Ron Paul: A Visionary

Over the course of our current election cycle, the GOP has seen a pool of candidates who, for the most part, have each surged in national polls at one time or another. Subsequently, after close scrutiny, each supposed frontrunner, or “flavor of the month”, has descended sharply back to reality. First, it was Michelle Bachmann back in August following her win at the Iowa Straw Poll, and then came Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and most recently the neo-conservative war-hawk Rick Santorum.

Some would say the Republican Party is too fickle-minded.

However, this perceived inability to choose a nominee is not so much a problem with the Republican electorate, but rather a strong protest against the typical, establishment cookie-cutter candidates who represent big-government politics, and offer no real, substantive alternative to Barack Obama for the small government-oriented individual. This has resulted in a much-divided electorate, without a clear candidate moving forward.

The two constants in the race for the nomination have been Gov. Mitt Romney and Congressman Ron Paul. Romney has seen his poll numbers essentially stagnate at around the twenty-five percent mark throughout his lackluster campaign despite countless endorsements from GOP kingpins and hefty donations from big banks such as Goldman Sachs and BoA . Many speculate this is due to the general dislike of Romney among many conservative groups who see Romney as a career politician, and one who would say or do anything necessary to win an election despite his own deep-rooted ideological discrepancies with basic GOP principles.

Congressman Paul’s crusade has been the beneficiary of relatively slow, but steady growth throughout the nomination process that has recently propelled him into the top-tier nationally, with a good shot at capturing a second place finish in New Hampshire’s primary. All of this coming without any support in the mainstream media, who have condemned Paul as an unelectable, fringe candidate that no sensible American would every consider voting for notwithstanding Paul’s constitutional brand of politics.

Despite the relentless attacks and slanderous insinuations made toward Paul, the Congressman has been able to overcome any-and-all obstacles that have stood between him and the White House. He exposed Gingrich as the progressive, hypocrite he rightfully is by meticulously picking apart the Speaker’s questionable political endeavors; highlighting a commercial Gingrich appeared in with Nancy Pelosi, pushing for stricter climate-change legislation. Next up, Senator Rick Santorum, who coming out of a close second place finish in Iowa experienced a momentary surge in his national campaign. Nevertheless, Ron Paul, through a series of truth-exposing TV ads and strong debate performances, was able to thoroughly dismantle the Santorum campaign, almost before it even began.

Now here we are the night before the New Hampshire primary with a nomination seemingly up for grabs. The big question on everyone’s mind is, “who can beat Obama”?

Well, when you take a close look at the current Republican hopefuls, it is apparent only one Republican candidate professes a message of liberty and freedom that can appeal to both Republicans, Independents and Democrats alike. Only one candidate has held true to his conservative convictions. Only one candidate believes that the role of the Federal Government is not to run our lives, but rather preserve our lives and our liberty. Only one candidate has stood up against endless, unconstitutional wars that result in perpetual bloodshed on both sides of the conflict. That person is Ron Paul.

Although some individuals may not see eye-to-eye with Paul on every single issue, his strong belief that each and every American has the right to their life, liberty and the fruits of their labor has people believing again that the land of the free and home of the brave isn’t just some stale motto, but rather something much greater.  As President Thomas Jefferson once said, “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty”.

Even if Paul is unable to capture the Republican nomination, his courageous campaign has been eye opening for millions of Americans who now yearn for the end of the dismantling of our sacred, liberty-protecting Constitution, and a return to the principles that once made America great.