As I said, “he’s got to get away from some of the more whackjob liberaltarian stuff that the old man started buying into.” Ron may be more than a little senile with some of the crap he came up with in ‘08.
Ronald Reagan said, to paraphrase, that if you agreed with him 75% of the time, then that was good enough.
Every single one of us has at least one belief that differs, in part or whole from the others, because we are individuals. I can see in the basic disintegration of the last third of the thread that the Right is in danger of having a circular firing squad this fall.
While our differences are real, the threat of enormous evil to this country and Western civilization is AT HAND.
So get petty, pout, and stay at home. I, for one, opt for action. We can weed the “moderates” out in primaries, which we have done, although I will admit that Bill Johnson was an excellent candidate. We can’t vote for ourselves, but we can work for someone who is not quite as good. The US Constitution must win the next election, and Rand Paul and quite a few of our national conservatives are plenty good enough.
“As I said, “he’s got to get away from some of the more whackjob liberaltarian stuff that the old man started buying into.” Ron may be more than a little senile with some of the crap he came up with in ‘08.”
Understandable. However, Ron Paul has always held these principles, and not only since 2008. Moreover, he’s not bashful nor submissive when challenged regarding his principles. We all witnessed this when he didn’t cower in the debates when challenged by the cross dresser nor the other rinos on the stage. He stood his ground. Whether his stand is right or wrong is a matter of perception, as in the eyes of the beholder.
Should congress be forced to honor it’s constitutional duty to declare war? The constitution offers no well, maybe, ifs, there are no exceptions. Has the constitution been ignored before in war? Yes, but that does not negate the constitutional requirement as set forth.
Ron Paul is committed to the principle of congress’s constitutional duty before sending our fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters, off to make war. Some folks seek to argue with this constitutional requirement offering exceptions to the constitutional law as if it were some sort of living breathing document that should be flexible to roll with the flow. From what I have observed, Ron Paul is not one of them. Is he right? According to our constitution, he is absolutely right.