Obama vs Ron Paul : both hold positions anathema to liberals.

[Uncle Joe]

21. 1. That was the point in Sirota's column about electing a President vs a Government.

perhaps you missed that part? Congress has a role to play in this as well.

2. A Paul nomination would make it easier for Obama to move to the center and thus be reelected, ie; the so called "War on Drugs" in particular cannabis is counterproductive, dysfunctional, corruptive, insane and racist. Big Pharma; already has govenment by the short hairs, more people have died from prescription drug abuse than any illegal drug and they oppose legalizing cannabis because it would be too easy for the people to treat their own ailments versus going hungry to pay for big pharma's patented drugs.

The WOD turning what should be an educational, medical and personal privacy issue in to criminal one is not only racist in nature but a form of class warfare as well, a means to disenfranchise the people from their government, Paul is speaking to this and the Big Brother authoritarians have not.

Your post is the reason I bolded the word "some" in my post, Obama could take the best aspects of Paul's Libertarian views and leave the worst behind.

P.S. If you haven't seen this video I highly recommend you watch it, 49 minutes long but highly informative and enlightening.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002148198