[Austin Willard Wright]

Any of Ron Paul's sins pale in comparison to Fred Thompson's public and proud stand in favor of restoring Jean "necklace" Aristide to power. See here for the form that Fred himself signed putting him on record in favor of this goal.

[wideawake]

Any of Ron Paul's sins pale in comparison to Fred Thompson's public and proud stand in favor of restoring Jean "necklace" Aristide to power.

Ron Paul criticizes the US for "overthrowing" Mossadegh, a dictator who seized power in Iran unconstitutionally.

Aristide was legitimately elected and was deposed by an illegitimate military dictator.

Once restored to his elected office, Aristide did indeed turn on the Haitian Constitution and illegitimately overstayed his term of office, becoming a dictator.

But when the US returned Aristide to his rightful office, he did have a legitimate claim.

[SJackson]

Any of Ron Paul's sins pale in comparison to Fred Thompson's public and proud stand in favor of restoring Jean "necklace" Aristide to power. See here for the form that Fred himself signed putting him on record in favor of this goal.

Simple solution, don't vote for Thompson.

I'm not a fan of Aristides, but it's fair to point out that he was elected, and removed from office twice with what most people think was the support of the US government.

If it was a grave error for the US to interfere with Iranian internal politics in the Shah's time, consistancy requires it also be a grave error to interfere in Haitian internal politics. I presume Ron Paul was opposed to Aristides removal, if not his claims about the Shah ring false.