“Ron Paul demonstrated last night that he is the only Republican candidate that gives any thought to issues and his answers...”
What kind of stupidity is that. Yes, Paul has thought about his answers, and so has every other person on that stage. The fact of the matter is that having a foreign policy that is far more similar to Pelosi/Murtha than to GWB is rank lunacy, regardless of how many Paul spammers text into Fox.
Correction: His foreign policy is closer to George Bush as candidate in 2000, when he rejected Clintonian "nation building." Now, Bush is attempting Clintonian "nation building" in Iraq. Hillary supports him - no surprise, since "nation building" is a Democrat/Clintonian concept - while Paul opposes. Paul is closer to the old Bush/old Republican position. He's also closer to the old Republican position on spending and government(he wants less of both; Bush has given us more of both).
The difference is candidates like Paul, Tancredo, Hunter and Brownback are saying what they really believe. For that, one doesn't need to rehearse.
Meanwhile, Romney, Giuliani and McCain all practiced saying their responses in many different ways, maybe even polled a few focus groups on which way was best. Fred Thompson will be just like this too whenever he debates.
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Yeah, and Giuliani’s social policies are more similar to Clinton/Kucinich, yet that doesn’t stop neocons from voting for him. I guess abortion and illegal immigration aren’t important issues these days. How sad.
Everyone who considers Ron Paul a traitor/liberal/nazi/etc: you need to do some hard thinking about what conservatism MEANS. Russell Kirk would be rolling in his grave if he knew the Republican party was nothing more than a collection of socially liberal war hawks and libertarian Milton Friedmaniacs.