parents to tell their children and the neighborhood kids about the beauty of the constitution.
Too many generations have been raised with uneducated children being indoctrinated NOT to hold our leaders to the accounting of the constitution. This must stop! We must indoctrinate the generations ahead of us with the truth!!! We must make sure we never circle back to where we stand today. Never!
I can tell you I get no greater satisfaction when I ask my 5 year old daughter, “Miranda, who do you want
She answers “Ron Paul.”
I’ll ask, “Why?”
She answers, “Because he stands for the constitution.”
Now if only we could get 55 year old Americans toanswer with such intelligence.
Take care,
R.J. Burle
rjburle@yahoo.com
Comment by Rock Howard on 3 December 2007:
We needs hundreds and eventually thousands of candidates who are willing to run and win office at all levels of government. There are some now, but the list is growing quickly. See LibertyCongress.org and RonPaulsAcrossAmerica.com for a few that you can support. In a pinch, you can always vote Libertarian.
Comment by Jason on 4 December 2007:
Come on. You are worried about who’s gonna take his place after two terms? Thats more than ridiculous. 2 years ago you had no idea who Ron Paul was so worrying about about years from now is absurd. Focus on just getting him to be the nominee at this point.
Comment by Gino Marino Bubino on 4 December 2007:
[...]we have 16 major candidates for president and only one supports the full reinstitution of the constitution[...]
Perhaps you’ve never heard of Dennis Kucinich?
Comment by tom on 4 December 2007:
Rep Kucinich also stands for the rule of law as does former Sen Mike Gravel. The remaining candidates look to use Bush abuse of the constitution as precident for their power grab. The problem facing the nation is a complete breakdown of the system of checks and balances. We have a power monger in the white house, idiots in the congress and a political judicial bench in the court. not only that but there is a failure of government at state and local levels. 9/11 was used by bush to grab power and do whatever he wanted. it should have been the duty of the people or at least local elected officials to tell the fed that its not their business to regulate how things are done at the local level. until americans care about thier personal liberties and hold local officials accountable, how to we expect to get Lary Craig to resign from the Senate or Dick Chenye to realize he is part of the executive branch of the fed?
Comment by Brian on 4 December 2007:
Ron Paul is viewed as a “radical”, that’s why there are few others like him. Electing him to office would hopefully open the door for more like-minded people to run for office after him.
Comment by Scott Williams on 4 December 2007:
I think that the point should be that Dr. Paul is spearheading and bringing focus to a movement that hopefully will transcend a single individual. Single individuals are limited in what they can achieve. It is when thousands leading to millions stand up and say that things must change that this can be realized. Please, PLEASE, all you Ron Paul supporters, resolve to carry this torch continuously, through 2008 and beyond. Freedom and liberty must be defended, exercised, and asserted perpetually to assure its survival. Else we become corporate property.
Comment by linj2fly on 4 December 2007:
Agreed. When 2008 is over…we must carry on this effort. We must teach our children. We must continue to educate ourselves on these principles so we can accurately and confidently teach them and defend. Yes, we are working to nominate RP, but the grassroots have been lit up–we have an effective tool, the internet, to organize and stay together, and when all is said and done (2008) we should not disband and quietly go about our business. Educate ourselves, family, and friends, and continue to be involved with what’s going on and hold our elected stewards (locally and nationally) accountable.
Comment by R. J. BURLE on 5 December 2007:
I agree a lot more people are willing to run and do things. My goal was more of to rally other especially those just getting interested in politics.
To the Gravel and Kucinich fans: I do apologize for leaving them out. I’m focused on RP so much I overlooked them in my zest to write this article. Although I disagree with almost 90% of his views, After Paul (who I agree with 90% of the time) I would gladly vote for Kucinich. Even though I disagree with socialism, I vote for an honest socialist over a dishonest conservative.
Thanks for you comments. I appreciate the feedback.
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