My son, the libertarian.....

Patrick is 19. Here's what he had to say on his MySpace blog recently. (The numbers indicate YouTube subscriptions per candidate at the time):

Ron Paul ...12,001 -- Wants to restore Bill of Rights and Constitution!
Obama...5,768 -- Did cocaine with Rick James (its In Obama's book)!
Clinton...3,212 -- Talking head for Socialist Elites and Israel. Supports carbon tax!
Romney.2,014 -- Mormon, believes he will be a God one day with many spirit wives!
Giuliani..1,389 -- From crime family, Married his cousin, Divorced 3 times!
McCain..1,259 -- Supports expensive, endless war against a poorly defined enemy "Terrorism"!

Ron Paul has completely ambushed the media and the American public. I first heard of Ron Paul about 4 years ago and he instantly became one of my heroes after I heard a speech he gave on the floor of congress. This was right around the time when I became interested in politics and was becoming fed up with the two parties controlling our lives and the world. I decided I was a libertarian.

About a year ago, my dad came to me announcing to me that Ron Paul was planning on running for president and that he was going to support him as much as he could through bumper stickers and internet blogs. All I could think at the time was "Good luck, Ron Paul's chances are thinner than a strand of hair." So I didn't take it seriously.

Over the past month or so though, things have changed. This old hero of mine from four years ago that no one knew about, that no one cared about, whose ideas were so challenging, is now gaining so much popularity and support in just a matter of 2 weeks, both Republicans and Democrats are fleeing to this Moses-type character because they know he's our only hope for freedom by leading us out of slavery.

I watch these videos on youtube of GOP debates where Ron Paul is ripping it up, fundraising speeches, etc. The response to his ideas (which have been my ideas for the past 4 years) is overwhelming. He's taking everyone by surprise and everyone in the media is talking about him. I seriously have been on the verge of tears to see him giving America some hope to free us from this enslaved corporate-statism that is our bloated, out-of-control government.

You can even go to the videos of the democratic debates and all the coments talk about Ron Paul. His support and following is extraordinary to me, I have never seen this happen to an unknown politician with radical ideas. Yet even with all his support, the corporate-owned government media is trying so hard to hold him back, but Paul continues to prevail and continues to challenge peoples ideas. The extraordinary part is that his ideas are ACTUALLY getting across to people.

4 years ago I argued with so many republicans about the war in Iraq and all the republicans just gave me endless #### about their threat to us. I told them that the war is not just, I told them Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11, I told them 9/11 was the result of bad foreign policy of interventionalism. I told them that no matter what Bush says, things in Iraq will only get worse, and the war will never end or succeed. They thought I was wrong and blindly supported Bush thinking he would prevail. These things never prevail... Over time though, Bush's ratings began to go down, he began losing support as the war continued to rage on with no hope in sight. There's still none... even after 4 years of arguing with republicans.

And now with an election drawing near... a voice comes out of the shadows of the libertarian ideology and is reaching to people as an alternative... and people are actually listening... My shock is that REPUBLICANS... the people I so loathed and hated... are coming to their senses after witnessing Bush's failures. Republican's are showing signs of moving in a new direction AWAY from neo-conservativism and towards constitutional liberty... towards real freedom... real genuine honest to God sacred freedom that we've been missing out on. The freedom I've been wanting for four years and beyond.

There's hope... I know there is. I'm not losing faith in the world and its people...

Under Ron Paul's Presidency, we would have:

-An end to the war in Iraq, our troops from bases all over the world home and safe. No more bloodshed. No more war.
-An end to tyrannical bureacracy: the IRS, the Federal Reserve, the CIA, the FBI, the DEA, virtually all of the Departments.
-A prevention of the REAL ID act, and other Big Brother scams.
-An end to the income tax.
-Social and personal liberty and freedom.
-An end to expensive, dangerous and pointless pursuits such as the War on Drugs
-An end to corporate subsidies and corporate/state sponsorships (corporatism)
-FREE SPEECH!
-A return to the Constitution.

Patrick's blog