LibertyOrDeath1776
12-31-2011, 02:02 PM
Gary Johnson and Rand Paul are the closest thing we are going to get to Ron Paul in the future. I really disagree with people who think we cannot support Gary because of one or two issues we don't share together. We are up against the democratic, republican, and corporate media machines. This is really not the time to be acting like a purist and eliminating anyone who is not an absolute clone of Ron Paul. If Ron Paul does not win the Republican nomination and he does not run 3rd party it does not help us in any way, shape, or form to simply write Ron Paul in and hand the election to Obama. If however Ron chose to accept a VP nomination from Gary Johnson then we should all be supporting Gary Johnson.
This movement is about more than one person. If we act as purists we are never going to get anywhere. We need to play our hand strategically and watch what happens as the cards are played out over the coming months. We have too many enemies not to accept allies simply because they agree with us on only 90% of the issues. Ron Paul will always be my first choice but I will do what Ron asks. If that includes voting for someone that shares 90% of what Ron believes in then I will do that.
Gary Johnson has been nothing but courteous toward Ron Paul the entire election process. There is no doubt that he will play a major part in this movement in the coming decade. Whatever the outcome of this election is, we all need to look at the big picture. We want someone in office that supports this movement. We need to be flexible or we will fail in the end.
Many of Gary Johnson's supporters in this election cycle feel exactly the way those of us who supported Dr. Paul in the last election cycle felt. Totally disrespected, marginalized, and made to feel as if they and their candidate do not matter. We, especially those of us who were here for the 2008 election cycle should remember how we felt during that time and show sympathy and compassion toward Gary Johnson and his supporters. They are our closest allies in this fight and burning that bridge over one or two issues that he happens to not agree with Ron Paul on is about as stupid a move as a movement could make.
I urge anyone who supports Ron Paul to not hold anyone else up to the standards that Dr. Paul holds. Everyone else will come up short and if you take that mindset you will always be disappointed.
Braveheart is a great movie based on historical events that we could all learn a lesson from. In Braveheart the clans of Scotland were constantly fighting each other over stupid and relatively insignificant issues. It was precisely because of their inability to recognize how much they had in common with each other and how little differences between them they really had that allowed the English to dominate them. It wasn't until William Wallace came along and showed them that the English were the true enemies and that the few differences each clan had with each other were insignificant that they were able to come together and fight for their independence.
Today supporters of Gary Johnson and Ron Paul are just like those clans in Scotland. Acting like purists and choosing to fight over the few differences we have with each other will keep us fractured and weak. Ron Paul is like our William Wallace. We have to realize that we will never agree with each other on every issue but that we have far more in common than we have differences. The choice is ours though. Will we choose to set the few differences aside and fight the English (Corporate Media, Democrat and Republican Machines) or will we let our petty differences keep us divided and allow the English another 4 years to destroy our nation.
This movement is about more than one person. If we act as purists we are never going to get anywhere. We need to play our hand strategically and watch what happens as the cards are played out over the coming months. We have too many enemies not to accept allies simply because they agree with us on only 90% of the issues. Ron Paul will always be my first choice but I will do what Ron asks. If that includes voting for someone that shares 90% of what Ron believes in then I will do that.
Gary Johnson has been nothing but courteous toward Ron Paul the entire election process. There is no doubt that he will play a major part in this movement in the coming decade. Whatever the outcome of this election is, we all need to look at the big picture. We want someone in office that supports this movement. We need to be flexible or we will fail in the end.
Many of Gary Johnson's supporters in this election cycle feel exactly the way those of us who supported Dr. Paul in the last election cycle felt. Totally disrespected, marginalized, and made to feel as if they and their candidate do not matter. We, especially those of us who were here for the 2008 election cycle should remember how we felt during that time and show sympathy and compassion toward Gary Johnson and his supporters. They are our closest allies in this fight and burning that bridge over one or two issues that he happens to not agree with Ron Paul on is about as stupid a move as a movement could make.
I urge anyone who supports Ron Paul to not hold anyone else up to the standards that Dr. Paul holds. Everyone else will come up short and if you take that mindset you will always be disappointed.
Braveheart is a great movie based on historical events that we could all learn a lesson from. In Braveheart the clans of Scotland were constantly fighting each other over stupid and relatively insignificant issues. It was precisely because of their inability to recognize how much they had in common with each other and how little differences between them they really had that allowed the English to dominate them. It wasn't until William Wallace came along and showed them that the English were the true enemies and that the few differences each clan had with each other were insignificant that they were able to come together and fight for their independence.
Today supporters of Gary Johnson and Ron Paul are just like those clans in Scotland. Acting like purists and choosing to fight over the few differences we have with each other will keep us fractured and weak. Ron Paul is like our William Wallace. We have to realize that we will never agree with each other on every issue but that we have far more in common than we have differences. The choice is ours though. Will we choose to set the few differences aside and fight the English (Corporate Media, Democrat and Republican Machines) or will we let our petty differences keep us divided and allow the English another 4 years to destroy our nation.