[No Dems 2004]

Just for interest sake on a man who's constantly critical of other Republicans, Ron Paul has an only 81% pro-life voting record (well below most Texas Republicans) and has a much more pro-gay voting record than most of his GOP colleagues.

I don't at all see him as a straight-laced conservative.

[LibertarianInExile]

Gosh, no, he's a pretty straight-laced libertarian. And he has lots of reasons to be critical of other Republicans. However, sure seems that no other people, let alone Republicans, in his district are willing to be critical enough of him to put their money where their mouths are, since no one even filed.

Either he's so right they don't even want to try, or his district is so dead on with his politics that there's no point, but either way, I'm glad we have at least one voice like his in Congress. God willing there will be more soon.

[WhiteGuy]

From what I've read, Dr. Paul believes that our constitution is indeed the law of the land.

Sometimes legislation that appears to be "conservative" actually oversteps the constitutional limits on federal government.

As a man of principle, who honors his oath, he cannot vote for such legislation.

I wish we had more like him in congress.

[Wolfie]

You're probably just mistaking a Constitutional voting record for a liberal one.

[tpaine]

, No Dems 2004 wrote:
I don't at all see him as a straight-laced conservative.

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"The federal government has no authority to promote or discourage any particular social arrangements; instead the Founders recognized that people should live their lives largely free of federal interference.  This is not to say that the Founders intended or imagined a libertine America.
  On the contrary, they envisioned an America with vibrant religious, family, social, and civic institutions that would shape a moral nation. 

They understood that strong private institutions, so important in a free and just society, could not coexist with a strong, centralized government."
-Ron Paul-

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Straight-laced conservatives do not vote to give their state & federal governments the authority to promote or discourage any particular social arrangements.

Socialist dupes do exactly that every day.

[Protagoras]

I don't at all see him as a straight-laced conservative.

Which no one that I know of has ever described him as, including himself.

[Durus]

Could you please explain what a "straight-laced conservative" is? Could you also tell me where they derive their political beliefs from?