He’s saying Paul has all these leftist supporters and then says that “if allowed to continue, he will take votes away from the most conservative Republican candidates in the party, not the most liberal.”
If Paul was so liberal that why would he taking the most conservative republican voters, wouldn’t he start siphoning the moderate republican voters first?
Why would the most conservative republicans be attracted to a man with all these leftist supporters? This is the contradiction in this article I was alluding to. I suggest that he does not have many leftist supporters, that most of his suppporters are very conservative, with some libertarians and independents sprinkled in.
On your second point, I think there are many conservative republicans who may be uneasy with aspects of Paul’s foreign policy, but find his domestic record so remarkable they are willing to overlook it. And, even so, most Republicans agree with the general principle of a humble foreign policy, with nonintervention, and no nationbuilding. It is only when you apply it to the specific situation in Iraq where you start loosing them.
Someone else raised your first point earlier. It would have been better stated to say that outside (non-Republican) voters brought in by the Paul Campaign would cancel Republican nomination votes, leaving the candidate with the largest minority of party support atop the nomination, most likely Rudy as it stands.
In this way, they would have a result reverse of their stated desires, but one very good for our leftist enemies.
I would agree mostly, on your second point. I have yet to meet a “pro-war” American. But I know a lot of pro-national security Americans, the best ones being conservative Republicans.
We all know that “liberals” aren’t liberal anymore. They don’t believe in or support individual freedom on liberty at all anymore. That’s why we don’t want them choosing our party nominee... or monkeying around in the RNC nomination process.
But you’re right, no conservative supports nation building. They just don’t agree with Paul that nation building is what is happening in Iraq.
The divide between Paul and conservatives is his leftist rhetoric on the war on terror. What makes it a heated situation is the tactics of the Paul campaign, in an effort to overpower that disagreement with leftist money and voters.