I WAS FOR RON PAUL BEFORE HE WAS COOL….
I am amazed. Ron Paul is on two different television shows on the same day! (Thanks to Lew Rockwell blog for this); he’s having more fun than almost everyone else in Washington. He is a happy warrior.
I’ll never forget the day – about 2002 or so when I first found Cong. Paul. He was against the war in Kosovo and I soon read about his pro-financial privacy and anti Patriot Act and money laundering laws. I could hardly believe it. I knew he was right; I figured Cong. Paul would always be one of those men or women in politics who was right but seldom effective.
I had just offered to help out for the 2008 Presidential campaign of Jim Gilmore (All right, stop laughing! Governor Gilmore is a very intelligent politician who knows about the three T’s important to governing: Technology, Taxes, and Terrorism. He just had utterly insufficient national name recognition and no way to get it.) in early 2007 when I read the bottom of one of the cable news networks that Cong. Ron Paul was setting up an exploratory committee to run for President. I said – if Gilmore says no, I’m going for Paul! I did not get an answer from Governor Gilmore so I switched to Paul.
Now I admire Governor Jindal for very different reasons than I admire Cong. Paul. Gov. Jindal has a tremendous record of achievement and is a clear intellectual who wants to solve political problems. He is willing to look outside the box. He is a staunch conservative and open believer in Christ. Jindal is a leader of strong integrity. Cong. Paul appeals to the libertarian side of me. He also is a staunch conservative and Christian, too. He is also not going to change position for political gain. It’s a hard choice. Maybe the answer is: Paul/Jindal 2012!
