As people incessantly crack jokes about Ron Paul because of his "extreme" ideas and his "unelectability", they just cannot seem to take him seriously. To make it worse, Jesse Ventura decides to speak on Paul's behalf during an interview with George Stephanopoulos, “I will tell you this. If Ron Paul runs as an Independent, I will give great consideration to being his running mate” (McCarthy, 2011). However, during a recent speech he suggested that he would greatly consider Judge Andrew Napolitano as a potential Vice President, “One time somebody asked me who I’d have to consider and the name Judge Napolitano jumps right out at me” (Kovacs, 2012). To this the audience was very approving. Perhaps I think that by making public his intentions of who he would fill in particular cabinet positions, such as Vice President, will be advantageous for him. First, it gives the public a glimpse into his potential Presidential cabinet. This is very important because it is not just the President that you are electing, but a whole plethora of other people that will also be playing a role in shaping our Country for the next four or possibly eight years. Judge Napolitano is a very popular candidate and despite having his show, Freedom Watch, recently cancelled from Fox, he still has a very large and dedicated following.
I think that choosing Napolitano is a very wise choice; he has extensive experience with the Judicial system as he was the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of New Jersey, he shares Paul's libertarian perspective, he taught Constitutional law as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School for eleven years, worked as the senior judicial analyst at Fox News, and in 1995 he started his own private law practice (Napolitano, 2011). I think that he has many qualifications that would allow for him to be an ideal candidate as Ron Paul's Vice President. The disclosure of naming a VP will perhaps give more people the sense that Paul is serious about running for Presidency, he is not the joke that everyone seems to take him for. Perhaps if all those who actually said they would vote for him if he was more "electable" actually voted for him then he would have a much better chance of succeeding.
Works Cited
Kovacs, Joe. "Fox News star to be Ron Paul’s VP?." World Net Daily. World Net Daily, February 21, 2012. Web. 22 Feb 2012. <http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/fox-news-star-to-be-ron-pauls-vp/>.
McCarthy, Kathe. "Vice President Venture?." ABC News. N.p., April 4, 2011. Web. 22 Feb 2012. <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/04/vice-president-jesse-ventura/>.
Napolitano, Andrew. "Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst. Create LLC, 2011. Web. 22 Feb 2012. <http://www.judgenap.com/>.
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