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Posted on 06/24/2007 7:47:36 AM PDT by joeu
Paul’s doggedness in advancing the causes of individual responsibility and limited government could intimidate almost anyone who clings to the label “conservative” or “libertarian.” Perhaps that is why he avoids those abused designations and calls himself a “constitutionalist.” His philosophy is simple: “no government intervention, not in personal life, not in economic life, not in affairs of other nations.”
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As much as I hate to admit it, you can NOT have No Gov’t intervention. However, that intervention is necessary to be curtailed to the bounds that intervention was given.
At least someone is actively working to curtail that intervention, instead of ‘compromising and allowing it to continually grow. Can anyone on this forum remember when the last time the Go’v’t reduced its power or intervention?
Excellent article, though very sad how far the republicans have strayed from sanity.
Oh jeez, not this little twerp again!
Juvenile response.
Ron Paul, of the Island Nation Isolationist Party.
http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2007/06/separated_at_br.php
June 22, 2007: Separated at Birth - Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul
On one level you have to laugh that Kucinich and Paul were the only two dissenting votes in a 411-2 Congressional resolution urging the UN Security Council to charge Iran’s president Ahmadinejad under genocide conventions. But it is interesting these particular men stood alone in supposedly principled opposition to the obvious. And I’m sure their supporters would cite these “principles” as being great and idealistic. I’ll leave aside all the usual Neville Chamberlain clichés, because, well, we all know them, and cut to the chase - my view of their true motivations.
I think both of these men became highly-rigid narcissists decades ago. Their entire public personae ... and the attention they crave... are totally dependent on maintaining an inviolable public image. You can invariably predict everything they are going to say, every attitude they take. There is never a surprise, because they are playing roles they have chosen for themselves and for which they were rewarded with public and media attention from years in the past. If they changed their positions and became more reasonable, even in a few areas, they would simply disappear because they no longer fulfilled their roles.
This disappearance, of course, is intolerable to the narcissist. The point - for both Kucinich and Paul- is not to win, but to bask in that reflected glow that justifies their existence. This is also an indication why both do not appear to listen when others talk. To do so would be to have their thought processes challenged and to risk change. What fascinates me in this, however, is that, unlike in national polls where they barely register, a large number of people in their home areas actually voted for the Congressmen. Perhaps Paul and Kucinich have different personalities for the hometown crowd - a kind of sudden practicality - or maybe it’s just earmarks or maybe... those folks back home bask in the glow of the narcissism too. Hey, this famous guy comes from our little town!
Roger L. Simon
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Kill it at all costs!
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Hey as long as the 'right' party is in charge does it really matter.....
” and interfering in other nations that don’t represent a threat to our borders. “
and not interfering in other nations that DO represent a threat not only to our borders but also our country and its future .
Some FR people sure love big government,war and more taxes.My how things have changed on this website.Hillary would love you guys!
Some FR people sure love big government,war and more taxes.My how things have changed on this website.Hillary would love you guys!
I see several posters in this thread that wouldn’t recognize the U.S. Constitution if it jumped up and bit ‘em on the behind. Nor do they seem to care.
Our nation’s founding document is so casually flaunted by the government it originally defined that P.J. O’Rourke’s famous quote comes to mind: The Constitution is no impediment to our form of government.
And 'conservatives' will provide that list will they? I've seen some protectionists that claim China is a threat. Iran is a threat. Russia could eventually again be a threat (if the administration continues to isolate them on issues where they are willing to work with our government)
Pre-emptive strikes and calling nations that do not necessarily represent a threat to our borders is not conservative. But it is quite Republican
I was referring to Mexico and SA in general and the illegal hoardes we are allowing to walk in ...
Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
Well, then I have bad news for you, because right now, no Republican at all has a chance to beat any Democrat for the Presidency. Invading Iraq has made sure of that. The Republican Party has basically doomed itself. No candidate opposed to the Iraq war can win the primary, and no one who supports it can win the general election.
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