JWallace
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"Washington -- Ron Paul is an anomaly in the American political landscape. He is a Texan and a sharp critic of US President George W. Bush. He is conservative and wants to put an end to the Iraq war. And he is as much opposed to abortion as he is in favor of eliminating the Central Intelligence Agency.
Paul exudes the fiery passion of the zealot. A former obstetrician who says that he has delivered more than 4,000 babies, he is prickly, headstrong and deeply opinionated. A charmer he is not. But these characteristics are precisely what make Paul an interesting, and even valuable, politician. He is a study in the contradictions and, in some ways, brilliance of the American electoral system.
After serving as a member of the US Congress for many years, Paul is now running for president. He doesn't stand a chance at being elected, and yet he has managed to attract both the sympathies and campaign contributions of many Americans. Why? Because candidates like Paul are the ones who breathe life in the political process, because their cantankerousness makes people think, because they serve as sparring partners for the powerful and, finally, because they represent one very important aspect of the American democracy that distinguishes from its Russian counterpart: choice...."
"Washington -- Ron Paul is an anomaly in the American political landscape. He is a Texan and a sharp critic of US President George W. Bush. He is conservative and wants to put an end to the Iraq war. And he is as much opposed to abortion as he is in favor of eliminating the Central Intelligence Agency.
Paul exudes the fiery passion of the zealot. A former obstetrician who says that he has delivered more than 4,000 babies, he is prickly, headstrong and deeply opinionated. A charmer he is not. But these characteristics are precisely what make Paul an interesting, and even valuable, politician. He is a study in the contradictions and, in some ways, brilliance of the American electoral system.
After serving as a member of the US Congress for many years, Paul is now running for president. He doesn't stand a chance at being elected, and yet he has managed to attract both the sympathies and campaign contributions of many Americans. Why? Because candidates like Paul are the ones who breathe life in the political process, because their cantankerousness makes people think, because they serve as sparring partners for the powerful and, finally, because they represent one very important aspect of the American democracy that distinguishes from its Russian counterpart: choice...."
