Ron Paul at South Carolina debate, youtube video

You know, I do admit the first time I saw Congressman Paul I was a bit surprised. I was expecting Steve Kubby, but Paul was more like the really cool philosophy prof you had in college. I consider myself a Constitutionalist, as I've heard Dr. Paul describe himself, which I believe means that we are far beyond conservative. We are reactionary, in that we want to turn back the clock to an ealier time, such as say 1912. Of course, it is just an idea but ideas can germinate sometimes.

I'm not really a Paulite, as was coined earlier, I kinda like John McCain for my own personal reasons but I don't expect him to do much for cannabis consumers, if the State of Arizona is any indication. I think Ron Paul's real value in this election has been what we have all learned about the Constitution and our history, but you never know, I wonder how he will do in Texas?

Not to say that ALL things should be turned back to 1912, of course. Only the relative size of the federal gov't in proportion to the States. Some things, of course, such as racial understanding should only keep moving forward. just to clarify, now back to the black chopper. :)

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Originally Posted by boaz

. . . I kinda like John McCain for my own personal reasons but I don't expect him to do much for cannabis consumers, if the State of Arizona is any indication. . . .

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uuhhh, what I really meant to say is that I have always had nothing but honor and respect for Senator John McCain and will be proud to call him my Forty Fourth President.

While I really don't expect him to do much for cannabis consumers, my reference to Arizona was kinda dopey I guess. I was thinking about the fact that the people of Arizona voted for Medical Cannabis in 1996, the same year as my native state of California, but I believe never put it into law. But, of course, that most likely just reflects the differences between the two States' Constitutions, and has little to do with the U.S. Senate. And really, since I do not live in Arizona, is none of my business. I love Arizona, btw, beautiful state!

In fact, in fairness, I've heard some conservatives like George Will argue against voter sponsored invitees saying that the real genius of our founding fathers was to give us a representative form of gov't and not just rely on a vote of people. I'm not sure if I agree, but I do see the logic in that argument. Personally, I want a gov't that delivers the will of the people and keeps its opinions to itself.

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Originally Posted by boaz

voter sponsored invitees

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voter sponsored initiatives. . . . i think my spell checker is baked, too. :hippy:



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