To: gcruse
Perhaps Ron Paul is a Constitutionalist Republican, not a libertarian as many suppose. Not a libertine.
To: John Leland 1789
Perhaps Ron Paul is a Constitutionalist Republican, not a libertarian as many suppose. Not a libertine.
He ran for President on the Libertarian ticket in 1988. He remains closely allied with the Libertarian Party, and has not formally renounced his membership in that party. He addressed their national convention as late as 2004.
The primary two issues he differs from the official LP platform on are abortion and illegal immigration. I believe his position on abortion is a more intellectually honest one than the LP position, as the LP seeks to ignore the rights of the fetus without asserting that the fetus is not a human being. He generally agrees with the LP platform on most other issues.
21 posted on
05/11/2007 10:30:43 PM PDT by
The Pack Knight
(Duty, Honor, Country. Thompson/Franks '08)
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