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Win or Lose, Ron Paul's Revolution Will Continue
by James Glaser January 12, 2012 
Ron Paul did not win in the New Hampshire; he came in second. However in the 18 to 29 age group, Paul came in first by a landslide with 47% to Romney's 25%. For comparison, Newt received just 3% of that youth vote. Don't think this is significant? Consider this: some of those young voters will be voting and interested in politics for the next 50 years or maybe more. Ron Paul planted a seed several years ago when he started campaigning on smaller government, personal freedom, and having sound money. The young people of today understand that today's government is spending their future, and is handing them the bills they are running up. Chances are that Ron Paul will not become the Republican endorsed candidate, and therefore not president, but next time around you can bet that somebody will be running on Ron Paul's ideas. Those young people who worked for him this time will be joined by new young people who will also wake up to the fact that their parents are leaving them holding the bag for the national debt, which by 2016 it is estimated will be at least $20 trillion. Already after just two primaries, Doctor Paul has the second highest total of delegates to the Republican National Convention, and for sure he will pick up many more. That means that his people will be on the platform committees of the Republican Party, and they will influence what the new platform looks like. Next time around Doctor Paul's followers will have more experience on how the inside of the Republican Party works, and with a stronger showing they will have that much more influence.. Sure it might not be this time or next time, but eventually Ron Paul's teachings of today will become the way America does things. That is, if we don't bankrupt our nation, or if there is not a violent revolution before then. I don't know about you, but if I were a young man today starting out with a young family, I would be mad as hell with what Washington was doing to me. Heck, I'm an older man today, and I and thousands like me are mad about what Washington is doing to our children and grandchildren. I truly believe that in the near future the people of America are going to take back their country from the politicians, the big banks, the major corporations, and the Wall Street traders. They will take it back and use many of the ideas that Ron Paul expounds today. His "revolution" has just begun. ....and there is hope for tomorrow. |
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