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The first-ever interview with a Presidential candidate held in a college dorm room! This happened on April 26, 2007.
Republican Presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul visits James Kotecki's dorm room to discuss his views on foreign policy, the Constitution, and the impact of the internet on his Presidential campaign.
Republican Presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul visits James Kotecki's dorm room to discuss his views on foreign policy, the Constitution, and the impact of the internet on his Presidential campaign.
What... teh... feck?
Did Ron Paul do this on purpose?
Old man musta switched his residency to coolsville.
The people of the United States need to take back the levers of government from the powerful and the corrupt. Movements need to be built. Movements like the civil rights movement. Like the movements that transformed the workplace away from exploitation towards fairness. The naive who advocate electing a right-wing libertarian like Ron Paul for president would give him final license to enable an historical agenda of power's, which grossly favours today's now massive corporate power, to enjoy unencumbered ability to sway policy and legislation to their favour - regardless of the needs of the public good.
Edited for clarity.
why ? because corporations wouldn't have any favors handed to them (like they do now) in "his" type of goivernment. Almost everything happens at the state level. so perhaps you are right but only if your transfer your grievences to the state level and not federal
And wow. That's fast. Vrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!
Edited to add Maserati.
Though admittedly not every American thinks deeply about the implications of the Constitution, most would say they abide by the spirit of its rules and would defer to its wisdom simply because it can be generally agreed that pretty much everything in the Constitution is a Pretty Good Idea---at least in theory. Yes, the application of it needs to be monitored and tempered, but a properly functioning American government and legal system should be able to take care of that; that's what it was designed for, after all.
And yes, I actually disagree with a lot of what Paul has to say about abortion and the environment, but he's also one of the only candidates who is actually willing to draw a line between what he believes, and what The People should decide for themselves, especially in matters that relate directly to personal liberty. Unlike *every other candidate* he's is not treating this election like his own personal, preening, self-aggrandizing, wank-fest.
Beyond believing that the ultimate power belongs to the people, and that even the office of the president is not above scrutiny, I don't give a fuck what the president believes....about capital punishment, abortion, jesus, or anything else, because *it shouldn't really matter*. The president just steers the boat and navigates as best he can. If the Constitution is the map, then that about wraps it up: now your presidential choice comes down to who, out of the candidates, best understands the map.