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Title: The Honor of Ron Paul
Source: Sobran's
URL Source: http://sobran.com
Published: Jun 27, 2007
Author: Joe Sobran
Post Date: 2007-06-27 13:29:44 by Vitamin Z
Keywords: None
Views: 1147
Comments: 75

I guess I’ve known Ron Paul for a quarter of a century now, and I don’t remember how we met. My first memory of him is a quiet dinner on Capitol Hill, during the Reagan years. He told me with dry humor of being the only member of Congress to vote against some bill Reagan wanted passed. For Ron it was a matter of principle, and he was under heavy pressure to change his vote.

What amused him was that the Democrats didn’t mind his voting against it; all the pressure came from his fellow Republicans, professed conservatives, who were embarrassed that anyone should actually stand up for their avowed principles when it was unpopular to do so.

That was Ron Paul for you. Still is. The whole country is getting to know him now, and the Republicans still want to get rid of him. The party’s hacks, led by Newt Gingrich, have even tried in vain to destroy him in his own Texas district.

They’re right, in a way. He doesn’t belong in a party that has made “conservative” a synonym for “destructive.” George Will calls him a “useful anachronism” because he actually believes, as literally as circumstances permit, in the U.S. Constitution. In his unassuming way, without priggery or histrionics, he stands alone.

He may have become at last what he has always deserved to be: the most respected member of the U.S. Congress. He is also the only Republican candidate for president who is truly what all the others pretend to be, namely, a conservative. His career shows that a patriotic, pacific conservatism isn’t a paradox.

If they can’t expel Ron Paul from the party, they can at least deny him the nomination. The GOP front-runner, Rudy Giuliani, who says he hates abortion more than any other constitutional right (or words to that effect), went into raptures of phony indignation during the first “debate” when Paul said simply that the 9/11 attacks were a natural result of U.S. foreign policy. The pundits applauded the demagogue, but millions of viewers were thrilled to find one honest man on that crowded stage. (By the way, Paul is a doctor who has delivered thousands of babies and never killed one.)

Ron — I’m very proud to call him my friend — fares well not only in comparison with the party’s sorry current candidates, but also with its legendary conservative giants, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. He lacks their charisma and of course Reagan’s matchless charm, but he excels them both in consistency, depth, historical awareness, courage, and honor. Heaven grant him some of Reagan’s luck!

Which brings us to the big question: does Ron Paul have a prayer? Well, he may have a prayer, but that’s about it. He doesn’t have a billion dollars; delivering babies, often free of charge, is not the way to amass a staggering fortune. He has nothing to offer the special and foreign interests who pour millions into Rudy’s and Hillary’s coffers. Sorry, this isn’t a Frank Capra movie.

But virtue — honor — is rare enough to be an asset, especially when the two big parties don’t have much of it. If both offer pro-war, pro-abortion New York liberals next year, there could be an urgent demand for a third option, especially since Giuliani could smash what’s left of the Bush-riddled GOP coalition while Hillary remains, well, Hillary.

What if Ron Paul runs for president on, say, the Constitution Party ticket? Who knows? I can only attest that to know him is to love him, and knowing him for many years has only deepened the esteem I felt for him when we were both much younger men. This is a man who strikes deep chords in people’s hearts.

Every attempt to portray him as an extremist, or even eccentric, founders on his palpable probity and wisdom. His words are the carefully measured words of one given to meditation. Ron Paul is a man you listen closely to.

The odds are heavily against his being elected president next year. But if he is on the ballot in November, the odds are far heavier against his candidacy’s being forgotten. He will say things worth pondering long after the votes are cast.

Until now, the GOP has been able to contain Paul by pretending he wasn’t there. But the silent treatment can no longer stifle this soft-spoken man. He has been proved right too often.

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#1. To: Vitamin Z (#0)

The odds are heavily against his being elected president next year.

Perhaps, but the level of enthusiasm for Dr. Paul among young people in this country is unlike anything I have ever seen. I am beginning to believe that young people in this country are starting to take a look at their future, and they do not like what they see.

who knows what evil  posted on  2007-06-27   13:40:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: who knows what evil (#1)

The odds are heavily against his being elected president next year.

Perhaps, but the level of enthusiasm for Dr. Paul among young people in this country is unlike anything I have ever seen. I am beginning to believe that young people in this country are starting to take a look at their future, and they do not like what they see.

He would have a chance if he really had the courage to step out of the cushy Congress "Republican" job for life and run as the independent he is.

Ron Paul is not and has never been a Republican.

This in itself is de facto disingenuousness for the obvious purpose of electability and sinecure.

Don't scream....its useless...

let Ron Paul show me wrong!!

JCHarris  posted on  2007-06-27   14:11:08 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: JCHarris (#2)

He would have a chance if he really had the courage to step out of the cushy Congress "Republican" job for life and run as the independent he is.

No way. Our voting system (vote for only one) is stacked against any third party candidate. He should only run as an independent if he doesn't get the R nomination, but getting the R nomination would make his chances of winning far, far better. Ron might not be a contemporary Republican, but he's quite welcome to milk the party to acheive the oval office. Certainly that would only be returning the favor of what the GOP has done to us.

If we had an alternate voting system, like approval voting, then it might be a different story.

Pinguinite  posted on  2007-06-27   15:19:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Pinguinite (#5)

getting the R nomination

not even a realistic fantasy

JCHarris  posted on  2007-06-27   15:22:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: JCHarris (#7)

not even a realistic fantasy

Then why do you say it would take courage for him to step away and run as an I?

Pinguinite  posted on  2007-06-27   15:25:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: Pinguinite (#8)

JCHarris

not even a realistic fantasy

Then why do you say it would take courage for him to step away and run as an I?

Because he can declare as an independent and get on the ballot with little trouble...

and give people a chance to vote for him instead of wailing "I dun all I cud"

JCHarris  posted on  2007-06-27   16:53:53 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: JCHarris (#20)

Because he can declare as an independent and get on the ballot with little trouble...

Yes, and the *courage* part comes in where?

and give people a chance to vote for him instead of wailing "I dun all I cud"

Why do I get the distinct impression that you don't like Ron Paul? RP is one of the few who has earned the right to wail such a thing, BTW. Far more than you, me and anyone else posting here, I dare say.

Pinguinite  posted on  2007-06-27   18:38:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: Pinguinite, christine, Zipporah (#39)

Why do I get the distinct impression that you don't like Ron Paul? RP is one of the few who has earned the right to wail such a thing, BTW. Far more than you, me and anyone else posting here, I dare say.

http://Pinguinite.com

Pinguinite

1. No one has earned the right to wail...that is the Tribe's province and it disgusts me.

2. I daresay I have given Ron Paul (and the traitor Hunter too!) more money, bought 200 bumperstickers and passed them out and wear his sticker plus an impeach Bush when I am in DC tomorrow morning!....than you or most anyone here.

3. Ron Paul seems at this point to want his bread buttered on BOTH sides.... else he would stand up on his hind legs and HOWL rather than letting the naive and gullible fantasize he will get the Republican nomination anytime in the next 100 million years !!

That is MY point. He is just serving the same puppetmasters as Boy Jorge & Shysters, Inc. unless he finds the courage to stop jaw-flapping and meet us in the streets and trenches !

If the truth hurts then so be it....I am too damned impatient for moaning and "cuddabennsifonlybuts" to do anything but give it the response it deserves, no matter from what quarter.

Too much TeeBee and Bollywood makes life seem the perpetual fantasy....well it ain't !

NOTHING gets done until you MOVE YOUR BODY....and that includes Saint Ron Paul too!

JCHarris  posted on  2007-06-27   20:33:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: JCHarris (#53)

Hmm not so sure.. as Ive said b/f I doubt more than just a tad that Paul has a snowball's chance b/c of the two party system insanity.. not to mention Diebold.. but I do believe he is opening at least some eyes.. more power to Ron Paul.. and I'd vote for him .. that is if our vote counted .. the way vote fraud works best is when its a close election.. just look at France.. do you think for a second that someone who is pro-US couldve possibly won? Very doubtful..

Zipporah  posted on  2007-06-27   20:38:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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