The Ron Paul Revolution gave me hope that the United States’ love of freedom isn’t gone. His campaign was a brushfire igniting the country. The poll results weren’t what I’d hoped for and, granted, not everyone is a fan, but the grassroots support and individual involvement his campaign - no, his person - generated was a breath of fresh air. His politics crossed the aisle. His anti-war stance rang with the left, his fiscal conservatism rang with the right, his limited government position rang with the libertarians. And he has a track record to prove that he means what he says.

Our choices this year are high spending military or high spending social programs. More of the same, choosing lesser of two evils, compromising because we feel we have to, because it’s the system, what we have to deal with, like it or not. Our personal liberties will continue to erode whether because homeland security and the war will treat us more like criminals everyday or because the nanny state, taking care of us regardless of our need or desire, will expand.

I decided a few years ago that accepting the system was part of the problem. I needed to take a stand. I had to try something. My husband and I joined the Free State Project and we have since moved to the Free State of New Hampshire. Accepting a bad system is a bad choice. Working to change it, even when it seems an impossible task, is better.

I think Ron Paul is a long shot for president in 2008. But no other candidate is right. I won’t vote for the lesser of two evils. I won’t compromise. My candidate may not win, but I will vote for him anyway. I will vote for the best candidate.  I will vote for Ron Paul.