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Forget the voice. Listen to the ideas. This vid is a bit long (8min or so) but the last 2 are the most enlightening.







ETA: What am I doing wrong that I can't embed??

[spot moderates: I've no idea but I put the right embed code in a few posts down the thread and chopped what you had here as a navigational hazard]

I can't click the link :-3

Convinced about what accountable? The link was interesting but only the first 2 minutes are working. He is an interesting guy, obviously a libertarian, and he makes some valid points about money and government.

Galbally;765380 wrote: Convinced about what accountable? The link was interesting but only the first 2 minutes are working. He is an interesting guy, obviously a libertarian, and he makes some valid points about money and government.He's the best person of the current crop to be president.



The whole vid Spot posted works for me.



Thanks for the assist, Spot.

I watched the first 4 mins the comp decided it didn't like it anymore,

but he seems like one good mp.

This is the text that comes at the end of the vid:




He has never voted to raise taxes

He has never voted for an unbalanced budget

He has never voted to raise congressional pay

He has never taken a government-paid junket

He voted against the Patriot Act

He voted against regulating the Internet

He voted against the Iraq War

He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership

He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch

He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program

He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the US treasury every year

He proudly served as a flight surgeon in the US Air Force during the 1960s

Congressman Paul served on the House Banking committee during the late 1970s and early 1980s

Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending and regulation, and used his House seat to actively promote the return of government to its proper constitutional levels

In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice

Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional district of Texas

He presently serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He continues to advocate a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles

I'd vote for him - he talks a damn'd sight more sense than any of the others I've heard.

I agree that is the very reason he won't make it.

[QUOTE]I'd vote for him - he talks a damn'd sight more sense than any of the others I've heard.[/QUOTE]

CARLA;771723 wrote: I agree that the very reason he won't make it.


That I truly don't understand - if you're not out to find the best man for the job (Hilary included) then what do you think the electorate will choose?

Couldn't agree more. So far Ron Paul hasn't won a State. I really have no idea how it is going to turn out. Its all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ usually the one with the most wins, sad, sad, sad.

Repuplican - McCann and Romney

Democrate - Obama and Clinton



[QUOTE]That I truly don't understand - if you're not out to find the best man for the job (Hilary included) then what do you think the electorate will choose?[/QUOTE]

CARLA;771737 wrote: Couldn't agree more. So far Ron Paul hasn't won a State. I really have no idea how it is going to turn out.

Repuplican - McCann and Romney

Democrate - Obama and Clinton


Not only hasn't won a state but doesn't even appear in the opinion polls!

Is it always the second in the vote that gets the VP ticket or can the winner choose one of the earlier drop-outs?

I think they can select who they want, usually someone who was on the ticket at one point. It is all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ now sad, sad, sad.

[QUOTE]Not only hasn't won a state but doesn't even appear in the opinion polls!

Is it always the second in the vote that gets the VP ticket or can the winner choose one of the earlier drop-outs?[/QUOTE]

Not all about money, though it's close. Romney dropped a ton of money in one of the earlier primaries and lost.



Bryn, I think people here cry for change and fear it at the same time. They want platitudes, and real straight talk seems to scare people anymore.

Accountable;771827 wrote: Not all about money, though it's close. Romney dropped a ton of money in one of the earlier primaries and lost.



Bryn, I think people here cry for change and fear it at the same time. They want platitudes, and real straight talk seems to scare people anymore.


So change for change sake without really knowing where it's taking you?

Dangerous.

Bryn Mawr;771941 wrote: So change for change sake without really knowing where it's taking you?



Dangerous.
No sh!t. :yh_frustr



More and more Americans want to be passengers and aren't really concerned who's driving. I think that's the curse of prosperity.



Dang, I'm really negative today, aren't I?

Accountable;771996 wrote: No sh!t. :yh_frustr



More and more Americans want to be passengers and aren't really concerned who's driving. I think that's the curse of prosperity.



Dang, I'm really negative today, aren't I?


:wah: I'm good at stating the obvious :p

The Democratic race for the nomination is really tight. I hope the loser's ego gets the better of her/him and runs independent.