Thursday, December 27, 2007
Glenn "Kane" Jacobs On the Ron Paul Bandwagon
So far Ron Paul is standing out as my favorite pick for the '08 election, despite his lagging in polls worrying me that he won't pick up the Republican nomination. I don't see eye-to-eye with him on every policy (I never do, since I'm so widely spread across the political spectrum), but his strong adherence to the Constitution - especially the 2nd Amendment, his paring of wasteful federal government agencies and needless bureaucracies, support of steep tax reforms and focus on tougher border patrol is pretty cool by me.
I'm still not clear on his views on foreign affairs, since his vote for "non-intervention" in '02 doesn't jive with his support of military force against terrorism in '01 (though just about everyone is guilty of knee-jerk reactions immediately after 09/11/01), and I'm really not on the anti-abortion bandwagon. Still, I share more similar political views with Ron Paul than any candidate so far.
Yeah, I've never liked a candidate very much, to date (even before I could vote), and all of the candidates I would back was just the "lesser evil" in my opinion, since the guy who got the party nod has always been too extremely to the left or right. For instance, I supported Reagan, Bush, Dole and W only because I disliked Mondale, Dukakis, Perot, Kerry more. I really REALLY dislike Gore and Lieberman, and I was surprisingly indifferent about Bill Clinton. But, to date, my vote has been had by simply being less of an extremist anti-Constitutional douchebag than the other candidate.
Although I'm presently not 100% thrilled with Paul, but he's way WAY ahead of any other candidate that's come by in my 30 years. However, Paul just jumped up a few more points in the "Peter Staack's Cluttered Brain Poll", when Glenn Jacobs (a.k.a., the WWE's Big Red Machine, KANE) announced his endorsement of Ron Paul. Kane's no dummy, and having read a number of his commentaries, I find we have many similar political views. Plus, I can't help feeling a kind of kinship with a well-read and articulate fellow who happens to be very large and everyone thinks is a homicidal maniac.
I'm still not clear on his views on foreign affairs, since his vote for "non-intervention" in '02 doesn't jive with his support of military force against terrorism in '01 (though just about everyone is guilty of knee-jerk reactions immediately after 09/11/01), and I'm really not on the anti-abortion bandwagon. Still, I share more similar political views with Ron Paul than any candidate so far.Yeah, I've never liked a candidate very much, to date (even before I could vote), and all of the candidates I would back was just the "lesser evil" in my opinion, since the guy who got the party nod has always been too extremely to the left or right. For instance, I supported Reagan, Bush, Dole and W only because I disliked Mondale, Dukakis, Perot, Kerry more. I really REALLY dislike Gore and Lieberman, and I was surprisingly indifferent about Bill Clinton. But, to date, my vote has been had by simply being less of an extremist anti-Constitutional douchebag than the other candidate.
Although I'm presently not 100% thrilled with Paul, but he's way WAY ahead of any other candidate that's come by in my 30 years. However, Paul just jumped up a few more points in the "Peter Staack's Cluttered Brain Poll", when Glenn Jacobs (a.k.a., the WWE's Big Red Machine, KANE) announced his endorsement of Ron Paul. Kane's no dummy, and having read a number of his commentaries, I find we have many similar political views. Plus, I can't help feeling a kind of kinship with a well-read and articulate fellow who happens to be very large and everyone thinks is a homicidal maniac.
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