Ron Paul’s liberty will give us death

The Daily Caller ^

[Minus_The_Bear]

"This brand of Austrianism is to Economics what Young Earth Creationism is to Science generally. Keynesians, at least, have the good taste to be economic Intelligent Design theorists and trust their economic fate to the blind watchmaker that is the Federal Government."

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I'm sorry but that is just stupid. Obama is the one we need to focusing on. Not some guy who will never win the nomination.

Go cheerlead for big spending and Keynesians theory somewhere else.

[Atlas Sneezed]

This author makes me want to puke.

Ron Paul may not be an ideal candidate, but many of his principles could save our party and our nation.

Those Freepers who express contempt for him because of the aspects they disagree with disgust me.

Never forget:

“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

“Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are travelling the same path.”

-Ronald Reagan, 1975

[mnehring]

Go cheerlead for big spending and Keynesians theory somewhere else.

Reading comprehension a little light tonight. The author isn't cheer-leading for them at all. That was also a jab. THe problem is to the Paultard camp, there are only two economic paths, Keynesians or the Austrian school. Most Conservatives follow more of the Friedman school.

[mnehring]

At least you included the second paragraph, the part most people ignore and the part that seems most apt with the Paul camp.

[mnehring]

Those Freepers who express contempt for him because of the aspects they disagree with disgust me.

Do you mean like the FReepers who express contempt for Cain, or Palin, or Bachamann, or any other candidates because of aspects they disagree with?

How about the fact the Paul camp has been pushing a lot of these divide and conquer articles tearing down all the other candidates and even cheering and bragging about how they are trolling and posting them here and elsewhere? http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?313-Opposing-Candidates

[upchuck]

“What Paul’s partisans fail to apprehend is that the reason that coverage is not forthcoming for their hero is because Paul has made himself...”

Apprehend?

Typso ping.

[Minus_The_Bear]

"Most Conservatives follow more of the Friedman school."

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Monetarism got us into this mess dumbass.

Alan Greenspan kept interest rates artificially low so everybody thought they could buy things they couldn't afford.

It's people like you who are destroying capitalism and conservatism by hollowing it out to mean nothing.

[mnehring]

Cult of Paultard Ping

This may be an interesting cycle, especially since the Paultards have let it known their strategy is to tear everyone else down here I think we have several decades of info on the old fraud to keep them busy. (browse the link in 7)

[Minus_The_Bear]

I could take you serious if you actually understood the first thing about economics and didn't just call everyone a retard.

You seem about as smart as Obama.

[mnehring]

Yea, I guess the degree in economics along with a dad who worked for Reagan really just doesn’t cut it in the Paul world because I didn’t learn it from Lewellan Rockwell. Of course, Paul himself said ‘Reagan makes Carter look Conservative’ and calls the most famous anti-Keynesian, Milton Friedman a Keynesian.

[dusttoyou]

HEY!!! Haven’t we seen you on other candidates threads smearing and trashing with BS and distortions? Can dish it out but not take it? Just as I thought.

At least anything weird someone can dream up about ronpaul is probbaly true.

[mnehring]

ping

[Minus_The_Bear]

1. Milton Friedman was a brilliant economist but he was not the most famous opponent of Kenyes. He was not even a full contemporary. Hayek was a professor in the UK along with Kenyes when the General Theory was written and opposed it. If you visit the Reagan Library you can see his notated copies of Hayek's work.

2. Monertarism and Greenspan's artificially low interest rates caused people to make rash purchases. This distorted market forces.

3. I am not a supporter of Ron Paul. I am a capitalist. Socialists are using this as a way to attack the free market and our very way of life. They blame the panic of 2008 on capitalism. It was no such thing.

Your father has my thanks for serving. A member of my family served in Reagan's cabinet.

[svcw]

Those Freepers who express contempt for him because of the aspects they disagree with disgust me.

Well, sorry I disgust you. Paul has delusional foreign polices ideas. He is on occasion anti-Semitic. Even though he may be a fine fellow in general, to many of his ideas are lunacy.

[andyk]

I don't know who Rothbard is, but according to the writer here, he must be one evil guy. It must be presumed that it is a mortal sin to like Rothbard. Okay, I don't know any different. But, I can go to the link that explained Paul's supposed affinity for Rothbard. It was this:

Rothbard taught me to always keep the distinction between peaceful market activity and State coercion in my mind. It served as a constant guide once I was in office. - Ron Paul

I don't care who taught Paul that lesson, if it's valid.

The rest of the accusations that I perused were more of the same, or, even more vague. I'm not going to waste my time looking at source links when the first ones I see are obvious distortions.

The more people say "tard", the more I think Paul is worth looking at.

[patriot preacher]

I’m no fan of Ron Paul — but this article goes WAY too far.

[patriot preacher]

I’m no fan of Ron Paul — but this article goes WAY too far.

[martin_fierro]

...why Rachel Maddow will fawningly ask him to explain his crackpot theories between heaping mouthful of carpet...

I probably don't want to know.