And what are his liberal views? Everything I've seen from Rep. Paul is based on conservative principle, some of it so long standing that even 'conservatives' have forgotten it was originally conservative principle
You're right that on most things, Ron Paul is firmly grounded in conservative principle.
The one issue where I would say he is not, is in his advocacy of surrendering a war to barbarians for no good reason (i.e., because we're "tired of" it). There is nothing particularly conservative about that stance, except in the most uncharitable definition of what it means to be "conservative" (i.e. cowardly, insular, lazy, sedentary...).
And the thing is, it's that stance alone which has given him this mini-swell of popularity. It's not like the antiwar kiddies love Ron Paul for his anti-tax platform. Hell, it's not like they even know anything about his anti-tax platform, or anything else for that matter, besides the fact that he's "against the war".
#####And what are his liberal views? Everything I’ve seen from Rep. Paul is based on conservative principle, some of it so long standing that even ‘conservatives’ have forgotten it was originally conservative principle#####
His foreign policy. I know the argument is that Washington warned against foreign entanglements, so it’s conservative to keep to ourselves. But that was in a time of ship transportation when vast oceans separated us from much of the world. Today we simply don’t have that luxury. I also don’t believe Paul would adequately defend our nation against domestic terror. He’d still be nitpicking over every wiretap while the terrorists would be driving their car bomb into the target zone.
I probably agree with Ron Paul on more issues than I disagree. It’s probably even a good thing to have a guy like him in Congress. But electing someone like him as president would tell the world that we’re back to pre-9/11 business as usual here in America. We’re just gonna sit here and wait to be attacked before we do anything.
There’s some Ron Paul support on my college campus. It’s more enthusiastic than anything I’ve seen in years, though I don’t know how large it is. It could be more vocal than large. But there are Paul signs all over the place and his name has been chalked on sidewalks all over campus. My guess, though, is that it’s coming mostly from Cindy Sheehan anti-war types who don’t know that Paul wants to abolish the Department of Education (which I agree with). All they likely know is that he’s anti-war. Most of those kids will vote for Hillary if Paul doesn’t make it in the GOP primary. And they’ll vote Democrat for every other office on the ballot.