I came to a decision a few months ago concerning the 2012 Presidential elections. It was a little hard to admit, but I was gonna stick with it: I\u00a0wasn’t \u00a0going to vote for the president. <\/em>I had to amend my decision down to a single rogue factor, however, and that factor is Ron Paul. I will only vote in the presidential elections if Ron Paul’s name is on the ballot.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are several reasons, and\u00a0most of them aren’t about his politics or his promises. I’ll explain.<\/p>\n

First reason:<\/strong>\u00a0Out of every candidate I’ve seen casting their name into the ballot, his is the only one with any experience worth getting elected for. He’s a doctor, an accomplished congressman, a veteran, a volunteer, a civil advocate, and an author. He’s spent decades voting and serving in the House of Representatives. And believe it or not, he’s a fantastic speaker, when he gets the chance. Most of the other guys and gals running have, at most, two equal qualities and experiences.<\/p>\n

Second reason:<\/strong> He’s the only candidate who hasn’t changed stance on a policy since campaigning back in I don’t even know when he started. He’s got a clear record of Pro-life, Libertarian, Constitution-based leadership, and while the media makes that out to be absolutely crazy, it’s actually all the things a President is supposed to advocate, and\u00a0despite losing a huge number of initial voters, he hasn’t flip-flopped on any <\/em>of it. That is trustworthiness<\/span>, and it’s officially become rare<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Third reason:<\/strong>\u00a0Most candidates promise to fix the country. They’re going to lower taxes, add more Federally-implemented policies, pull the troops back, and hand every single U.S.\u00a0citizen a hundred dollars. The only problem is, no one can possibly do all of those things in a single term, and everybody knows it. So most voters will cast based on race, religion (or lack of), running party,\u00a0or how awesome his public speaking skills are. Well, the days for all those shallow decisions are over, because unless something drastic happens to this country, we’re screwed<\/a><\/em>. Paul is promising an end to the\u00a0swiftly-evolving-to-Socialist-reign of the Federal government<\/a>, the Reserve<\/a>, the forced Health Care<\/a>, and unconstitutional taxes<\/a>. (I’m linking straight to his site, because that’s where you can read up on everything without a bias.) And all of these things can be done within three years<\/em>. In a previous post, I spoke about how uncomfortable a lot of those policies would be, but I encouraged them, because we need an actual UNDO, not a fix, or a patch, or a band-aid.<\/p>\n

Fourth Reason: <\/strong>I will not vote for someone who will continue to ruin the country. When I voted last time, I cast a vote for John McCain, because, I figured, he would probably do less<\/em> harm to the U.S. than\u00a0Mr. Obama. I don’t know which would have been the case, but I really didn’t trust either one. That, I realize now, was a wrong decision. As an American who loves his country, I wish I could take that vote back. I won’t contribute to the inward destruction of my country’s rights and civil liberties. I don’t trust any other candidate to protect those liberties, because I’m pretty sure\u00a0no other candidate cares about the country more than themselves.<\/p>\n

I’m willing to be proved wrong, because I am not very knowledgable about politics. But I’m writing this as an average American citizen, who works for a living and pays his rent every month, and doesn’t want to witness a total collapse of the government, anarchy, and a war on U.S. soil. I’m asking for people to stop voting for their donkeys and elephants, for their\u00a0religious beliefs,\u00a0for their favorite skin colors, for their best public speaker, or for what almost every media outlet will tell them. I’m asking you to do your research, make a choice based on what is best for EVERYONE ELSE, and then vote with a clear conscience\u00a0and the attitude of a blessed and proud American citizen.<\/p>\n

I know I won’t make the same mistake I did last time. Will you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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