[BRIGADE] Pat's Mag Endorses Ron Paul!
Published: Sat, 02/02/08
I planned to wait until everyone finished re-subscribing to our new
E-List before sending out the first email but I just had to send
this to you asap. It's short and gets right to the bottom
line: Dr. Ron Paul is not only the one candidate worthy of our vote
-- he truly deserves our vote.
Please read below and pass it on to all.
As always, For the Cause -- Linda
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Pat Buchanan's Magazine Endorses Ron Paul!!
Paul for President
The American Conservative
The presidential fields of both parties have narrowed, and the
arguments about how we should move forward are now familiar. TAC
believes that only one candidate has put forth a diagnosis of
America's current ills and has a vision to turn the country off its
misguided course. That is Congressman Ron Paul, whom we endorse for
the Republican nomination.
On the key issue of foreign policy, the differences between the
other Republican contenders can be measured in microdots. All
remain enthusiastic supporters of the invasion of Iraq and of
maintaining a presence there for years to come. All speak as if it
is America's right and duty to station its armed forces over much
of the world. All have embraced neoconservative paranoia about the
"threat" posed by Iran, setting the table for another war. All,
that is, except Dr. Paul.
He is the one candidate who sees how the realities of world power
have shifted since the 1990s, the one who recognizes that the time
of unilateral American hegemony is over--and can't be maintained
even if it was in our interest to do so. He alone understands that
the ever expanding federal government is a far greater threat to
American liberty than some tinpot dictator in the Caucasus. By
speaking about the benefits of smaller government and limited
executive power, he has introduced a generation of young Americans
to a more traditional and true style of conservatism--to the
movement and the country's benefit.
Ron Paul is a libertarian, and his stances are very much derived
from that minor party tradition. To many, his ruminations about
sound money seem academic--if oddly prescient. He was sounding the
alarm about dollar devaluation long before the current panic and
broke with libertarian orthodoxy to oppose injurious free-trade
deals like NAFTA and CAFTA. Conservatives also find common cause
with his 30-year pro-life voting record and commitment to ending
birthright citizenship.
Paul came by his congressional nickname--"Dr. No"--honestly. Anyone
combing through his lengthy record will find many lone stands and
idealistic statements that ignore the maxim that politics is the
art of the possible. We are under no illusion that he has much
chance of winning the GOP nomination this election cycle.
Nevertheless we urge a vote for him. This campaign sends a signal
to both parties that a significant number of Americans value their
country's great Constitution, that many conservatives reject
wiretaps, waterboarding, and senseless wars. There is far more
realism in Paul's analysis than can be found in those Republicans
who believe that Washington's policy of borrowing billions from
China to pay for the occupation of a growing number of countries is
desirable, much less sustainable.
Ron Paul has been a breath of fresh air in an otherwise desultory
Republican campaign. Long may he run.
SOURCE: The American Conservative
http://www.amconmag.com