Cowardice? What cowardice?
The lying is not very likeable either
What lies?
He voted against the Patriot Act.
So there's the stupidity too. That also isn't too likeable
Ron Paul (unlike almost every other federal elected official) takes seriously his oath of allegiance to the US Constitution in the form as it was understood by the Founders. Almost every federal elected official likes to cite their fidelity to the Constitution...but, when they deem the Coinstitution's limitations on federal power to be an impediment to some federal power they think is important, they sound just like the New Deal socialists who, so as to avoid the constraints the Constitution places on the feds, dreamed up the nonsense of penumbras, emanations and the "living Constitution" that changes with the times. The fact is that the Constitution does not give the federal government any police powers other than those necessary and proper to carry out expressly enumerated federal powers.
Its also worth noting that not a single Congressman or Seantor was able to read the 500 pages of the PATRIOT Act before voting on it...they were simply not given the time. Do you really want your congressman voting on things they have not read and know little about...that in itself should demand a vote against
His advice that America should let others dictate our foreign policy so people won't have an excuse to physically hurt us anymore.
"I'll do what you want if you promise not to hurt me" is the essential attitude of the coward.
What lies?
Pledging one's dedication to Congressional term limits of 2 terms again and again to anyone who will listen, and then serving 9 terms.
The fact is that the Constitution does not give the federal government any police powers other than those necessary and proper to carry out expressly enumerated federal powers.
Among which is the Constitutional requirement that the federal government provide for the common defense of the several states.
A fact Ron Paul ignores.
Its also worth noting that not a single Congressman or Seantor was able to read the 500 pages of the PATRIOT Act before voting on it...they were simply not given the time.
The text of the act in 12pt Times New Roman font in Microsoft Word is less than 200 pages. The Act was sent to Congress on October 23, 2001 and voted on October 24, 2001.
I would expect that an educated adult - which we expect our Congressional representatives to be - could read a very important 200 page document in a day.
Even if they had to cancel a tennis lesson or a manicure to get it done.
Do you really want your congressman voting on things they have not read and know little about...that in itself should demand a vote against
No one in Congress had any excuse to not have read it. If they don't understand what legislation is and what it does, they don't have any excuse for that either.
If someone in Congress didn't bother to read it or couldn't understand it, they should just resign.
Ron Paul (unlike almost every other federal elected official) takes seriously his oath of allegiance to the US Constitution in ...And you can tell this HOW exactly?
He doesn't seem to show it (he will not 'fight' for his causes; he is not the least bit passionate from what I have seen).
Simply casting a vote re: an issue and on principle is something the communists in congress do on a regular basis ...