I always thought RP was kind of cute, perhaps a bit kooky, but he said things about a lot of issues that I liked.
That being said, watching him talk about the war against Islamo-fascism is painful. He has blamed the US for "them" hating us, he has no understanding that this Islamist movement is trans national, very real, and very determined to enslave everyone else to their ideology with force. In an age of nuclear, biological, and other weapons that they desire to inflict pain on the world, his views are really naive at best.
Considering the Islamists have already killed several thousand of our citizens on 9/11, likewise killed significant numbers in disparate places such as Spain, England, Bali, and virtually everywhere they can kill innocents in the world, I find RP's pronouncements no longer cute, but seriously stupid and dangerous.
His statements in regard to the Islamist war are straight out of the DU, KOS, and Soros playbook, and that ought to make any libertarian or conservative at least pause to consider who they are really supporting here.......
>>>That being said, watching him talk about the war against Islamo-fascism is painful. He has blamed the US for “them” hating us, he has no understanding that this Islamist movement is trans national, very real, and very determined to enslave everyone else to their ideology with force. In an age of nuclear, biological, and other weapons that they desire to inflict pain on the world, his views are really naive at best.
Sadly, it looks like Dr. Paul needs to read “America Alone” by Mark Steyn, so he can see the international and demographic dimension of this Islamic conquest.
Still, Dr. Paul is one of the VERY FEW Republican candidates that is SERIOUSLY against illegal immigration—a critical component to win Republican votes. The U.S. has indeed been heavy-handed in the MidEast (to protect our oil source), but the international scope of the Islamic aggression and depravity far transcends Dr. Paul’s assertions.
In terms of politics, the GOP functionaries can only put up loser-Dole like characters: those who are faithful but uninspiring to the voters. Empty-suited politicians, not leaders.
There’s no mechanism (because of the ingrained GOP functionaries beholden to the current or past politicians) to bring up fresh candidates who can win. If the GOP can’t produce a non-RINO, anti-illegal, conservative candidate in this election, the GOP will follow the age-old pattern of a massive and cleansing defeat in order to produce the winning candidate four or eight years later.
“Less Bad” than the Democrat is not a winning strategy to values voters.