it was uplifting to hear about “our war-mongering foreign policy” on a Republican debate
We have a Huckabee proud of progressive taxation (Leno Show) and open borders, but willing to do whatever CFR tells him to do on the global front—and a Ron Paul who wants the rest of the world to take care of itself. Difficult choice.
“Ron Paul states that the U.S. is “interfering with Israel’s sovereignty” by HELPING her!!”
Ya know, I heard his high-pitched whine when I read that line. Now I need to turn on some music and try to forget it.
I’ve gone from Rudy to Fred, looked at Mitt, don’t like what I see; Huckster is a joke, McCain was one of the Keating Five, and he was coauthor of McCain/Feingold. Can’t be him.
I am down to taking a hard look at Ron Paul; might end up voting for him in my state’s primary. At least he’s consistent.
Don’t really care for any of these folks. Except for Paul they are nothing but professional politicians who change their positions whenever it suits them.
At least Paul is consistent.
Has Dr. Paul (OB-GYN) ever performed an abortion?
I couldn’t believe it in the debate when he blamed America for 9/11 because we had an air base in Saudi Arabia.
The guy’s a loon.
Ron Paul stands about as much chance of getting elected as I do.
LOL Quote of the week.
He seems to understand that using our stolen tax dollars to bribe and threaten other nations is not only immoral, but impractical.
Candidates such as Ron Paul and their supporters always bring home to me, how ignorant people are of the workings of the American Republic.
It is all well and good to have a President that perfectly mirrors your beliefs, but if those beliefs are not mirrored by a sizable percentage of people and their representatives, very little will come of it.
Let’s say R.P. became President. He would NOT eliminate the IRS? Why, because its not within the President’s power.
Actions come from political movements, not Presidential decree. That is not to say Presidents have no power, just that they can do almost nothing by themselves.
“As a man who has delivered thousands of babies, and participating in the miracle of child birthing, he must be naturally resistant to sending this same infant to battle and possibly death.”
That isn’t the real reason. RP belives the federal government is the real threat and that the only way to reduce that threat is to reduce the size and power of the federal government. RP belives that governments grow in power by exploiting war to increase their power. IOW, he’s against the war because he’s against the federal government.
You mean there’s another reason besides his being a Nut Job?
The clock struck the correct time in Paul’s explanation of the surge in oil prices. The value of oil as a commodity has held or gone up, the value of the dollar used to buy that oil has gone down. More dollars to buy the same amount of oil, oil looks like prices are higher.
"WELL, I'M NOT A GYNECOLOGIST, BUT I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT."
New Ron Paul T-shirt slogan:
"WELL, I'M NOT A PRESIDENT, BUT I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT."
How’s this for a brief summary -
“Ron Paul believes in a laissez-faire foreign policy. So did England and France when Germany re-militarized the Rhineland.”
Fifty million dead later...
I want someone to compile a list of the top ten agenda items of each of the Republican candidates, not compared with each other, but what they as individuals have as their platform.
Then post those top ten for each, and have people check off which ones they agree with. Granted there would be some redundancy between candidates, but the idea is to see what the “rank and file” think of the candidates ideas.
As a general list, here are ten broad subjects:
1) Foreign policy, the wars and national defense.
2) The economy.
3) Taxes.
4) Immigration and border control.
5) Abortion.
6) Civil rights of all kinds.
7) Spending, especially earmarks.
8) Pending treaties.
9) Energy and the environment.
10) Health care and Social Security.
When responding to Huckabee's Christmas commercial which displayed a floating cross, Ron Paul said, "Fascism has often come draped in a cross."
I will be kind and assume those errors were a result of inadequate research and not intentional distortion, although I question in general (and not towards you specifically) why it is that every anti-Paul article I read always contains multiple factual inaccuracies.
He refused to accept payment by Medicare or Medicaid, preferring to not charge patients or to work out a cash payment. source
"When responding to Huckabee's Christmas commercial which displayed a floating cross, Ron Paul said, "Fascism has often come draped in a cross." [When did that last happen, Ron?]"
At least have the decency to quote him correctly and in context: "It reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, ‘when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.’ Now I don’t know whether that’s a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross, like he is the only Christian or implying that subtly. So, I don’t think I would ever use anything like that." source
Good post.
I’ve posted the same questions to those who gripe about the U.S. ‘not declaring war’. Please tell me the difference! They never can answer.
May as well write an article about why Dennis Kucinich should not be the President.
Neither has a snowball’s chance in hell of ever happening.