What has Ron Paul done in Congress to advance the conservative cause besides talking about it??
From what I've read he adds pork to bills and then votes "No". Other than his symbolic and meaningless "No" votes; nothing.
“What has Ron Paul done in Congress to advance the conservative cause besides talking about it??”
LOL. At least he does that, talks the talk. That isn’t true of any other representative in the House or Senate. I don’t know that I approve of all his actions, but the man doesn’t say one thing and do another like so many RINOs. And he tells you where he stands on all the issues, unlike the silent candidates who inevitably turn left where they’ve remained silent.
But as far as what he’s done? Paul has voted conservatively, consistently, after talking the talk, and voted to shrink government when given the opportunity. That’s as much walking the walk as one can reasonably expect from the lone wolf for the Constitution in the entire legislative body.
One scoring method published in the American Journal of Political Science found Paul the most conservative of all 3,320 members of Congress from 1937 to 2002.
I'm sure you could find many instances when Ron Paul did not vote according to the conservative rule book. It depends how you define conservative. Paul's conservatism is basically constitutionalism. If the constitution does not allow it, he will not vote for it.
If some so-called conservatives think they can do it better than the Founding Fathers, so be it.