“Paul is too liberal to be a conservative, he shares a lot of the liberalism of Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney, and like them is a gay marriage social liberal, he also appears weak on national defense and is weakening on even abortion.”
Well, I disagree somewhat with that. Being from MA I know Romney. Romney is a moderate/liberal. Paul is not, politically in the same vein as that. He’s more of a libertarian and sees social issues through that prism, where Romney would see social issues through the liberal prism. So while they may arrive at the same place (which happens in politics), I think they’re coming from totally different directions, Romney from the Rockefellerism of his dad in the 60’s and Paul from the libertarianism/Reaganism of his dad in the 80’s.
I haven’t seen what he’s been saying lately on gay marriage or abortion but I will say that I enjoy listening to him speak because I think he actually thinks about the issues and answers questions honestly, which may get him into trouble with types like us. But I don’t think he’s the type that will (a la Romney) say what he needs to say to get elected. He’d probably rather go back to being an eye surgeon.
I think he knows he has to play some politics with the establishment, so that comment of mine is in that spirit. Comparing him again to Romney, Romney said what conservative things he needed to say to get conservative support. I think Paul is the opposite, saying a liberal think here and there to get some establishment support, like McConnell’s support to get that law changed in Kentucky.
Bottom line, the establishment knew they could trust a type like Romney to be with them, because he WAS one of them. The establishment are wary of Paul as they were wary of Reagan. They liked that he might give them power and he did give them power, but they long regretted that they gave HIM power. Paul would certainly tear the executive establishment asunder.
As a conservative, my goal is to see that they don't attain that left wing goal, no matter what vocabulary they use to promote it and campaign for it.
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