Sorry no, they rail on Dr. Paul in pretty much every segment. They say he is “dangerous”, a “kook” all the other pablum you hear spewed everywhere. I hate to derail the thread but there are reasons, real reasons why his message is reverberating with people. He may not be right on everything but to dismiss him entirely is to dismiss the chance to accept into the platform the ideas that will work and get his supporters to come into the fold and vote republican in Nov.
Too many people are letting their personal distaste for his foreign policy get in the way of a real opportunity to change the way our government spends money and manages the economy as well as increase the size of the republican party. Especially attracting voters in the younger generation. Also, please spare me the drug user references, let’s just assume you said them shall we?
I actually happen to agre with you. I think Ron Paul has a lot to offer, and he is definitely a strict constructionist. That having been said, you can support the U.S. Constitution and make terrible, and dangerous, choices. I think he’s right in the capacity that the number one threat to national security is our debt. It’s not as pointed and visible as a jihadi (also dangerous), but the debt will crush us even more than a nuke can, if it continues to run rampant.
And while you putting words in my mouth is offensive (re: “Drug user references”), it’s understandable. over 1% of our population is in prison, at time nearing 1.5%. That’s nearly 1 in 60 people. AT ANY GIVEN TIME. Between 1/2 and 1/3 of ALL youths are arrested/detained by the time they reach adulthood. And we have the largest prison population in the entire world. In fact, per capita, we have over 5x the next country, Communist China (we have more in both numbers, and per capita). Most of these political prisoners are a result of the “war on drugs.” (Which should actually be entitled “Failed Prohibition, part 2.”)
I may not agree with Ron Paul on a number of issues, but that doesn’t mean he has nothing to bring to the table. That having been said, having something to bring to the table DOES NOT mean he would make a good president. I don’t think any of the candidates are great, or even good. But I think Newt can have his feet held to the fire, and do an ok job (without getting the debt under control it’s just a matter of a few years anyway). Also, I think that Newt is getting more conservative with age, and I’m seriously starting to question if Dr. Paul is not getting a bit, for lack of a better word, “loopy” with age. I therefore, have decided to support Gingrich (as of Monday) out of the remaining GOP contestents, if the dynamics of the race radically change (ie. someone else jumps in who I would be enthusiastic to support), I make no promises (though that’s very unlikely).
“He may not be right on everything but to dismiss him entirely is to dismiss the chance to accept into the platform the ideas that will work and get his supporters to come into the fold and vote republican in Nov.”
Sarah Palin said as much also. She said not to dismiss his supporters who are genuine Libertarians. I’m sick of hearing talk show hosts, like nit-wit Todd Schnitt, call Ron Paul supporters degrading, dispicable names, asking them when they took drugs last,.....and even plays with his cuckcoo toy when a Paul supporter calls. Billy Cunningham is disgusting too.You could hear his saliva as he gushed over Cain and disparaged Paul....and Perry. Many of Paul’s supporters are veterans and police officers. I hate it when they are abused verbally. When did it become out of bounds in America to support a candidate? I’ll tell you this, I’m not a Paul supporter but I interact with many college kids. They are high on him and love Rand. They don’t think he’s a kook. They think we’re kooks.
We’ve now reached the pits of insanity in the manner we chose our leaders. It’s probably why we don’t have any since Ronald Reagan. We need a brokered convention. Fight it out on the floor.
I no longer have a horse in the race. By the time the primary date reaches my state, it always over anyway.