In which the Armorer is taken to task, and perceived wrongs righted! In a rigidly constitutionalist fashion. Meet Kevin, my old high school chum, and Ron Paul supporter, who objected to my snarkiness at Representative Paul's position in the Right Wing News poll I linked yesterday. I do think John Hawkins will be bemused to find he's lumped in with the MSM...
Kevin is a tilter-at-windmills on this issue, however valid some of his points are. I'm about electability. If the Libertarians are going to provide a truly viable alternative, they're going to have to do it the old fashioned way - from the bottom up, winning significant numbers of state and local races to build a national presence. Otherwise, Representative Paul will be like Representative Sanders - a caucus of one. I did edit a touch for the NetNannies, but nothing of substance, if the edits did tone down some of the fire.
Update: John Derbyshire at National Review's The Corner blog posts some props for Kevin's thesis.
You may fire when ready, Gridley.
Well, since you opened the door on YOUR blog....and not that you have ANY obligation to do so
But...
Ron Paul received the HIGHEST amount of donations from military personnel.... interesting no?
And, since it was a "right wing blog" that you cited.... sheesh. They included 'non' candidates, such as Fred 'do nothing' Thompson and Newt "damn I'm embarrassed" Gingrich... how credible was that? It's almost as if they were parroting the MSM....
And since, RP has consistently scored the highest on all the polls where he has been included... as well as the debates....
In the interest of fairness.... perhaps you might mention that veteran Dr. Paul was the best supported candidate by donations from the military?
But, political differences aside.
Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate of EITHER party who is a Constitutionalist and, aside from McCain, as far as I know, the only veteran... and certainly the staunchest supporter of the 2nd Amendment of any of the candidates.
I would encourage you to look at this honorable mans voting record.
It is impeccable.
You and I have had these discussions before, but I am adamantly opposed to sending our military into undeclared unconstitutional wars. And, so is Dr. No.
The rest is below the fold, in the Flash Traffic/Extended Entry.
Look at our track record since WW2, since then our politicians have sold our servicemen out for political expediency time and time again. Damned chickenhawks!Make those people declare war as the Constitution requires. Kill people, break things, come home. No more weasel-wording. No more undercutting them once those spineless b*st*rds send them into harms way.
Declare war and fight it to the knife or don't do it at all.
Anyhow, perhaps a tad couple too many beers on my part. But, for the first time since Reagan, I've sent my scant dollars to a candidate.
I don't like the idea of leaving Iraq undone either, however, in realpolitik terms, it's gonna happen. Regardless of who wins the Presidency. You know it and I know it. So why expend anymore American blood and treasure on what we all know is going to be a withdrawal after next November?
And morseo since those spineless, corrupt b*st*rds of the Iraqi parliament decided to take a month's vacation from their air-conditioned offices while our troops sweat, bleed and die in the Iraqi heat.
This was was a mistake from day one. Bugger the reasons, they've screwed the pooch. It's prosecution has been buggered. I'm NOT faulting our military, you know me better than that, but the 'best and brightest' in DC have knackered it up beyond OUR repair.
Physician heal thyself, ditto to the Iraqis and their artificial country. If they won't even take time off from their vacation... why should our military sweat, bleed and die? Corruption and incompetence!
Geography is such a bugger when placed into real terms.
Anyhow, back to my ramble. Dr. No DID vote for going after the perps who rammed the Twin Towers (We're going to bomb the Saudis when?) And honestly, Osama has been a side note since HWB got that bogus authority to attack our former ally Iraq. Y'know the same Iraq WE gave WMDs to, along with our allies the Germans and the French? Fug the Soviets, but fug them to!
Neither you, nor I signed up to wear Blue Helmets and enforce UN sanctions. What BS! And while history and hindsight can be real eye openers... (amazing the short term memory of some Democrats during Clintons presidency...) honestly, the invasion of Iraq, however despicable our former buddy Saddam was, was not legal in the Constitutional sense. And the damned politicians of both parties have [screwed] our military men ever since Dec. 11 1941 because of it.
Our track record as a nation shows it. The military wins it, the politicians lose it. All because they haven't been held accountable by a hard vote to declare war or not.
UN sanctions my a$$!
Anyhow, just thought I'd vent a bit, and perhaps open your eyes to the only incorruptible candidate in the race for Prez. Assuming you haven't read up on him and his record, I would encourage you to do so.
Oh and yes. Since he's being labeled a 'libertarian', just thought you might like to know that EVERY LIB I know is a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, owns at least one firearm and will 'gladly' blow your perp a$$ away if you attack them, their family or their property.
And, as for national defense. Any attackers worst nightmare would be to underestimate or mistake a 'Libertarian' Presidents response to an attack. Pacifist we are not. You attack, you die.
Our former sister Republic Switzerland is/was a good example. "Shoot twice and go home" etc.
You know me and my mindset, and I can confidently predict that a President Paul's reaction would be the same. War would be declared and there would be no mercy, no quarter and it would be prosecuted to the hilt. Kill people, break things, win and come home.
Either the House does it's Constitutionally obligated duty, or we don't go to war. No more of these BS, limited escalations under UN auspices conflicts.
Wage war or do not. Kill or be killed and there is no substitute for victory. Our largely veteranless reps have forgotten this. And our record of 'wins' since WW2 shows it.
Don't mess with the US. And it's about damned time our politicians took this attitude.
Anyhow, rant off.
But, I would ask you to examine the only candidate who is not corruptible as a consideration.
Nothing more need be said.
Except this.
If the MSM and the old boys DO defeat the only honest man in the election, I will NOT vote for any of the Republican or Democratic candidates running for Prez. They are all corrupt, party toadies who don't give a damn about our Republic, our military or our people.
They are only in it for themselves.
I secede! [I assume this is hyperbole for the rant]
Now, where's my beer?
8)
Laters!
PS. No reply is required. However, I do think you do Dr. Paul, his voting record and our Constitutional Republic a great disservice by your 'snarky' opening comments. 8) Fair and balanced? It's your blog, you dinna have to be!
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