Ron Paul: The Perfect Storm

Free Republic Exclusive | January 6, 2012 | William Russell

[ejonesie22]

What exactly are those principles M2?

Hate Israel?

Pander to Muslims?

Endorse gays in the Military?

Back anti war protesters?

Support Dems for congressional seats?

Repeat turther tripe?

What exactly are they?

[ncalburt]

No it just might being the following:
9-11 truther
Calling the US military War Criminals
Jew hate
A Code Pink supporter
Supporting Iran’s bomb program
Peddling a racist newsletter
Trashing Reagan

That’s just a few jems

[rbmillerjr]

Welcome and great article.

Prepare for numbed out robotronic Paulians to explain the Constitution to you.

[ncalburt]

Hello
Iraq. Oil production went down due to terrorist attacks !
Theyveanted the oil .

[kearnyirish2]

I’m not a Ron Paul fan, but he seems sincere about putting America first. While other candidates are running for the President of The World As We Would Like It To Be, he’s running for president of the United States of America. People on FR gave Obama a bunch of sh!t for pandering to Europeans, while ignoring candidates’ open pandering to various other states.

[ejonesie22]

Well Ron Paul wrote it and gave it to the Founding Fathers ya know...

Then he lost the keys to the magic time machine...

[inspector]

Your comments are pretty cogent. Ron Paul has made some arguments that are compelling on the surface but he can't seem to dwell deeper than that. Is he necessarily wrong on the TBTF’s of the world. Having been a former Wall Streeter working in the derivatives markets, I too have been concerned about the overwhelming concentration of banking power into too few hands. Having a child currently enrolled in the United States Military Academy, I am concerned about being involved in too many foreign entanglements. Did we completely forget about the Monroe Doctrine? should we foot the bill for South Korea while they monopolize ship building and have their government subsidize it? What about Europe? They sure expect us to carry their water on a lot of military issues and also pay for it but then attack our major corporations ( Google, Microsoft) on monopolistic charges. Just look at their (Europe) military to gdp spending for some answers. Maybe Eisenhower was right about the Military/Industrial complex; it may have a lot of vested interests that don't necessarily coincide with what is best for our country. What exactly are we going to resolve in Afghanistan? Are we really going to kill all of the Taliban or just most of it? It seems to me, that if they(the Afghani people) want democracy (if that is possible in the Islamic world to begin with)they should be putting forth a bigger effort in doing so. There are a lot of questions sitting out here That Ron Paul has raised to the frontline of discussion. Let's not completely dismiss him.

[rbmillerjr]

nations of the world has not been particularly helpful in producing energy security. When the US military intervened in Iraq, Iraqi oil production went down. When the US military intervened in Libya, Libyan oil production went down. The US military has pretty much stayed out of Russia and today Russia is the world’s largest oil producer.”

Stunning Paulist illogic. Paulsey’s are about a half step ahead of those Farrahkhan numberology rants.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I am a Ron Paul supporter, but I do not believe he is “the only man who can save our Republic.” Frankly, I do not trust men alone to save our Republic. Do you?

[Qout]

Yes, in Iraq, oil production was damaged by terrorists. That did not happen before the US military began gearing up for an invasion.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Don’t expect that logic to fly in the mind of lemmings. Just sayin’.

[rlmorel]

"...If you talk to his supporters, you will hear that Ron Paul is the only man who can save our Republic, he is the only candidate who understands the Constitution, and that he is the only one who will fight wasteful government spending and save us from economic catastrophe..."

Wow. I thought I was the only one who heard this same script from the fevered, glassy-eyed faces of Ron Paul supporters. Nice encapsulation.

[Qout]

Oil production is a result of national self-interest. Nations produce oil because they want MONEY. If we take away the military, the economic self-interest is still there. The oil production will continue. When it comes to energy security, I am a firm believer in the power of capitalism.

[Mountain Mary]

Hi Bill,
Are you the Bill Russell from the Russell Brigade?

[MichaelCorleone]

***In the area of national security, Ron Paul has displayed a complete incompetence and a clear lack of understanding and strategic forethought.***

Ron Paul is a nutjob. I bet if he were POTUS during 9/11 he would keep the southern border open so that his ME buddies could easily cross and set up sleeper cells all over the country. And allow millions of illegals to enter this country, suck the system dry and corrupt the culture.

He may even Federalize the TSA under a new, expensive and unecessary layer of bureaucracy and call it DHS so that someday soon sexual assult and humiliation at airports becomes commonplace.

I will go so far to say that Paul would torture the rules of engagement in places like Iraq and Afghanistan so as to put our own at a decided disadvantage, resulting in hundreds of America's best are killed or maimed when they otherwise would not be.

RP would definitely stupid enough to keep us dependent on ME oil, even as the region becomes ever more unstable. Although we have plenty of energy resources right here, not to mention our friends have oil available for sale, Ron Paul would not have the smarts to make the change and afford the U.S. the obvious benefits.

Obviously other Presidents would not be so foolish as to carry out policies like these.

[Proud2BeRight]

Principals? Like those exposed in those vile newsletters and then lie about them? Like those that praise traitors, sympathize with the occupy parasites, blame the US for 9/11, gut the military, pump more dope into society and appear on conspiracy nut shows?

[ncalburt]

Yeah , the previous Dictstorvwas financing Terri’st attacks on Us and Israel with the Oil !
I forgot you Pail bots hate Jews and love Iran and Hamas !

[Qout]

I admire the Israelis. If the Israelis had killed OBL, their Prime Minister would not have been boasting on national TV. Instead, we would have heard several days later about an “unfortunate accident”. We have much to learn.

[Proud2BeRight]

Why does Ron Paul want to trample the United States Constitution?

[jazusamo]

Are you the Bill Russell from the Russell Brigade?

Yes he is, Mary. :)