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- mindful, on 11/01/2007, -38/+188Ron Paul is Founding Father material. He is the ONLY candidate worth voting for.
- gepr, on 11/01/2007, -14/+112It's a shame our 2-party false dichotomy system forced him to become a Republican.
- sexycommando, on 10/12/2007, -6/+93So he is basically a libetarian running as a Republican?
Digg seems to be very heavily populated by liberals and libertarians. As a conservatively-leaning moderate, I think I can live with a libertarian in office. - dracostimpy, on 10/12/2007, -24/+106@strangerzero
Ron Paul only has a downside if you're happy with the status quo, which means if you are a billionaire or living comfortably on welfare then you might wanna go with any of the other big-government candidates. If you prefer freedom to run your life on your own terms instead of the terms dictated by our corporate masters and socialist neophytes, then Ron Paul has no discernible downside.
His entire platform can be summed up in one simple sentence: Ron Paul wants you to live your life the way YOU want to live it. If you agree with that, he's your man. If not, any of the other candidates should suit you just fine. - strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -18/+93We hear a lot of pro-Ron Paul stuff here on Digg. What's his down side?
- GrampaMike46, on 11/01/2007, -20/+83"Founding Father material" is right! I'm 60 years old and have never voted but I WILL vote for Ron Paul.
- dracostimpy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+67What does it matter how he labels himself? His Congressional voting record proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he puts the Constitution and individual liberties ahead of party loyalty. I don't care if he starts a party called "Satanworshipocrats" just as long as he keeps voting to protect my liberty.
- inactive, on 11/01/2007, -13/+73This is the man America needs right now. Ron Paul is the reason I switched from Democrat to Republican, and this during the worst presidential term in history by a Republican. Ron Paul is an outsider in the republican party for 30 years. He puts America first. Most importantly, he's not financed by the same corrupt network that has been putting people in office on both sides of the aisle. He's financed by average citizens. He's loaded with experience, as well. He wasn't just some rich kid with a well connected father. He's earned his own way.
- guntherg16, on 10/12/2007, -32/+89Right you are!
Ron Paul '08! - masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+50@strangerzero:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Ron_Paul
He's a bit out there, but it seems that he is well aware of reality. For example, an interesting view that he has is that he supports the abolition of the Federal Reserve. However, he knows, obviously, that such a thing could almost certainly never happen, so he doesn't necessarily run on the idea.
Looking at that Wikipedia article, I have very little to complain about with him. - rightonman, on 10/12/2007, -5/+49Americans need to stop pledging allegiance to party lines and spend 10 minutes to study the congressional and senatorial voting records. This is the ONLY indication of a representative's true colors. By the way, Ron Paul is true Red, White, & Blue.
- Qhorin, on 11/01/2007, -9/+52I was unenthusiastic about the 2008 elections. Then a few weeks ago I learned about Dr. Ron Paul. Finally, here is a candidate I can happily support.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41The Founding Fathers warned us about political parties. We should have listened.
- JoshTheBoss, on 10/12/2007, -6/+45I consider myself an "old-school" republican. That is -- small government, low taxes, enforcing the "letter" of the constitution without allowing judicial legislation, non-interventionist (yes, real old-school republicans were), and encouraging state rights and responsibilities under the constitution. Neither the modern republican party nor the modern democratic party enforce these values. Ron Paul is essentially right when he says, "they're both the same." Sure, their views of foreign policy and social services differ, but they are more similar than they are different. Ron Paul's ideas seem more similar to my own than any other candidate that I've seen to date.
I would change my political affiliation to "independent" if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't participate in the primary races. I would recommend a totally different primary system, but that's best left for another discussion. - drfishy520, on 10/12/2007, -4/+42Having a Libertarian run as a Republican, is in my opinion, a pretty good idea. And according to the Economist, Ron Paul has got some serious internet hype going for him.
- Pxtl, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43Let's see:
- party outsider
- considered a resurgence of the party's true values, but looks moderate in comparison to the crap going on.
- fundraises on his own, independant of the party
- considered the best thing since sliced bread by the internet
- his surname is a monosyllabic first name.
Conclusion: Ron Paul is Howard Dean in disguise.
(if you doubt me, go and read some Howard Dean articles from '04)
Hopefully there will be no YEAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! - dracostimpy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+45@sathias
If its Obama vs Paul, America can't lose... unless it picks Obama. His million-dollar smile and fetching eloquence amount to a hill of beans now that he's joining in the war chants against Iran. Notice he says "redeploy" just like Hillary, rather than "pull out" as does Ron Paul when talking about leaving Iraq. Obama is the political equivalent of a used car salesman... it's all about the quality of the sales pitch, not the quality of what he's selling.
Don't mistake me... ANYONE is quite an improvement over the Connecticut Cowboy, but Obama will NOT bring about any changes to the status quo of big government serving as the taxpayer teat from which the special interests suckle... the only thing that changes is who does the suckling. Under Bush, it's the warmongers and oil barons suckling from the taxpayer teat, whereas under Obama it'll be the labor unions and big pharma since he's a typical socialist who thinks government knows how best to spend my hard-earned money.
Ron Paul will, however, NOT give special treatment to ANYONE, be they a single hourly worker or a giant corporate conglomerate... it's a level field for everyone. Likewise, he won't tell me how to spend my money; instead, he'll let me keep it so I can decide what to do with it myself. Obama won't give me back a dime, and I'm sure the first thing he'll do in office is repeal Bush's tax cut and stiff me out of an extra $300 a year right off the bat to pay for whatever scheme he cooks up as the latest democrat-concocted handout.
Screw handouts... I want a government that lets me keep my money instead of taking it from me, trimming off administrative fees, then handing me back half of what I started with years later. Ron Paul will let me keep my money, which prohibits government from handing it out to people who don't deserve my money, such as giant defense contractors, monolithic agribusinesses, campaign-donating HPV vaccine makers, national RFID card makers, illegal immigrants/welfare moms who think a free lunch is promised in the Bill of Rights, and last but not least, the God-forsaken oil cartel.
And here's the shocker about taking away those handouts: most of those people/businesses will THRIVE despite Ron Paul not giving them massive government handouts, because he also won't saddle them with giant tax burdens. So I take home more of the money I earned, which allows me to save and spend more, which helps the banks and businesses make more, and they get to keep more of their profits to reward their employees and investors... everyone wins. The only loser with Ron Paul is government itself, and if there's one thing I could do with less of these days, it's government. With Obama, government will do just as well as ever, and the success of government is inversely proportional to the success of private individuals and businesses, since they're the ones that pay for it.
One more thing that I just can't omit: The theft of wealth caused by devaluation of the US dollar via inflation is the single greatest problem facing ALL Americans today, and yet there is only one candidate who even mentions it: Ron Paul. The fact is that none of the other candidates even acknowledge that the central bank has the power to steal our wealth by printing money to loan to the government which subsequently squanders it on wars or bridges to nowhere. And every dollar they print makes every other dollar a little bit less valuable; that's a simple issue of supply and demand since dollars are commodities just like barrels of oil or politicians... the more we have, the less each is worth.
They do not admit this fact because government spending is totally dependent upon central bank-printed money like Carlos Mencia is to old stand-up routines, and none of the politicians would be able to follow through on their grand promises without this vehicle of wealth transfer to fund their adventures. Ron Paul is the only honest candidate, as he admits this is a plague upon our society that he will do all he can to remedy by trying to restore the Constitutionally-mandated gold/silver standard. That will prevent government from being able to deficit spend, meaning they cannot do anything unless they convince us that it's worth increasing our taxes. Ron Paul is the best candidate because the only promise he makes is that under him, government will no longer make promises that it lacks the taxpayer support to keep.
Ron Paul is ready to lead America back to reality and at long last bring an end to Bushzarro world. The only question is, are YOU ready to swallow the red pill, Neo? - ts8lemonade, on 10/12/2007, -5/+41"I have a personal belief that the responsibility of raising kids, educating kids and training kids is up to the parents and not the state. Once the state gets involved, it becomes too arbitrary."
Oh my god...I have just turned 18 and this will be my first presidential election to vote in. At first I was unsure of whether or not I was going to bother to register and vote but after reading that single line of text, I will without a doubt register and vote for Ron Paul. A tear of sheer joy hit me after reading that, I have NEVER in my life heard of anyone in congress say anything remotely close to that, that people are responsible for themselves, that parents are responsible for their children, and that the government should not get involved in every minor detail. Ron Paul, you have my vote. - JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37@Y0tsuya
You shouldn't need to stock up... you should have a good supply already! - rstevens, on 10/12/2007, -8/+41You Diggers--you're probably all smart early-adopters. You're probably all hubs of information and well-connected. Use your talents and spread the word about Ron Paul.
- Jimmyb207, on 11/01/2007, -6/+38It is painfully obvious that what the "establishment" is offering us will be more of the same BS that's been going on for decades.
Ron Paul is the only candidate that will bring America back to her true lovable self again. Please support and vote for Ron Paul. - whiteninja, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34I like Ron Paul more every time I hear him speak.
- kevin1987, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30No, I like him because $8,840,431,781,534.71 is a lot of ***** debt.
"The estimated population of the United States is 301,241,954
so each citizen's share of this debt is $29,346.62.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.93 billion per day since September 29, 2006!"
And here we finally have a candidate who I believe would do something about this problem. The government has gotten so wasteful that it's no wonder we're in debt. Our citizens are in debt, our government is in debt to (Read: Owned by) China, and lets keep pumping money into Iraq and wasteful spending stateside!
I support him because he realizes that our government has gone too far with limiting freedom and privacy for the sake of "Security" - The ratio of US Citizens killed in the United States by terrorism is around 100,400:1. Is it REALLY worth a national ID Act, limited privacy, spying on our citizens, and demolishing the constitution?
I support him because he sees the irony in spending trillions of dollars fighting "terrorism" in Iraq while leaving our borders open to anyone who wants to come in.
I support him because he wants to defend the freedom and the liberty that made me proud to be an American.
This is exactly what we needed, any not too early by any means... - VitoBambito, on 10/12/2007, -9/+37I don't understand your disgust for Ron Paul. Sure, theres a lot of posts and all following him lately, from a lot of loyal supporters, but thats far from spam... When I think of spam, I see a person going out and posting the same thing over and over and inconveniencing you to make some profit, you didn't have to waste your time reading this Digg, or waste your time commenting on it. But.. The reason you see so many people online bringing his name up is for one reason, he isn't getting the TV coverage that all the big names like Hillary are getting, so we are using the only other way we know how at this point in time, the internet. And in my opinion its a wonderful way. The fact that people are joining up on Digg to support a candidate is irrelevant, and frankly none of your business. It would be one thing, if it were the same persons making multiple accounts to force their candidate down you throat, in non-political threads, but so far there is no evidence to even suggest that. And merging 9/11 conspiracy theorist and Ron Paul's name together is nonsense, as far as I am aware, Paul hasn't ever publicly mentioned anything about the 9/11 attacks as being an inside job, nor does he officially support any of the theory's. The only connection between Paul and the conspiracy theorist is the people that want to feel free in their own country, and look up to Paul to help solve the big brother situation. And please do clarify, what is this about Paul's supporters being from trailer parks? And why should that matter even if it were true? And calling us all peckerwood's is preposterous, I'd say the majority of Paul's supporters are from middle class homes, and are generally pretty well educated people.
Oh, and by the way, I signed up for Digg just to comment on this article about Ron Paul. At least we care... We could be doing worse. - Area417, on 10/12/2007, -6/+34Strangerzero, the downside is that the GOP leadership won't support him the way they do their puppet candidates.
- mufzam1970, on 10/12/2007, -10/+35Many months to go before Hillary, Obama and McCain etc loose ALL credibility. I believe the timing of this presidential race will work to Ron Paul's advantage, the word is still getting out despite poor coverage.
I also foresee that when this attorney hoopla is over, the choice will be quite clear. I pray that the American people will see this shining star through all the darkness.
Ron Paul 2008 - nestafett, on 10/12/2007, -12/+36nobody forced him, there are independents out there.
he aligned himself with the dark side
=)
i do agree its a shame about americas 1 party system - Seiesnalli, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27I hope he keeps up the fight.
Read about this man, people, he's a genuine patriot. - ronaldst, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26If you guys don't take Ron Paul as president, we'll take him.
Canada needs a libertarian ASAP. - Protean1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24If you think like that, we need you here.
Frankly, this country is the "Last Man Standing" when it
comes to resisting a retaking of civilization by the ah, modern nobility.
If we go down, that's it. No where else is the concentration of freedom
lovers as great as it is in this country.
Try homeschooling your kids when you have them. - mindful, on 10/12/2007, -9/+30Herkimer you investigative journalist, you're kidding, right?? How exactly is Ron Paul a "peckerwood"? Trailer parks?? I'm confused. Oh yeah, only important stories make the front page of Digg like "Star Wars Battlefront III In development and X360 exclusive!" You Diggbats sure have your priorities straight! Cluttering Digg with crap. Ugh huh......
- barbobot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23An independent state is the only way for our country to survive. If we continue down a path of false protection from invisible enemies and sacrifice our liberty, we never deserved it in the first place.
Ron Paul, I do hope you win. - starry59, on 10/12/2007, -8/+27It's Ron Paul or BUST!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Ron Paul is MUCH more anti-war than Obama or any other Democrat (save for Kucinich). Our foreign policy is completely messed up and we really need someone who will bring an end to the madness. Ending the war in Iraq, peacefully dealing with Iran, withdrawing from the 100+ countries we have troops in, a foreign policy focused strictly on defense: these are Ron Paul's goals. The world deserves no less.
- ExCornelius, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19"abortion (Paul an OB/GYN is against it)"
Yep, though he also thinks it's not a Federal issue (same with marriage) and as such it should be in the left hands of the States. I'm pro-life, but Roe v Wade is simply bad case law. Abortion isn't a simple matter, and localizing the rules will make it a lot easier to see which sets of laws work best (one of the big upsides to Federalism in general).
As for Iraq, Ron Paul voted against it, AND the Patriot Act. It easy for Obama to say he would have opposed them, given he never actually had to make that decision. Just look at how many Democrats actually did vote for both. - SelfAbortion, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22Satanworshipocrats 08!
They've got my vote. - VitoBambito, on 10/12/2007, -12/+28Ron Paul looks to be the right man for the job. Hes defiantly, 100% got my vote, I made up my mind the first time I read about him.
Ron Paul for 2008! - theanimation, on 10/12/2007, -9/+25For the record, I dugg this article and I've been a member of Digg since November 10, 2006.
That's 4 months before I had even heard of Ron Paul. - rightonman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Americans need to stop pledging allegiance to party lines and spend 10 minutes to study the congressional and senatorial voting records. This is the ONLY indication of a representative's true colors. By the way, Ron Paul is true Red, White, & Blue.
- eonblue, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Don't kid yourself, ron paul will be watched closer then the poparazzi watches [random celeb here], the second he does anyting that could even make people question his sanity/integrity/stance on worthless social issues (eg marriage/etc) it will be massivly televised by the demopublican party in order to deligitimize him as a candidate.
Hell even his outsider stance will be used to deligitimize him as a candidate. - lilSears, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19I don't like both parties as I am a libertarian on the verge of revolting against the tyranny but this guy has my vote. Reinstating the constitution is the #1 priority that EVERYONE needs to focus on regardless of party. I'm glad someone posted this because I wasn't about to vote for Rudy or Hillary - gun and money grabbing whores they are.
- JoshTheBoss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Witchboy -- You're right. There are many instances where the judicial system has to make interpretations. However, many judges and courts have been allowed to, in essence, create new laws that did not exist but are allowed under the constitution. My preferred method would be to limit the scope of the US government and federal courts and let the states and their laws take care of the details. However, the federal government has taken much more power from the states than the founding fathers intended.
But you are right, there must be some level of interpretation. - stoker1967, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17These Ron Paul bashers just don't get it. This is not about right vs left or democrat or republican. This is about our only chance to take back the country. Unless of course letting the country be overrun by illegals, fighting wars for corporations profit margins, letting the bankers devalue our dollars to *****, and spending this country into the toilet is what they want then vote for Hillary or Rudy,same same. If they even vote at all.
- argoff, on 11/05/2007, -3/+18Ok,
I'm against him on the war
I'm against him on abortion
I'm against him on immigration
I'm against him on gay rights
I'm against him on much about states rights
I'm against him on a bunch of other little issues too
But WE MUST VOTE FOR HIM ANYHOW.
The bottom line is that all our spending and obligations total over $700K per family, and the government is on peoples search and privacy rights like it's the 2nd coming, He is the only candidate by a long shot that even has a snowballs chance of saving the US from becoming a 3rd world police state economy and getting some freedom back around here. - kuhllax24, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I just signed up for this. If people are interested in donating to the Ron Paul campaign, this is one way:
http://www.pledgebank.com/SupportRonPaul - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Also, Ron Paul is the most outspoken opponent of the War on Drugs. This attack on our civil liberties has been going on for almost a century, and we've wasted billions of dollars and ruined millions of lives in the process. No, legalizing medical marijuana (the most any other candidate besides Paul and Kucinich are willing to go), is not enough. The whole disaster needs to stop.
- objection, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16A long-time reader, I registered at Digg solely to digg and comment on this article.
He's got my vote.
P.S.: I still laugh when members of the media don't filter language to spell out what the person is actually saying. Millions of people say "wanna" when they are obviously communicating "want to." Oh well. - kevin1987, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17God, 2008 can't come soon enough - Digg digg digg people!
- Griffology, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15To compete it'll become another money race.
Contribute a few if you can https://www.ronpaul2008.com/forms/contribute.cfm - I don't see him getting a ton of money from corporate America. ;) - spyd3rweb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15The 21st century is going be a new century, a century of freedom, a century when free humans everywhere stand up to injustice and tyranny and all those who seek to enslave them.
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