{"id":977,"date":"2008-09-05T02:40:05","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T06:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2008-09-05T02:42:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T06:42:01","slug":"steven-rants-my-ideal-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"steven rants: my ideal candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

i find this whole election very interesting. i don’t really like either of the candidates. i’ll admit i probably lean towards obama, even though i don’t believe that we’ll be seeing the change he talks about anytime soon. i think i like him more for joe biden than anything else. it would also be nice to have an articulate candidate in the white house. then again palin is pretty cute. but i can’t, in good conscience, vote for either of the two candidates. i was talking politics with a friend recently and mentioned that i really liked ron paul and will probably vote for him. she didn’t know anything about ron paul<\/a> so i told her that i’d put together some youtube clips about ron paul<\/a>. i’ve decided to post them here, as i think most people don’t know much about ron paul. the media did a great job at marginalizing him and both parties made him out to be crazy.<\/p>\n

this further illustrates to me how the two parties have done a great job at meeting in the middle and though they maintain that they have real differences, i believe that they’re both self serving and want nothing more than to take our money and grow the government. the republican party, which has always claimed to be the party of limited taxes and government has done nothing but increase the scope and size of the government and increase taxes. the democrats have done pretty much the same thing, though at least it seems to be part of their outward agenda. not quite <\/em>as hypocritical.<\/p>\n

please watch these clips. i’ve made sure to pick out some short ones so as not to take too much of your time and tried to pick the ones that will give you a good idea as to what he’s all about. if you watch these and decide that he’s not the man for you, then i totally understand. vote your conscience. but at least listen and educate yourself. and i’ve heard all the comments of, “but don’t you think you’re throwing away your vote?” maybe. but at least i’m not throwing away my integrity by not voting my beliefs. i’m not trying to imply that voting for mccain or obama is “throwing away your integrity” if you truly believe that they’re the best person for the job. but if you think that there’s someone else out there better suited to run our country, then i believe that it’s our duty as citizens to put that person in office. if every american did that, then we wouldn’t be stuck with “the lesser of two evils”. for me that person is ron paul. i hope i haven’t offended anyone. i’m just really passionate about this. and if you’re passionate about obama or maccain, then good for you. vote your conscience. anyway, check these out:<\/p>\n

ron paul on nbc evening news (this one’s good)
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