Sioux City Journal

Ron Paul: 'Listen to what he has to say'

Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2007

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- I’m retired Navy with 21 years active duty service and a registered Republican. I support Ron Paul for president. He is a true patriot of freedom and liberty.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Experience hath shown that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”

Our biggest enemy now is not a small group of radicals hiding in caves. If it was, we could have destroyed them a long time ago. Instead our government has chosen to take on Al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden by nation building and pre-emptive strikes on sovereign nations. This military expansion will cost taxpayers $800 billion just in the year 2008. A continuation of this policy will lead to military spending in the trillions of dollars. All that money and Osama bin Laden still remains at large. The tyranny of our well-intended government exists domestically as well with oppressive regulation and overtaxation. We cannot afford national health care, national public schools, or national Social Security. We can not continue to spend and borrow like we are doing now.

Ron Paul is the only candidate who has addressed these issues and he is the only candidate who can reign in our bloated, headless government. Ron Paul will win the general election when running up against a big-government, liberal Democrat. I urge everyone to research Ron Paul and listen to what he has to say. -- Joseph Reitman

Story Comments

TK in SF wrote on Dec 20, 2007 4:32 PM:

" Thank you Mr Reiterman for your service to our country and to the ray of sunshine you've created by your letter. Over 200 responses, and the overwhelming majority of them supportive of Ron Paul. I became a registered Democrat because of men who held high principles, like Gene McCarthy and George McGovern. I now live in San Francisco but have a Ron Paul yard sign in front of my house. There is a movement growing within the electorate. We have found a man of principle. God bless the people of Iowa who recognize a true leader. Please go to the caucases and vote your convictions. I'll do the same out here in California. "

Michigan wrote on Dec 19, 2007 11:36 PM:

" QUOTE: Sgt Mc wrote on Dec 16, 2007 3:13 PM: " I am a police officer by trade, take it from me. You have lost freedoms you dont know you have lost. For our childrens sake, Please America Elect Ron Paul! Police Officer -Tennessee " Listen to the good Sgt. Our country has suffered the worst treason. We MUST take it back, NOW. America has the best constitution known to man and it has been TRASHED. They turning us into a commu-fascist prison. Please, register Republican and vote for Ron Paul in your primary. Your liberty depends on it. www.ronapul2008.com "

Mark wrote on Dec 19, 2007 6:03 AM:

" I like alot of things Ron Paul has to say, but he is wrong on Iraq, and he is wrong on the Death Penalty, and he is not strong enough on the Border issue. "

Jessica S. wrote on Dec 17, 2007 4:24 PM:

" I'm a registered democrat, although I'm not one to ever vote "platform." I think Ron Paul makes the most sense of any candidate. Do I agree with everything he stands for? No--but I'm more closely aligned with his views than any other candidate. I don't trust any candidate--I feel that they will do or say anything just to get elected and that none truly have middle-class Americans' best interests at heart. But I actually do believe that Ron Paul may. This country is so severly spiraling down hill that I am ready to give someone like RP a chance to change things up. Let's face it--he can't do anymore damage than Bush has. I hope that if RP doesn't receive the nomination that he's prepared to enter the general election as an independent. "

Dick Viti wrote on Dec 17, 2007 10:59 AM:

" Could the spirit of our Republic be alive in Ron Paul�s message? It was most gratifying to see the number of Americans who still recognize and yearn for liberty and freedom. Supporters of Dr. Ron Paul�s message transcend racial, age, income, and locational differences. Americans from across this once great nation who have been ignored by politicians for decades have reason to rejoice this holiday season � knowing the spirit of our Republic still exists. Ron Paul does not have the charisma or eloquence of the more polished politicians of our time. What he offers is character and the message of founding fathers � who understood that the price paid for growth in government was a reduction in individual liberty. The final chapter of the Rise and Fall of America is being written. The outcome will not be changed by Americans who continue to choose the lesser evil of Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum. Ron Paul is a refreshing difference. His message could actually restore the American dream. "