Tea Party or Ron Paul for President? Get your head checked.
Just how many drinks does it take to claim imaginary Constitutional rights? How many more alcoholic beverages before you actually believe Ron Paul represents freedom? Watch this Montana man, who registers at almost 4 times the legal alcohol limit, falsely invoke the Constitution AND proclaim allegiance to Ron Paul as Montana sheriffs make a DWI arrest.
At the start of the video (below), the twenty- to thirty-something well-groomed man appears to believe sheriffs are violating his Constitutional rights by politely asking him to take a breathalyzer test:
“Read your Constitution…The Constitution is your right…Why can’t you guys just assume to me [sic] that this is my Constitution rights…”
One may think that the man is referring to the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, which courts have ruled doesn’t apply to breathalyzer tests. Or perhaps at issue are Miranda rights, which aren’t part of the Constitution but which do apply to arrests.
But those aren’t the civil rights the suspect attempts to defend. Rather, he seems to think the First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, the press and religion protects his right to drive drunk as he taunts one of the sheriffs at the scene:
“What’s the First Amendment…You DON’T EVEN KNOW…HA! You took a vow to your Constitution and you don’t even know what it is.”
A moment later, the drunken driver does a full about-face and suddenly says he “will gladly take” the blood alcohol test.
As the group awaits results, the man appears to defend his innocence by saying:
“I was hurting nobody…I don’t care what the legal limit is…What’s the legal limit of hurting somebody?”
The legal limit is. 0.08; the man in the video tested 0.301 – or almost 4 times the legal limit. Blood alcohol contents above 0.3 produce symptoms such as: complete unconsciousness, depressed or absent reflexes, subnormal body temperature, incontinence, and impairment of circulation and respiration. The kind of state that will cause grave bodily harm to anyone in your path if you are behind the wheel, right?
As the opinionated, inebriated man is taken into custody he shouts:
The Constitution…Read it. And live by it. Ron Paul 2012…Ron Paul 2012!…Ron Paul!
The irony of this alcohol-fueled farce is not lost on those who can see through the Ron Paul façade. Ron Paul is not about protecting inalienable rights — such as the right to life even when you can’t afford expensive medical costs. Paul’s “freedom” act is just a charade he puts on to grab votes.
Ron Paul’s history includes ties to white supremacy. Ron Paul supporters at last night’s debate cheered and shouted “YES!” when Paul was asked whether “society should just let [an uninsured person] die.” If elected, by his own admission Paul would let all uninsured sick people suffer and die (if a church is unable to “care for them”).
If you desire to jump from this story into an analysis of how the Tea Party shows ignorance of basic Constitutional principles, here’s the link:
>>>>> 8 Facts That Prove the Tea Party Is Ignorant of the U.S. Constitution
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Ron Paul is the only candidate that will end war. This topic is much more important than healthcare. We do not have the money right now to make sure every citizen has healthcare because of our militarism abroad. Barack Obama will NOT END WAR. Barack Obama is influenced by banking and wall street interests, along with the majority of Washington on both the right AND the left. They do not care about you or your health. Wake up.
You can separate the smart right-wing nuts from the dense ones by looking for rhetoric like this. Distract the listener from the issue at hand by undermining their confidence in the leaders with whom they align themselves. I do not need to “Wake Up” to Ron Paul’s Revolution. Voting for Ron Paul will not make society better.
“In fact, this larger notion that the only thing we can do to restore prosperity is just dismantle government, refund everybody’s money and let everyone write their own rules and tell everyone they’re on their own…That’s not who we are. That is not the story of America.” ~Obama, Sept. 8, 2011
And you have no proof that Ron Paul would stop spending money and lives in Afghanistan/Iraq other than he said he would. Obama also promised quicker withdrawals and did not follow through. Name a president who’s ever de-escalated a war upon taking office.
Libertarian Legacy? Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager, 49, Dies Uninsured, Of Pneumonia, Leaving family $400,000 Debt
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Libertarian-Legacy–Ron-Pa-by-Rob-Kall-080705-175.html
Kent Snyder, former Ron Paul campaign manager who raised tens of millions of dollars for Paul and died because he couldn’t afford the $300-$600 a month that COBRA medical insurance would have cost.