You’re probably a nice person, but you should stick to the substance of my posts, and not make assumptions. If you want to know what I think about an issue, take the time to ask a question. I want to shrink the federal government and return to article I, section 8 restrictions. What is it that you want, and how will your vision of the GOP get us there?
All I want is a Free Republic. What do you want?
I want to make money
I will under Romney
I want Israel to be safe, Iran to be taken out or neutralized, and our defense built back up to Reagan’s standards.
Funny I mentioned Reagan...Paul has some awful things to say about Ronaldus Magnus.
The best thing I can say about Ron Paul is that I look forward to reading his obituary.
I am a conservative with libertarianish leanings. I don't detest Paul and his minions for being libertarian, I detest them for being a conspiratorial, mean spirited, destructive force trying to worm their way into the party. The "liberty" movement's descent into tin foil hat moonbattery I blame directly on Ron Paul for refusing to denounce the crazies that seem attracted to him.
Other than maintaining a massive military, defense of the nation being one of the few thing the Federal Government should do, I'd slash pretty much everything else in government to the bone. I am defense and foreign policy hawk, but pretty much think most everything else should be returned to the states. I am pro-life and believe in traditional values, but for the most part I don't much care what people do so long as they don't bother me or make me pay their way. Personally, I'd eliminate most entitlements, but at minimum I'd let the states run the social safety net. The states having to compete with one another should limit the scope of these programs all on its own (which is precisely why the left want the Feds to do all this stuff).
Just to be completely clear. I don't hate libertarians. They have their party and more power to them. I do not like Ron Paul, but I hate the movement his supporters have created even more. I've had to deal with these people and my experience has been 100% bad. Seriously, go read their forums sometime. Half the discussions seem aimed at how disrupt the convention. And their whining about being disenfranchised is bunk. Paul got 10% of the primary vote (better than half were not even real Republicans btw) and he wound up with roughly that percentage of delegates. These Paul crap-weasels were trying to get more delegates than they deserved by using lax local and state conventions rules against the GOP. Hopefully we've learned our lesson and work to fully exclude these people going forward.