Siglo XXI, Guatemala

Ron Paul, Libertarian

By Estuardo Zapeta

Translated by Fortunato Brown

January 24, 2008

Guatemala - Siglo XXI - Original Article (Spanish)

In the State of Nevada, on January 19, Ron Paul obtained the second place in the primaries.

Freedom is his motto, and Government should not redefine ‘marriage’.

Among the competitors for the presidency of the US, one who has caught my attention, more than the Hilary vs. Obama competition on the democrat side, is the republican congressman Ron Paul (www.ronpaul2008.com) whom nobody gave the slightest chance in view of his opponents’ pretentious and well funded campaign machines, such as those of McCain and Giuliani, but whom, in fact, voters have favored impressively.

In the State of Nevada, on January 19, he took second place in the primaries, beating McCain, Huckabee, Thompson and  --naturally—Giuliani.

A setback also for the mass media conglomerates who highbrowed right from the beginning a candidate’s program full of simplicity, honesty, humility and actual ‘revolution’, and who wonder now how could Paul have done it without them.

He does it without the mass media, but with people, many people tired, fed-up, desperate about the future of the United States. He does it through the  “I-n-t-e-r-n-e-t” as his mass medium, his vehicle, his pulpit to advance the proposals that have never been heard in the US at the level of big politics, obtaining through it record figures of visits to his website or in funds raising.

And Paul has become now a political star, both because of his intelligent speeches and his relentless critique of the candidates who have deviated from the true constitutional principles that made the US a great nation.

Paul defends life, property and freedom, in the frame of a truthful State that returns to the pristine Constitution itself, which permits a real Free Market without the need for “free trade agreements”. His position in favor of the Constitution is iron-strong and is his principal proposal defended vehemently every day.  That is both his strength and the weakness of his opponents.

Paul is anti-imperialist and a pacifist by definition. Something rare among the recent republican imperialist proposals. Beyond gender (Hilary) or ethnicity (Obama) on the democrat side, Paul’s proposal, on the republican side, has popped up as the most “liberal” (in the American sense of the word) and “classic liberal”.  His knowledge of the system (and abuses) of the central bank in the US together with his solid economic education make Paul much superior intellectually and morally than any other candidate, either on the democrat or republican side.

And his distinction in limiting government constitutional functions, together with his love for individual rights of citizens is awakening the most brilliant minds in the US to reconsider his identity.

In difficult topics such as homosexuality, drugs and immigration, Paul’s position is simply refreshing. Freedom is his motto: government should not redefine ‘marriage’, he says, and individuals’ decisions should be respected.

With regard to drugs, Paul, as a Libertarian, opts for legalization. Among so much collectivism, mercantilism, socialism, protectionism, eco-hysterics, it’s really a blessing to listen to Ron Paul.

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