The apparent media blackout of the Ron Paul candidacy reached such epic proportions after the recent Iowa Straw Poll that the Satirist-In-Chief, Jon Stewart, couldn’t help but cross party lines to cash in on the comedic gold. Certainly, the mainstream news media seems to be avoiding mention of the Paul candidacy. Many Paul supporters claim that the snubbing is entirely due to Paul’s Libertarian platform, which they claim is the only true alternative to the increasing sameness of Republican and Democrat parties. While this may be true, it doesn’t mean the mainstream news media isn’t right to shut him out of the political debate. The truth is, Paul offers very little of what Republican Voters really want from their elected officials and for that reason he absolutely should be marginalized.
1. Ron Paul Hates the Military
Well, he doesn’t really hate the military but he does want to reverse the current U.S. interventionist military strategy, and what he’s suggesting is bad for America. Hundreds of thousands of Americans depend on taxpayer-funded jobs making weapons systems, uniforms, vehicles, and assorted other matériel needed to continue policing the world and defending against imminent threats to Okinawa and southern Germany. Certainly the case could be made that taxpayer money, if left in the hands of taxpayers, would be used to buy other manufactured goods. But imagine the time and energy required to convert those factories to productive uses. And as we all know, the taxpayer pays far more in profits to the owners of those companies than the free market ever would. And besides, it’s not like all that extra safety is costing us anything, most of the ever-growing military budget is borrowed money anyway.
Safe Pro-Interventionism Candidates: Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani
2. Ron Paul Hates Mexicans
He doesn’t really hate Mexicans but he could cause Mexicans to hate the Republican party. Republicans have courted Hispanic voters with pretty limited success over the last twenty years. Ron Paul could make that success permanently unattainable. He breaks with the Libertarian Party platform and suggests that illegal immigrants put unlawful and undue strain on already failing social welfare programs. He contends that border enforcement between the U.S. and Mexico is more important than border enforcement between Iraq and Syria. And Paul would do away with birthright citizenship for those in the country illegally. His positions ignore two key facts: the only way that the Federal government can allow companies to circumvent toxic Federal labor laws is by allowing companies to hire illegal aliens, and Republicans badly need their own monolithic underclass ethnic group that they can continually trick into trading votes for social welfare.
Safe Pro-Immigrant Candidates: Gary Johnson, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney.
3. Ron Paul Isn’t A Christian
Well, he is a Christian, but he’s not a Zionist Christian so he might as well not be one. In past decades evangelicals could be dependably counted on to vote Republican in droves thanks to two key issues: abortion and gay rights. Unfortunately, most evangelicals have decided that Republicans can’t or won’t give them what they want on either issue. So the leaders of the evangelical Christian movement have decided that their only recourse is to attempt to fulfill Bible prophesy, thereby bringing about the second coming of Christ so that He can fix everything. This scheme, generally termed Zionism, has fostered rabid military support for both Israel, and for the Protestant Crusades to Iraq and Afghanistan. If any candidate wants the uptick at the polls afforded by evangelical support they absolutely must pledge to support the Zionist military agenda.
Safe Christian Candidates: Rick Perry (Defender of Jerusalem Award), Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani
