SoundOfSilence
12-22-2007, 07:53 AM
I think the man's honesty is really the final determinant that will clinch the election. In this he is unassailable. When held up to the light, all else will fall.
Like "Honest Abe" he will win over even those who may disagree, in the end. Authenticity always wins out, and is the one thing the others cannot replicate.
They can all start talking about the Constitution, freedom, eliminating the IRS (Huckabee has already starting down this road of imitation). They could even promise, as George W. himself did in his run in 2000: "No nation building, no policing of the world, and a humble foreign policy of peace." They can say all they want. Romney will abolish the Fed. McCain will decide that the war can now end. Giuliani will promise to maintain our sovereignty. They can lie and lie and lie if the tide turns toward RP's positions.
In the end, only his character as "Honest Ron" ensures that we believe what he says and he's not just telling people what they want to hear. His voting record and sincerity speak for themselves, but I think most have been missing this central point: most of all we vote because he is "Honest Ron."
Honesty is the overarching characteristic, the unstated filter through which we all judge a candidate before even looking at what they stand for. If it were not so, Flip Flopney could simply usurp all of Ron Paul's positions by saying, "Of course I would never violate the Constitution, it goes without saying that everything I've said before includes that condition, so there's nothing to this Ron Paul revolution thing. Oh yeah, and I support sound money." Once elected, whatever events transpire will of course "change everything" and they get away with their lies.
Honest Ron FTW!!
Like "Honest Abe" he will win over even those who may disagree, in the end. Authenticity always wins out, and is the one thing the others cannot replicate.
They can all start talking about the Constitution, freedom, eliminating the IRS (Huckabee has already starting down this road of imitation). They could even promise, as George W. himself did in his run in 2000: "No nation building, no policing of the world, and a humble foreign policy of peace." They can say all they want. Romney will abolish the Fed. McCain will decide that the war can now end. Giuliani will promise to maintain our sovereignty. They can lie and lie and lie if the tide turns toward RP's positions.
In the end, only his character as "Honest Ron" ensures that we believe what he says and he's not just telling people what they want to hear. His voting record and sincerity speak for themselves, but I think most have been missing this central point: most of all we vote because he is "Honest Ron."
Honesty is the overarching characteristic, the unstated filter through which we all judge a candidate before even looking at what they stand for. If it were not so, Flip Flopney could simply usurp all of Ron Paul's positions by saying, "Of course I would never violate the Constitution, it goes without saying that everything I've said before includes that condition, so there's nothing to this Ron Paul revolution thing. Oh yeah, and I support sound money." Once elected, whatever events transpire will of course "change everything" and they get away with their lies.
Honest Ron FTW!!