2008 Woodie Awards
Ron Paul, we love you!
Feature Editorial
Joel Ebert and Sarah Viets
Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: Opinions
Media Credit: The IthacanRepublican candidate Ron Paul may be championed by the people, but would he make a good President?
The Ron Paul campaign that has swept across the nation this election year has appealed to many people across the political spectrum. With promises of getting rid of the IRS, having a non-interventionist foreign policy and the rhetoric of "preserving the constitution," Ron Paul gains the support of many people. But before you fill in that bubble when you are voting this Tuesday, consider where your vote is going, and remember the following:
Finally here comes a man in politics who understands the irrelevance of history! (Praise Ron Paul!) Thankfully we now have someone in a relative position of power who understands and perfectly articulates how yesterday has no influence on today. (Woo Ron Paul!) Someone who honors property rights more than human dignity! (Hail Ron Paul!)
When a cacophony of news outlets exposed Dr. Ron Paul's opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, I was completely baffled. But when I discovered his exemplary explanation, the clouds began to part!
In 2004, when Dr. Paul appeared before Congress as the only representative to oppose the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, he did a courageous act on behalf of all people of color. Paul argued, and continues to assert, that the Civil Rights Act impedes on the development of a color-blind society.
Who's to say that government should challenge commonly held views enmeshed within the American psyche - views which have played a tremendous part in our country's history - that people of color are biologically and/or innately inferior to white people?
It's not like a person's skin color determined and controlled a person of color's political, economic, social and cultural position within American society for over 300 years.
It's not as if property owners and/or opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act didn't embrace a color-blind society. I mean really, after the US Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson, white people loved the idea of color-blindness. That's why they permanently posted signs that read "colored" in front of bathrooms, water fountains, movie theaters and transportation systems from 1896-1964.
Come on, nothing I've done throughout the last 20-something years of my life has had any relevance on who I am today.
We are all well aware in our George Bush-ian dreams that the mistakes of yesterday are to be forgotten and that history has no relevance to today. So I urge you, vote for Ron Paul so that you may prove that history has no significance. It could be the biggest mistake you may never remember.
(Note: The opinions expressed in this article may not reflect the personal beliefs of the authors. The purpose is to address the underexposed aspects of Ron Paul's campaign.)
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Finally here comes a man in politics who understands the irrelevance of history! (Praise Ron Paul!) Thankfully we now have someone in a relative position of power who understands and perfectly articulates how yesterday has no influence on today. (Woo Ron Paul!) Someone who honors property rights more than human dignity! (Hail Ron Paul!)
When a cacophony of news outlets exposed Dr. Ron Paul's opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, I was completely baffled. But when I discovered his exemplary explanation, the clouds began to part!
In 2004, when Dr. Paul appeared before Congress as the only representative to oppose the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, he did a courageous act on behalf of all people of color. Paul argued, and continues to assert, that the Civil Rights Act impedes on the development of a color-blind society.
Who's to say that government should challenge commonly held views enmeshed within the American psyche - views which have played a tremendous part in our country's history - that people of color are biologically and/or innately inferior to white people?
It's not like a person's skin color determined and controlled a person of color's political, economic, social and cultural position within American society for over 300 years.
It's not as if property owners and/or opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act didn't embrace a color-blind society. I mean really, after the US Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson, white people loved the idea of color-blindness. That's why they permanently posted signs that read "colored" in front of bathrooms, water fountains, movie theaters and transportation systems from 1896-1964.
Come on, nothing I've done throughout the last 20-something years of my life has had any relevance on who I am today.
We are all well aware in our George Bush-ian dreams that the mistakes of yesterday are to be forgotten and that history has no relevance to today. So I urge you, vote for Ron Paul so that you may prove that history has no significance. It could be the biggest mistake you may never remember.
(Note: The opinions expressed in this article may not reflect the personal beliefs of the authors. The purpose is to address the underexposed aspects of Ron Paul's campaign.)
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Guesswhotoo6
posted 2/04/08 @ 8:30 AM CST
Thanks for your article.
We are very lucky in these days of totally corrupted politics to have at least one guy who speaks the truth and can help the rest of us relearn the meaning of freedom and the constitution. (Continued…)
Heather
posted 2/04/08 @ 8:53 AM CST
What the hell is this article trying to say? That Ron Paul is racist? That he cares more about property than people? That he is claiming that history has no significance? Maybe you should check the facts before you go running an unreseached opinion. (Continued…)
freeyourmind
posted 2/04/08 @ 9:03 AM CST
Ron Paul believes in individual liberty. This by it's very nature prevents him from being a racist.
Racism is a terrible thing and should be exposed wherever it is found, however morality should not be legislated from the government -- it needs to be taught in the home or in a religious institution. (Continued…)
freeyourmind
freeyourmind
posted 2/04/08 @ 9:08 AM CST
Ron Paul believes in individual liberty. This by it's very nature prevents him from being a racist.
Racism is a terrible thing and should be exposed wherever it is found, however morality should not be legislated from the government -- it needs to be taught in the home or in a religious institution. (Continued…)
Kurt E
posted 2/04/08 @ 9:21 AM CST
Nice article written by two members of the Statist mob.
Linda Inveninato
posted 2/04/08 @ 9:53 AM CST
Please, before you write another smear piece, go do your homework? You are clueless...
Merideth
posted 2/04/08 @ 10:10 AM CST
America's best kept secret is RON PAUL. Please vote for the best !!! Show the powers that be that 'We the People" are finished with being blinded and controlled. (Continued…)
we taken it ova
posted 2/04/08 @ 10:34 AM CST
FYI: "Joel" and "Sara" the so-called writers of this silly, article are really John McCain and Mitt Romney supporters. Just like Colbert said, "it would be so funny if it weren't so sad". (Continued…)
DX10
posted 2/04/08 @ 10:49 AM CST
Dr. Thomas Sowell, one of our brightest black educators is on record stating that blacks were making more progress before the 1964 Civil Rights Act than since. (Continued…)
Adam
posted 2/04/08 @ 10:51 AM CST
Wow, this is a disgraceful piece of "journalism." I am amazed that you can sleep at night after writing such an editorial... This just shows how deeply rooted your hatred for FREEDOM in this country is. (Continued…)
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