Interview with MEP Daniel Hannan on Ron Paul
Submitted by radiofriendly on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 17:04Aaron: In the last four years, have you seen a change in the political landscape (from Ron Paul’s influence)?
Hannan: Definitely. I mean, he almost single-handedly has taken ideas which were “fringe ideas” and he’s made them mainstream. Or at least he’s made them ideas that have to be addressed within the mainstream. I’m thinking particularly about the disastrous record of the Federal Reserve and the possibility of taking away the monopoly of money from government.
Video: http://youtu.be/CuXKePBlUXU
The only thing that I would say to any Ron Paul supporters is “please think hard about taking those ideas back out of the mainstream. He’s (Ron Paul) kept them very carefully within the cadre of the Republican party and, as a result of that, everyone is talking about it. You know, we haven’t gotten to the stage where everyone agrees yet, but it’s gone from being a fringe idea to being a reasonable and respectable idea. If you launched a third party candidacy it would go back to the fringe again.
Daniel Hannan went on to indicate that he would likely have voted for Ron Paul in the CPAC straw poll–mentioning his support for Ron Paul in 2008.
More: http://iroots.org/2012/02/14/daniel-hannan-rocks-cpac-and-di...
I want to stress that what we
I want to stress that what we are doing to the Republican party needs to be done just the same with the Democrats.
So if you are liberal leaning or a lifelong Democrat or whatever, don't switch to Republican, because that's not the point. The point is to bring the message to wherever you are, not just move to a place that it already exists.
Bring people with you. Get people to go who normally wouldn't. Multiply your vote!
While I agree with you
I think it's better to focus our resources. It is easier to take back one party rather than two - at least to start with.
Also liberals tend to like big Government, so they can be more difficult to wake up.
The message of freedom is the traditional conservative ideology. It is what the founders created, it is what made America great. Why change?
Socialism was always the enemy of freedom sold to the people as the great savior - "to make things fair", "to look after the poor" etc. while the leaders robbed the very poor they claimed they wanted to "save" and "help".
The waking up manual: http://www.dailypaul.com/168937/the-waking-up-manual-how-to-...
One party now, two parties later is one large party for freedom
If you launched a third party candidacy [RP's ideas] would go back to the fringe again.
Agreed.
That reason and dilution are what I fear a third party run would do to freedom's movement in the minds of Americans.
Instead of going third party, why not continue to build our numbers in one of the two parties -- and increase our numbers in the other party? The two major parties are like near empty vessels awaiting to be driven.
That, then the joining of the two parties once enough Americans understand freedom. Let's continue to add to our numbers (and our quality) instead making a door on the floor through which some of us in this party and the other major party fall into a new party. Spliting ourselves would take away our proximity to each to educate and construct a free country.
Dilution would require more strain then than today for achievement. It's not as though achievement today is anything but difficult, either. Let's just keep increasing our numbers in this party and encourage Americans in the other camp who comprehend freedom to bolster their ranks. Then get ready for the natural, unstated (but stated later?) unification into one party, Liberty's Party, a party that would come about because enough individuals in each of the two parties would put forth laws that adhere to freedom.
If I might say, I think Campaign for Liberty is a qualifying name for a party. The word campaign is present tense and it conveys progression, whereas party has a stationary, entrenched vibe and that word, party, induces the thought, Well, OK, this party, so there is at least a "that" party, isn't there?
So, because campaign has a driving, progressing, always-in-action feel and that the word liberty is after it, it's clear as day what each activity its members move in and move toward.
Campaign for Liberty!
School's fine. Just don't let it get in the way of learning. -Me