I do not support RP for President because I disagree with him on foreign policy. I have just noted that his ideas on domestic policy and small l libertarianism will have to be taken up by a Republican candidate who can win, if that candidate wants to win.
The Big L Libertarians are a bunch of gay-kissing feminist left wingers who are funded by feminists and gays. There is a huge difference between those fruitcakes and the type of ultra right winger that lives in Wyoming who consider themselves small l libertarians along with most other Republicans who live in western states (Montana for instance).
RP would attract the far right more than the type who want to legalize pot, which is a red herring nor would I think it cool to legalize smoking in front of other people’s children again.
I also don’t think we are going to eliminate the Federal Reserve in our lifetime.
Still...Republicans in power have got to stop thinking that new laws are constantly necessary to regulate the behavior of others.
It is a Democrat philosophy that new laws are always needed to be “progressive”.
Let’s take an example: say Ted Kennedy comes up with a bill that says that all men need to pay a $20,000 bond to the government when they get married and this bond will be forfeited if the man ever beats his wife.
It would not be conservative for Republican politicians to jump on the bandwagon thinking “Golly gee. Aren’t we swell. Aren’t we chivalrous. Isn’t the US becoming a wonderful society that protects its women. Won’t this bode well for my reelectoin because I just learned that 54% of voters are women”.
Voting for a law like the above would actually guarantee being thrown out on one’s ear at the next election...and unfortunately that is what has been happening lately because laws similar to that have been passing (VAWA for instance).
This is where RP is coming from with his recent speeches.
One does not have to support him for pres in order to be glad that he will be around for a few more debates (where he will hopefully drop his foolish Iraq War demagoguery).
Paul did not “jump the shark” in the second debate. Unfortunately, it took his misguided anti-war remarks for the media to be convinced to let him be heard.
But it will take conservative blogs for this guy to remain in the limelight. The left wing media will want to shut him down precisely because they are totally invested in social regulation and social engineering.
I was a neocon until I realized that neocons agree with liberals on the social regulation and social engineering philosophies.
Fine. We agree he has no chance.