I’ll stick by it, Eric, Paul votes more like a democrat than a republican. Not all the time, I didn’t say all the time, but enough to understand why he’s being supported by the left side of the spectrum.
20% of Republicans vote ‘present’ on Ramadan resolution (Paul votes YES)
Source: The Hill
“The resolution recognized “the Islamic faith as one of the great religions of the world,” rejected “hatred, bigotry and violence directed against Muslims, both in the United States and worldwide”
Votes here: http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2007&rollnumber=928
H CON RES 21 BILL TITLE: Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel
Final Vote: 411 YEAS, 2 NAYS, 11 “PRESENT,” 8 NV.
Who are those two “nays?” None other than Congressmen Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich. H RES 548
H RES 557 BILL TITLE: Strongly condemning the United Nations Human Rights Council for ignoring severe human rights abuses in various countries, while choosing to unfairly target Israel by including it as the only country permanently placed on the Council’s agenda
Final Vote: 416 YEAS, 2 NAYS, 14 NV.
Who are those two “nays?” You guessed it–Congressmen Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.
http://762justice.com/2007/10/29/more-reasons-to-not-vote-for-ron-paul/
I just think that it’s pretty obvious that the left wingers who do support him do it for one obvious reason...he is an isolationist anti-war candidate. Some of the anti war moonbats are pretty upset with Shillary because she is committed to a US presence in Iraq until 2013. They know darn well that once the Dim nomination is sewed up she will take a hard right turn and become Hawkish on national defense and talk tough to appeal to the gen pop.
In Paul they see what they want in terms of immediate surrender.
They are apparently so one issue focused, they are willing to overlook his limited government ideology on the domestic front.
If true, that is a sadder reflection on the republicans than it is on Dr. Paul, since he restricts his "yes" votes to legislation which he believes is authorized by the Constitution.
“The resolution recognized “the Islamic faith as one of the great religions of the world,” rejected “hatred, bigotry and violence directed against Muslims, both in the United States and worldwide”
Are you suggesting that a good republican should be in favor of hatred, bigotry and violence?