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Lew Rockwell had a post up yesterday titled "Ron Paul Republicans Drop Prefix." There were a few in the MA delegation that did the same thing, the night after the big vote. Today, I also have an announcement for all of my friends out there in Internetland. This morning I did something similar. Instead of dropping the prefix however, I dropped the suffix. I am a Republican no more.

To be clear, I joined the Republican party for one reason and one reason only, and that was to support Dr. Paul’s presidential bid. I’m not a joiner. I don’t like being part of ideologically driven groups, and certainly not this one (I mean the national GOP here, not my brothers and sisters in the MA delegation who I stand by), not after what I saw at the convention. I simply cannot stomach being a voluntary member of what I perceive to be a bullying, morally and spiritually bankrupt organization focused solely on appearance over substance. Our current two-party system is nothing more than an elaborate hoax. It is a divide-and-conquer strategy against the American people, doing little more than creating false divisions among us  the more the better  to get us hating and mistrusting one another. I saw it all first-hand at the convention, though the negotiations of the infamous deal, and in conversations with other Republicans, delegates and strategists. Politics is a game of deception: Look over here at the war while the economy goes down the tubes. Trust me  I’m on your side (until I screw you).

My involvement in Ron Paul’s campaign began as a political quest, but it has grown into a spiritual one. One of the most important things I’ve taken away from the last 18 months is (surprised?) personal freedom and liberty. Without understanding the nature of personal freedom and liberty, we cannot ever hope to build a free nation. Like Ron Paul, I will never abandon the cause of Liberty, but I choose to fight it from outside the bounds of the Republican Party. Can you imagine if Gandhi, or Martin Luther King felt than in order to change their countries, they had to do it from within the confines of the existing political system? What if they said, I’ll start working my way up, beginning with the post of Town committeeman. As Dr. Paul said at the end of his speech at the Rally  this movement is much bigger than the Republican party, or the Democratic party or the Libertarian party.

Please understand that I am not here to say that working inside the GOP is bad or wrong or being a sellout. I don’t believe that. Like Dr. Paul, I don’t want to control your life, or coerce you into thinking that I know what the best path is for you. There is only one person who knows that, and that is you.

September 9, 2008