I think Ron Paul would be supported, even by me, if his foreign policy beliefs weren’t so isolationist.
It’s not isolationism he proposes, it is non interventionism.
Something that this site used to agree with him on.
Doesn't matter much now anyway...The hatchet job done on Ron and his supporters has been complete, but at a great loss to our country...and the G.O.P.
There you go again, with the "isolationist" strawman. You know he's a non-interventionist, which is a big difference than becoming a hole in the wall nation like North Korea. It's time we minded our own business and protect OUR interests, not the Saudi's or Israel's interests.
Ron Paul was the only Republican candidate who can defeat Hillary or Obama but yet he gets smeared and denigrated simply because of the war. Well, the troops have donated to him more than any of the other candidates, so what does that tell you? The GOP is completely out of step with the electorate and will get their butts handed to them because there's no way in Hell I'm volunteering or doing grassroots stuff for McCain. Paul was the only candidate openly talking about killing the Dept of Education, Housing, Energy, and killing the income tax. Funny, but I thought FReepers believed in limited government instead of cowering under their blankets hoping the government protects them from terrorists living halfway around the world in caves.
That is my problem with him. I wish he would just elucidate them better. He's a Constitutionalist on everything else. I know the Founding Fathers wouldn't expect us to lay down and submit to the jihadis so it isn't a matter of running against the grain of Constitutionalism to create a policy to deal with them.