Christopher Witmer Said in January 3rd, 2008 @7:01 pm  

A candidate’s personal faith is worth looking at because that is what will govern his behavior when nobody is watching. Most politicians use their religion for public display purposes — remember the ostentatious photos of Bill Clinton carrying a Bible as a prop? I definitely like the idea of having a president who is cognizant of the fact that he will one day stand before the Lord of lords and have to give an explanation for everything he did as president. Although the USA does not have a religious test oath for office, I strongly suspect that Ron Paul thinks of himself as taking his oath of office not only in the presence of man, but also in the presence of God. His passionate devotion to that oath could also have another explanation, or multiple explanations, but when I see his demeanor I suspect that his personal faith is constantly in the back of his mind. Perhaps it is so deeply ingrained in him that he is not consciously aware of it, but it governs him nonetheless, or rather that’s precisely why it governs him. It is him. Just my observations, of course.