True North

Drew Emmer linked to a Time article titled Why Ron Paul Scares The GOP and said it was worth reading. I’ll be honest, I didn’t make it past the first paragraph before I spit out my coffee in a Jim Carey-esque way screaming ‘oh come on!’

There used to be an organization for people who believed in a truly limited government — limited taxes, limited spending, limited interference in individual lives and limited intervention in foreign affairs. That organization was known as the Republican Party. But the only one of those beliefs that still motivates the G.O.P. establishment is limited taxes. In 2008, people who still hold all of them joined the Ron Paul Revolution.

I believe in a strong national defense and the expansion of freedom across the globe for the benefit of all man-kind. Does that make me a Democrat? Apparently to Ron Paul and his movement.

I’m sorry, but if I’m not allowed to be a Republican because Ron Paul and his supporters want to take the GOP back to the days that led up to Pearl Harbor, just where am I supposed to take my political beliefs? We live in a global world now. Oceans and borders mean nothing. Traditional isolationism, which sounds just lovely, is unrealistic. It will not keep America safe, and leaving evil men free to take over the rest of the world and spread oppression through terror doesn’t seem like a good idea. Eventually they will reach our own shores.

It sucks, I wish we weren’t the only country left with both the desire and capability to defend freedom and liberty around the globe, but God has blessed this nation with both. We have a responsibility to help those who cannot help themselves, especially when our own security is at stake should the evil men be left alone to as they will.

So, do I have to become a Democrat now in order to make Ron Paul and hi supporters happy? Can the GOP still be the home to those who believe in defending America and freedom?