[mamelukesabre]

I’ll say one thing for ron paul...he is not a liar. If he says it, he believes it, and has always believed it. He is the only person running who you can say that about.

[baiamonte]

Yes, except he’s basically an idiot.

[untenured]

Here's the problem. When Mr. Santelli's rant unleashed the Tea Party, I think it had more success than most of us imagined - it almost derailed health care, and did wonderfully in the 2010 elections. But, amazingly, in 2012 at the presidential level the movement has no date for the prom. Which of the front-running candidates believes in limited government, in breaking the Beltway Bandits and the stranglehold of the administrative state? Rick Perry IMHO showed promise, but we know how that turned out. Sarah Palin made the right noises, but was probably unelectable and is gone in any event.

So where does the Tea Party go? Ron Paul really believes in limited government, but he has this freak-show baggage. So what does the movement to restore liberty do? I never would've thought in November 2010 that the choices would come down to what they have come down to.

[Nextrush]

Paul comes off as unpatriotic for not supporting the “wars” following September 11th, 2001 and suggesting it was our fault the attacks happened.

I have no problem with fighting those wars.

My problem is that America does not fight wars to win them anymore for its own sake, America fights police action limited wars under international authority.

If this were the good old days before the United Nations, winning the war would be defined by the conquest of Pakistan, Iran and possibly other nations behind terrorism.

PS....The justification to such limted wars today is that some nations have nuclear weapons...