Um anúncio do caraças

A Alaíde Costa tem criticado a imagem de Ron Paul como seu factor de impopularidade. Que se apresenta «frequentemente com um ar frágil», e que «altera o seu tom de voz, chegando por vezes a níveis em que se pode temer pela vida do septuagenário e de um possível AVC».
Seria patético tentar ignorar que a imagem de um candidato conta muito. Que a forma como se "vende" um candidato contará mais, para alguns, que as mensagens que faz passar. E os candidatos sabem isso (vide).
Concordo também que Paul tem um ar, por vezes, frágil, e que isso tem efeito sobre os eleitores (Discordo no entanto da visão AVCista de aL). A mim importa-me mais a mensagem e a coerência de Paul (que provavelmente também beneficiaria em votos se não estivesse sempre a martelar na questão da guerra - mas ele não é dado a esses utilitarismos), que a imagem frágil, ou um casaco mal-escolhido.
Em todo o caso, a própria aL vem nos dar caso dum spot de Paul que é, segundo a própria um" anuncio do"... Enfim, vão lá ver o que ela disse do anúncio.
O anúncio propriamente dito é este (e é, de facto, do caraças):

Open Letters

Open Letter to the Jewish Community in Behalf of Ron Paul
Open Letter to the Protestant Community in Behalf of Ron Paul
An Open Letter to the Catholic Community

Repugnante, não?

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Two personalities have dominated European politics this year: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Last week a third person was added to the heavyweights in EU politics...

Meet Germany’s new vice chancellor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

A New Heavyweight in EU Politics

We are Israel!

The biblical and historical evidence is overwhelming:

The English-speaking nations of White Israelites

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright
The Declaration of Arbroath
German-American Israelites?
Not All Twelve Tribes of Israel are Jewish?
The United States and Britain in Prophecy
The Plain Truth About the "Lost Ten Tribes" and Why You Need to Know!
Joseph Isn't Jewish!
Israel in the Isles
Where Did the TWELVE APOSTLES Go?
Origins of Nations
Brit Am Israel
Israel and Judah Must Get House in Order Before King Messiah Arrives
The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy
South Africa in Prophecy
Australia in Prophecy
A Jewish Homeland
Michael's Freund's fraud: Indian converts pretending to be Joes!
Call for Anglo-Israeli Alliance
The Queen's Royal Descent from King David the Psalmist

Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg: "And therein lies the chief difference between Paul and Huckabee. One is a culturally conservative libertarian. The other is a right-wing progressive. Whatever the faults of the man and his friends may or may not be, Paul's dogma generally renders them irrelevant. He is a true ideologue in that his personal preferences are secondary to his philosophical principles. When asked what his position is, he generally responds that his position can be deduced from the text of the Constitution. Of course, that's not as dispositive as he thinks it is. But you get the point. "

O problema de Goldberg? O esperado: "I would not vote for Paul mostly because I think his foreign policy would be disastrous (and because he'd lose in a rout not seen since Bambi versus Godzilla)."

[Neste ponto nunca resisto em lembrar os resultados de Wilson - o comunismo e fascismo pós-monarquias europeias que ajudou a destruir; e depois Roosevelt e a vitória total de Estaline...e Bush?]

Mas acaba bem: "But there's something weird going on when Paul, the small-government constitutionalist, is considered the extremist in the Republican Party while Huckabee, the statist, is the lovable underdog. It's even weirder because it's probably true: Huckabee is much closer to the mainstream. And that's what scares me about Huckabee and the mainstream alike."

Ron Paul Would Rescue Catholic Charities

An interesting insight was posted by "tz" in the comments box about the effect Ron Paul's policies would have on Catholic Charities.

Here is his comment:

There is no contradiction in wanting Abortion banned across the nation - one state at a time. But the most important thing is that Catholic Charities can cease losing their souls for tax-deductibility. No IRS, no compromise such as not being able to express an opinion between a cross-dressing pro-abort and a man of honor who keeps his promises and is pro-life, but also properly understands subsidiarity. Ah, the martyrs of old, who would not drop the pinch of incense and mumble words and suffer torture and death. When you sell your soul, do you have to declare the proceeds on your 1040?

"tz" makes a very important point here.

Over the years, Catholic Charities have had their wonderful reputation slide because it has been pressured to conform to the world on issues such as gay adoption and in some cases have chosen to cease offering services rather than risk losing its tax status. The fact of the matter is that Catholic Charities is not prepared to fight a legal battle and between taking a stand and retreating from the works of mercy, they are forced into retreat (or worse, to conform themselves).

The state has even declared that Catholic Charities is not Catholic and so must pay for contraception.

This is part of a very sophisticated attack on the Catholic Church that seeks to remove the Church from its mission to spread the Gospel and love the needy.

What is the instrument of torture that will remove the greatest force of love and charity in our society? The IRS and the tax code.

Ron Paul's policies would seek to eliminate the IRS and that would liberate (there is that word Liberty again) Catholic Charities to continue its wonderful work unfettered by the state's totalitarian ideology of sterilization, homosexualization and secularity.

This is what the Founding Fathers meant when they spoke of Liberty. They weren't advocating a freedom were everyone can do what they like, that is not Liberty, but rather license, and total licence leads to licentiousness and spiritual, psychological and physical bondage. No, they were advocating the most fundamental Liberty - Religious Liberty - the freedom to pursue virtue, express faith, hope and love in a public and communal way, and to give thanks to God for His blessings, unrestrained by a State ideology. The Founding Fathers wanted a society based on the Liberty that is the fruit of the moral life, because a nation of virtuous men and women would ensure the survival of our country. Whereas a nation of licentious men and women would slide into a tyrannical state.

Tyranny is not on our door step of our nation, it is in the front hall!

Ron Paul's policies on taxation and the elimination of the IRS would abolish this modern day sophisticated structure of injustice, torture and coercion.

It is just one more reason why every Catholic should support Ron Paul.

Thank you "tz" for your insight and for reading CFRP.

Go Ron Paul!