I’m a social democrat, but I’m not going to be voting for Obama this upcoming election. I’m going to be voting for the candidate many tea partiers are supporting: Ron Paul. Obama signed away our right to a fair trial when he signed the NDAA which allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens if they are found to have “substantially supported al Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces” by law enforcement officials. Associated forces is undefined. Ron Paul voted no on this bill, Obama signed it because it would have been “political suicide” not to do so as it had other things in it like more military spending and support for veterans families. Obama also publically denounced SOPA and PIPa, but signed ACTA, which was basically the same internet-harming legislation but wrapped in “Protect the children” paper instead of “Anti-piracy.” Until about 2 months ago I was a fervent Obama supporter, but I can no longer support a man who signs away my freedoms. I’d rather vote for someone who actually respects a liberal social view consistently, than someone who merely says that he will. It’s more important to me than the rich getting taxed. Ron Paul wants nobody to be taxed a federal income tax, which was introduced in the early ’60s. Ron Paul may be a doctor who doesn’t believe in evolution, but he doesn’t try to push his views on others by shoving creationism into classrooms, he’d rather that sort of thing be decided at the state level and get rid of federal regulation of public schools. Remember how well a national standard through the likes of No Child Left Behind worked? It didn’t. He’s also not a racist, if you actually look up some of his reasoning behind not supporting affirmative action, not wanting to give Rosa Parks a medal, and not knowing why the fuck that freelance journalist snuck racist shit into his newsletter, you’d know better.
Ron Paul, look him up. I did. I used to support Obama, and I still consider myself a social democrat, but Obama’s track record is just not working out for me. So I ended up supporting the only candidate who’s actually making logical sense, and has been consistent for over 30 years. The guy tea partiers support.
(Source: wickedclothes)
