Sarah Palin: Ron Paul is the "Only One" Willing to Rein in Spending

Townhall ^ | 1/27/12 | Daniel Doherty

[NewJerseyJoe]

I agree with this. I have long said that, although Ron Paul is out beyond the orbit of Pluto on most issues, he is dead-center on-target about fiscal and Treasury matters.

[ROTB]

Indeed, his proposals to cut $1 trillion from the national debt and eliminate five federal departments are bold ideas

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Newt should pick up on this, and run hard with it.

[Claud]

I agree with her 100%. Grave reservations about his foreign policy, we all know the score there. But he is really the ONLY one who has been talking about the kind of deep, massive cuts that need to be made. No one else is even close to in his league there.

[4rcane]

which is why Palin would’ve been the perfect candidate. She’s with Paul on the national issues but slightly different on the foreign affairs. None of the other gop candidates are serious with the spending and debt

[Ozymandias Ghost]

Newt has been making overtures to Paul, too. Tea Party may need his delegates down the road. For instance, the GOP here in VA, under the guidance of Gov McDonnell has managed to lock everyone but Romney and Paul out of the primary. So the "stop Romney" forces here will have to vote for Ron Paul as no “write-ins” are allowed. It's amazing what the GOP elites are trying to do in this primary season. I hate Paul's foreign policy as well as some other issues; however, I will vote for him in the primary just to try to stop Romney from getting those delegates.

[SatinDoll]

Secretary of the Treasury, Ron Paul.

This has been thrown out there a few times already as a possibility in Gringrich’s cabinet. I think it sounds good: what does anyone else think?

[FishinTX]

He has a bat sh*t crazy factor of about 1 trillion on the Guano scale. He will lose and needs to withdraw now.

[4rcane]

Newt overtures can’t be trusted. All he talked about is that he will look into setting up a gold standard which is as good as not doing anything. This is what politicians do - pretend they’re doing something

[FReepaholic]

...which is why Palin would’ve been the perfect candidate. She’s with Paul on the national issues but slightly different on the foreign affairs. None of the other gop candidates are serious with the spending and debt...

I wholeheartedly agree.

[badpacifist]

Although true, this is a calculated statement....me thinks.

[Jukeman]

Agree. I too suggested a while back Ron Paul for Secretary of Treasury or Fed Chairman.

[traviskicks]

I hate Paul's foreign policy..

I understand a lot of folks have oppposition to this,as does apparently Sarah Palin. However, Mark Steyn came out with a recent piece supporting it:

Mark Steyn: Ron Paul beckons GOP to Fortress America (FR link).

[Cicero]

Note that this is not an endorsement.

I suspect it’s more of an admission that it’s a sad thing that no one but Ron Paul is willing to talk about cutting expenses at the levels that are needed.

Rick Perry talked about cutting three departments of government, but unfortunately couldn’t remember which ones they were. He dropped the ball at least twice on it. We need to get serious about this.

[svcw]

passionate - huh? How about all those years in congress, what did he do? What did he accomplish?

[Vince Ferrer]

I agree with her comments. They are not aimed at endorsing Paul, but more likely to remind the other candidates that the debt is really what they should be talking about.

[svcw]

If for one minute I beleived Gingrich would put that lunatic alterPaul in any cabinet position of power anywhere - I will not vote for him.

[Claud]

Sounds good to me.

[Tucker39]

The sweet lady from Alaska just dropped several notches on my confidence scale. I thought every Conservative knew what a fraud Ron Paul is when it comes to earmarks and government spending.

His little trick is to latch onto a bill that is a lead pipe cinch to PASS both houses; load that bill up with earmarks for HIS district, and then VOTE AGAINST IT. Voila! Plausible deniability! He can always claim he voted AGAINST that big spending bill.

[PapaNew]

I've listened to Gingrich's last two debates and the speech he just gave in Palm Beach FL. I've heard him talk about cutting taxes and regulations and repealing ObamaCare and Dood-Frank, and Sorbates-Oxley and even getting the Tenth Amendment in motion.

But I haven't heard him say a word about CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING. Obama's multi-trillion-dalloar drunken Marxist-Keynesian poli-psycho spending binge has taken the U.S. to the brink. Gingrich, PLEASE EMPHASIZE LESS GOVERNMENT.