Friends and relatives have taken to asking me who I'm supporting for president this year.  As  the person that they know who isn't afraid to voice his opinion and then argue you into submission, I've come to expect it.  I'm also about the only person in my circle who is truly interested in politics.  Not that my circle of friends aren't interested, but they're not interested as deeply as I.  They're able to turn off their interest.  I can't.  They don't pour over results of polls and read everything they can get their hands on about the election.  I do.   Nearly all of them tell me that I'm too tuned in, that I should disconnect and turn to fun stuff.  Like what?  Dancing With The Stars?  No thanks.  I'm more interested in REAL reality TV.   I'm more interested in the things that actually affect my life than the life of some has been actor or actress.  That said, I dare you to drag me away from an NFL playoff game. 
  Who has my support?  Dr. Ron Paul.  I support his domestic policy in it's entirety.  I'm completely opposed to his foreign policy, but his domestic ideas are the thing that have won me over.  REALITY CHECK:  I agree with the other GOP candidates on foreign policy, but couldn't disagree on domestic policy more.  I feel that domestic policy is more important this election.  I think we need to cut government spending, and I know that none of the other candidates have the guts to even TRY to.  They'll let the base line hikes occur, allowing government to grow incrementally.  While President Paul may not stand a chance of having his budget veto's hold up against a deeply socialist Congress, (yes I'm talking about Republicans too) I think putting these veto's on the radar screen of America is important.  No, vital.  It's time that true right wing Americans are represented in this government, and only Ron Paul will do it.  And I also think it's important to show the American people, in black and white, that the Republican Party in D.C.  is NOT a right wing conservative bunch, that they're just as left wing as the Dems are.  We would finally provide a true contrast for people to see. 
  I know that Dr. Paul will not get the nomination.  I don't kid myself.  There is too much hatred for him in the GOP, (at the national level and the local level) despite the fact that he's the most right wing individual in this race.  I keep reading things on "right wing" blogs calling his   supporters "Paulites"  "Paulistinians" "Ronulans"  "Paulbots" and any number of other things that are meant to portray both candidate and supporters in a bad light, and I'm actually shocked by it.  I think that people are right when they say that the GOP is inhabited by people who don't know how to be inclusive.  I never used to believe that, but I do now.  The vitriol for Dr. Paul that I see on "right wing" blogs is actually scary.  Whatever happened to the idea that just because your idea is different than mine, we can agree to disagree?  When did it become a hate contest?  How did it get this far?  And who is John Galt? 
  I'll put more time and money into the Doc's cause, knowing it won't matter because of small minded, hateful individuals within the GOP.  Let me add one more adjective to that sentence; left wing.  Place it anywhere you'd like, but it fits, so make sure you place it.