Common sense says to keep this dude away from the Oval Office. He may not be scarey himself, but his ideas of isolationalism today are.
He is incredibly naive to think that pulling back within our borders will stop terrorist attacks against America and our interests abroad.
“But there’s something weird going on when Paul, the small-government constitutionalist, is considered the extremist in the Republican Party, while Huckabee, the statist, is the lovable underdog.”
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Thats what makes Hunter so great. He’s a social conservative and an economic conservative who throws away the worst of libertarianism; blind free-trade.
Paul isn’t a Constitutionalist. Constitutionalists are paleoconservatives, and paleoconservatives want to run the entire government on tariffs (not going to happen).
He doesn't believe in the hyper-interventionist, nation building, world's cop, bankrupting our country with endless wars philosophy of Bush.
And guess what? A lot of people don't. Bush's foreign policy is not the traditional Republican position, it's not the constitutional position, the founders warned against it, and it has 'blowback'. And not only that, it is bankrupting our country, and causing us to be resented all over the world.
Paul believes in a strong national defense, the just war theory, and free trade - he is not an isolationist.
I don't think so. There's not much he's not aware of and what consequences are going to be for pulling back. I think he's just plain skeert of those muzzies and think he's going to save his head by trying to placate them.
America is on the list slated for destruction, Doctor Paul, regardless if you pull back and keep all the troops home. If you don't believe that, ask yourself why they are currently engaged in warfare and terrorist activities in at least 18 other nations?
Even so, I'd like to know what his prescription is for curing the islamic problem here when the SHTF again? Or doesn't he realize it's not a racial problem -- nor necessarily a religious one? How about a political/economic one, Dr. Paul? There going to try to shoot your pants off regardless of how placating you are.
Seek and destroy the forces of evil whereever they may be found. The world is smaller than you think, Dr. Paul. Don't lead your sheep to the slaughter.
Do you know the difference between isolationism and non-interventionism? Ron Paul is clearly NOT an isolationist!