I almost took the bait a few times myself. And I’m not necessarily a Ron Paul supporter. Especially with Ron doing utterly moronic things like standing on a podium next to the likes of Douglass Kucinich.
I don’t care how hot Douggies wife is, you NEVER side with a Communist. At least, never do it in public view with the camera’s rolling. Every clock is right at least twice a day, but that doesn’t mean you need to keep a broken clock on your nightstand.
A little awkward with that analogy, but I think it still works from a logic standpoint.
At least with Rand, we don’t have the apparent inconsistencies we saw with Ron. Rand is a lot more “conservative” without the “kook” factor so far.
Well... Other than the GOP-e types trying to undermine him and paint him as a “kook” at every turn... Even when what Rand is doing is EXACTLY what most of us here have said needs to happen.
Ron Paul was my congressman, so I liked him. I never supported him for president. He just does not have the people skills a president needs. Plus there was that very large “kook” factor you mentioned. President’s need to be solid, not kooky. While I understand his reasons and they have some merit, his blame the USA for the rise of radical Islam was IHMO very short sighted and ignored the fact that the USA was fighting for it’s life in the cold war. However he was very very good on domestic/monetary policy. If the right ever expects to have power again then we need to make peace with the libertarian wing of the right. Please notice the little “l” in libertarian so as NOT to confuse that with the total nut jobs in the Libertarian Party which no conservative would have anything to do with.