The West Georgian

Issue date: 3/7/07 Section: Opinion

Allow me to tell you about a worthwhile man for the Presidency of the United States. He's an experienced Congressman from Texas, an important member of a major Congressional committee, and a gynecologist by trade. He has voted consistently against every single war supporting initiative, all the way back to Bill Clinton's "Iraq Liberation Act" that Bush has used to justify invading Iraq. He was a fierce opponent of the Bush Administration, even in the days after September 11th when so many other politicians kowtowed before the Almighty Executive. He has introduced legislation that calls for the decriminalization of non-drug hemp farming and other acts that cut funding for a plethora of government programs. He voted against all forms of the PATRIOT Act and has gone against his party so often that they can never rely on him for a vote unless the legislation in question is strictly Constitutional and ethical (which is rare, considering the party). This man has even stood his ground against the wave of "Support Our Troops!" propaganda, voting against every war bill even while being attacked for not "providing armor" to G.I.'s in Iraq and other such nonsense, becoming one of only four members in Congress to have voted against every war funding bill since the invasion of Iraq.

Who is this man? Is it Barak Obama, who has no experience as a statesman and wouldn't know Constitutional legislation if it slapped him? Is it Hillary Clinton, who suffers similar inabilities at obeying Federal Law and voted to invade Iraq? Perhaps it's Biden, Dodd, or one of the other no-name candidates that have filed to run as a Democrat in 2008 and have also proved themselves to be sheep in the face of a warmongering President? One way or another, such an anti-war candidate must surely be a Democrat, right?

Wrong.

The only person that is considering running in 2008 that has consistently been against the war and all unConstitutional Federal spending or actions is Representative Ron Paul, from Texas. Dr. Paul is, unfortunately for some, a Republican.

Simply because he has an (R) next to his name, some of you will not be voting for him. It's a shame, really. There isn't much one can write to beat away the mindlessness that affects those caught up in partisan politics. People who would write articles going on about the supposed victory that this country had in electing a majority Democrat Congress, and people who would revel in such an article, are not interested in solutions. These people do not care about principles in politics or ethics in law. Instead, just as in past elections where vast seas of mindless people voted for a party instead of a candidate, politics has boiled down to "I hope my side wins", with absolutely no regard to what their side stands for.

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