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Entry: Ron Paul: It's Payback Time Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/ron_paul_its_payback_time#11155 Post contents: I’m admiring of Ron Paul and his enthusiastic supporters. But I’m not so optimistic about Ron Paul’s campaign. While I’m a total independent, I can’t vote for Ron Paul anyway, because I’m a registered Democrat anyway as Maryland is a virtual one-party Democrat machine, and it’s more important to me to influence the direction of the Democrat Party here then vote for Ron Paul’s ill-fated campaign. First of all, the rule of thumb for a third party candidate is (or ought to be) between 15 and 20% as a minimum in the polls. If you can’t get at least 15%, the whole effort has the effect of just marginalizing your politics. For further proof of this: see Ralph Nader 2000 and 2004. Secondly, Ron Paul’s politics just might be marginal in fact, given the nonsense he spouts about economic issues…especially returning to the Gold Standard. Hey---Milton Friedman won the Nobel Prize for his defense of the Fed and the monetary system. The gold standard is a non-issue even among the “free market” establishment. Spouting all this “libertarian” nonsense about getting rid of Social Security or the Homeland Security Office just sound like ranting and raving of a madman to too many potential “conservative” voters. Third, I can’t agree that Hillary as president would be the lesser of 2 evils necessarily. When given the choice between Guiliani, that might be true, but for my mind, Romney would be a whole lot better then Hillary. Gees, at least Romney has a track record for being an effective CEO, unlike the perpetual failure Bush2, whose entire business career was one string of failures after another. While Romney is mouthing the neo-con platitudes about foreign policy, but so far I note only “realists” in his foreign policy advisor list. Also, I do agree with Pat Buchanan that Romney’s recent statement on religion was an solid step in proving that he will be at least moderate on the social issues that conservatives believe in. The best fallback position for Ron Paul’s supporters is a moderate at the top of the Republican ticket. And a start working for a divided government with opposite parties holding the White House and the Congress. But this is dangerous talk that Hillary would be the “lesser of 2 evils”, especially if the Democrats continue to hold the Congress, which is very likely. Sent at: 2008 05 15