[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.

[AmericanHunter]

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

[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.

[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.

[gargoyle]

...Bravo, Finally, someone is taking time to look at Pauls opposition to the Iraq war and his stand on foreign policy, instead of dismissing it without even reading it...