http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2007/12/23/4426982-ron-paul-on-meet-the-press
PULL QUOTE (12/23/07): Paul called the American Civil War a mistake, criticized Ronald Reagan as a “failure,” and refused to rule out a third party run.
I went to our link. It sounds alot more reasonable when you actually read the quote.
“Slavery was phased out in every other country in the world,” Paul continued, responding to the question if America would still have slavery had there not been the Civil War. “The way I’m proposing that it should have been done is do it like the British Empire did — you buy the slaves and release them. How much would that cost compared to killing 600,000 Americans?... I mean, that doesn’t sound too radical to me. That sounds like a pretty reasonable approach.”
Paul also criticized Reagan for not reducing the government to a “constitutional size.”
Thank you. Watched the whole interview from start to finish, and Ron Paul did not even come close to saying Ronald Reagan was a “failure who makes Carter look like a conservative.” Yet one more wholly unsubstantiated asssertion about Ron Paul. But that’s okay. I’m getting used to it.