E.D. Kain will be voting for Ron Paul:
I want a candidate who will honestly and frankly assess the abuses of liberty here at home, because without our basic rights intact, how can we trust anything our government does? For me it is hardly about left vs. right anymore or the various second-tier policy differences Democrats and Republicans may have. Yes, I care about jobs, about taxes, about healthcare and public education. Yes, on many of these issues I’m far to the left of Ron Paul. But I care more about peace.
A reader sends the above video from the previous presidential cycle and writes:
Back in 2007, I was in college and a very conflicted Republican. I disagreed vehemently with my party on the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act, and I had a whole collection of candidates that I disagreed with. Then a video of some old congressman debating with Rudy Giuliani on the topic of blowback went viral, and two thoughts came to mind: a) here's a guy who gets it, and b) why is the audience rewarding Giuliani's obvious ignorance by clapping? After that, I became a Ron Paul supporter.
I thought he was a little too zany on domestic issues, but at the same time, the mere presence of Ron Paul in the GOP made me feel better about my party. I took part in the money bombs. I tried to convince friends, family and complete strangers to listen to Ron Paul, believing that if people would just pay attention that he would rise in the polls and shake things up.
But nobody paid attention. In fact, he was treated like a buffoon, and as the campaign wore on, I made a promise to myself that if the GOP doesn't start taking Ron Paul's ideas more seriously that I would leave the party. And that's what I did. What's more, the GOP has so devolved since then that I'm embarrassed to have ever called myself a Republican.
These days, I'm a pretty staunch Obama supporter. I don't agree with him on a lot of stuff, but most of the time it seems like he's the only adult in Washington. Still, sometimes I hear Ron Paul in a debate or read a piece like your endorsement, and I honestly wonder how I would vote if he somehow, magically managed to win the nomination.
