<p>It’s his emphasis on restoring the Constitution (that never went away) that is one of the scariest things about Ron Paul. Was the Oklahoma City courthouse bombing so long ago that we have already forgotten the “Militia” movment? Those nut cases running around in the woods firing guns and setting off bombs were all about “restoring the Constitution” - that was one of their main battle cries. And unfortunately, Dr. Paul has adopted many of their main slogans.</p>
<p>I don’t think he advocates bombing Federal buildings, but I worry that Ron Paul is attracting the the remnants of the discredited militia movement - the big believers in government conspiracy theories, those seeking to restore civil liberities they either never lost or never had, and above all, restoring our Constitution to some primordal form that would be hopelessly nonfunctional in our modern times. He wants to take us back to some constitutional Garden of Eden that never existed.</p>
<p>Respectfully, coureur, you are so off-base that it would be impossible to set the record straight here in a discussion forum. If you want to become informed about Ron Paul’s views and policies, do a search for ‘Ron Paul archives’ and get educated.</p>
<p>While you’re at it, may I suggest that you also do some research on the effect of the media on the polls, as well as the type of polls used. For example, calling ONLY Republicans who have land lines, and then giving them ONLY 4 options to choose from, when there were 11 candidates…then saying on the media that the candidates who were NOT included int he polls didn’s score very high, thus were not viable candidates…can you begin to see the cycle here? round and round it goes, the polls support the media, the media controls what happens in the polls…self-fulfilling prophecy.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, I suggest getting educated about a candidate so that your statements might have a hint of accuracy, instead of relying on superficial soundbites thate are subject to misinterpretation. That’s like supporting bush because he ‘wants to help the children’ - empty words.</p>