I received this email yesterday. I got permission to use it , but I am not allowed to use their name. I thought it was very good and expressed my feelings of how important it is to get involved in our country. I have conflicting feelings. I love Ron Paul, but I also feel that Mitt Romney would make a fine President.

Friends,

I’ve sent you this email because you once donated to Ron Paul, will donate to Ron Paul, or will someday wish you had donated to Ron Paul :). John McCain just won the Florida primary. That means he goes into Super Tuesday, Feb 5th (when most 24 states vote) with all the momentum. Rudy Guilliani just threw in the towel and endorsed McCain. And Iowa is probably the only state Huckabee will ever win (he has no money to run a legitimate race). Because the mainstream media has picked McCain as their man of the hour, Romney will now probably have to settle for second in every state of real consequence.

So, the question we have to ask ourselves is, can John McCain beat Hillary Clinton (or Obama for that matter)? The answer is easy: NO. Not a chance. Americans want to end the war. Fifty-three people did in Baghdad died just today. Yet McCain says we could be there for the next 100 years. The people won’t elect another Bush. They want change. Plus, we’re headed into a recession and people will look to Hillary’s or Obama’s big-government programs as the answer to their economic troubles. And McCain doesn’t have the knowledge, platform or plan to show them a better way.

Now, my point. If Romney looses, but you voted for him anyway, what does your vote count for? Well, a lot, if he was the candidate that best represented your ideals. And I encourage you to vote for him if your conscience so dictates. However, I’m guessing that you, like many others, have heard of Ron Paul’s grassroots effort, record-breaking fund raising, voting record and positions on monetary policy, foreign policy, and the CONSTITUTION, but have been reluctant to fully endorse him because he seems a little extreme on a few issues or because it would be a “wasted vote.” If this is the case, I invite you to do two things.

One: take a good hard look at Ron Paul’s stance on the issues. I think you’ll find that the most extreme thing is the amount of federal government taxation and control that is burdening our nation and many other countries in the world.

Two: ask yourself: When is my vote truly wasted? When my candidate looses? When he wins but he would have won without my vote anyway? Or when I fail to vote for the person that most closely represents my views because he/she seems like a long shot? Only you can answer those questions.

Now remember, I’m not trying to guilt-trip you into voting for Ron Paul. But I am trying to guilt-trip you into taking a serious look at the candidate I believe is fighting the hardest for conservative values and free market economics. None of the candidates can hold a candle to Ron Paul’s economic plan (which seems to be the major issue nowadays). He’s the only one hitting at the real problem: a lack of sound money (no gold standard). But you have to read his stuff to figure that out for yourself.

So if you made it this far through the email, thanks. I appreciate it. And if you come to feel (as I do) that Ron Paul is the most principled candidate out there, please make a donation to his fund. Even just today he has raised over 700 thousand dollars already. I’ve never donated money to any politician until Ron Paul. And if turns out that Romney is still your man, donate to him. In other words, I urge you to start getting more involved in protecting your freedoms and shaping your country’s future. Volunteer for their campaigns. In November, we won’t be able to complain about having Hillary or Obama in the White House if we just standby and watch as their supporters donate millions to their campaigns while we keep our wallets and mouths closed.

To end this exhausting email, I would like to add that after studying Ron Paul’s life, writings, voting record and campaign, while simultaneously following what’s happening overseas and here at home with our economy, I sincerely believe that we will all one day look back and say, “you know, Paul was right on almost everything.” He will go down in history as one of the few brave patriots who tried to warn us of the perils that would be caused by excessive federal government and out-of-control spending.

I have great hope for the freedom of our nation. There’s no room to be anything but optimistic.

In the words of the great patriot, Thomas Paine, “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated…

…I thank God, that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear. I know our situation well, and can see the way out of it.”

God Bless

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