“Articles about Paul’s PORK SCAM has been all over FR for years.”
Are the keywords ‘Ron Paul Pork Scam’ going to bring them up? I’ll have a look.
I’m using the word ‘debate’ more generally than I think it came across. I mean that while he’s campaigning, he issues statements, talks to people, is interviewed, which raises issues other candidates might not have thought they needed to address, but would, because in running against him they need to win by drawing as much of his support as possible. I didn’t mean in particular he’d be in a formal debate, and that was his contribution. But with that, as with the other things, it’s pretty easy to get another beer or whatever when he’s on, if that’s your preference.
That mosque issue near the Trade Center is problematic for me. I’ll find more on that and what he said. Many of those illicit substances were once licit, but people had enough self-control and less desire to escape reality for that to not be a problem. I don’t think it’s appropriate now to legalize, but in the future it might be. I think we have a long way to go before even considering that though. He’s a medical doctor, so his statements aren’t uninformed, but I’ll see if I can find those too. I do appreciate links and specific quotes though. I had heard of one of his supporters stepping on the neck of a semi-professional agitator at one of his meetings, but I haven’t heard anything else. What else was there?
Oh, then yes, you misused the word "debate", but no matter, what you have assumed has never happened anyway. And when he was in the debates, in '08, nobody, and I do mean NOBODY, ever picked up on what you imagine would have sparked further debate.
I don't drink beer..........I just change the channel or shut off the sound when he's on; though I did watch every single moment of the debates, both the GOP and Dem ones, in '08.
What I was specifically referring to was when his rabid, thuggish supporters threw snowballs at Sean Hannity and his crew and attempted to harm them in other ways, as they were exiting a debate ( I think it was in N.H., maybe not...there was lots of snow ) back in '08, that Ron Paul hadn't been invited to and they blamed him. And, as a personal aside, from what I saw of them, myself, in action, at a different political venue.
When illicit drugs were legal, most people had little idea how addicting they were and recreational drug taking was confined to the fringe of the fringe; mostly outcasts and "Bohemians", the Demi-Mode and the Demi-Modains,as well as a few of the upper crust, who were simply thrill seekers. There are records though, of nannies and day care ( which was called BABY FARMING back then ) giving babies and young children laudanum, just to keep them semiconscious; many times almost or killing them.
By making them legal now, would take away whatever little stigma there is to it left, and things would only be worse.