Sunday, November 2, 2008

an open letter to the ron paul guy

Dearest Ron Paul guy,
For, indeed within the hopelessly under-informed cavern I call my mind that is what you are called, I hope this missive finds you well. I write to express my joy that it is almost election eve and soon you will be able to go and cast your ballot for Ron Paul, hopefully bringing the era of telling everyone that you come into contact with that you are voting for Ron Paul to an end.
Ron Paul guy, please don't take this the wrong way, you seem like a nice guy even though despite superficial parallels we agree on nothing but when you ask someone that you don't know who they are voting for and they tell you that "I don't talk about politics" that is where the conversation should end. It's simply polite and pursuing the issue further could be considered overbearing or rude by the person who does not talk about politics.
Frankly, it's none of your fucking business who I might vote for. Nor is it any of mine who you support, that is wholly your province as an individual and citizen of 'murika and, as a supporter of civil liberties, I say go and vote for Ron Paul. Vote for him as you have never voted for any quasi-messianic Texan Libertarian before. Vote for him in the name of all those that you told you were going to vote for him and vote for him so that, yea, the "big boys" shall know that ye have chosen Ron Paul over their two-party canidates for thou hast found them wanting. Do all of this in the name of Ron Paul and thou shalt be filled with self-rightousness and become exalted in the light of statements of equally questionable veracity.
I will concede that Ron Paul has some valid criticisms of the political status quo but an oft overlooked detail is that Ron Paul is part of the political staus quo. No matter how conservative his voting record, no matter how strictly Constitutionalist or Constructionist his views and opinions are he is a United States Congressman and, therefore, a part of the status quo.
Quid pro quo Ron Paul guy, I find your statements and manner unearnedly condescending, a common failing of those who follow the gospel of Ron Paul. I have little patience for people who adhere to a literalist interpretation of a 227 year old legal document and even less for those who would take a 1500 year-old ecumenical compilation as literal truth. It strikes me as intellectual laziness at best and tends more towards a dangerous combination of naivete and lack of faith in humankind.
The world has changed since 1781, Ron Paul guy, and situations will arise that may not be explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, and if so what are we to do Ron Paul guy? What will Ron Paul do? Surely a man of his impeccable Constitutionalist credentials wouldn't deign to enact legislation that could be construed as unconstitutional but what a bind that leaves us in. Will we simply use our vastly increased personal revenue to solve the problems individually, unfettered by fiat currency and foreign entanglements or will we have to watch our new messiah fall from grace.
Surely a man so informed as you, Ron Paul guy, would know that the authority necessary to accomplish the goals of Ron Paul far exceeds even that of our current imperial presidency as the Constitution requires that all legislation be passed by Congress before being signed into federal law by the President and that without the support of the Legislature Ron Paul becomes yet another politician riding to office on bar-room promises only to be found impotent when it is time for action.
Perhaps, Ron Paul guy, I shall yet rue the day that I doubted Ron Paul as I finish my years toiling away in a United Nations run slave labor camp, producing brutally equitable products for the new One World Socialist state, every look in the mirror reminding me of the searing pain as my RFID microchip was implanted in my forehead but somehow I doubt it and until that unlikely day, dearest Ron Paul guy, I can only hope that your long-winded tales of when you voted for Ron Paul come like conservative legislators, infrequently and with immediate feelings of guilt and remorse.

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