February 18, 2013
by Nick Sorrentino
In 2010 I wrote about the Ron Paul Reformation.
Like Martin Luther (not MLK but the German priest of the Middle Ages) who held the sacred script of the Bible up to Church leadership and indicted Rome for running directly contrary to what Jesus and the Bible advocated, Ron Paul has done something similar with the US Constitution.
During the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns Ron Paul essentially posted his political “Theses” for all the world to see. The priests and bishops of politics had abandoned the both the spirit and the letter of most important document in American politics, The Constitution. It was time to address the problem.
Ron Paul’s message has taken root. A new group of leaders is emerging within the GOP which has no problem at all with pot or gays, but does have a problem with the an ever expanding war machine, and corporate welfare. They are pro-freedom, pro-liberty, even if that puts them at odds with traditional GOP positions (or at least GOP positions since the New Deal.)
This New Wave also recognizes that a void has opened up due to a lack of moral leadership within the GOP. How is it that “the party of small government” has for decades expanded government? G W Bush expanded government on par with Lyndon Baines Johnson. The old guard has failed. Now, even the old guard knows it.
The National Review is starting to see what’s going on. We’ll give The Weekly Standard until 2014.
- (From The National Review)
- As the GOP’s support from college students and recent grads is floundering, it’s important to remember that the grassroots, nationwide liberty movement that Ron Paul helped spearhead is alive and kicking Students for Liberty had its first conference in 2008, with 100 students. Since then, it’s grown exponentially, and that’s not a fluke. If the Republican party as we know it wants to exist in 20 years, it should take notice.
- As the GOP’s support from college students and recent grads is floundering, it’s important to remember that the grassroots, nationwide liberty movement that Ron Paul helped spearhead is alive and kicking Students for Liberty had its first conference in 2008, with 100 students. Since then, it’s grown exponentially, and that’s not a fluke. If the Republican party as we know it wants to exist in 20 years, it should take notice.
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