Tu Quo Que?

Ron Paul attacked Rick Santorum twice in the week before the South Carolina Primary over the anti-union “Right to Work” laws in Pennsylvania that Santorum stood against. Now let me be very clear on something. I hate unions. I think they’re the scum of the earth, and moreover, I think they’re deep in bed with the liberal democrats in Washington. I have no love for unions whatsoever, and I also live in a Right to Work state—and I love it. However, Santorum voted against the Right to Work legislature in Pennsylvania. This may be a shock, but I’m ok with that for one simple reason: Santorum did what his constituency wanted him to do. He voted the way his people wanted him to.
Many people complain about Washington DC being “out of touch” with the average voter. One good example of this is ObamaCare, which the majority of Americans want overturned. The liberal house and senate rammed it thru, and the will of the people be damned. Obama signed it, and declared it with Taxation and Healthcare for All. We fault Washington for doing whatever they want against the will of the people. Ron Paul faults Rick Santorum for following the will of the people—because what Rick did violates Paul’s ideology.

Yet Ron Paul’s stance is one of hypocrisy, and one that leaves him in a rather nasty place in front of conservative voters. Paul firmly believes that Israel should be cut off from our foreign aid. Yet a recent Rasmussen Poll stated that a majority of Americans (over half) stated they wanted our financial support for Israel to continue. My question would be: “Mr. Paul, if you are elected will you follow the will of the American people and continue to financially support Israel? Or will you cut them off and follow your own ideology wherever it leads you? Because we already have a President that does that, and we don’t need another one.”
Some of the more inane PaulBots may say, “Well, we should do what’s right and best for us no matter what!” Others may go so far as to say, “We should do what’s right for our country even if the people think it’s wrong!” Translation: Our ideology is more important than the will of the people. That’s dangerous. Any time a group or a politician says, “We know what’s best—what you want doesn’t matter” the country takes another step towards totalitarianism. If that’s the line that Ron Paul and his Kool-Aid swigging followers want to draw, then fine. At that point their doom is secure, because they have become just like the liberals they claim to hate.