Perception is in the eye of the beholder
I think a lot of what Rush says here is really true, and shows us what we need to keep working on. He's right. It doesn't matter that Ron Paul was right. Perception is everything.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/dai...110.guest.html
I don't want to disagree that we need to keep working but please also understand that all of America isn't as easily fooled as most pundits, advertisers, and others might think. I didn't even see the debates when they aired, I saw a clip of them when I was bored and looking at a top twenty list of various viral video's. As someone who had become depressed about our countries political system due to a lack of politicians with principles I haven't paid attention to elections other than when they provided interesting sound bites.
As I watched the clip of some guy I had never heard of (Ron Paul) make a reasonable statement and then the attack from Giuliani and then the din as every other candidate also tried to jump on this guy I was flabbergasted. For the first time I had to ask myself are our politicians really this clueless. I mean I had become disenchanted with our government due to what I perceive to be a pandering to special interests and a lack of genuine care about the people of America but I didn't think that they were stupid. To be honest I don't think they are stupid which in my mind made this even worse because they found themselves in an indefensible position and instead of just saying "Oh, I misunderstood" they actually stuck to their incorrect argument.
This was so amazing to me and the fact that Ron Paul actually stood up for his position once attacked only impressed me more (I mean how many people in front of a National audience being attacked by virtually everyone on stage would have caved). I immediately became a Ron Paul supporter even without knowing all of his views because I saw something I haven't seen before, a politician that comes across as intelligent, sincere, and has a backbone. Those facts alone make up for any difference I have with his views.
So while perception may be everything, not everyone perceives things the same way. That is also why when I tell my friends and family about Ron Paul I do so very simply He's a Republican who has stuck with his views for 30 years, is intelligent, has integrity, is for an end to war, and for smaller government.
You may have noticed I left out any mention of libertarianism and various other key words often used with Ron Paul because a lot of those key words have been implanted with one very negative connotation which is a waste of a vote. Society, right or wrong, have been conditioned to the idea that you must be a Democrat or Republican to be worth voting for.
So for the first time I have done things I have never done before. I signed up on a campaign website, I have and am actively telling people I know to check out Ron Paul, I have donated to a political campaign, posting on a political forum, and come primary time it will be the first time I vote in a primary election and it only took 13 years of being eligible to vote to find a candidate worth doing these things for.
I apologize for the long post but sometimes you just can't stop writing when your excited about something and I wanted to get my point across that while Dr. Paul's statement might have been perceived one way by some, to others of us it was perceived much differently and is the reason we are here.
Thank you,
Brent
P.S. I was actually surprised by Rush's comments. He didn't seem to be against Dr. Paul other than for his name awareness.
