Saturday, May 19, 2007

Ron Paul and Sean Hannity

I usually catch a few minutes of Sean Hannity during the afternoon as I'm driving and I heard him tearing apart Ron Paul. I admit I haven't heard much from Ron Paul except for the past couple weeks, but what I have heard I like. OK, so I watched the second debate and I didn't have a great feeling about Rep Paul's answer , in that, one would need more time to articulate these points without being misunderstood. Ron Paul long before 9/11 believed America should not be the world's policeman. We naturally should defend our nation but it also doesn't hurt to understand our enemies. If they say their reasons are due to America projecting ourselves around the world then we should note that but not allow that to be a reason to change our policies. Osama said he didn't want us (military-shut down mission at Prince Sultan AB) to be on Saudi ground and we still left Saudi ground right? Does anyone yell and scream that we may have done that to appease them? No, it was just a smart decision in consideration of our needs and the Saudi government's needs. Too bad we can't continue to leave other countries. We also discover that our enemies have been learning to hate western civilization in their Madrasahs. It's smart to try to understand your enemy so as to defend yourself.

Why does Sean Hannity get so worked up about Ron Paul? Does he think that Ron Paul could get the Republican nomination? I don't think he does so why does he get so angry? If he think Ron Paul will fade away, then why does he cut off all the callers that call his show? These aren't liberals. Sean just wants to shut them up because he doesn't care 2 cents about Ron Paul. Many people like Ron Paul's message which is more than the couple minutes in which the others want to bury him on. There's truth that liberals are enjoying these moments, but there's more to it. Sean is alienating a portion of the conservatives and that can only divide conservatives and drive some to the Libertarian Party and Sean you will be helping Hillary get elected.

Here's something about Ron Paul:

Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
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Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives

So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation.

The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them.

The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked.

The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters.

We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches.