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Nicky Barnes and
Frank Lucas currently featured in the movie 'American Gangster' both
endorse Rudy Giuliani for President. I've said before that I support him because he's the most honest, 'real person' candidate which makes him attractive to me. Every politician has got some politician in him but Rudy seems to have less. I hope he wins.
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Do you follow politics at all or do you just skim mainstream headlines? Rudy is horrible and is certainly as politican as anyone in the game.
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Yeah, that's why he's tried backtracking on his pro-choice, anti-gun and pro gay rights positions. Unlike Mitt Romney who has stood by his principles. Plus, Rudy has a record of accomplishment.
However, I do love a good fantasy. It's one of my favorite genres and watching many of you ppl root on Ron Paul is entertaining.
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He does have a bit of a point, I'd have to put Romney slightly ahead of Ghouliani on the phony-politician rating.
However, do you realize that you rooting for Rudy has about the same effect on his chance to win as me rooting for the Patriots this weekend? When it comes to rooting for a politician, I'd rather root for a good and honest man than just for the one who appears to have the best shot of winning.
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Ron Paul may be a Saint for all I know but he'd not be elected dictator. He'd still have to work with that pit of vipers in Washington virtually all of whom don't give a rat's ass about anything but themselves. What do you expect he'd be able to do? Pluck his magic twanger and you'd have the society you think the people want? Guess what: The people don't want what you think they want. At least a person like Giuliani knows reality from fantasy, has experience and is not afraid to say what he thinks.
btw: I used 'support' in referring to Giuliani and 'root' when it came to Paul. Upon reflection I consider that denigrating so I apologize for it.
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Paul would do the most important thing a president could do. Veto, veto, veto, pardon, veto, veto, veto.
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The crap's about to hit the fan and I don't think 'veto' is going to be the way to go. We are going to need ideas and action pretty darn soon and not a mule sitting on his butt.
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Action:
-bring home our troops
-stop foreign interventions
-stop spending on borrowed money (which builds insane interest payments as well)
-return the federal government to its Constitionally limited role
-return tax collection (and spending) to a more sane total amount (Ron Paul pointed out that without the income tax/IRS, government spending would have to be cut by 40%
which would be to year 2000 levels. Does anyone seriously think we could not possibly get along next year with the budget at year 2000 levels???
That sounds like plenty of action to me and that's what Ron Paul would do his best to accomplish.
Ron Paul points out that nearly all problems the USA is having are due to a falling away from the Founders' vision of this country. I think he is correct. America has become an Empire requiring unbacked currency, abominably high total taxation (over 50% for most people when counting all taxes. The colonists were upset at taxes of just a few percent. In modern America we have all become serfs or indentured servants to government. >50% of your life's productivity is demanded, and taken, by government). I believe the Dems and Republicans are roughly equally to blame for the above.
If the Iraq War extends through 2008, the total cost will exceed $1 TRILLION. The national debt is $ ~9 TRILLION? Huh?
And who thinks it will end at the end of 2008? Will anyone except Ron Paul
really get us out of there? You listen to the other candidates and they hem and haw, bob and weave as usual. Ron Paul tells it straight up and tells what he will do straight up. I don't believe any candidate except Ron Paul will bring our troops home.
Ron Paul for a return to sanity in government, and properly limited federal government.
Thanks for reading.