Why I wasted my vote on Ron Paul

[sailingaway]

Why I wasted my vote on Ron Paul:

I voted today. I thought I’d just be turning in my change of address form to the City Clerk, but apparently, you can just vote early, for any or no reason at all. So I did.

Our state is making it incredibly easy to vote. It’s embarrassing that barely half of us do. In fact, I was strongly considering not voting, because it doesn’t really matter to me which ultra-competitive, power-hungry millionaire wins. I agree with Obama on only a few issues and with Romney on even fewer. Obama might be too smart for his own good and Romney has the IQ of a Ken doll.

But I’m getting sick of sliding into cynicism, so I thought, in the very least, I can go let people know that I think anyone with enough money and/or influence to get elected president is almost surely a crook.
I hunched over the flimsy plastic voting booth, felt-tip marker in hand. I knew I was going to write him in, but I had no idea that fitting such a short name, RON PAUL, onto the write-in line would be so difficult. I managed to scrawl it legibly, I hope, with the obnoxiously fat felt-tip marker.

Vice President? Uh...... crap. I think his kid’s name is “Rand”, isn’t it? Well, that’s who I wrote in, anyway. Not that it matters, of course. Goes to show you how much research I’ve done.

I’ve done enough to know that I don’t really care who wins, Obama or Romney. I’ve read enough about Ron Paul to know that he never had any real shot at winning, because it seems like you need some pretty powerful friends--friends that will need to be paid after you win--in order to actually win a United States Presidential Election. And Ron Paul has said a whole lot of things that powerful people want absolutely no part of.

Let it be said that I’m not a Tea Party kind of guy. I think showing up at town hall meetings and acting like a foul-mouthed high school bully is a real stupid way to garner support for political faction.

That said, the main reason I wrote in Ron Paul was his unshakable stance against abortion. The man (the obstetrician Dr. Paul) has delivered 4,000 babies, people. He has witnessed a late-term abortion. More on this later.

He also wants to basically pull our troops out of every single other country, and have our military concentrate on DEfense. I know, I know, the best defense is a good offense, but that only applies if other people are playing the game. I simply can’t stand thinking about how many innocent civilians have died (both here and abroad) because of the U.S.’s unquenchable desire to control oil reserves and other valuable commodities.
He’s a states’ rights guy. He gets accused of wanting to legalize all drugs, but he really just doesn’t believe the federal government has the constitutional authority to make drugs illegal. He knows full well that many states will keep many drugs illegal, but that many states will also make many of them legal. He thinks we could learn something from states having slightly varied laws.

He wants to eliminate federal income tax and the IRS altogether.

But, along with all of this federal government reduction comes the reduction of the plethora of benefits provided by the federal government. You know, all the benefits... like, um... occupation of other countries, maybe? I’ll have to get back to you on that.

more at link: http://welcometoclaytown.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-i-wasted-my-vote-on-ron-paul.html

 

[Anti Federalist]

Another man who will sleep well tonight.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Our state is making it incredibly easy to vote. It’s embarrassing that barely half of us do.

Not really. I think it is obvious to us why so many people don't vote. They know they're getting burned either way. In fact, I thought it was less than half.

 

[Todd]

Not really. I think it is obvious to us why so many people don't vote. They know they're getting burned either way. In fact, I thought it was less than half.

I think it's usually just a bit over half of eligible voters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections

 

[sailingaway]

I think it's usually just a bit over half of eligible voters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections

and note the media doesn't spin that as rejection, but as apathy. People who want to make a protest have to go in and turn in a ballot on SOME issue, then leave the offensive office(s) blank or write in (Ron Paul is a good write in....)

 

[Sola_Fide]

Another man who will sleep well tonight.

Come on AF. Don't you know the stakes this time around? I mean, liberty is on the line in this election!

 

[CaseyCBenn]

Didn't Ron Paul tell us to vote for Johnson? Or is this internet/forum myth?

I want to vote for Paul but if it is his will, not to subject my own, that we vote for Johnson then I think I should vote for Johnson.

Now I don't agree with Johnson as much as I do Paul but I do by a longshot more then the other check box candidates.

Lastly if it is Ron's will for me to do so then ultimately I am voting for Ron Paul by respecting his wishes.

http://communities.washingtontimes....on-politic/2012/oct/10/more-than-a-nonfactor/

Mostly I want to see the vote counted AGAINST Romney or Obama.

 

[Dr.3D]

Didn't Ron Paul tell us to vote for Johnson? Or is this internet/forum myth?

I want to vote for Paul but if it is his will, not to subject my own, that we vote for Johnson then I think I should vote for Johnson.

Now I don't agree with Johnson as much as I do Paul but I do by a longshot more then the other check box candidates.

Lastly if it is Ron's will for me to do so then ultimately I am voting for Ron Paul by respecting his wishes.

http://communities.washingtontimes....on-politic/2012/oct/10/more-than-a-nonfactor/

Mostly I want to see the vote counted AGAINST Romney or Obama.

I'm pretty sure he said he wasn't going to tell us who to vote for. He said we should vote our conscience.

 

[sailingaway]

Didn't Ron Paul tell us to vote for Johnson? Or is this internet/forum myth?

I want to vote for Paul but if it is his will, not to subject my own, that we vote for Johnson then I think I should vote for Johnson.

Now I don't agree with Johnson as much as I do Paul but I do by a longshot more then the other check box candidates.

Lastly if it is Ron's will for me to do so then ultimately I am voting for Ron Paul by respecting his wishes.

http://communities.washingtontimes....on-politic/2012/oct/10/more-than-a-nonfactor/

Mostly I want to see the vote counted AGAINST Romney or Obama.

No he did not. He said everyone should make up their own mind, and when asked about the write in campaign said he didn't want to lead people on but it would be worthwhile if people used it to make message points.

Even if they don't count Ron's vote as 'Ron Paul' in your state they do count the 'undervote' which is people who bother to vote who don't vote for one of the official choices, that is even in non write in states (or where he hasn't qualified). But in a number of states you can write in anyone, and in ME and CA Ron Paul is a certified write in candidate. Someone said MO as well, but I haven't personally seen that certification and I have for ME and CA.

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edit, I don't see, in your own link, where it says Ron said to vote for Gary anyhow. The author just sort of lumps them together himself. Absolutely GJ supporters want you to vote for GJ, but you should vote where you feel best voting imho. I wrote in Ron Paul.

 

[NorfolkPCSolutions]

I want to vote for Paul but if it is his will, not to subject my own, that we vote for Johnson...

He's a man, Casey. He likes liberty. That means it doesn't matter a whit what "his will" is.

Welcome to the forums, friend. Now, think freely. Your vote is YOURS to decide. And this year, it's a bitch to figure out. We here at RPF have been going back and forth over this for months. CaseyCBenn needs to do what CaseyCBenn needs to do, regardless of what the good Doctor does or does not feel.

Remember, those who love liberty embrace the idea that it is up to the individual to govern her or his affairs as they see fit. The idea of a collective will among us is simply retarded.

(That went out the window the day the GOP fucked Paul out of even being placed in nomination at Tampa.)