Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

One of those simple choices is to refuse to vote for a fence-walking, baby-kissing, multimillionaire Republican or Democratic puppet, and instead vote for a lesser-known candidate who represents us much more accurately. Stop pandering to the TV elites and make a statement. For heaven's sake, please don't sit home on Election Day 2008 whining that the US is going to hell in a handbasket. Do a little research now, make your decision, then get out there and vote for the candidate you like best. Even if your candidate has no real chance of winning the election, you will feel so much better for having voted your conscience and your convictions. Take it from me, I did it in '04.

If only enough of us could begin summoning the courage to do this over the next couple of decades, presidential elections would grow very interesting. Imagine watching the news on election night 2008 and seeing the two top puppets each garner only 45 percent of the popular vote. Then imagine watching the report in 2012 and seeing the top two puppets attain only 40 percent each. It's up to us who we vote for, not the corporate-owned media. Let's begin the positive trend to independent voting now. At the very least, this will shake up the system and get the puppets nervous.

In recent months, numerous Americans have become fascinated with Texas representative Ron Paul--and rightly so. Here is a candidate free of ties to the powerful special interest groups; he is pro-life, opposes same-sex "marriage" and the Iraq war, intends to abolish the income tax, plans to fix the immigration problem, and would cut the stranglehold of big business over the federal government. To top it all off, Ron Paul exhibits the integrity that Americans thought Bush had in 2000.

Personally I disagree with Paul's idea that all  foreign aid is unconstitutional. However, I would much rather see him president than Romney, Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Hillary, Obama, or Biden.

Let's not kid ourselves that Paul will win the Republican or Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008. I do believe he could be nominated by a third party. But is Paul the only real option for America?

**To be continued in my next Diary.**