Ron Paul and the Paulbots hate Reagan Conservatism, and Conservative-apparently more than the “establishment” (the very same crony-capitalism/banksters he purportedly is vehemently against)!!
Paul's stands are closer to Reagan's than are those of any of the other candidates. Your statement is ridiculous.
Remember, Reagan was forced to go along with some of the Federal domestic programs that he had attacked before his election, in order to get cooperation on his defense budget--the one that broke the back of Soviet Communism. But philosophically, Reagan was to the right of Gingrich & Santorum, who now talk a more Conservative, smaller Government role, than they actually practiced in the past.
And remember that when Reagan realized that his attempt to stabalize Lebanon was proving a counter-productive policy, putting American lives at unjustifiable risk, he reversed the policy, and withdrew. This is basically what Dr. Paul has been advocating as to our forces in other parts of the region, where we have been drawing hostile fire, with no clear gain for American interests.
William Flax