(ThyBlackMan.com) A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the inimitable Ron Paul (R) Texas. The article’s theme was the dangers of Mr. Ron Paul and it focused on his comments about the Federal Emergency Management Association, FEMA, and, I believe that I touched into Paul’s social beliefs which I truly feel are based in bigotry. If the word bigotry is a bit disturbing, then supplant the word with ‘socially biased’ and ‘non-compassionate libertarian”. Ron Paul: Another Look at the Irrationally Irresponsible and Ron Paul Exposed.
A bit of detail related to assertion in the previous paragraphs about ‘the dangers’ of Mr. Ron Paul. After writing the“Irrationally and Irresponsible”, and posting the article to a website, I received a response from a Ron Paul supporter. The supporter connected to the website “Progressives for Ron Paul“. ( I do not have the url; do not need it ,nor want it). Basically, the response was in the realm of why I should support Ron Paul for the GOP nomination. Why, because he is not likely to defeat President Obama in the General Election. Wow, I actually read that comment.
I realize that U.S. politics is wrought with mind games, subterfuge and out-right manipulation but, the comment really bothered me. Someone was suggesting the I tone-down my comment about Ron Paul and fall-in-line to support him (Or stop writing negatively about him) for sake of paving a way for a flawed GOP candidate. You must understand that the writer was very pleasant and non-confrontational. But, the writer (who happened to be male) asked that I go against my thoughts (and beliefs) on Paul to provide a soft candidate to run against Obama. There-in lies a set of problems that 
for most people could induce a lack of sleep.
How different is that than common GOP political trickery and subterfuge?
My paradigm was shaken because I was asked to partake in that ‘game; or I was the unwitting potential victim of Paul Campaign trickery.
Let me state unequivocally that Ron Paul is not a viable candidate for president of the United States of America.
My reason for ‘going there’? If you read the linked article above, you probably have a sense of my concerns about Mr. Ron Paul. The concerns go far deeper than his social issues and his penchant for irrational thought accompanied by very poor execution of oratory (for expressing his points of view).
Libertarianism
As you know Mr. Ron Paul is a Libertarian. If you are reading this treatise you know of libertarians and you may even subscribe to the school of political/social thought. A core principle for Libertarians is ‘small federal government’ and ‘States Rights’. We are fortunate to live in the greatest nation on Earth. We are 330 plus million people who are dispersed among 50 states. Despite the obvious mishandling of our nation’s budgets, finances, and the overall economy, there has to be a central body that serves as a central governing body the good of the nation. If properly managed effectively by presidents from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush (with democrats in between) this nation would be in far better economy condition. {details available if interested}. Now, imagine our country with a very de-centralized governing bodies trying to work together for the common good of the nation. It would not happen. Imagine ‘States Rights”! One state wants to do something in one way, and another wants it another, and then others want it with additional differences? Oh, factor-in a weak centralized governing body at the federal level trying to mediate that mess: futility. It would not happen. One example, imagine allowing the States to handle issues associated with dismantling Jim Crowe Laws and facilitating voting rights for all citizens regardless of race or gender. Teh federal government, under Lyndon B. Johnson, forced the Southern states to comply with his desire to provide fair and equitable voting rights for all. Additionally, we currently have a political party working to suppress voter’s rights: the GOP. There is no way “States Right’s as a doctrine can work. “States Rights” is central to Libertarianism. Ron Paul is a Libertarian.
Odd Cognitive Processes
How can anyone consider themselves a viable candidate for president of the United States when they speak in the following vernacular?
* Legalize Heroin (allowing with Marijuana). While I feel that decriminalizing certain levels of ‘pot’ can help to alleviate or courts systems, I dread the thought of complete legalization of Heroin. The mind altering (and in one case addictive) substances are not the central issue. The central issue is Mr. Ron Paul’s thought process that would lead him “go there”‘.
* As previously stated via my links above the business of dismantling FEMA is outside the scope of reality. Ron Paul has added the Environmental Proection Agency to his list of “can do withouts”. I will ask you to again, imagine. Imagine, a world in which companies are allowed to pollute as they wish, with no regard for you and me as people, no regard for our children, no regard for our health and no regard for the environment in which we live? Do you really think that the majority of companies will do the ‘right thing’ in all cases? I personally do not think all companies will comply with their social and environmental responsibilities.
* Regardless of how we feel about healthcare reform, we should recognize that there are people in our nation that are suffering without opportunity to seek medical care. Opposition to healthcare goes beyond the borders of people who are against healthcare reform (and specifically the Affordable Healthcare Act), many libertarians have problems with Social Security and Medicare.
We cannot afford to have a president who has any designs on dismantling either program and we should be cautious about any elected official who wants to dismantle medicare as we know it. The people who are making the decisions (On entitlement programs) are, for the most part, wealthy people; they do not need the benefits as they grow older.
Mental Acuity Leading to Communication
I have watched Mr. Ron Paul for many years. I have watched as Paul, as is the case with each of us, has diminished a bit in mental sharpness. How could it be so easy to ‘tangle’ him-up into long rambling answers to questions? Wolf Blitzer’s question about the hypothetical 30 years who refused to purchase medical care via his job, should have garnered a quick and decisive response. “Would you let him die?” Paul, “No, but…..”
Instead Ron Paul spoke for three minutes and had to be asked the question again to secure a quick perfunctory ‘no’ with an answer that pleased the GOP audience. The “no’ did not please the crowd, but Paul’s answer surely pleased the crowed. The question related to ‘death’, not pain and suffering, death.
As posted in the link above, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Paul about his racial slurs in a campaign newsletter. The answer given by Paul was without doubt akin to, being caught with one’s hand where it should not be (IN THE COOKIE JAR). He could not provide a cogent answer to a serious question. So he ends the interview with a Pre-Donald Trump remark (in 2007) about, ‘the blacks’. (Paraphrasing) ” …….I have had some campaign staff turnover and some of it may have been placed there…….some political trickery that might have contributed. …” why…”because I am doing well in surveys with “the ‘blacks”. Where is the mindset of that sort of thinking and speaking. Pre-Paul and Trump, I recall reading about such in the old south as plantation owners looked out across their slave filled fields. Or, I read such as I read about how certain pioneers to the West who felt the “got along well with the, INJUNS”. A president of the United States of America really should be better equipped (mentally) to deal with the fact that his or her nation is not that of one race of people. Moreover, the president should be able to use his mind to deliver language that better fits a world of ‘tolerance’. How hard would it have been to use the words, “…doing well in surveys and doing well with black people, or African – Americans’?
I have listed a few examples of why I truly feel that Ron Paul is not only not a viable presidential candidate, I think he is a danger to segments of a free society.
It is important to understand that we live if fragile times. While many do not like to hear it, we cannot afford the same or worse mistake than those of the Bush Years. Our current president is continuing to combat issues left from the last administration. Data related to the economy and his efforts to turn things around will bare out my assertion. And, it is clear that the opposition party in Washington D.C. is following a strategy of ‘ non-cooperation” for political gain. How can we afford to turn the administration back to someone like Ron Paul who at times exhibits confusion, hidden intolerance of people and one who wants to dismantle our proven federal system of government. That system has it problems, but turning the nation over to the States, would be a humongous mistake from which we could never return.
One last point. We have a conservative Supreme Court. Do you think it wise to further drive the SCOTUS to another level of conservatism with a trace of Libertarian in the mix?
In fairness, I do appreciate Pauls disdain for anything militaristic.
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