Yes, Ron sure did and I know I am not alone in not losing sight of that. But, we are not going to go from where we are to that utopia overnight, as much many of us want that. The American people have to be led back to liberty. Some have been so propagandized, that they have forgotten; some never knew.
It is my strong opinion that electing Rand would be a HUGE step in getting us there and he has done a darn good job of avoiding the minefields that his father stepped in over and over again.
If he wasn't going to run for President, I would wholeheartedly agree with you. But, he is, and I feel confident what he is doing is trying to avoid giving the other side ready-made snippets to make him look like a cold-hearted asshole. You know how elections are. You don't have time to spend even 5 minutes explaining your rationale. It's all about soundbytes. Do you remember how Rand played it when he ran for Senate? Most of the time he would just say when news media would try to get him to say something incriminating, something like... I don't know why people wouldn't want to have their taxes lowered. It really gave them nowhere to go and the opposition didn't get a soundbyte to hit him with in campaign ads.
I detest politics. But, that is what is going on here. I feel very confident of that.
Take a broader look at what Rand has done since he's been in the Senate. Think about the conversations in this country that would not have been had, had he not been there and not been in the committees he has been in. He has done a great deal to change the conversation in this country. Everyday people are talking about issues that I haven't heard them talk about in so very long.
If Rand would act in the manner that many on these forums want him to act, it might make us cheer, but the rest of America, whose ears are open to him right now, would shut right down. I thought we were smarter than that. It is so depressing sometimes to come on here .
