Ron Paul Quits Presidential Campaign
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Jun 12, 2008 in Ron Paul
Click Here to read the ABC News story.
While Paul is quitting his run for the Republican nomination, he is still planning a convention in Minnesota as an alternative to the Republican convention which he is not being invited to speak at despite winning over one million votes during the Republican primaries.
I think Ralph Nader is a fine alternative for Ron Paul supporters.
Paul speaks against BIG GOVERNMENT. And contrary to what news bites and propaganda would have you believe, Nader is also against big government. Consider the enormously bloated military budget which accounts for nearly half of the government’s total operating budget. This is a tremendous waste of taxpayer money going to imperial wars based on lies.
And as part of this war, we have more BIG GOVERNMENT in the form of citizen surveillance. The PATRIOT Act (which Barr VOTED FOR) grants the government unprecedented powers to watch over American citizens without the need to prove probable cause in the court system.
Nader is against big government when it is fraudulent, wasteful or illegal. He calls for end to the intrusive PATRIOT Act and a massive reduction in the military budget. He wants to put an end to the excess of corporate welfare and put and end to the intrusive, failing drug war.
Nader is against maximizing government and sees its role as simply protecting the rights and interests of citizens and society as a whole.
william | Jun 14, 2008 | Reply