Bill, the electorate is tired of more of the same. On the core issues, Romney is virtually indistinguishable from Obama, down to his erstwhile support for abortion (until it was convenient to become pro-Life). People can sense when they are being told the truth and when they are being told lies.

Ron Paul, for all his warts, is a truth-teller. Additionally, the positions which he is most often attacked on are nearly always gross distortions of his actual positions; example: Iran. Dr. Paul has stated that if Iran posed a legitimate threat to US National Security, he would ask Congress for a Declaration of War and then would direct our forces to fight and win the war with decisive force. That is almost the definition of a Conservative Foreign Policy, or at least it was until the Bush/Rove/Rumsfeld/Cheney wing of the party took us down the path of Nation-building and told us that the Constitution doesn't apply to post-9/11 America.

The reason many Ron Paul supporters don't often play nice with the Republican establishment is quite simply because they are not the establishment. They are the people, and they want a TRULY limited Government, not one that is merely labeled as limited but believes itself limitless when it comes to wars of aggression in foreign lands.

This is not a critique of you but of the Foreign Policy we have had shoved down our throats over the last 11 years. There is nothing Conservative about it and Russell Kirk, Dwight Eisenhower, Milton Friedman, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan would all agree on that count, were they here today to speak of it.

Thank you for being a voice of Conservatism, I hope you reevaluate your opinion of Dr. Paul.

OMG! I was going to post exactly the same sentiment! Thank you for doing it for me - and so well stated it reqires no more than a "Ditto!!!"

The three previous comments mirror my sentiments! People just don't understand that we Ron Paul supporters will NOT settle for anything less!!! And as each day passes, Ron Paul is proving he IS a viable and electable candidate!! Tied in the latest CNN poll today with Obama.....what more proof do these nay-sayers want!?

Actually, I would like the opportunity for Bill to list exactly what his asinine reasons are for not supporting the only one yet to run as who is honest and honorable. In truth, I relish the chance to refute each and every flaccid argument.

Amen Carl, I am so weary of the line, "We need to choose whoever can win a debate with Obama." or "Anyone but Obama" or all the others that represent the very problem we have created and are trying to avoid. Or how about "He's so presidential!" Wow, how controlled are the minds of those who have yet to notice these things?

Take a deeper look at Ron Paul and you will come to understand that he is the man for the job the country needs done. He has been the same for 30 years awaiting the time his country needed him to save it.

Look up "Ron Paul Predictions" and be amazed. The reason he seems strange to so many is that he's really the only sane one in the room - the rest are beholden to unsustainable delusions destined to fail the tests of reality.

Ron Paul is an honorable candidate to support. He has positives and negatives.

Lets face it. Nobody is a stronger defender of the Constitution. This includes gun protection, protection of the unborn, and all states not authorized to the federal government sent to the states.

On the downside is his foreign policy. It is not perfect, but the fact is, when it comes down to the hard stuff Ron Paul will let Congress declare wars and he will get behind it.

I think I will agree with the good Senator and join Ron Paul.

Hear, hear!!!

There are democrats who support him enthusiastically and that is being used against him as "proof" he is a liberal "to the left of Obama" but I believe it is the constittution that is the uniting factor and our constitution has no sides. Sides are a manufactured strategy intended to deliberately divide and conquer, where the constitution allows individual freedom as long as not harming others. This is inviting to anyone who can see it and nothing to do with the left right paradigm they attach it to.

I agree Bill. You have as much right as anyone to your views and this is your post. You could have ignored the information had you been like so many. I believe we need to hear all people's views and have mutual respect. That has been lacking a lot in places re: Paul and his supporters are not treated well by so many it is hard not to wonder what has caused this repeat of the Obama supporters resorting to "racist" if you chose not to vote for him. It scares me really, like some sort of mind control or something. This is my first time reading anything of yours. It is short to the point and not at all an attack on Paul or supporters. Thank you. It is appreciated.

Well, I am not quite right on my first comment but meant what I said. That you call him a cancer to the R party is hardly respectful but if you believe it it is your right to say so anyway. I think he is the only republican running myself. He defends the republic, unlike the others who only mention our rule of law when it is politically convenient. They lack sincerity or we would not be in the mess we are in now. I agree with an earlier post that "he seems strange because his is the only sane one in the room." The constitution has been so badly abused it is beginning to look foreign to us unfortunately. Well take care and thanks for the post, again.

lol... the only thing cancerous is people who maintain a view that the guy talking the most fiscal sense is a cancer in the party?

In certain terms cancer happens as a result of DNA mutation - I would go so far to say that Dr Ron Paul is a good mutation in an otherwise dead party.

To suggest someone who takes the constitution so seriously is a cancer should surely be intepreted as you being completely un-american yeah? Otherwise what does the country represent? More so surely whether someone should be deemed a cancer be reflective of "THE PEOPLE" vs hacks like yourself?

Politicians are supposed to represent people, not corporations, corporations on a smaller broken down individual level are believe it or not, people, and thus each person has their say when it comes to voting time. The whole concept of democracy is that everyone has the same influence as everyone else - and money and status should not influence outcomes.

That being said, what morons like Santorum have no issue accepting corporate cash because he believes corporations have a right to be involved in the politicial system, you have to question where the cancer is truly located?

Anyway thanks for the quick read, I will be sure to give your cheap blog a miss from here on out :)

GOD BLESS PEOPLE OF TRUTH, VIRTUE, FAIRNESS AND DECENCY!

Funny that you have a portrait of Jefferson in your webpage heading, but you oppose the man so much like Jefferson in his policies...

Ron Paul couldn't hold Thomas Jefferson's quill pen and they would not agree on a lot.

Jefferson sent troops to Tripoli to fight the Barbary pirates...a view Paul is dead set against.

Jefferson sought to overrule the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison. Paul would have sided with Marbury.

Jefferson removed the Indians forcibly from their lands. I doubt Paul would have thought that moving them against their will would have been Constitutionally sound.

Jefferson created the Military Academy at West Point with federal funds. Paul feels education of any type should be funded through states.

This is good news. And it is news, as I had not seen this anywhere else first so good work too.I understand there will be a couple more legislative endorsements of Dr. Paul to come.

This is an important campaign that is reviving conservatism in this country. Sadly, what has passed as conservatism gave us elective wars, new entitlements, reductions in constitutional protection and debt, debt, debt. the conservative revival behind Dr. Paul is a refutation of that, not just by the good doctor but by a movement of energetic veterans and young people who represent the future -- and improvement -- of the movement.

I am glad the Sen. decided to back the only true conservative in the race.. when watching the debates There is a strict contrast to Dr. Paul and all the others.. It leaves the watcher wondering if he is to conservative for the party or if all the others aren't conservative enough? It seems now days if your not liberal in regards to foreign policy some don't want to call you a republican. Republicans will go on about how we should not be giving entitlements here but that we must give them to those over seas. I don't get it and if this is seriously the new face of the republican party then the republican party is not conservative enough for me. The worst part is they somehow try to call Dr. Paul liberal because he doesn't want to waist money we don't have and the blood of our Countrymen fighting in conflict caused from us trying to be the policemen of the world. Romney would sleep well at night while our young men and women died to promote his agenda around the world while his own sons were sleeping soundly in their beds on pillows paid for by our tax dollars.. I wont support a man like that! If we are supposed to just support someone that has the best chance of winning why don't we all just support Obama? I will support the only man I respect who is in the race and that is Dr. Paul!

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