I was just starting to like Mike when I heard Ron Paul at some of the debates , and then learned that he raised some good money last quarter (he has over $8million in the bank right now)  I checked out his campaign in earnest   a couple weeks ago.

    I must say that he is a patriot and he is the real deal when it comes to conservative values. He is rock solid on basically every conservative issue. He articulates his pro-life stance better than any candidate I have heard and brings it back to the Constitution, which is the law of our land. He has been married only once and has 5 children.

   I scratch my head a bit at why the party is so focused on supporting Giuliani; it really seems that the party is trying to shift leftward, despite the views of the American people. 

    The problem is that most of the candidates represent that leftward shift in at least some key areas. Even Huckabee seems to be a big spender, and for amnesty among other things. I think Dr. Paul is the only one that really could fire up the base enough and pull enough independents (maybe even some liberals as he is against the war in Iraq)  to win back our true conservative republican values. He is doing amazingly well despite a near media blackout. If he could pick up some of the social conservative leaders, he could literally explode overnight.

    Think about it, combine the disillusioned pro-lifers with the disillusioned anti-war crowd, with the disillusioned anti-communists, with the disillusioned Americans who want their nation's sovereignty preserved and it's borders protected, with the disillusioned tax payers, and the disillusioned NRA members, and the disillusioned school choice’s, and the you have the makings of one heck of a coalition. If nominated, what problem would conservatives have with him? Even the left leaning republicans would certainly back him over Hillary.

    I believe there is a real sense of a revolution with this candidacy. There are a slew of reason why my support for Dr. Paul has really become quite passionate in a very short amount of time. Let me touch on one:  

RESPONSIBILITY

   Ron Paul’s insistence on Constitutionalism inspired me to review not only the document itself, but also the federalist papers written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay.

   You probably recall that the federalist papers were a series of papers or articles that argued for ratification of our Constitution and are considered the primary interpretation of our republican government. The word, "responsibility" derived its current usage during this fight for ratification. It combined the idea of direct "response" to the public will, with the deeper promise or vow, to serve the true public interest, even regarding conduct that is not currently popular. Sort of like an elected parent. We elect officials to protect us from things that go bump in the night, but also to make us eat our brocoli. 

     A problem to be solved by our constitution was the tension between avoiding the oppression that a majority rule (majority faction) could create in a near-pure democracy, with the oppression that could be created by a less representative republic's ruling class (minority faction).  

    It was argued that our republic with its three branches of government was sufficiently removed from a direct democracy to prevent majority oppression. However, the three branches of Government all had representative components and the three branches’ of government were sufficiently independent to prevent their common control, thus reducing the chances of minority faction.

    But it was the interplay of the branches of government that provided the real insulation against both majority and minority faction. That interplay meant that it would take time to do things. The element of time would allow yet another group to ensure good government: That group was the American people.

    Federalist # 1 argues that it is up to the people of this country to establish good government from reflection and choice. That they must reflect on and choose our constitution and that once chosen - they must reflect and chose future policy based on it. That it will be that very responsibility to the truth of the constitution that we have chosen that will elevate the Constitution to THE authority by which to measure the desirability of conflicting political actions.

    It was therefore respect for our Constitution that would protect us from both majority and minority faction. That it would in fact be this respect, responsibility, and patriotism towards our chosen form of government that would justify our Declaration of Independence, and ensure the continuity of a government tasked to secure our inalienable rights.

   Who is the candidate that constantly reminds us of our duty to the Constitution? Ron Paul. It is no wonder then that people are becoming so passionate about him.

   Who has been trying to decrease our responsibility for all those years? Trying to reduce our patriotism for all those years? Ignoring our Constitution for all those years, or adding to it and subtracting from it? Liberals and the liberal media. It is the complicity of the liberal media that has prevented the majority from asserting  their good will into our government. Instead, the majority is often cajoled, bamboozled, lied to and vilified into believing that in fact they are not the majority.

   Unfortunately the effect goes beyond the liberal mainstream media and into even the RNC and the so-called conservative media. Consider what is going on this very day. RNC leaders and much of the conservative media are endorsing liberal Republicans because they want to “endorse a winner” while at the same time paying lip service to conservatives, and disingenuously bemoaning the unfortunate circumstances that led them to this point of supporting a liberal. Amazingly, the primary issue right now that might win moderate liberals is an anti-war position – which is the only issue that Giuliani is very conservative on! Even the premise is a lie.

   The truth is that the party is moving left, that the party is becoming victim to minority faction right along with the government as a whole. It’s not even being hidden – think about it. We are being told we must support someone who holds the positions of a minority of people,  because he is the only one that can win! How preposterous. To follow this advice is to sacrifice our party. If we want to have a conservative party then we must insist on a conservative party. It is our party and we have to fight for it.

   The solution to our leftward slide is to remember our Constitution is the law of the land, and to venerate it as such, and to follow it and to demand it be followed. For example, the constitution requires by its plain language that a person cannot be deprived of  life without due process of law. Abortion deprives a person of life without due process of law. Roe v. Wade could not have happened if every American knew the truth of the Constitution. Also, the Constitution no where mentions a “separation of church and state,” but this phrase has been injected into the Constitutional dialogue to the point that  many Americans believe it is, and public policy has been based on this deception.

   One candidate has touted the Constitution loud enough to get people like me to go back and read it, and even read its justification in the federalist papers. It is clear from his ability to motivate me to do this, that other people of good will can be motivated to this also. This simple and honest message may allow us to take back our country, if we hear it in time.

   Our government was designed to be led by people like Ron Paul. The impact of the truth of that statement is great. The further away from patriotism and responsibility that we move, the more difficult it will be to ever take back our country.  The fact that people of all stripes are waking up to this truth, means that people can wake up.

     I hope you consider this information and the websites below. It will take people like yourself to accomplish something here. But his positions on the issues along with the grass roots support that has raised great Q3 money and that has tons of folks on the ground makes him a candidate that could truly capture the hearts of the Conservatives, the other Republicans, and the Independents alike.

http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

http://www.youtube.com/RonPaul2008DotCom

This is a good quick video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXkVJtz0bNI