I agree. I like Newt and am beyond words how upset I am at what has been done to him.
My main worry is that our country will be destroyed by debt. We are at a turning point, I think we passed 100% of GDP. And we’ve de-industrialized so we can’t properly grow our way out.
If we don’t get our financial house in order none of the rest will matter. So that is a significant concern.
I also don’t want this to become the soviet states of america. Tyrannies consist of central planners controlling every aspect of your lives - we are getting close to this.
As for the defense of the United States - I sleep very well at night knowing we have over 8,000 nuclear warheads ready to go after anyone who attacks us. Now that is real defense!
What I want is the free country I remember. When cops were friendly local guys and not militarized, hair trigger, bullies.
When not every single thing broke some federal law and regulation. When we declared our wars - and then won them within a few years.
The more and more I look at it, it come down to the candidate who is for the constitution, states rights, US sovereignty and fiscal responsibility.
I would like very much to live in a free country again, not one that has become so cowardly that we are afraid of our own shadows and we have to be ‘protected’ by TSA, EPA, BATF goon squads.
Also, I do know few people who plan to vote for Ron Paul - none of them use drugs. Most of them are real tough nut, good old boys who I’d trust my life to. One of them is the daughter of an Army Colonel and the head of her local Republican Women’s Committee and loved George Bush more than you can imagine. So the stereotype hasn’t played out as far as the people I know.
I’d certainly rather have RP as opposed to Romney!