(Is there not an edit button? I don’t see what you guys see, so let me know, and if one’s not showing up for you, I’ll see if I can somehow get it so that you can edit your own comments).

What is the death penalty used for for federal offenses (other than large-scaled drug dealing as put in by Clinton)? It’s mostly used for things that are already against the law in the states, such as murder. Ron Paul just thinks it’s not authorized by the Constitution beyond a few things (like treason) and should be left up to the states.

Drugs are only a safety issue because they’re illegal– the people involved in selling them are drug kingpins and the like rather than honest businesspeople.

Death penalty, in my mind, for federal offences, is a federal issue. Drugs – I think are a safety issue and should be federal. Although, I was taking a “2008 Presidential Quiz” today, and he’s my 3rd match.

He simply thinks drugs and the death penalty are not a federal issue authorized by the Constitution. End of story.

If a vote is just to “pick the winner”, then that vote is simply a reaction to the herd to avoid social friction. In that way, the analogy of people being like sheep is appropriate.

The question each person must answer is if they are an active, thinking person or a drone, a collectivist, a “borg”.

You can either vote for someone who changes their position as easily as the winds or you can vote for a man who has an impeccable track record – 30 years voted the same way, 50 years married the same way. Who would you want to represent you?

Please think about it.

This is also the reason that I don’t vote for a religious right third party.

This all being said, I would happily vote for Ron Paul if he were to get the nomination, and I would even consider voting for him in the primary if he began gaining steam.

As for the drug situation. The War on Drugs has only created a highly incentivised profit opportunity for black-ops fund raising. If the War on Drugs were stopped it would be like locking the cookie jar and taking away the incentive-based pressure that targets our youth. The blowback of the War on Drugs is far more to our detriment in so many ways. If the incentive for crooks to profit was destroyed our children would not have such pressure around them to experiment and the only effective method to counter drugs, positive education, would have greater effect.

Take some time and look at how beautifully Ron Paul’s positions fit into the big picture. Under his platform we as individuals get to take and be responsible for our own lives and that is a beautiful thing. I’d sure like to see government protecting my rights and property instead of regulating and taxing them. The prosperity of our nation is being destroyed so a return to peace, freedom and prosperity is absolutely welcomed.

Romney will only take his skill and intelligence and more deeply entrench us in the wrong direction.