Wow. Way to influence people...
Ron Paul, you could have voted for him in 2008. You must of been to far up the medias A** to realize. Yes, it DOES start with one man. Already his son (who is just like him) has been elected to congress. I only ask that you stop voting, so people that actually care about America can vote "the right" people.
Actually I did and I don't spend much time up anyone's a** as you so kindly put it... I am in the CFL and I supported all the local TP candidates as well. So please save your bad attitude for those who need it.
And in the upcoming election cycle I will again support RP and the TP but I do wonder about when we will see that this system is clearly broken. And then what will you do? Vote for some other guy? Or get mad at the right people?
The following items are not to start a fight, I'm trying to make a point. Please hear what I am saying, this is not an attack...
I have found that a majority of the Tea Party and Ron Paul supporters that I meet are just as ignorant of basic civics and American history as the Obamites. Stupid is a permanent condition but ignorance can be fixed as it is just the lack of specific information on a given subject. I've met very few stupid people but I have encountered hordes of ignorant folks.
How many of us 2A types are well versed on the Founding Documents of this country? Can you define the word and the concept of "Federal" as the Framers understood it? How about Militia? Why is the 17th Amendment bad for America? Who disarmed your State? Why are your children slaves? Finding the answers to questions like these will lead you down the rabbit hole into a view of America far different than that of the "typical" American.
I hope you can discuss your views coherently and in a civil manner as I believe that we as Americans need to become a far less divisive group and more inclusive. We need to steer away from the Party mindset entirely and into a neighbor relationship.
George Washington said the following, "However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion."
Think about what he is saying here. Who is he talking about? Have they already done it?
Have a good day and remember to think before you react. Be safe!