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Dateline January 17, 2012

I know you know my position on Romney, but knowing my position is not knowing why I hold a firm, informed belief that while Romney may not be as bad as Obama, he is the next best thing for progressives.

Witness the fact that Florida’s largest newspaper has endorsed Romney. The Tampa Times is an anti capitalist, anti Judeo/Christian, pro-Islam publication.

We are seeing the left support the candidate that they believe can’t win, but if he can, they will have a place holder for the next progressive to occupy the White House. So the democrat media will try to convince voters that Romney is the only candidate who is electable because he can win the independent vote. Also we are being convinced that conservatives do not have a chance at winning, despite the fact that the Tea Party proved that conservative, small government candidates can win.

I still hold out hope for Gingrich, who I think is the most electable candidate. Progressives know this also. If someone were planning to destroy Gingrich he would form a Super Pac, ostensibly to support Romney, and use it to destroy the most excitable candidate. I discern among many intellectuals with whom I have discussed the state of our economy and politics that they do not share my concern that the world is heading toward a global empire where the US plays a equal roll with other nations of the world under the leadership of an international body who will be responsible for global governance.

The studies I have read convince me that this line of thinking, global governance, must be taken seriously. The opinions I am referring to were authored by political theorists going back 100 years. This is not a new phenomenon. I assure you that I can fill your day with compelling literature that will convince you of the possibility that the goal of progressives is not merely the redistribution of wealth from the rich in America to the poor in America, but they desire a redistribution of wealth from America throughout the world.

The bigger the lie the more likely people will believe it. Andy Andrews author of How Do You Kill 11 Million People? wrote “How fortunate for leaders,” Hitler said to his inner circle, “that men do not think. Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”. Hitler’s plan was exposed in his writing many years before he put it into effect. Even as he carried out his diabolical plan to annihilate millions of Jews and political opponents, he was able to convince them that his actions were meant to protect them; that putting them into places of confinement was for their protection; that the trains that took them to death camps were removing them from danger to a safer place. They boarded cattle cars willingly and when the doors were locked so was their fatal destiny.

My point is that we cannot look for the answer by looking around us at what other people believe, we must look into the future based upon what we know of the past, because truth has no agenda, and history repeats itself.

Now you have some idea why Romney will not get my vote. I made that mistake when I voted for McCain and added my vote to the myth that only a moderate can win. Since McCain we have seen Tea Party conservatives take over the House of Representative. I do not believe the lie that a conservative cannot win, and I will not feed that lie by adding my vote to substantiate it.

The general consensus among political pundits, especially in the Republican party, is that Ron Paul is not electable. What explains his polling numbers?

Ron Paul, the once-forgotten presidential candidate, is picking up steam in Iowa and now appears poised to overtake frontrunner Newt Gingrich, according to a new survey released today from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling.

The hype that Congressman Paul will not defend the United States against foreign aggression is not true.

Gingrich’s past support for progressive causes is being exposed and voters do not want more big government.

2. Ron Paul is the small government candidate, who voters believe will fight for drastic changes which will eliminate growing public and private debt, reign in defense spending on foreign bases in countries that can protect themselves, while our own borders are not protected.

3. Ron Paul Wins Cedar Valley Tea Party Presidential Straw Poll

4. As an Air Force veteran, Ron Paul believes national defense is the single most important responsibility the Constitution entrusts to the federal government.

5. Voted to hunt down Osama Bin Laden

6. Congress has ceded complete authority to the President.

7. Intelligence community efforts should be directed toward legitimate threats and not be used to detain US Citizens without due process.

8. End the failed policies of nation building that imposes billions of dollars of tax burden on taxpayers.

Finally:

9. Only send our military into conflict with a clear mission and all the tools they need to complete the job – and then bring them home.