Why did you vote for and support a kook like Ron Paul, a man that has stated he felt Reagan was a failure.?
Because, by the time the Va. primary rolled around, the ballot only had three candidates that hadn't dropped out already: McCain, Huckabee, and Paul.
Paul was the only non-statist on the ballot, so I voted for him.
“Why did you vote for and support a kook like Ron Paul, a man that has stated he felt Reagan was a failure.?”
How ironic.
McCain opposing Reagan
[snip]John McCain’s reputation as a maverick is no recent contrivance. The senator first captured the media spotlight in September 1983, not long after he’d been elected to his first term in the House, when he voted against President Reagan’s decision to put American troops in Lebanon as part of a multinational “peacekeeping” force. One of 27 Republicans to break with the White House, the freshman McCain made a floor speech that reads as if it might have been written yesterday—by Ron Paul:
McCAin: “The fundamental question is: What is the United States’ interest in Lebanon? It is said we are there to keep the peace. I ask, what peace? It is said we are there to aid the government. I ask, what government? It is said we are there to stabilize the region. I ask, how can the U.S. presence stabilize the region?... The longer we stay in Lebanon, the harder it will be for us to leave. We will be trapped by the case we make for having our troops there in the first place. “
http://www.amconmag.com/article/2008/feb/11/00007/