Even though I disagree with a variety of Paul's positions, he was the only candidate who could have started to turn the ship around. The only candidate for real change, and about the only true outsider in Washington today. Crazy old Ron Paul.
Now, most American's no longer undersand the small govt. message. They find it frightening -- so called conservatives and liberals. He would have had some tough challenges even if he could have been elected. Actually, this crisis might very well have allowed him to push through change, but that ship has sailed.
So, we are stuck with two conventional Washington duds. Of the two, I obviously see Obama as the bigger dud. McCain, at the end of his Washington career, might actually work more for the country than himself. Can't say I have the same trust for Daley machine hack and top Fannie Freddie cash recipient Obama. I wonder how his expansive social programs are going to fly now? Does he have the guts to say no to his party? Didn't in Illinois, that's for sure.
I know it's that old sentimentality spiel, but anyone who would turn down an early trip home from Hanoi on principal might just rise again to the challenge. Still, not much to go on just yet -- no more from a solutions standpoint than Obama. But then, no one seems to know what to do except for Paulson, who may in fact be screwing us over even more with his Wall Street insider Constitution-be-dammed proposal. Limited time offer, call NOW!
So yeah, this sucks. But, maybe it's what we need to finally get some real change in office. Maybe an Obama presidency would be best, right about now. 4 years to deflate the Obama/Democratic myth might be worth the pain, just like it took a Bush to free many Republican minds emotionally tied to a party that ceased to exist some years ago. It's the uniparty folks, and us poor peons don't count and haven't for a while.
Given Obama's political backers (Kennedy, Pelosi, Soros, Durbin) and the party leadership in general, combined with anything approaching hard times, I seriously doubt you will see the much needed, and I'm sure demanded, fiscal restraint. He just won't be able to do it. Just say no, Barry! But, that's not why the party picked him over Hillery. Hell, they're already working to have me pay off the bad loan recipient morons who failed to understand how an ARM works in addition to the robber barons. How many extra billions to reward people who made a bad decisions and lived over their means while I was responsible and conservative in my personal life? Who the hell is going to knock a point or two off my 15 year, modest (40 percent down), low fixed rate loan on an affordable old construction house? Hey, you mean I could have been irresponsible and got a bigger house in the bargin -- damn! This socialism is great stuff I guess. Where's my frickin handout!
So yeah. Ron's popular now that he doesn't stand in the way of the chosen one (or any of the other chosen ones fielded by the uniparty). McCain might be a better short term leader, but an Obama presidency might be just what the Democrat coolaid drinkers need to see the other side of the great Washington truth. If enough of us take the red pill in 4 or 8 years, we may actually be able to get our country back.
Morpheus: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
Neo: No.
Morpheus: Why not?
Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.
Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is but it's there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Neo: The Matrix?
Morpheus: Do you want to know what IT is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind.... Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.... Remember, all I'm offering is the truth, nothing more....
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