Globalism [Ron Paul]

House.Gov ^ | 16 July 2007 | Ron Paul

[saganite]

Hmm. Makes a hell of a lot of sense. Maybe I’ll have another look at his candidacy. Not that I think he can win but his positions do resonate with a lot of what’s right here on FR.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

bttt

[mysterio]

I like Paul’s essays.

[Martins kid]

I’m not ging to waste my time on this thread. Too much Ron Paul junk on Free Republic right now. It bears ignoring.

[PeterPrinciple]

I appreciate my freedom and think often of those who paid the price. Our foreign involvement may not be perfect but I truly believe if we hadn’t stood up in Korea and Vietnam, I would be eating communist rice this morning. And if we don’t stand up to the terrorism in the world I will be either dead or ululating in the public square.

[af_vet_rr]

Not that I think he can win but his positions do resonate with a lot of what’s right here on FR.

What gets me is he's the only Republican who really supports fiscal conservatism. That says a lot about the Republican party.

I'll give Paul credit as well, we need to get out of the nation building business - I clearly remember the current President Bush speaking out against nation building, and yet that's exactly what we are doing in several parts of the world (not just Iraq/Afghanistan, but hell our government is working on donating millions to the palestinians alone).

[WhiteGuy]

Dr Paul Bump

[CJ Wolf]

Lots of what he says makes sense. If you read what he says and ignore some of the things that the globalists nuts hit squads attack with you might find a vote you can place and be comfortable with.

[Martins kid]

Oh Pleeease....All these replys are sooooo scripted. Nothing original here. The Paul-bots are so boring and predictable. I’m not going to waste my time on this thread. Too much Ron Paul junk on Free Republic right now. It bears ignoring.

[CJ Wolf]

You likely eat communist rice right now. At least my point is that much of what Americans buy come from China.

[Calpernia]

I like a number of them too.

[cripplecreek]

I’m not a Ron Paul voter but I’m even less of a fan of this globalism crap that came out of the same box as the “It takes a village” crap.

[rhombus]

The basic idea is that foreigners cannot manage their own affairs so we have to do it for them. This may require sending troops to far off lands that do not threaten us...

Well there's the rub for me. It's the definition of "threaten us". If the world were still armed with muskets and square riggers it would be easier to know who is a real threat and who is not. But even then, people like Thomas Jefferson who I don't think was a globalist deployed troops to far off lands that he was convinced "threatened us" and our trade.

[BGHater]

I’m glad you disagree!

Thanks for input on ignoring this thread and lets keep up the debate!

[afnamvet]

Paul is spot on here.

[Freedom_no_exceptions]

I’m not going to waste my time on this thread. Too much Ron Paul junk on Free Republic right now. It bears ignoring.

Is that why you posted the exact same reply 3 minutes apart? Or is it because you forgot to include the term "Paul-bots" the first time?

[HoustonTech]

the ideological connection between support of the war and amnesty is often masked. If there is a single word explaining the reasons why we continue to fight unpopular wars and see legislation like the amnesty bill nearly become law, that word is “globalism.”

What a nutty statement. Leave it to Ron Paul to say something like this. Globalism has nothing to do with either the war on terror or amnesty, think what you may about either issue. Only someone with an idealogical bias like Ron Paul would draw that conclusion.

The purpose behind the war on terror is 9/11. If we had not been attacked by Islamic terrorists, we would not be in a war with them now. That's not globalism; it's self-defense.

The reason most voted for the amnesty bill was to get a political advantage with Hispanics. Again it had nothing to do with Globalism.

Ron Paul is looking for a bogeyman to justify his nutty campaign. In the end he's still a nut.