Necessary Roughness

The campaign web site for Congressman Ron Paul released a message yesterday stating that he is shrinking his national campaign, now that most of the contests are over. With Mitt Romney suspending his campaign, the chances that Paul could affect the convention with his delegates are almost nil.

I wish I could say that we had heard enough from the Congressman. He brought elephants, gorillas, and third rails into the room. He had a real, sensible plan for keeping the promises of Social Security to those who couldn’t avoid the federal government’s untenable promise. Nobody else had the knowledge to discuss monetary policy, which is making our money worth less. Nobody else wanted to remove abortion from the purview of the Supreme Court and thus let the states decide. Nobody else wanted to discuss the constitutionality of the war, a situation which could have been fixed with a simple, constitutional declaration. Nobody else ran a campaign which escaped a deficit, a behavior we need in the White House and Congress now.

These are important issues that I fear will not be discussed on the national stage for another four years, nor will they be taken up by the likes of Hannity or Limbaugh. We cannot let these issues fall out of our national conversation.

Best of luck to you, Doctor.