Yet you slam the politician who has done more to protect those rights with words and action than any other politician I've ever known (all GOP'ers use words, but little live by their word).
I have come to think pledging to the flag isn’t direct enough. That’s where the tagline comes from.
Ron Paul has said a lot of great things on taxation and liberty yet he has said a lot of weird things too. That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t get a lot of conservative ears on some issues, he did and does sometimes (auditing the fed).
I just don’t think he should be President any more than Ludwig Von Mises should have been President. Hopping from the Libertarian Party to the GOP to become a Congressman was fine, people can live with that. Becoming President is a totally different thing.
Trying to frame himself as leader of the TEA party movement is going to turn off a lot of people. The TEA party movement has no leader. They share a lot of the same beliefs but not all of them.
I have been one of the FReepers who has praised Ron Paul in the past and I likely will appreciate his NO votes this year as well.
As for judging Ron Paul by his followers, I try not to, but people are known by many things, including the company they keep. That cannot be helped.
Hey, I don’t like Lew Rockwell but when he writes on economics I usually agree with him, when he mentions politics or foreign affairs I think he has lost his mind.
What I think government should be:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2454700/posts
You will probably agree with a lot of it.