Ron Paul: Is it Time for Radical Thought?

I’m probably going to get a lot of crap for promoting Ron Paul right now, but getting a lot of crap from people I’ve never met face to face has never stopped me before right? So I supported Barack Obama for President in 2008 and not Ron Paul for a wide variety of reasons, none of which were that I didn’t like Ron Paul and his fresh ideas. Anything I’ve read or watched about him, I love. However, I feel the same way about Tom Green, and I didn’t vote for HIM for President of our country either. I believed in Obama because I knew it would help change the global perception of our country, which is clearly did. I talk to enough people from around the globe every darn week of my life to be confident in that. I also thought having a President of African American descent was important from a cultural perspective, too. Too many people in this country are still racist, and they need to become more comfortable with other kinds of people already. I think Obama accomplished both of those things. Do I think he can really truly change things in Washington, DC? Absolutely not. Do I think Ron Paul could have, had he managed to become President? I’m not sure, but I know it would have been fun watching him try! But the bottom line is, I truly did not believe – and still don’t – that there was any chance in HELL that Ron Paul would have been elected to the office of President in 2008. It was the Nader effect. The only effect Ron Paul would have had on the election in 2008 would have been to muss things up for the other candidates. A wasted vote, and all that. Also – Ron Paul supporters online are insane. I actually had someone send me an email on YouTube saying he was very glad my dad was rotting in the ground because I wasn’t voting for Ron Paul. I’m not exaggerating or kidding. Kind of hard to jump on THAT bandwagon, if you see what I mean. But – so, after Obama’s presidency, it might be time for Ron Paul. Or rather, after the country sees that anything short of a truly radical thinker means more of the same, they might just be ready for a thinker like Ron Paul. And PS – legalization of marijuana – Ron Paul in 2012 anyone?