My personal Ron Paul education

I first learned about Ron Paul in or around the year 2000 when I was reading federal bills that had not yet been voted on in congress. I was reading through each bill and writing my congress critter with my opinions on each one. There were a slew of really bad bills, a bunch of confusing ones, and a small number of good ones. Of the good ones, the ones that would have made the biggest improvements in my opinion would have repealed unconstitutional "laws". These bills were all sponsored by Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. I was so intrigued that I looked up all of the bills that he was on record for sponsoring. I was amazed that there was a Congressman who consistently upheld the Constitution of the United States, a Constitution for which I had risked getting an Article 15 by speaking out against an unlawful order by my 1SG when most of my squadron told me to just go along with it. (Fortunately I had a pocket constitution in my pocket when the order was given and was able to articulate the reasons why the order should be rescinded.) I was (and still am) passionate about honoring my oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." After reading all of the bills that came up as having been sponsored by Congressman Ron Paul, I wrote my congresscritters and asked them to cosponsor all of his bills. For some reason I never got a response. After that I occasionally read Ron Paul's bills when I had the time. This January I got an email that rumored that Ron Paul was considering a run for the White House. I was so excited that I jumped out of my chair and started jumping around the room yelling "yes!, yes!" and thinking "Ron Paul would make an awesome president." Before learning of Ron Paul's potential bid, I was undecided about who I would support and felt that some of the candidates would be an improvement over George W. Bush, but I wasn't really enthusiastic about any of them. In February I went to listen to Ron Paul speak twice, once at a house party in his honor, and the other time at the NH Liberty Forum. Each time I heard him speak, my support for him grew stronger. His principles closely match mine in that we both believe that the best way to have peace, prosperity and liberty is for the government to comply with the Constitution, something it hasn't done in many years. It appears that our country is going downhill fast due to government oppression of liberty, excessive wasteful spending and overly heavy taxation. I think that Ron Paul is probably our last chance to restore our country to a constitutional republic without resorting to a violent revolution. I dislike violence and prefer to have a peaceful revolution of ideas. I do not want to fight with guns and other weapons, so I will continue to work to achieve a peaceful revolution to restore the Constitution led by President Ron Paul.
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