The Test for Electing an American President

By

Marc Doyle

All Presidents swear to defend and uphold the Constitution, yet most really do not understand or follow it once they are in power and in the case of the Bush administration actually show utter and complete disregard for our supreme law of the land. This is why it is one of our most important duties is to support candidates who will not just mouth platitudes but actually follow the constitution as a guide in ruling our country.

Below are more ideas about what Ron Paul stands for and why he should be considered for President.

He is the only candidate who really stands for restoring the US Constitution and would work to see that our liberties and freedoms are safe guarded.

Ron Paul has been a breath of fresh air in the normally stuffy, Robot Republicans who don't have an original thought among them and are so ignorant about the Law of our Land that most could not even tell you what the Bill of Rights are much less how many amendments we have to our Constitution.

Throughout his career he has worked to safeguard the constitution and as such carefully studies everything that he votes on in that light so when he votes for or against something, it is always in line with the US Constitution. The reason he votes against these things is because they really do not stand up well when you use the US Constitution as the guide, and he fears intrusion into our fundamental liberties and freedoms or how it affects our government as guaranteed in that document. When he drafts legislation, he make sure to see that it is in alignment with the US Constitution.

It is regrettable that the vast majority of people in our country are so ignorant about the Constitution and do not consider it very important. If they were better educated about the constitution, they would back men like Ron Paul, and we would most definitely be better off even though on the surface it does not appear that way. This is how George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the Neo-Con Republicans conned us out of our freedoms and liberties - by playing on people's ignorance and fear.

On the Democratic side, most democrats have not spoken out in defense of restoring our constitution and have admitted they voted for striking the constitution down with the passage of the Patriot Act of 2001 and the Military Commissions Act of 2006. All candidates except Ron Paul admit that they did not read the Patriot Act of 2001 and yet they passed it into law without having read it much less studied it. Ron Paul was the only and I mean only person who read and studied this horrible legislation then tried to give a warning about what was happening and how we would lose our freedoms if this were passed. In light of our current plight in America, he was right on.

Many of the things Ron Paul has voted against actually could be granted by individual states, there is nothing to prevent states from giving Social Security or other forms of retirement to their people, setting high environmental standards, encouraging alternative forms of energy with state grants, have universal health care for all state citizens, universial free education from elementary school to medical school, etc. What is not specifically listed in the US Consitution is actually a state's right!

I personally think that if we believe certain things such as social security, universal health care, great management of our resources, energy policy, etc. are so important to our survival or could put our democracy at peril, we have the mechanism to add amendments to the constitution that would grant all citizens

1. Universal Health care


2. Social Security or a retirement with dignity for all citizens


3. A balanced budget amendment and Not having a national bank like the Federal Reserve which really gives private banks the right to regulate and enslave our nation with huge debts.


4. Federalize, conserve, and regulate scarce resources such as oil, metals, water, etc. for the common good of the American people.


5. The right to a life time education from birth to death.


6. or Any other rights or help necessary to keep our country a strong Republic
   

If these were amendments, then men like Ron Paul would defend them to their death and fight against acts passed by congress to limit them.

The reason why he is against the income tax is because there is overwhelming evidence that the income tax amendment was not really ratified by all the states a fact that would nullify the IRS and make it obsolete. See video below on America: Freedom to Facism.

Unlike the majority of presidential candidates who vote with their eyes on the polls Ron Paul really studies the legislation and votes in line with the constitution something to be admired considering the present group of candidates we have now who are telling people what they want to hear, but rarely follow through.

America: Freedom to Fascism http://www.freedomtofascism.com/

Marc