I think you missed my point entirely, RP will never be elected because his isolationist views are so far out of the mainstream that he doesn’t stand a chance. I actually think RP for the most part is right on economics, but I don’t agree with Obama at all, although I can point to you who some of my favorite Republican presidents(aren’t many) are.
Isolationism is a foreign policy adopted by a nation in which the country refuses to enter into any alliances, foreign trade or economic commitments, or international agreements, in hopes of focusing all of its resources into advancement within its own borders while remaining at peace with foreign countries by avoiding all entanglements of foreign agreements. In other words, it asserts both of the following: 1. Non-interventionism – Political rulers should avoid entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense. 2. Protectionism – There should be legal barriers to control trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.
Nonintervention or non-interventionism is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense. This is based on the grounds that a state should not interfere in the internal politics of another state, based upon the principles of state sovereignty and self-determination. A similar phrase is "strategic independence".[1] Historical examples of supporters of non-interventionism are US Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who both favored nonintervention in European Wars while maintaining free trade. Other proponents include United States Senator Robert Taft and United States Congressman Ron Paul.[2]
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Dr. Paul is a non-interventionallist, not a isolationist - there's a difference.
I think you missed my point entirely...
I don't think I missed your point, I see it at FR just about daily - you attempt to marginalize Dr. Paul by pointing out his lack of electoral success at the national level. I always respond to that by stating my "crazy" notion that right and wrong aren't determined by popular vote.
Also, please note that not only did the founders of this nation listed above (and pretty much all the other founders not listed) share Dr. Paul's foreign policy beliefs, Robert Taft - Mr. mainstream '50s republican - did so also.
Ron Paul became an adult in the '50s, and one of his first acts as an adult was to register as a republican and cast a vote for Eisenhower. He's held true to the republican platform that he adopted at that time.
He has maintained his core beliefs since then - it's the rest of the GOP that's moved leftward, towards insanity and national suicide, not him.