Well, as a libertarian I can tell you that I don’t want power, I just want to be left alone. Of the 4 companies I worked at previously, 3 are gone out of the U.S. because of stupid gov’t tax and regulatory policies (not to mention the devaluation of the dollar). About 70% of my current job is dealing with their ridiculous intrusiveness.
Anyway, and I don’t mean this in a snarky way but I would like compare your definition of “conservative” with mine. Only if you’re interested, though. I’m honestly trying to prove the point that RP is conservative, but you can always check out his website(s) and decide for yourself. We’ve been at this thread for a while and it gets hard to remember where it started.
I did glance at your page and noticed that your “over there” so no matter how safe it gets, please be careful and come back safe and sound!
You aren't coming across as snarky. :) I imagine we agree on a lot of things, but there are too many issues where Paul is vastly divergent from what most conservatives stand for.
I definitely want much smaller government, would love to see a rollback of the excessive laws, regulations and ridiculous taxes that have been imposed on just about everything and I have always supported a balanced budget requirement with line item veto capabilities.
I actually applauded Ron Paul's speech he gave during the debate that preceded the October '08 bailout vote. He's made a lot of sense on economic issues, but then he just goes way out into space on so many other things. I don't like his foreign policy platform at all and I don't believe his utopian ideas of isolationism are viable in today's world. I don't support this globalism garbage, but Ron Paul veers too far the other way in his stance.
I also find a lot of what he says just far too wacko. He regularly appears on Alex Jones, his supporters align themselves with Code Pink and ANSWER and Paul often says one thing but does another. For example, he was incensed that people were running against him in his district's Republican primary last week. Paul is quick to criticize Republicans but you rarely, if ever, hear him utter so much as a slight against Democrats.
I also do not like or trust the swarming and spamming tactics of his followers, such as showing up to conservative events en masse and pretty much hijacking them. I believe that these people (led by Ron Paul) are not working with us; they are working against us.
So, there's my take. As I said, we probably agree on most things. It's just that the ones I don't agree with Ron Paul on are very critical, IMO.