Waiting for all the RP bashers to come.....
RP was spot on....why hasnt anyone else been bringing this up?
I disagree w RP on Iraq....but he is not far removed from McCain on the issue....McCain wants terrorists rights and no waterboarding. Weak on WOT
At least someone is still laying the lowdown on McCain
I agree. Keeping that in mind, Ron Paul is now the most conservative candidate remaining. Not only that, he's the only one in the race since the beginning who understands how the economy actually works.
If RP could be President in charge of Domestic Affairs, he would be perfect.
In both cases, those negatives are just too much to overlook.
“Waiting for all the RP bashers to come.....”
The neo-cons and sunshine conservatives can’t seem to handle an actual conservative being in the race. I also disagree with Rep. Paul on the WOT. But I’ll take the 80% of a loaf that he offers versus the 20% that the McCain/Clinton ticket offers.
RP is spot on, this time. But his position on Iraq and national security is a deal breaker.
He’s still a loon on the war. But on the rest he’s right on, I’ll give you that.
Ron Paul is not weak on the WOT. Most conservatives haven’t taken the time to fully understand his position.
You cannot fight a loose collection of thugs that have no direct tie to a nation state as if they were a nation state. When an worldwide estimated 20 thousand thugs can keep your entire army tied up, you are going to lose that conflict because your economy can’t possibly sustain the war.
After 9/11, Ron Paul introduced a bill for a Letter of Marque and Reprisal that was both a constitutional and logically correct way to pursue an organization like Al Qaeda. This strategy would have used our strength — our system of free enterprise — against Al Qaeda. Republicans used to believe in freedom and free enterprise. Bush has treated our freedom as the problem and proceeded to attack it as if somehow Bush attacking our freedom is better than Al Qaeda doing the same. Ron Paul’s strategy would have unleashed the creativity of the United States to pursue Osama bin Laden — almost certainly saving hundreds of billions of dollars and probably actually capturing bin Laden in the process.
If RP wasn’t such a kkok, people might listen to some of his good ideas.
Same for McLame, if he wasn’t such an erratic old demented nut, people might listen to him.
RP wants us to surrender the WOT. He would do nothing about Al Quieda and Iran. This eliminates RP for me right there. At least McCain understands the threats we have from these ghouls (not that I agree with McCains plan to deal with it).
Its not about bashing him, its that he has no chance to win. Plain and simple. He’s an anti-war Republican, so he should have just run Republican. His own fault.