Ron Paul’s Economic Theories Winning GOP Converts

The Washington Independent ^ | 5-5-09 | David Weigel

[djsherin]

Ron Paul Ping

[GoldStandard]

H.R. 1207, which is Paul's bill to audit the Federal Reserve, now has 129 cosponsors; 111 of whom are republicans.

That is progress.

[xcamel]

[fishtank]

The twerp Tom Udall was asked a question about the gold standard.

He started his reply by saying “that sounds like a Ron Paul type of question”, as if that should disqualify the idea.

[murphE]

BTTT

[logician2u]

“There’s a growing recognition that the GOP is intellectually bankrupt and morally bankrupt,” explained Bovard. “Most of these Republican ‘rebranding’ efforts amount to a group of overpaid consultants getting detached from reality, but I’m glad that Paul is putting together these meetings. I hope the battle of ideas is changing.”

Boy, has he got that right.

What a pleasant surprise to learn that a few of the Republicans in Congress are finally coming around to learn something about free-market economics. Too bad it takes a depression to motivate them, though.

[AmericanHunter]

“The twerp Tom Udall was asked a question about the gold standard.

He started his reply by saying “that sounds like a Ron Paul type of question”, as if that should disqualify the idea.”

If someone doesn’t understand the subject matter, it is quite common for them to deride or dismiss the subject. An intelligent discussion would be impossible for them. Just look at the post above yours for an example.

[GBA]

In years past, with the memory of 9/11 fresh and strong, I dismissed Ron Paul on the basis of his foreign policy alone, even though I find his Constitutional approach much more compelling and was especially interested by his predictions about the economic melt down that proved to be very accurate.

Now, I am much more open to those who remind us to "beware of foreign entanglements." I wonder how much better off we'd be as a country if we had more Ron Paul philosophy and less Bush and mccain philosophy in our state and federal governments.

[Poison Pill]

Ron Paul is a kook. Haven’t you heard? We should all rally around some feckless vanilla box politician with good hair.

[servantboy777]

I don't agree with everything Ron Paul stands for, but of any voice in government at the present, Paul's voice in regards to the constitution, federal reserve, economics are on the mark.

[AmericanHunter]

You are not alone in your thinking. Many people have reflected on this and reached the same conclusion.

[djsherin]

This is an encouraging article. I feel that this is what Paul does best, and that is to encourage and perk interest in the Constitution and economics. A lot of people now take an interest in these subjects because of Paul’s campaign.

I don’t entirely agree with his foreign policy, but I’d take Paul over Obama or McCain any day of the week.

[BGHater]

On on a side note, Paul Jr. I think; is running for Senate.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

But, is Rep. Ron Paul’s nuttiness also winning GOP converts?

[AmericanHunter]

“On a side note, Paul Jr. I think; is running for Senate.”

I honestly don’t know much about Rand Paul but, if he’s anything like his father, it should be a very interesting senate race.

[RipSawyer]

“I wonder how much better off we’d be as a country if we had more Ron Paul philosophy and less Bush and mccain philosophy in our state and federal governments.”
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I would suggest immensely, but we cannot have a sane govenment without a sane electorate. When the people are ignorant, uneducated and stupid they will demand that someone take care of them and someone will arise and promise to do so. That is how we arrived at the current situation, we allowed our schools to teach garbage. Every election sees a higher percentage of mushheads in the polling booth. There is no way to turn this around quickly.

At some point the very young will rebel as they always do and they will condemn the current insanity for what it is but I don’t expect to live long enough to see that.

[A. Patriot]

Now since the AGE of OBAMA, we have seen the “craziness” of Ron Paul isn’t so crazy after all.

[chuckles]

Paul could have been president if he had supported the Iraqi war. In foreign policy, he is pretty much a dolt. In Constitutional issues, he is close to a Founding Father.

He was my congressman for awhile when I lived on the coast. I've always admired his economic mind, even though he is trained as a doctor. He is more "economic" than an economist.

[bamahead]

"I’ll admit it,” said Thomas Woods. “I was dead wrong in my first reaction when I heard Ron talking about the Fed on the campaign trail. I said, ‘This is too complicated for most Americans. This isn’t going to galvanize people.’ I was wrong!"



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