Ron Paul: the American Dream Come True
by T.D. McDonough, 2007

In our current age, the policies enacted by the United States’ federal government are of the utmost importance, not only to the domestic American citizenship, but also to the global community as a whole. As the Bush administration has demonstrated, these policies, particularly foreign policy and economic planning, have wide reaching, often devastating, effects on the world stage. In turn this can only lead us to the conclusion that the race for the 2008 American Presidency is of importance not just to the native, voting citizens of the United States, but also to the global community. As we already know, another Bush could send the world over the edge and such a disaster must be stopped at all costs.

Despite the failings of modern democracy in all it’s variations and the reliance on carbon-copy candidates, who all ultimately dance to the tune of the corporate elite, there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. This hopeful glimmer goes by the name of Dr Ron Paul, classical libertarian and surprisingly, a long standing member of the Republican party. Whilst his companions, such as Rudy Giuliani, spit fire and vomit Molotov cocktails in a seamless tirade of pro-war propaganda, Dr Paul has humbly taken the position of truth-sayer and as the only credible, reliable and honest candidate amongst the entire cadre of Presidential hopefuls.

Dr Paul is unapologetically anti-war, being the only candidate to vote against the invasion of Iraq and the disastrous ‘War on Terror’ as a whole. He believes, quite rightly, that the rise of Islamic extremism and its companionship with anti-Americanism, is a response to decades of imperialist exploitation in the middle-east and not because “they hate our freedom” as the Bush propaganda machine would have us believe. The response, according to Dr Paul, should be multilateral and diplomatic, not passive by any means but also not destructively aggressive which, as the status quo posits, only serves to inflame the situation. The United States must come to terms with its dark history if it is ever to progress.

The American people should also take note that Dr Paul is stringent constitutionalist and, as such, he believes in the disestablishment of the federal reserve, an apparatus that is absent from the American constitution. In the United State there is no legal requirement for citizens to pay federal income tax and the institution itself has managed to inflate the dollar, making it useless when compared to Pound Sterling or the Euro, forcing the United States into serious debt and over inflating the global economy, which is awash with capital that has no material basis in either oil or gold. The federal reserve is an example of state sponsored fraud, established by European bankers in the 1920’s to siphon capital from the newly industrialized states. Like all centralised economic institutions, such as the newly privatized Bank of England, the federal reserve is a fiscal nightmare that is not only immoral but also illegal.

All in all, these ground-breaking policies have propelled Dr Paul from simple congressman to presidential hopeful with a phenomenal following. For example, on the 5th November 2007, Ron Paul’s internet supporters set up a campaign to raise funds in order for Dr Paul to compete with those candidates who receive large amounts form corporate sponsorship, a sector that is obviously not impressed with Dr Paul’s radical plans. Surprisingly, the internet campaign raised over $5 million in a single day, making Dr Paul one of the best funded candidate running in the elections.

However, even though the party funding suggests a widespread and committed base, the officials polls have failed to gage Dr Paul’s support. Again, during a phone-in on Fox News after the Republican debate, Dr Paul came out on top, beating his companions by a considerable margin, yet still he failed to register in the official polls. It would seem that officialdom, along with mainstream media, has failed to recognize Ron Paul. Or perhaps, they have succeeded in recognizing that they must fail Ron Paul, as he is detrimental to the reproduction of the existing social order, a risk that the ruling elite are reluctant to take. Luckily though, judging by the funding, the banners and the cheers of “Ron Paul! Ron Paul!” across the United States, the people haven’t been so short-sighted and Dr Paul could be one of the biggest shocks that American politics has ever received.

That is if Dr Paul doesn’t have an ‘accident’ before the elections come around…

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