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Ron Paul is now the G.O.P.
frontrunner
John Armstrong
Nolan Chart
Friday December 14, 2007
There was an interesting article written the day before lift-off
of the Ron Paul Blimp by Michael Duffy titled "The GOP Race:
None of the Above" on Time.com (in partnership with CNN)
you might have missed. http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1694094,00.html
The reason you may have missed it is because if you were simply
googling "Ron Paul" it wouldn't have shown up.
Why wouldn't it have shown up? Because the GOP's leading 4th
quarter fundraiser (at least after this Sunday's Tea Party www.teaparty07.com)
didn't merit a single mention in the article. Not one. If you
haven't clicked the link yet, you haven't noticed that there is
a nice picture from the youtube debate of Mitt, Rudy, Huck, John,
and Fred (why do they all have four letters in their spoken name?)
but Congressman Paul is like Rudolph (not the Mayor--the red-nosed
reindeer) before that fateful foggy Christmas Eve--all left out.
At first I thought this was a typical MSM slight of Dr. Paul.
But then I read the article. Yes, the one that doesn't mention
Dr. Paul once. After reading it, I think this was actually a nod
towards Paul's campaign and an implicit acknowledgment of his
Front-Runner status (especially considering the campaign is past
the "first they ignore you" stage). Why? Here is a quote
from the aforementioned article:
"If somebody could run as None of the Above," says
former McCain campaign chief John Weaver, "he would be the
front-runner."
(Article continues below)
If you still haven't read the article or seen the picture (positioned
directly under the article's title) who is the only candidate
not running for VICE-President or who doesn't have a last name
that is a homophone of the metal thing used to unlock your door
who isn't pictured? Golly, you are smart; it's not Chuck Norris-Texas
Ranger; it's Dr. Ron Paul-Texas Congressman.
Another part of the article sounds as if Mr. Duffy watched this
youtube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTIRRThOTCQ
and then wrote the following paragraph:
Still, it is hard to overestimate the moral and intellectual
power outage that now darkens the G.O.P.. Long out of step with
a majority of voters on such secondary issues as outlawing abortion
and narrowing stem-cell research, Republicans have more recently
managed to get themselves on the wrong side of popular trends
on what were once old reliables: foreign policy, economics, energy,
even health care. Iraq is still somewhat taboo in Republican debates,
so fearful are the candidates that the situation in Baghdad might
again deteriorate. Thanks to Katrina and several war-contracting
scandals, the party has squandered its bragging rights on running
a more efficient government. "We've lost, clearly, some of
the moral high ground on the larger issues of taxes and spending,"
says South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.
The one bright spot who has never lost his "high ground
on the larger issues" during the "moral and intellectual
power outage that now darkens the G.O.P." is the Front Runner.
Congressman Ronald E. Paul. That's R.E.P. for short-as in REPutation
for never sacrificing his integrity and duty to fulfill his Congressional
oath of defending the Constitution when it comes to the issues
listed in the paragraph above.
If the passion of his supporters does ignite another "money-bomb"
on Sunday, and that momentum carries over to the early primaries,
the Front Runner status Mr. Duffy's article implies without specifically
stating should be confirmed by Super Tuesday.
Since the problems the G.O.P. faces are spelled out beautifully
in this article and Dr. Paul has actual solutions, the only way
he won't be nominated is if enough of the rank and file Republicans
don't hear his message before the primaries (assuming they actually
show up to vote during the primaries).
If somehow the Front Running Paul doesn't get the G.O.P. nomination,
he may ultimately prove to be the perfect conduit for the Libertarian
Party's message. If he decides to use some of his funds to do
an infomercial, or if he can garner enough support to make it
into the National Debates this fall, he could end up proving that
the old Libertarian slogan (Most Americans are Libertarians; they
just don't know it yet) is true. In one of the most ironic twists
of all time, the man the GOP didn't want could end up costing
the election and give rise to a legitimate political movement
that would last as long as America does since it is based on the
same principles, and not based on a silly ephemeral notion like
"Reform."
Although he said on Wednesday that he was 99.99999 (give or take
a 9) percent sure that he wouldn't run as a third party candidate,
Michael Jordan once said he was 99.9% sure he was done with basketball.
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