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I consider him to be more of a conservative libertarian.
Neither; he is a distraction.
I am **CONVINCED** that Fox News is part of the leftist "controlled opposition". That they treat Ron Paul and his ideas as some sort "joke" and that his supporters are "nutz" is all part of the carefully scripted plan.
For me the epiphany came with Fox's complete blackout on news regarding Obama's eligibility. They have for years consistently refused to report on homosexual outrage stories. If the only access to news were Fox conservatives would still believe that homosexuals are the warm and fuzzy characters seen in TV sit-coms.
Now Fox is continually reporting 24/7 on how the health care bill is a slam dunk. This is absolutely certain to demoralize the opposition to this massive take over of the economy and our freedom.
So?...Why are we surprised that Fox treats Ron Paul as a joke and his supporters as nutty Don Quiote wanna-bees?
We should also be very wary of the Clear Channel guys: Rush, Beck, Hannity...etc. They do a good job of ignoring important issues too.
But only if you think that our banking system in this country *isn't* controlled by an international financial oligarchy.
Ron paul is an odd duck- one one hand, he’s dead on about certain issues, then he turns around and says some of htem ost off the wall stuff you could imagine-
Say what you will about Paul. I said some of it once also. I can not think of a man I would rather see as president of the USA right now. We need to tuck in our foreign obligations and get our fiscal house in order. He is a strong advocate of capitalism. I tend to like most conservative politicians that are ridiculed by yhe elite press. This also includes Palin.
Ron Paul: Some very good stuff... Some Libertarian stuff not at all to my liking.
I think he is sincere and smart, but I wouldn’t vote for him against a true conservative.
You might want to read “Lords of Finance : The Bankers Who Broke the World” by Liaquat Ahamed. It will at least give you an idea of the evidence against a return to the Gold Standard. Following WWI France disregarded the Gold Standard while England tried to hold to it. At least temporarily France gained an economic advantage over England.
The other book you might want to check out is “The Great Wave : Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History” by David Hacket Fischer. Debasing the currency is as old as the issuance of currency, but oddly enough does not always lead to inflation. At times like today when there are deflationary pressures government can get away with inflating the money supply while avoiding inflation.
Now whether the government can manipulate the currency and create real long term growth is debatable. President Kennedy’s brain trust thought they could achieve that but the result was the stagflation of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency.
Ron Paul is a conservative libertarian. Not to be confused with liberal libertarians or anarchists. Understand the distinction, and you’ll understand Ron Paul. Reading the Constitution and seeing just where we fail to live up to it, would be a good start.
If you’re so interventionist that you support any war for any reason, and misconstrue that for being pro-military, regardless of Constitutional requirements for the legitimate declaration of war, you’ll dislike him.
If you misconstrue his opposing foreign aid, including Israel, for his being anti-Semitic, you’ll dislike him.
Me, I’ve admired the man since I’ve been politically aware, and think we could use a couple hundred just like him in the House and Senate. His vilification by self-styled conservatives has been shameful.
God bless Ron Paul. And you can shove your unfounded "he's a flake" accusations. He's for Constitutional freedom, regardless of how uncomfortable that might make you.
Ron Paul’s a libertarian. But he’s a dogmatic, rather than a pragmatic or empiricist libertarian. That means he doesn’t always think things through, and that’s not good.
He couldn’t be a Republican, he believes in the US Constitution.
Dr. Paul is the only politician who supports a 100% free market. This guy has no idea what he’s talking about.