Let me guess. Per post #13, this means I should discontinue my support of Paul because he disagrees with the 2nd paragraph of the post, right? (Never-mind that he agrees with all the rest of it) Look buddy, I've always said from the get-go that I disagree with Paul on an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. But on all the other issues, including the other half of foreign policy (non-interventionist, no more meddling) he is dead on. Paul supports border security and a missile defense. He supports a strong defense. He is adamantly pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment. He would still be better than all of the Democrats and Rudy/Romney/McCain combined.
So if there's going to be a purge of Paul supporters then I need to know. I can respect JimRob not supporting Paul based on the WOT (and I agree that we shouldn't withdraw ASAP) and I'll discontinue posting on said threads. Please remember though that this website is still dedicated to stopping socialism and corruption in government, and that's something that Paul is completely against.
My support of Paul is more strategic than it is conditional. Paul is reforging the old Reagan coalition again - libertarians, independents, swing voters, Reagan Democrats - back into the GOP. If Fred's the nominee, he's going to need these supporters, so it's important that Paul is heard even if you disagree with his foreign policy.
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You disagree with his stance on the Iraq War and nature of his opposition to the Federal Reserve.
I agree he often states conservative positions. However, I cannot accept the rationalization behind his earmarks. Tom Coburn has shown that position to be untenable for a principled conservative.
And Paul's opposition to the Iraq War is a deal-breaker. I will freely admit to being a single-issue voter in one regard - being opposed to the Iraq War is my single issue, above all others.
Seems like the ‘strong defense’ he supports is on our soil. I prefer to fight them on their soil.
Ron Paul is the GOP Howard Dean. He’s the wannabe Republican Kucinich. Sure he’s sincere, but is sincerely nuts enough?
I like to ridicule Paul for his war positions, but I do generally agree with you that he’s right more often than any democrat would be.
And I certainly don’t think anybody wants to purge Paul supporters, they aren’t nearly as obnoxious and overbearing as some of the Rudy Guiliani supporters became.
And I don’t think too many of them are trying to compare their candidate to Ronald Reagan.