Ron Paul Not "Mainstream?"

Newt Gingrich came out today and lambasted Ron Paul, saying that if Paul were the GOP nominee, he would not vote for him because the congressman's views are "totally outside the mainstream of every decent American." What "mainstream" views are Gingrich talking about?

Ron Paul, as President, wants to:

- Shrink the size and scope of government. The true mainstream Americans want this.

- Audit the Fed and hold it accountable with a provision of eventually shutting it down. Mainstream America, yes.

- Bring all the soldiers, sailors and airmen home and quit fighting wars that do not concern us. Yes.

- Cut wasteful spending and bring outrageous budgets back into par with where they should be. Yes.

- Reduce all harmful taxes to help revitalize this economy and give businesses a reason to expand and hire more employees. Possibly repeal the 16th amendment altogether. Yes.

- Bring honor and integrity back to the office of the President of the United States. Yes.

Mr. Gingrich must be thinking of the mainstream media not mainstream America. We are tired of the b.s. rhetoric, the arrogance, the lies and the waste that is currently Washington D.C. We want someone that actually says what they mean and means what they say. We want someone who will actually work for the interests of the American people and the American future, not their self interests and future careers.

I believe Newt is feeling scared of losing to a real conservative, (or libertarian in Paul's case,) as he cannot honestly call himself a conservative. He praised Mitt Romney's state health care bill in 2006, supported the idea of a government mandate for health care, although now he says he's against it once he saw it in action. I like his John Kerry moment here. "I voted for it before I voted against it." He believes in the unproven science of man made global warming. Newt is on his third wife after cheating on the first two, Paul is still married to the same girl since 1957. Newt also calls Mitt Romney a liberal Republican, (which is true, with progressive leanings,) but Newt needs to put himself in that category as well.

It amazes me how all these candidates can be so short sighted and have such horrible memories. In today's technological age everything they say or do is on camera or recorded in some fashion. And we voters have the real easy ability to go and see what they actually say and do for ourselves. I guess that all that time in D.C. led him to believe he can lie and get away with it, I'm glad to say that Ron Paul is immune to such a disease. I will be giving Ron Paul my vote and if voting for a man who believes, as Regan did, that America's greatest days are still ahead of us puts me outside of the mainstream then so be it. That's where I'll be and I hope you come join me.