I have long been against vot­ing. This is because the fed­eral gov­ern­ment has long main­tained the sta­tus quo and most politi­cians have been mostly the same. Issues that are dear to me are opposed by both par­ties so there was very lit­tle degree of dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion between the two for any­thing I truly cared about.

The largest issue I have ever had with Amer­i­can pol­i­tics is the issue of the elec­toral col­lege. There is no rea­son in this day and age that we require the elec­toral col­lege, an insti­tute that does manda­to­rily required to rep­re­sent the votes of it’s con­stituents. In the Ron Paul case this is still a fear with the way the major media com­pa­nies are dis­miss­ing him that the elec­toral col­lege would per­form behind the scenes tac­tics to sway the vote.

Since the time of Rea­gan I have never felt this strongly about a politi­cian and maybe his hope to change the world. I was pro-Bush in 2000 (which Ohio the state I was in voted for so my lack of a vote wouldn’t have changed any­thing). I was pro-Kerry in 2004 (which Ore­gon the state I was in voted for so my lack of a vote wouldn’t have changed any­thing). I still had a right to com­plain about the pol­i­tics going on whether I voted or not — this is stated in my first amend­ment rights. Whether I voted or not the cookie would have crum­bled the same way if I had.

Ron Paul on the other hand is speak­ing more directly to my heart, he is giv­ing a mes­sage that makes me want to cam­paign and help him. Some­thing I haven’t been behind doing ever. He is show­ing us what is right about Amer­ica and how to take it back to America’s orig­i­nal vision (some­thing that has always strayed me away from voting).

For a few years I sup­pose I thought I was anti-American for the pub­lic at large. I loved the orig­i­nal vision of the coun­try and the coun­try itself, but I hated our world wide poli­cies and the restric­tions that laws in the last few years had placed against our free­doms. Ron Paul has shown me that some peo­ple still think the way I do and it is very pro-American to think that way.

Please go to the Ron Paul Web­site and search some of his speeches in youtube so you too can see what it is like to be truly pro-American.

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