McCain will not win in November

I have ridden the roller coaster of political extravaganza for the last year or so. Eventually after much thought and consideration I became an overt supporter of Ron Paul. While I've heard mixed opinions about him, I've come to find that around the board he is generally liked. Accusations of naivety have been dispelled by his stable and consistent stand on issues and his knowledge of economics. He has military experience, once pursued being a lutheran minister, is arguably the most conservative republican nominee of this go-round, and ran for president in 1988 between two spells in the medical field as a doctor. His reforms are unique and shared by no other candidate this election.

He was asked to speak on the Colbert Report, the Daily Show, The Late Night Show, Hannity and Colmes, and networks like CNN and FOX. He has an enormous internet based "fan club" which is highly passionate and driven to see their candidate succeed. This poses a threat to McCain's candidacy for a few reasons:

Video on Ron Paul's Revolution

This video hits one of the issues: Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate, will likely steal many of the votes that McCain should have received. Paul was not allowed to speak at the convention and was asked not to attend. On sept. 4th, 2008 he appeared on the Colbert Report another time, where he stated he held his own convention, and due to that night's cancellation (Gustav) he attracted more numbers from the canceled convention across the river in St. Paul!

Ron Paul collected at least 20% of the party's votes in PA during the primaries, and it's argued that there was a mistake made in NH that caused him to lose to McCain. I'm not debating this since it's merely a rumour, but look at the reality: the GOP wants NO connection to the Ron Paul Revolution, and ironically it's drastically hurting the party. What if--this is merely a speculation--Ron Paul ultimately gathered 10% of the popular vote during the republican primaries? Let's say that at least 8% of his followers realised that they were not being heard by the greater GOP. If they are thinking the way I am, we don't want to have any part of the current party's shortcomings, in fact we feel cheated that a REPUBLICAN NOMINEE is not allowed to attend the convention of HIS OWN PARTY.

Paul is no idiot, folks. You can't be dumb and have a medical degree topped with service in the military and a staunch knowledge of free-market economics to boot. The guy is intelligent and he's articulate about his views. He was told by Jon Stewart (Daily Show) that "You are a man driven with character and integrity--America doesn't usually go for that" (slight paraphrase). Bill Maher also said "You don't usually hear this type of logic from someone trying to run our country!"

These men are considered liberal, but Paul's message is as conservative as it gets. This is going to really, really hurt McCain. If 10% of the republican votes are not cast for McCain and instead are sent to Barr, what will happen then to the election?

Obama will clearly win. And this time it will be entirely the Republican Party's fault to a masterful T.

By shunning one of the more popular and certainly the most unique figure on the right side of politics, the GOP will have officially put itself into an early grave. The idea that silencing one individual not only breaks the first amendment but shatters all reasoning! Why on earth would a party allow someone like Paul to run for office and then turn around and stab him in the back?

It's confusing to me, but even the Democrats are teaming up this election, a unifying of ideals that we cannot ignore. Obama will turn America into a semi-socialist state, something I know the GOP does not want (but would end up producing as well).

Paul wants to cut spending, he wants to stop the IRS now, cut out the income tax, and bring all troops around the globe home. These would cut spending incredibly by themselves.

McCain seems to want to do the opposite, and by stopping Barr from getting on the ballot in PA (ironically the state that Paul collected a huge amount of votes in, wink wink) the republican party is proving more and more to be a controlling, fascist factor in the electoral process.

Freedom of speech and the right for a man to do what is legally entitled to him, something that is very quickly being lost and forgotten, and no doubt it will hurt the McCain ticket most severely of them all.