Perhaps it's as well the good Dr. Paul did not win this time.

He would've pulled us out of our foreign entanglements and not wasted billions upon billions of dollars bailing out bankrupt financial institutions.

He would have taken the opportunity to raise hell about how stupid the federal reserve system is.

He would have pointed out that, rather than worrying about dope dealers, Federal Law enforcement should be making sure that major corporations are not committing fraud.

etc.

In short: No, it is not 'just as well that Dr. Paul did not win this time'.

If Dr. Paul had been elected, his first act would have been to end our foreign wars and occupations. That would have resulted in a huge dividend in good will internationally as well as billions of dollars in savings, immediately, and trillions within a few years. The change in the world would have been so profound that we can hardly grasp the significance. I would love to think there is any good to come from the outcome of this election, but if so, I can't see it.

We have to remember that the ECONOMY and the collapse of the Empire were not ideas that anyone could fathom last year. Therefore, Dr. Paul's ideas seemed far fetched. Everything is happening so fast that it has taken the entire conversation in a different direction.... the direction we needed to go. In my opinion the entire Empire is so corrupt and the villainy is so intertwined in every aspect of life that the only solution is to continue doing what Dr. Paul has done for 30 years and that is EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE, while the whole monolith cracks to pieces.

Every day more and more people are being hit over the head by reality, and that creates openings for taking them in a new direction. If, when all falls apart and we are rebuilding from the ashes, the populace knows the right direction to take we are much better for it.

If Dr. Paul had been at the helm (assuming he would have been allowed to act - a big assumption) the people never would have believed the disasters that he avoided. Hang in there .... I DO believe that the mass consciousness is turning. We just have to have the guts to make it through the fall.
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"Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world."

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Ron Paul being President would encourage investors and prove that doing the right thing is not only popular, but that America wants to rebuild itself.

As President he could veto the spending bills/put pressure on dems to not be crazy and on the republicans to be true conservatives.

Then Ron Paul would begin dismantling government infrastructure and ending the war which would save tons of money.

The best thing is that the people (especially the military and law enforcement) would be behind Paul so he could take action against all of the crooked people and they would be pissing their pants that the party was now clearly over.

The debt isn't the problem, it's the system that creates perpetual debt and failure.

This depression was going to happen no matter what Dr. Paul could have done as President. And he would have taken blame.

The actions Dr. Paul would take would limit the pain to a minimum, but he probably would not get credit for that.

good point!

"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
-Thomas Jefferson

I am more concerned about the return of my money than the return on my money. --Mark Twain