Cenk Uygur: Maybe its time to take our chances with Dr. Ron Paul

The Tea Party got so many candidates elected in '10 is the same reason for the republican revolution of '94: people are wary of the way things are going. If Paul gets in, that would signal such a shift in attitude by electing such an 'unorthodox' (common sense is now called unorthodox) President, that would leave one to assume they want a change-a REAL change.

If Paul doesn't get what he was elected to do done, he could quite easily blame the congress, and he would be right. The one thing we know about politicians is they'll do anything to keep their jobs. If they don't play ball with Paul, it would be quite possible come November '14 that would be a whole new batch of Representatives in the House.

Unless he rescinds all of his anti-government bullshit, from his stance on the 14th amendment to his stance on the gold standard, he is unelectable in my eyes.

It's more important to establish the (3 or 4 good) values he fights so strongly for than it is to elect him specifically.

Even if he did get elected, it would be meaningless given the state of congress.

I hate the party system

Im getting close to registering republican just to vote for his ass. still dont think Id vote for him in the general. If I have to throw away my vote it will be for the some third party canidate. i sure as hell aint gona waste it on a democratic party that does not give a shit about what I think is important any more than I would vote for a republican who does not give a shit either.

The Iowa Caucus is already as irrelevant as the Amish. Taking a chance on Ron Paul is like taking a chance on an inert gas. Even if he should accidenlty succeed to the WH (he could not possibly be elected, somebody would have to die), it wouldn't matter. He could not constitutionally accomplish any of his government demolition; and his own philosophy wouldn't allow him to engage in any activity the rest of us call governance. He is the poster boy hobgoblin of small minded consistency.

The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur just gained my respect. Excellent post. Thank you.

Establishment is definitively afraid of Ron Paul!

NO thanks. I treasure clean air and water and shouldn't have to wait until my body is wracked with cancer to sue the responsible party only to die in the process or be dragged through litigation with the respsonsible party using their $$$$$ and influence to "settle" to avoid accountability. His environmental policies alone especially regarding climate change are irresponsible and immoral. And anyway, why are people obsessing over Ron Paul when the nominee has already been picked? Bush's daddy already annointed Romney, and that is it unless they pick him to broker the convention to bring us someone "new." And frankly, I'm already way tired of the political sell here and everywhere. Keep pushing them all in our faces 24/7 and people won't come out at all.

I feel your pain, Cenk. That's why I am running for President. We are all disgusted with the administrations seeming inability to stand up to the Republicans but Ron Paul is not the answer. Sure his positions against the FED and the corruption in Washington make him a worthy candidate but he is the unprogressive. What you are torn by is your former Republican self which is crying out for common sense and spending restraint. Ending Medicare, Education, unemployment, welfare, and housing for the poor is not the answer to our problems, that is the nuclear option. Whereas, our government is corrupted and in the hands of the corporatists, the people are still eating.

Ron Paul would devastate the economy by cutting spending in the middle of a recession. That leads to depression and once entered, there is no guarantee when we will come out. Think Kansas in the 30s and imagine what the people will do as they scrounge for meager supplies of food. If we had a government soup kitchen arranged and we were going to stop all foreclosures and just reset the clock then maybe there would be some value to a hardstop but that is not what he will do. He is an old man in his twilight, he cares nothing for the average person, only the nation. Under Ron Paul the corporations will cease even more power without any regulations and wages will drop like a rock.

It is a dark vision and the Sadducees and Pharisees are terrified of this new Jesus. Yes, we are all sinners but that doesn't mean there is only one way. You have the Wolf-Pac and we have OWS. Patience is what we need this year. The Republicans are feasting upon each other and President Obama does not offer the people anything. There is plenty of time to turn the tables because any candidate offering something is better than any of the candidates offered.

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Why not? Everything is so corrupt what could it hurt?

All the establishment hates him, that right there speaks volumes about his worthiness.

I say we vote him in, let him get rid of all these corrupt governmental agencies, see what he has to offer.

Worst case scenario he has to piece certain things back together, at the will of the American people, and hopefully without all the ingrained corruption, waste, etc, etc....

Still the vast majority of things he wants to eliminate are riddled with corruption, and even he knows he couldn't just completely throw certain things out the window. Social Security will be around for a while in some capacity regardless, to many people have paid way to much into it.

But you have the; FDA, EPA, Department of Education (and don't hand me the Matt Damon video of him going off on a "libertarian" about all teachers being in it because they "love to teach", that's just bullshit and we know it. I literally had teachers coming in hung-over half beat up from the night before sleeping through 1st. & 2nd. periods themselves.)....

Just saying it is all FUCT!!! Just about every last bit of it, and since so many people are content to go on with some variation of this warped system, why not throw in the guy that makes the establishment shit itself.

If he's that bad, fuck it, at least your tax dollars won't be going to bomb babies in foreign countries, and locking up non violent weed heads, so your stupid, only slightly more sober neighbors have a job in the prison industrial complex.....

No .

Great video! Thanks!