"*Commissars Demand We Shun Ron Paul"* (Most Americans, both conservative, and those just a little left of center do too!) ** * * *
* On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:02 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > December30th > *Commissars Demand We Shun Ron Paul > *Tom Woods > > All the respectables agree: we can support anyone we like, except Ron > Paul. That’s what the *New York Times*, much of the progressive left, and > much of the fake-conservative talk-radio right in other words, the whole > spectrum of people who have wrecked the country agree on. > > Here is my blunt translation of what the phonies on right-wing radio are > really saying: > > Citizen, you appear to be unhappy with the choices our political system > offers you. We do not understand this. Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole, Barack > Obama vs. John McCain -- what historic contests these were, what great men > these are, whose profound reflections on the human condition will be > remembered down the ages. > Your wise public servants have your best interests at heart. What a > privilege, citizen, for you to choose between them. Now it is true, to be > sure, that they pursue essentially the same foreign policy, the same > monetary policy, the same policy on drugs, the same policy on civil > liberties, and so on, but they’re really, really super different. Super, > super different. They are safely different, you might say. > Now there’s this fellow Ron Paul, and we have to tell you, he’s just > beyond the pale. He isn’t playing fair. He is offering you a choice. > Citizen, your betters have already decided that anyone who dissents from > the bipartisan consensus on the Federal Reserve, or foreign policy > (remember, citizen, that Hillary Clinton, the New York Times, the > Washington Post, and other liberals were strong supporters of George W. > Bush’s foreign policy), on centralized versus decentralized power, on > presidential war powers, and countless other matters, is probably some sort > of crank. > You must not listen to such an enemy of the people, citizen. You can know > you are listening to an enemy of the people by this rule: he disagrees with > both Hillary Clinton and Newt Gingrich. Who would ever want to do such a > thing? > Alan Greenspan was a wise public official who had absolutely nothing to do > with the housing bubble and subsequent collapse. He enjoyed bipartisan > support, citizen, and isn’t that all you need to know about him? > Citizen, we must insist you continue to support the wise public servants > who have brought your country to the condition of wonderful health it > presently enjoys. If you continue to support the candidates the two major > parties prefer, as you have done in the past, the fortunes of our country > will surely improve still further. > However, here is our major concern: the more we shout at you that Ron Paul > is dangerous, not respectable, indecent, crazy, irresponsible, and not > someone we’d invite to dinner, the more you appear to like him. It is > almost as if the disapproval of the New York Times, Rush Limbaugh, and > Rachel Maddow has you thinking that this man must be on to something. > It is as if you have concluded that any honest person who might actually > do some good for our country would probably be treated exactly the way we > and the old media have been treating Ron Paul. > This will not do. Now please, citizen, we urge you one more time: these > independent thoughts you have been entertaining have gone quite far enough. > Listen to our radio programs for the talking points you are to imbibe and > repeat. Do not stray from these, even when we appear to be betraying the > cause of limited government and the free market. Listen to us, citizen, so > you may count yourself among the respectables. > > For what could matter more than being considered respectable by the powers > that be? Surely there can be no greater value than this. > > > > http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/commissars-of-approved-opinion-demand-we-shun-ron-paul/ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
