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Five Myths About Ron Paul
The Washington Post ^ | 12/9/11 | Nick Gillespie

Posted on 12/13/2011 10:58:28 AM PST by BatMite

Ron Paul is the Rodney Dangerfield of Republican presidential candidates.... Why, despite a small but devoted set of supporters, does this 76-year-old obstetrician turned politician routinely get no respect from the media and GOP operatives?...

1. Ron Paul is not a "top-tier" candidate.

...Paul is doing increasingly well in national and state-level polls.... And now that Cain has dropped out, Paul's stock is likely to keep climbing. The congressman is no less a top-tier candidate than anyone else in the race.
2. Ron Paul is a doctrinaire libertarian.
...Paul parts company with many libertarians on many issues. These include immigration, where he favors ending birthright citizenship and reducing the number of newcomers until the welfare state is dismantled. Paul says abortion law should be settled at the state level, but in Congress in 2005, 2007, 2009 and this year he introduced the Sanctity of Life Act....
3. Ron Paul's call to "end the Fed" is crazy.
...Paul's bill to audit the Fed, which has been introduced three years in a row and hasn't passed, but had more than 300 co-sponsors in the House in 2009. Paul introduced a new version in January that has 195 co-sponsors drawn from both parties....
4. Ron Paul is anti-military.
Unlike his fellow, er, top-tier candidates Gingrich and Romney, Paul served his country in uniform, as an Air Force captain.... While Pentagon brass might oppose his defense cuts, troops seem to like what he is saying....
5. Ron Paul has strong youth support because he wants to legalize drugs.
Paul's popularity among younger voters — he's called a "rock star" on the college circuit — stems from the idealism of his politics. Kids rally behind his faith in the future, belief in the individual and confidence in bottom-up decision-making....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2012gopprimary; myths; paul; paul2012; ronpaul
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JUST SAY NO to flip-floppers, insider lobbyists, and serial adulterers!
1 posted on 12/13/2011 10:58:34 AM PST by BatMite
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To: BatMite
Just say no to bat crazy Neo Isolationist Know Nothings.
2 posted on 12/13/2011 10:59:40 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: BatMite

The #1 myth about Ron Paul is that he has any chance at all, under any circumstances, to be the President of these United States.


3 posted on 12/13/2011 11:04:25 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: BatMite

I agree with Ron Paul of fiscal issues.Period.

However his foreign policy views leave a lot to be desired.

Furthermore, I have seen too many of his supporters in Austin vote for Obama in 2008 after Paul was defeated by McCain.


4 posted on 12/13/2011 11:04:52 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: BatMite
One fact about Ron Paul:

He is a loose cannon nutjob egomaniac.

5 posted on 12/13/2011 11:06:18 AM PST by pfflier
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To: MNJohnnie

You and I don’t agree all that often, but when you’re right you’re right, and here you certainly are right.

The number one myth about Paul is that more than a handfull of people are bat-s**t-crazy enough to vote for him.

What I personally admire about Ron the most, is his dedication to destroying himself in the eyes of every American.

Keep up the good work Ron. Only a few folks left...


6 posted on 12/13/2011 11:08:37 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Why back in '88, Conservatives backed Gore in Texas. What Reagan revolution? What laegacy?)
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To: BatMite

I’d take Paul over any of the current crop of losers vying for the Pub nomination.


7 posted on 12/13/2011 11:09:35 AM PST by circlecity
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To: pfflier

He is a loose cannon nutjob egomaniac.

He is a serial loose cannon nutjob egomaniac.


8 posted on 12/13/2011 11:09:35 AM PST by tallyhoe
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To: BatMite

#6. He’s sane.


9 posted on 12/13/2011 11:11:17 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: BatMite
4. Ron Paul is anti-military. Unlike his fellow, er, top-tier candidates Gingrich and Romney, Paul served his country in uniform, as an Air Force captain.... While Pentagon brass might oppose his defense cuts, troops seem to like what he is saying....

Like John F'n Kerry, John S McCain and John P Murtha? Service does not predict conservatism. I do appreciate his service to our nation though.

10 posted on 12/13/2011 11:12:35 AM PST by class8601_nuke (don't just be critical, be prompt critical.)
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To: BatMite

Signed up yesterday to promote RuPaul?


11 posted on 12/13/2011 11:12:44 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: BatMite

I say “No” to Truthers.


12 posted on 12/13/2011 11:12:51 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (To Obama, bipartisanship is giving the opposition the opportunity to do as they are told. (WGensert))
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To: BatMite; Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator

Welcoem to FR.
RonPaul spam monkies need not apply.


13 posted on 12/13/2011 11:13:06 AM PST by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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Say 'goodbye', Ron...

... "Goodbye Ron."

14 posted on 12/13/2011 11:15:26 AM PST by evets (beer)
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To: BatMite
Oh, Bats... you just got yourself put on a list.

I'm a Ron Paul fan myself, but I don't talk about him here. It's not worth getting shouted down, or purged.

15 posted on 12/13/2011 11:16:00 AM PST by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: BatMite
Ron Paul seems like the odd duck because he is in fact the only sane candidate in the race.

He's the only one who truly supports the Constitutional and its original intent.

Yeah, that makes him an oddball when compared to the others. I'll vote for that kind of oddball.

16 posted on 12/13/2011 11:17:34 AM PST by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: Darksheare; BatMite
RonPaul spam monkies need not apply.

Yep, but that may be re-apply.

17 posted on 12/13/2011 11:17:34 AM PST by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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To: BatMite
"the book sold well and drew respectful notices not just from folk singer Arlo Guthrie and actor Vince Vaughn"

Arlo Guthrie supporting Ron Paul???? Wow, either ole' Arlo has turned over a new leaf or the world has turned upside down. I love Arlo's music and he makes me laugh, but this is the guy who wrote a Christmas song comparing Santa to a hippie commie (Pause for the Claus)...
18 posted on 12/13/2011 11:19:10 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: MNJohnnie
Not to defend Mr. Paul who sometimes seems to go out of his way to ignore legitimate concerns of Israel and to put too much blame on US polices, but isolation is not a dirty word. For a long time, some our greatest conservatives like Robert Taft tended toward isolationism. It's true that total isolation is not possible or desirable, but neither is absolute interventionism and a lot of people think we should move our national conduct toward the isolation direction.

The interventionists are right when they say that the oceans and distance are not as insulating as before but they are gravely wrong when they imply that our geographical separation means nothing. Our location means we can still insulate our security to a greater degree than any other great power and the aim of American policy should be to avoid conflict. If we cannot avoid war, our policy should strive for America to be the LAST power to enter a general war, not the FIRST!

19 posted on 12/13/2011 11:20:04 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: BatMite

I will support the GOP nominee, so long as they don’t move the party further to the left (such as Romney and Huntsman would).

Ron Paul would be my least favorite amongst those I would support. He is honorable, a solid fiscal conservative and a Constitutionalist. However he significantly lacks reality on the 911 attacks and the consequences of modern warfare. I disagree that the muder of an unborn human is a states-right issue. And Ron Paul flip-flopped on his self-imposed term limits.


20 posted on 12/13/2011 11:21:28 AM PST by kidd
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