Election 2008: three heads to a monster and a tiny ray of light

I was looking for some interesting news when, suddenly, I found myself on a webpage called "Bavaria For Ron Paul." I was intrigued by this show of foreign support for Paul, the libertarian-leaning U.S. Republican Party candidate, and soon discovered that the website was not the only one of its kind. There are a whole bunch of international Ron Paul sites, most of them European (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13).

I made me stop to think: how many people had I talked to over the last few months who were living in the United States and eligible to vote, but could not be challenged to lift a finger to help change the course of American politics? And yet, here we have people running a site called "Bavaria for Ron Paul", trying to engage the public. It is such a bizarre contrast.

Many Americans bitch about the country's problems but, after a few days of campaigning for Ron Paul, it became clear to me that most people simply shrug their shoulders when they are told about a chance to make a difference. This was especially frustrating, because Paul seems to stand for everything conservative Republicanism is supposed to be - country, values, constitution and small government - which has not been seen in America for a very long time.

Of course, Americans have their reasons not to get involved. Many are afraid to abandon a mainstream candidate for fear that the worse of the two front-runners will win. So, they select what is often referred to as the "best of two evils". The irony is that, if all of these people put their doubts and fears behind them and supported who they really wanted to, the mainstream politicians people would really rather not support would lose!

Because of the lack of support for Paul, it appears Americans will have one of these three candidates as their next president:

  • Obama: puppet to the Federal Reserve money-lenders, based on his allegiances and what he is saying; will probably bow down before AIPAC; the unofficial voice of the ever-expanding, non-white minority and will not pledge to the flag; won't keep the flow of immigration into the states under control, does not believe in the constitutional heritage of this country. His emphasis on federal action calls for more centralization and government control.

  • Clinton: puppet to the Federal Reserve money-lenders, based on his allegiances and what he is saying; will probably bow down before AIPAC; terrible liar and political snake; won't keep the flow of immigration into the states under control, does not believe in the constitutional heritage of this country. His emphasis on federal action calls for more centralization and government control.

  • McCain: puppet to the Federal Reserve money-lenders, based on his allegiances and what he is saying; war-monger who will send more American sons and daughters to die for Israel-benefiting, corporate moneymaking causes in the Middle East while our nation decays from within, and thus will obvious bow before AIPAC; will offer no help for the middle class or the poor; won't keep the flow of immigration into the states under control and fails to preserve the very demographic that votes for him, which is Christians of European ancestry. His emphasis on federal action calls for more centralization and government control, just like the other two candidates.

Are these honestly the choices we have? If you support one of these three simply to pick the "better of two evils" or have support for your position on micro-issues like abortion or gay marriage, then you are an embarrassment to the fate-saving grace of democracy. What sort of future do these candidates pave for us?