The northlondonhippy

Archive for December 10th, 2007

I’ve read a bit about Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date. Ron Paul and his rather sen­si­ble, if con­tro­ver­sial views, but see­ing him effort­lessly field ques­tions about drugs with ratio­nal, intel­li­gent, informed replies is a won­der to behold.

My brother sent me this YouTube clip of Mr. Paul being inter­viewed by Amer­i­can tele­vi­sion net­work, ABC’s John Stos­sel and the first two min­utes are well worth your valu­able surf­ing time:

I hate to say it, but this guy hasn’t got a hope in hell of win­ning. I know he’s got loads of sup­port, I know he makes sense, but the pow­ers that be will never allow any­one who talks that straight any­where near the White House! If it looked like he had a chance, they would cook the elec­tion again. Any­way, the chances of him get­ting the nom­i­na­tion from the heavy christian-fundamentalist-ruled Repub­li­can party are slim to none.

It’s a real shame, because it sounds like Ron Paul could make a real dif­fer­ence and Amer­ica would never let some­one with that capa­bil­ity to run the show. Maybe we should all just elect him pres­i­dent of the world instead?