Ron Paul For President in 2008

[Erik Aston]

N-Syte said:

Yes, the Constitution has been interpreted in ways not originally intended, but that's a far cry from suggesting that half the Bill of Rights has been repealed by fiat (by the current president, no less – he has so much power, not even the Congress, controlled by the opposition party, can stop him). Give me a break. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and FDR engaged in extreme censorship of the press. Extreme times call for extreme measures, but we are hardly living under martial law.

Just because they were done by Lincoln or FDR doesn't make them right. We were blessed Lincoln was followed by incompetance, resulting in a contraction of presidential power, and I'm no fan of FDR at all.

If the abortion issue were left to the states, it would not be banned across the country just like it was not banned across the country prior to Roe v Wade. The truth is most of “progressive” Europe has more restrictive abortion law than the US. All Roe v Wade did was take the decision out of the hands of the people and left it a gaping wound to be rehashed over and over again election after election. Democracy is a better way to handle these sorts of moral issues.

I mostly agree, save that Democracy ("majority rules") is an AWFUL way to handle moral issues. That's why the founding fathers made sure America was a Republic, NOT a democracy. The majority can favor segregation, slavery, or genocide sometimes.