It is quite obvious that in the American political arena there are two major parties: The Democrats and the Republicans. So what is one to do when neither of these parties suffice? Well Ron Paul (the former Republican candidate) would like to offer a solution to take action: Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty. What is that you ask? Well Ron Paul is one American who is sick of the two party system and is asking the American people to help him in his revolution to:
"Promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy, by means of educational and political activity."
Mr. Paul believes that the two parties are destructive and do not promote things for the good of the American people. In class we talked about sincerity, so is this "revolution" of Ron Paul's sincere or just another form of "propaganda" to distract the American people.
Ron Paul continues by saying, "Many Americans today are frustrated. The Political choices they are offered give them no real choice at all. For all their talk of 'change', neither major political party as presently constituted challenges the status quo in any serious way. Neither treats the Constitution with anything but contempt. Neither offers any kind of change in monetary policy. Neither talks about bringing American troops home not just from Iraq but from around the world... and none of these sensible proposals are even on the table."
I agree with Mr. Paul that Americans are frustrated. However when saying that the political choices they are offered give them no real choice at all, do you think that the two parties are more similar than different? Is Ron Paul speaking how many Americans truly feel? Or is he creating another faction of what he defiantly disagrees with?
Is there any such thing as an independent, or do the psychological implications of politics naturally drag us to one party or the other? Is Ron Paul a radically thinking politician or does he make a legitimate point?
I would love to hear what you all think!
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I agree with many of Ron Paul's ideas, as well as his disillusionment with the two party system. In the 2004 election, I heard many liberals (and I'm sure plenty of voters in any party) talk about voting for "the lesser of two evils." Hopefully, this election is providing relief from that lack of real choice. To me, the candidates in this election couldn't be more different. I think that's why people are excited and involved more than ever this year. Perhaps Ron Paul would have done better if he had run 4 years ago against two rich white guys. It seems like his message has lost much of its emotional appeal with more minority candidates so close to the white house, making the current two party politics seem like it might be a decent system to get things done in.
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