Truth is, the candidates who will never have a chance in Hell running against Hillary (because they are so much like her) will eventually have to drop out of the race. Why in the world would John McCain think he has any kind of chance at the Republican nominaion? Why would Rudy Giuliani? What a joke.

I do fear, though, that people are all too willing to give up their freedoms to continue a pointless and futile foreign policy that is, ultimately, a dead end (what is the purpose of Imperialism when, as a nation, we have avowed ourselves against it?).

I confess, i was in favor of the War in Iraq when it started, but i see now that it was a mistake–not because we didn’t find anything there (anyone with any sense knows that Hussein sent what he had away), but because it has now made matters worse instead of better, both in the country itself and in the entire region. One thing i notice, though, is the significant difference between Ron Paul and the Democratic ideas about how the War in Iraq is wrong. The Democrats (almost all of whom were in favor of the war at the outset) have changed their view, most prominently, based on public opinion, and they are still quite happy with a foreign policy that intervenes in the affairs of other nations–just not Iraq, now. Paul, though, is consistent in his stand against liberal foreign policies, and wants to bring us back to a constitutional government on all fronts.

Would that he could be our next president.

Glad to hear you are now converted to the Ron Paul cause. And I am humbled that I have played a small role in your rethinking here.

Admittedly, Dr. Paul is still a long, long shot. But the fact that he is a shot at all is more than we could have hoped for, and, as I’ve said in various other places, the longer he says in the more he forces the country to actually consider and debate what the proper role of government should be. That is monumental in and of itself.

I want to you, too, for your decision to include me in your blogroll. I’m looking through your blog here some and really like what I see – keep up the great work!

Blessings,
–Eric

At the very least Ron Paul is getting the country to discuss the role of government – even on liberal talk shows! I am hoping that it paves the way for true conservatives to get a voice in government again.