For the record, I would have Loved to have Mitt Romney as an option this election. I’m not happy that McCain got the hot seat. How did THAT happen? I have my theories…

There are a few ways to deal with this: Vote by strategy: if you’re in a swing state, vote for the candidate whose positions are more tolerable to you, OR vote for Paul, but work on promoting congressional candidates who could help balance the power if the worst guy wins.

Ron Paul is known as Dr. No. This is because he votes "No" on many of the bills that go through the House and he only proposes bills that are constitutional.
That basically means that he does not want to infringe on the rights of American citizens.

If I’m not mistaken, I believe he supports/creates more bills than most of the people in congress. The reason why he has a low success rate with getting bills passed is because few congress members actually align with his fundamental view of things. I mean, he’s a libertarian, and in general libertarians just advocate liberty for all individuals and by default that incorporates upholding the constitution, which states the inalienable rights of citizens.

- He wants to get rid of the Income tax, which is unconstitutional/unnecessary.
- Like most libertarians he thinks that the role of government is to provide protection for it’s citizens, and that is all.
that means no government funded: education, healthcare, welfare(there is a great argument explaining the immorality of welfare), and others that I can’t think.

- He would fight tooth and nail as most libertarians would to allow someone to do anything imaginable, as long as they are not harming anyone else.

- He is very knowledgeable about economics, specifically Austrian economics(which is a very well developed understanding of economics). He predicted the financial crisis we are in many years ago, and this was due to his knowledge of economics.

- He was an Obstetrician(?) for many years and accepted no government funding for his private practice. He made more money than if he had accepted the government funding, was able to provide cheap services to people with/without insurance, and he was able to deliver many free babies for low-income women.

Really the guy is probably one of the most caring, respectful, and compassionate men on Earth. He only speaks the truth and cares about the freedom of every person.

There are probably at least a few million people who like Ron Paul and they grow in #’s daily. A little over 1 million people voted for him in the primaries and sure that wasn’t enough to win, but 1 million people believed in him and that says a lot. Yes, some of them are crazies, that is definitely apparent. What they typically have in common with the normal and rational people is the want to protect their rights as a human being.