‘The Mouse that roared: Why Ron Paul won the election’
By Doug Wead ∙ Doug Wead’s Weblog ∙ February 6, 2008
Well now, Republicans say, we have a nominee. That may very well be but there was only one clear winner in the confusing GOP nominating contest and it was not John McCain. The winner was Ron Paul. And the effects of his win will be felt for years to come.
Ron Paul made a classic political mistake. He told the truth. In debate after debate he pointed at his party, his president, his fellow contenders for the GOP nomination, shouting aloud like the little boy in the proverbial story, “they have no clothes” and lo and behold, we looked and they didn’t. They were all naked.
He showed that the conservative movement has lost its way, its moral authority and its logic. He showed us that we have become a red team versus blue team. That since we have decided that this is a political war and all normal rules are suspended, conservatives can do liberal things to win it. Conservatives can run up big deficits if it helps their side win. They can dole out needless pork if it elects another “conservative” to congress. They can go to war if it makes their president look like a leader and wins him another term.
But in the process, Ron Paul showed us, that we have lost our way. We are no longer conservatives. We are fighting for power not for principles. We have become corrupted by the process and the only way back is to retrace our steps and find all the things we discarded along he way.
Barry Goldwater lighted a similar fire with his Conscience of a Conservative. Its truth and arguments were so obvious and so honest that one laughed aloud while reading it. But Goldwater, himself, was doomed to political defeat. And Ron Paul had no chance to win this election either. One could see that when he first opened his mouth.
And yet, the words and arguments of Ron Paul are still resonating. They still hang over this election. They are haunting and troubling. They are producing blogs and papers and books and like Goldwater’s revolution they will one day very likely produce their own Ronald Reagan. And when those heady days happen a small but hearty band of pioneers, who first had the nerve to join him and start shouting from the street, “They aren’t wearing any clothes,” will be able to say that they could see what the country missed. They were there when history was made.
John McCain and his poorly chosen words, of staying in Iraq a hundred years, have almost guaranteed that he will be the answer to the trivia question, who was the Republican candidate who lost to the ticket that claimed the first woman and black for the presidency? Another question may very well be, “What other candidate ran that year and launched the movement that has dominated national politics for the last generation?”
And the answer will be Ron Paul.
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If he won the election and became president, that would mean that the world wasn’t corrupted. To me, it solidifies what he says about the Federal Reserve and the New World Order. It solidifies what the Bible teaches about Babylon losing it’s way and being corrupted. He is about something real and good.
Well put! Thanks.
This election has touched my family, we are not the same because of it. My kids 10,8, 6 and 4, are now interested in politics and most of all in Ron Paul. They followed the race and his words drinking it all in.
They will be fighting the revolution long after the older ones of us are gone. And Ron Paul will live forever.
We will never loose if we never surrender. “The revolution is permanent!”
The message is what matters, Ron Paul is our messenger; the people must hear the message. They may not believe in it, or follow it, now but they need to hear it; so, they will believe in it when things go bad which will happen soon. Then it will be just us educated patriots against the wicked Globalist and the NA Unionist.
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Even from afar, (I’m in Australia) it’s easy to see why Dr. Rob appeals. He tells the hard truths about the American Empire with it 740 bases around the world, harvesting hatred, and bankrupting the country.
But he’s too truthful for a country living in myth. You just cannot say that it’s Israel that’s hell bent on dragging the US into a wan with Iran.
Dr Paul even said he saw no fairness in sanctions on Iran. Again and again in explaining these breathtaking positions, he says,”Put yourself in their shoes, how would we like Chinese bases on US soil?” How would we like to be sanctioned because we wanted to build a nuclear reactor?
No other politician invites American to put themselves in the shoes of others. Why? because I guess, Americans believe deep down that the rules of human fairness don’t apply to them.
Where Dr. Paul loses me is on doing away with almost all Govt. For me that’s crazy. Only Govt will be able to deal with Global warming, and that’s real folks.
Moreover, health should not be in the marketplace. I lived 30 years in Canada and found the Govt. health system terrific.
I’ve now been back 15 years in Australia and found the Australian medicare almost as good. I have never waited in either country. In Aust, I got a stent in my heart in three days after a minor heart attack. It cost me nothing. Not only no money, but more importantly, no worry.
I suspect Dr. Paul has no experience of living in a country where Govt services actually work. Overly big govt. is bad, certainly. The solution is an alert and demanding citizenry, and a public service actually dedicated to service. Mike
++Where Dr. Paul loses me is on doing away with almost all Govt. For me that’s crazy. Only Govt will be able to deal with Global warming, and that’s real folks.++
I think that you are lost in the fact that he suggests that decisions should be made at the local level. What works in one area will not work in another. Only people will be able to deal with global warming if people are creating it.
++Moreover, health should not be in the marketplace. I lived 30 years in Canada and found the Govt. health system terrific.++
How do you reward a person who remains active, eats nutrient dense foods (as opposed to eating a high fruitcose corn syrup diet). Do you not think that one should be responsible for their actions? Yes, we should have health care for all, but as we are all slightly metabolically different a diet that sustains you, may be detrimental to my health. What happens when the government steps in and says eggs are bad for you and thus you can not eat them. However, this determination was based upon eggs from chickens which were fed an unhealthy diet?
The issue is much more complex than simply saying everyone should have health care.
When one centralizes power away from the people, decisions tend to be made which are detrimental to the general population.
As you are in Australia, I expect you know the problems that exist within the government program to track livestock. If you do not, I suggest you investigate it and see how poorly a government program can be.