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Originally Posted by billyb
GatorB, I am not going to call you a stupid name like tard!. I would get rid of all of these socialised bullshit! programs. That's the facts, SS gone, medicare gone and so on. I wish Ron Paul had a chance to be elected, but the suckers! that rely on government for their existence will never let that happen.
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YOU would but YOU are not in Congress. And guess what, if Ron Paul had been elected president it is still CONGRESS that passes the laws. The president either vetoes or signs them into law. So a Ron Paul presidency wouldn't change a thing. Get 218 Ron Pauls in the House and at least 51 in the Senate and guess what you change things. More moderate republicans and conservative democrats are too scared to vote libertarian because they fear the other side would win. The fact is voters who claim no political affialtion outnumber either the repubs or dems. Even Ron Paul has to call himself a republican to get elected even though he's a libertarian. And if Ron Paul was half the hero his fans think he is he would have run and independant campaign in 2008 after getting subbed by the GOP. If he did Obama would probably still won but the electoral count would have been closer and Obama wouldn't have had 50% of the popular vote so he wouldn't have a mandate. All that extra attention to him and his ideas could have started a movement that brought more attention and money to Libertarian candidates.