[2ndDivisionVet]

Do Ron Paul supporters ever stop and realize that a “President Ron Paul” would face a Congress that was COMPLETELY dead-set against him? That he would be stymied at every turn and be completely unable to get anything done? In our system “a president proposes but the Congress disposes” as they say. Or would Paul rule by executive fiat?

[Calpernia]

Then what exactly was your question in posting this article? Do you support the environmentalist movement? Do you realize and understand that the Department of Energy is their home office and piggy bank?

Go along to get along just allows them to continue with their agenda. And funding them just provides them with more grant money to continue and spread their programs.

[DugwayDuke]

“Do Ron Paul supporters ever stop and realize that a “President Ron Paul” would face a Congress that was COMPLETELY dead-set against him? That he would be stymied at every turn and be completely unable to get anything done? In our system “a president proposes but the Congress disposes” as they say. Or would Paul rule by executive fiat?”

I don’t think they care. “RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!”

On a deeper level, I think that Ron Paul is tapping into the same undercurrent as did Ross Perot and Pat Buchanan. I asked a Brigadier the same questions you posed and was told that Pat would call together the leaders of the house and senate and would ‘TELL THEM’ to do what he wanted and these leaders would be so ‘SCARED’ of Pat that they would immediately do everything Pat wanted.

If you read closely RP positions, you’ll find that he wants nothing less than the complete dismantleing of the federal government. His supporters want to cripple, paralyze, and destroy the federal government. They see a federal govenment stalement as a good thing.

But, on another level, I don’t think too many of RP supportes really care whether he wins or not. They just want someone to vote for some one that says the things they want to hear. Feeling good is more important than winning.

Having said all that. If RP were to get 50% of the vote, then he would have something going for him and it is likely that might lead to a change in the composition of Congress. The problem is 50% of the voters really don’t want to see the destruction of the federal government. If they did, I think it far more likely they would have something much different than Ron Paul in mind. Some one more like Chavez.