Please Please Please get informed about Ron Paul. I am proud to say that he has been my district representative for as long as I can rememer and has done an excellent job! All the neo-liberal mindwashed pseudohippies out there need to open their eyes. I read one post on alternet or rawstory from some lady going off about him being “pro-life.” It is also important to remember that he is against government interference in individual liberties (including medical privacy). I fear that because he is the only candidate with true perspective on our current socio/politico/economic environment he will be marginalized by “both sides.” Fortunately most people aren’t on a side, but rather are intelligent beings capable of seperating fact from crap when presented with credible information from PRIMARY sources.

Get informed, and help to inform others. Register republican and vote in their primary. In some states you can even participate in party primaries regardless of party affiliation. As the one-eyed, three-legged dog in the race they need all the advantages they can get (here advantages=registered voters).

As a voter you have the opportunity to influence the issues discussed and the manner in which the debates are framed by simply siding with a strong candidate in a weak party. Voting for/against Hillary or Obama in the democractic primary will have ZERO affect on the direction in which this election is moving.

However, all three “major” candidates in the republican race are lame ducks that will not manage to get a majority of anything, not even in their own party (check the polls). If Americans out there will remove the network blinders and smoke screens, abandon the false dichotomy of left/right – rep/dem, we might actually be able to make a strong enough statement to our corporate overlords that will change indelibly the direction of our once proud nation.

We want our country back!!!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and for your passionate interest in our country. I look forward to learning more about Ron Paul. I have been favorably impressed by the little that I really do know, first-hand, about him.(I tend to listen to the Senate all day, or special senate committee hearings, so I don’t hear Ron Paul’s statements on the Congressional floor.)

At this point, I remain a registered democrat who leans toward voting for independent candidates unless I feel strongly about a republican or democratic candidate. At this point, I feel very strongly about Barack Obama, and I intend to show my support for him in any way that I can, while still keeping an open mind towards all of the candidates. It is my duty to be as well informed as possible, help to inform others (with facts, rather than opinions), and to actively participate in the electoral process.

I believe we are already in the process of taking back our country. Our voices are being heard. They have the money and power, but we have the numbers, and without us, they lose their power and their financial base evaporates.

I want to feel proud to be an American again, and I am willing to struggle hard for that priviledge.