Comments on: Would a Ron Paul Presidency Lead to Political Gridlock? http://www.jeremymaddock.com/2008/01/would-a-ron-paul-presidency-lead-to-political-gridlock/ Journal of a Successful Internet Entrepreneur Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:17:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dale http://www.jeremymaddock.com/2008/01/would-a-ron-paul-presidency-lead-to-political-gridlock/comment-page-1/#comment-8018 Dale Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:08:03 +0000 http://www.jeremymaddock.com/2008/01/would-a-ron-paul-presidency-lead-to-political-gridlock/#comment-8018 There is a strong and growing sentiment amongst Ron Paul supporters (of whom I am one) that we need to front-load all levels of government with Ron-Paul-Republicans. Quite a number of people are beginning to step up willing to run on Dr Paul's platform and who are garnering support. What we have here is not a cult of personality but, rather, a rebirth of an ideology that many had thought (and hoped) was dead: the ideology of liberty, independence, constitutional government, and sound fiscal policy. This flies in the face of most of the social initiatives of the past 70 years - especially those started after the advent of the UN - and is based on the belief that social workers and the government know what os best for us. Our response is that, even if they do - which is highly dubious, they would be wrong to FORCE us to follow their path. We have woken up to the fact that the muddle-headed liberal left has been pursuing an inconsistent line that demands personal responsibility without granting personal authority. As anyone with any kind of management experience can tell you, assigning responsibility without granting the associated authority is a recipe for failure - which is what we've had since this whole debacle began. It is time we rolled back our government to where it is supposed to be: limited to the 17 enumerated powers in the constitution, and using amendments to make any changes necessary. We must stop writing the government a blank check, as we have been doing. It is time, in short, to take back our government. There is a strong and growing sentiment amongst Ron Paul supporters (of whom I am one) that we need to front-load all levels of government with Ron-Paul-Republicans. Quite a number of people are beginning to step up willing to run on Dr Paul’s platform and who are garnering support.

What we have here is not a cult of personality but, rather, a rebirth of an ideology that many had thought (and hoped) was dead: the ideology of liberty, independence, constitutional government, and sound fiscal policy. This flies in the face of most of the social initiatives of the past 70 years - especially those started after the advent of the UN - and is based on the belief that social workers and the government know what os best for us. Our response is that, even if they do - which is highly dubious, they would be wrong to FORCE us to follow their path.

We have woken up to the fact that the muddle-headed liberal left has been pursuing an inconsistent line that demands personal responsibility without granting personal authority. As anyone with any kind of management experience can tell you, assigning responsibility without granting the associated authority is a recipe for failure - which is what we’ve had since this whole debacle began.

It is time we rolled back our government to where it is supposed to be: limited to the 17 enumerated powers in the constitution, and using amendments to make any changes necessary. We must stop writing the government a blank check, as we have been doing.

It is time, in short, to take back our government.

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