Just to be clear Ron Paul has stated he WON'T dismantle the IRS, the Department of Education, and such. He agrees that it would cause chaos if it was done hastily, plus the President doesn't have the power to do that in the first place.

However, he would encourage and help take steps to reform the executive branch and all these massive departments sprouting out of it (like the Dep. of Homeland security).

There is a difference between "wanting" something gone and actually calling for it to be gone :)

Some of the big MSM outlets have tried to paint Ron Paul as some sort of fringe canidate, but in reality his viewpoints are very much those of the real "Republican" party. I'm a Libertarian, but I've reregistered as a Republican just to help get Ron Paul into office.

The Republicans can't lose if they run Ron Paul, but a canidate like Guliani is destined to fail.

I'm about two thirds of the entire political spectrum left from this guy, and thus would much prefer to see Obama in office, but this guy is my close second.

Removing the income tax is a fascinating idea, although removing the federal reserve will, umm, have the interest rates changed by the banks moreso than anything afterwards. Still people meeting in a marble room. Good old competition doesn't exist in the banking world of Visa! Or not very well. Credit unions have the voice of a mime.

Also cutting out 115,000 jobs(2005 number) (Well, they'll probably keep about a third for business income taxes, unless that actually is handled by another agency. Not entirely certain how your tax system works) definately will be a lovely blow to the economy and morale. Think GM is bad? Which is essentially the problem with large companies, being able to employ or fire so many people holds tremendous power, because unemployed people are not very happy. Not to mention other areas of the budget he plans on cutting. If you're a public servant, thanks for serving, now GTFO! Not an easy change by any means, is it like a bandage that should just be ripped and the pain dealt with, or a 4 or 5 year process to ease the enormous layoffs into the workforce?

Does the song playing imply that people believe he'll die in a plane crash?

He seems alright, but I'm bitter, and always consider as much the repercussions of any action I can. It's shocking how much politicians can get away with. Also, this came after only watching about 2 minutes of video.

Weird Random American Politics History Tidbit (Wrapht): There was only one legislator who voted against both WW1 and WW2. She was the sole dissenting vote in WW2, and was escorted out of congress.

I would rather have Clinton as your president....especially because I like her stand against Israel. She does not want to fund Israel anymore and that's really great.

Ron says great things, but can he really change everything, is he not used as a pawn to keep the republicans in power?

I agree. Ron Paul is good for America. Register as a Republican and then vote for Ron Paul.

Unfortunately the big wigs in Washington will NEVER let Ron Paul win. If he gets elected, his life will be threatened before he can come through on his GODLY policies of abolishing the income tax and pulling out of stupid wars.

Removing the Federal Reserve borders on the insane. Also he blatantly lies or is simply ignorant when he says there won't be inflation without the Federal Reserve. The money supply must go up over time, otherwise a permanent recession (or a dramatic reduction in real wages) will occur. There is a reason why central banking is prefered to free banking (allowing banks to set interest rates and the money supply) and there's a reason that economic volatility has decreased substantially since central banks decided to focus primarily on controlling inflation.

A reduction in taxes is of course welcome by the voters but is not the greatest of ideas. One we've already seen substantial tax reductions over the past seven years. Two it is doubtful that he can reduce expenditures at a greater rate than he can reduce taxes. At the end of the day the US needs to increase taxes for the rich and reduce them for the poor, Bush focused almost entirely on providing tax cuts for the affluent so the poor now pay a far greater percentage of the tax burden than they did in the Clinton years. Furthermore, the US is the only first world country with a third world health system and whilst the system can run more efficiently it is clear that any responsible President must act to fix this embarassing system and no doubt this will necessarily involve increasing government spending.

Furthermore, having never voted for a tax increase or an unbalanced budget I have to wonder what he would do in a recession? Afterall, a recession reduces tax income which will mean that he'll further reduce government spending, which reinforces the recession, which reduces taxes and so on and so forth. Deficit spending is important, if only because it provides a way out of a recession. This is all the more important given that he wants to rid the country of its central bank.

Socially he makes a lot of sense but its hard to not make sense being anti-war these days. For the most part I agree with him on social issues (or at least his opinions that I'm aware of). However, economically he appears to be a massive risk unless he gets some decent economic advisors around him. That said he does sound genuinely honest and that is rare in itself.

I'm not an American and if I was I would always vote for the Democrats as I always vote "left" in my own country.

I never understand how Ron Paul seems to have endless supply of supporters online, but then when all the polls come through he gets about 2-5%. Also even though he is a republican I could never vote for him, therefore I support Duncan Hunter. In the end I doubt Hunter could ever win the nomination so I am really hoping for a Thompson/Hunter 08 ticket. Im sorry but Ron Paul seems lunay to me, so you might as well flame me and get over it.

I like Ron Paul's personality and personal integrity. To me he's the Republican version of Dennis Kucinitch. But I could never vote for him because his policies and political ideologies just don't make any sense to me. But then again, most U.S. policies and ideologies don't make sense to me either.

Anyways, on October 10th, vote Howard Hampton and the NDP!