Posted on 10/14/2009 7:02:43 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul took to the cable networks today to jab back at South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who over the weekend said he would not sit back and watch the Texan hijack the GOP with his brand of Republicanism.
My first reaction would be, What does he have against the Constitution? And the supporters I have support me because Im a traditional conservative and I support the Constitution, Paul told CNN in an interview tonight.
He cited Grahams support of TARP funds and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and all the big government things as examples of why his supporters feel lukewarm about the GOP. These are the things that constitutional conservatives dont support, he said.
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Their war of words is emblematic of larger battles brewing within the Republican Party over how best to heal the electoral wounds suffered in 2006 and 2008, rebrand itself, and build a new generation of party leaders.
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I’m for Ron Paul on this one. He’s the only one that called this financial mess before it hit and everybody called him a Kook. He spoke out against the Iraq war and I thought he was a kook, then I got deployed and got “educated” as to how unnecessary it was. He spoke out against the Patriot Act and I thought he was a sympathizer with the enemy, but then I started learning just how unconstitutional it is and am now completely in favor of revamping the whole thing to fall in line with what Ben Franklin said about not trading liberty for security. Now I’ve come to realize that he’s our last hope for restoring America to what the founders envisioned.
On domestic issues, Ron Paul has been right more than any other office holder I know of.
Where I have to diverge from Paul is his “single template” approach to every issue in foreign policy. It just can’t work.
I didn't feel the earthquake, but I have to agree with you.
Well, if he isn't, find me somebody as small-government and constitutionalist as he.
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