VOTES FOR SALE
By Jana Bogs
Mitt Romney is buying votes for the Iowa straw poll by getting people to promise to vote for him in exchange for his paying their $35 entrance fee, and giving them transportation to the event and food. If this isn’t bribery, what is?
The supposed purpose of the straw poll is to raise money for the GOP. However, the polling results are subsequently advertised as the voting public’s choices for presidential candidates and used to sway the eventual selection of the Republican presidential candidate. Mitt Romney put $9 Million of his own money into his campaign. Now he’s using it to buy votes. Obviously, he feels like he will not be able to get sufficient votes without paying for them. Why? Apparently, people aren’t committed to his campaign. They aren’t excited about what he stands for.
Ron Paul refused any thought of buying votes. He is all about liberty and freedom! And swaying voters by paying them off –bribing them—is the opposite of freedom.
Would you sell out your freedoms for “a pot of lentils”?
Perhaps you recall a story from the Old Testament about two brothers, Esau and Jacob. Esau, being the older son, had certain birthright privileges. He came home one day very hungry and Jacob had cooked up a nice meal. Esau asked if he could have some food, but Jacob wouldn’t let him unless Esau traded his birthright for it. Not thinking clearly of the birthright’s importance at the moment, Esau agreed to trade it for the meal. Later Esau realized what great privileges he had lost. He felt cheated, but then it was too late to reclaim what he had foolishly traded!
Our birthrights in the United States of America are our rights guaranteed by the constitution. Most political leaders these days are seeking to diminish our constitutional rights in favor of big government which is headed in the direction of a police state. Ron Paul has been a staunch supporter of the constitution throughout his 10 terms in office as a U.S. representative in congress.
Don’t sell out! Stand up for your freedoms! Vote Ron Paul!
By Jana Bogs
Mitt Romney is buying votes for the Iowa straw poll by getting people to promise to vote for him in exchange for his paying their $35 entrance fee, and giving them transportation to the event and food. If this isn’t bribery, what is?
The supposed purpose of the straw poll is to raise money for the GOP. However, the polling results are subsequently advertised as the voting public’s choices for presidential candidates and used to sway the eventual selection of the Republican presidential candidate. Mitt Romney put $9 Million of his own money into his campaign. Now he’s using it to buy votes. Obviously, he feels like he will not be able to get sufficient votes without paying for them. Why? Apparently, people aren’t committed to his campaign. They aren’t excited about what he stands for.
Ron Paul refused any thought of buying votes. He is all about liberty and freedom! And swaying voters by paying them off –bribing them—is the opposite of freedom.
Would you sell out your freedoms for “a pot of lentils”?
Perhaps you recall a story from the Old Testament about two brothers, Esau and Jacob. Esau, being the older son, had certain birthright privileges. He came home one day very hungry and Jacob had cooked up a nice meal. Esau asked if he could have some food, but Jacob wouldn’t let him unless Esau traded his birthright for it. Not thinking clearly of the birthright’s importance at the moment, Esau agreed to trade it for the meal. Later Esau realized what great privileges he had lost. He felt cheated, but then it was too late to reclaim what he had foolishly traded!
Our birthrights in the United States of America are our rights guaranteed by the constitution. Most political leaders these days are seeking to diminish our constitutional rights in favor of big government which is headed in the direction of a police state. Ron Paul has been a staunch supporter of the constitution throughout his 10 terms in office as a U.S. representative in congress.
Don’t sell out! Stand up for your freedoms! Vote Ron Paul!
And even if it didn't, their campaign is buying your ticket to help themselves, not to hurt themselves.
