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I am betting that
most of you are getting sick and tired of putting on the NEWS and getting
nothing but IOWA Caucus crap.
It is a huge
disservice to this nation and all Americans that IOWA gets all this media
attention when their votes don’t even count; they are “straw votes” cast at a
“caucus” and not “primary votes” which are usually cast at a real “election”;
the Iowa votes are basically worthless in the whole scheme of things but the
media makes such a big deal out of them that some candidates bow out of the
race based solely on a popularity contest in, of all places, Iowa.
I have nothing
against Iowa
Iowans want to
retain their “first to vote” position even though they are NOT really voting
for anyone because of the media attention and the millions and millions of
dollars showered on their state by the candidates and the media and the hell
with the fact that Iowa is not representative of Americans in general, not even
Republicans specifically…this needs to change.
I do have to say a
few words about RON PAUL because he does not fit into the standard presidential
candidate mold. He is a LIBERTARIAN and used the REPUBLICAN PARTY only to run
in the election because to run as a Libertarian will get you nowhere fast.
As a Libertarian, he
feels strongly that the federal government should not be involved in many
things except to protect our freedoms. He will tell you he does not give a shit
about abortion, gays, and the usual social conservative agenda because it is
not the government’s business; it belongs to the state and the people in that
state.
He also does not
believe in any wars and would bring ALL our troops home from wherever they are.
He would abolish many government departments like education, HUD, etc. and turn
that over to the states to run.
He would have a flat
tax with no deductions and he would cut trillions of dollars from our budget in
the first year he would be in office and he ain’t kidding.
Paul is a doctor
(MD) and is 76 years old. He is strange and unyielding in his views, which also
means he is not flexible at all.
He cannot really be
president but he does seem to resonate even with the Iowans because of his
straight and strict economic ideas.
He may win the Iowa
I personally hold
many Libertarian views but I cannot abide by their strict “isolationist” views
which would have Paul keep us out of WWII; he would not react until we were
attacked.
The world is getting
smaller and smaller every day and WE DO NEED TO ENGAGE THE WORLD and not just
sit behind closed doors.
As usual, some of
his ideas are good and should be considered but we live in complicated times
and we need a president that is not so rigid in his ideology that he cannot think
and react wisely when a situation arises that does not fit neatly into his rule
book.
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