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I want a president who gets things done. I want a president who shows great leadership, a president who can work with the legislature and the American people to get things acomplished. A president who can lead this country.
It is impossible to research everything every Presidential candidate says. They are ALL extremely effective in stretching the truth, taking credit where credit is not due, deflecting the truth and telling you what you want to hear. They can morph from one personna to another in the blink of an eye. How can you tell what a candidate is really all about? Who can get the job done? Who really stands for what?
Look at their record.
One of the more interesting and controversial candidates is Ron Paul. Dr. Paul has a very good website where you can read his position on the issues. Here is a link to Ron Paul's website: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
The biggest problem with Ron Paul's record is his complete ineffectiveness as a Congressman. During the 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th Congress (the info is from his Congressional website: http://www.house.gov/paul/)he proposed 286 bills. He was only able to get 3 bills passed, an effective percentage of 1.04%. Thats right, only 1% of his bills passed.
To add to his 3 bills passed, Ron Paul also had 15 bills rejected. The recorded vote against these 15 bills was an astonishing 4782 no to 1081 yes! His rejected bills were voted against by 77% of Congress.
One of Ron Pauls favorite subjects is taxes. Of the 286 bills he has sponsored, a full 30% of them pertain to taxes. He proposes to abolish income taxes, then follow with a bill to give a tax break to different special interest groups. If all members of Congress had followed the example of Ron Paul, there would be 46,010 different tax proposals and exemptions for Congress to deal with. An astounding 93.7% of his bills are floundering in committee. These excesses are a real burden to Congress.
Just to give a contrast to Dr. Pauls record, I looked up the record of another fellow Texas Representitive, Democrat Sheila Jackson-Lee.
Ms. Jackson-Lee is known for her arrogance and missuse of tax payers dollars. She was able to get 19 bills passes in one session of Congress. Even though she is known to be difficult and a bit eccentric, she was 28.8% effective. No way she could be president, but she was 28 times more effective at her job than Ron Paul.
Presidents require leadership! Leadership requires that you set a course that others can and will follow. You must be able to be get things done. You must be able to work well with others.
When time allows, I will to try to find a worse record than Ron Paul's. I should probably look at some of the other Presidential candidates. Chances are good if there is a worse record, that is where I will find it.
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at 17:24 on January 9th, 2008
I was telling a friend about this story and this is his argument...
Why was Ron Paul then named one of the 50 Most Effective members of Congress by Congressional Quarterly?
By the standards of many, all of Ms. Jackson-Lee's bills were ineffective because they were most likely all unconstitutional, whereas Ron Paul's were not. The fact that Congress didn't pass his bills doesn't mean he's not effective, it means Congress isn't effective in following the Supreme Law of the Land, the US Constitution.
at 21:16 on May 14th, 2008
By Mike Lillis 05/14/2008 06:10PM
The House yesterday approved a lightweight, nonbinding resolution offering condolences to the people of Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which the Red Cross now estimates took as many as 128,000 lives when it struck the Irrawaddy Delta earlier this month. From a political standpoint, this was a pretty safe vote. Indeed, 186 Republicans joined every voting Democrat to pass the measure. But it didn't go unanimously. That's because Texas GOP presidential contender Rep. Ron Paul disapproved. The final count was 410 to 1.
Paul spokeswoman Rachel Mills said the congressman objected to a sentence in the resolution calling on Burma's ruling generals to postpone a scheduled referendum in order to concentrate their resources on disaster assistance. That referendum, intended simply to solidify the junta's grip on the country, was held May 10 -- three days before the House vote.
No matter.
"It interferes with the internal affairs of another country," Mills said. "It's just none of our business."