I was very happy to see the Campaign for Liberty get the 100,000 members it needed to officially launch. That’s a lot of people demanding real change in American politics, and it’s just the beginning.
The Campaign for Liberty is a grassroots movement, founded by former U.S. presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. Its mission statement is quite simply…
…to promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy, by means of educational and political activity.
I’m particularly attracted to the bit about noninterventionist foreign policy, especially as both my home and adopted countries pander to the U.S, and my taxes are used to fund wars in the Middle East.
Killing people is not really my thing, so I hope this movement really takes off and the American people can put an end to the corruption in Congress and military madness that is consuming the globe.
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Sadly, they probably won’t be anymore effective than the Green Party (my personal favorite) or the Libertarians. The Demplicans and Republocrats pretty much have a lock on their Plutocracy. I’m with you on World Peace. I wish the Dalia Lama could run for president. It would great to have someone in power who’s only objective is to help people. Anyway, there’s my wishy washy, tree hugging, flower power, 2 cents on the topic.
Well, they aren’t a political party, and that’s the difference. The trick is to fund and support local politicians who support the campaign’s message. This in turn will lead to more state governors from third parties, including the Green Party and Libertarians, and ultimately provide a large body of opposition in Congress.
Not to sound too cynical (even though I’m way too cynical), but unless the economic significance of oil is dramatically decreased, there’ll be a lot of killing in the name of ________ in the Middle East and throughout the world for generations to come. And, no idealistic agenda or popular political movement will get in the way of that.
Not if that popular political movement grows into mass rejection of big government, media propaganda, military service, etc.