[My tongue got twisted around my eye-tooth and I couldn’t see what I was sayin’.]
Dr. Paul was there. He was trying to fight it, and was making it know to the American people, who were essentially held in the dark, as it was passed in stealth over the holiday.
Yes, he was.
Okay, that is your prerogative, but I think people should be held to the same standards, Ron Paul has changed his mind on issues just like Romney. If Romney is a flip flopper that makes Ron Paul one too.
There’s no ignoring that it’s already happened. Look at the vote results by age for the Iowa caucuses entrance polls and you’ll see a hopeful future for this country. Ron Paul absolutely dominates the youth vote.
I don’t know that I’ve ever used the term flip flopper and accused a candidate of it. I accept a change in positions if I believe the person is sincere.
Ron Paul has been pretty consistent for the past 30 years. The only thing that he has really changed his mind on (and he admits this) are his views on the death penalty.
I also disagree with Paul on his extreme libertarianism. For example, he would totally decriminalize addictive drugs, if I understand his position. I cannot agree. He also is too dogmatic when he opposes various governmental efforts to assist the disabled, the extreme poor, and others in society who need help through no fault of their own. We have developed a safety net that needs reform, but it should not be tossed aside.I completely agree with this! Do you think Ron Paul can actually get THIS or any other congress to do those things? Things could change right now with this congress, but it is the same business as usual failed policies. If Ron Paul is indeed the nominee, I will support him, but my fear is he will not be nominated, gain a huge following, and then run as a third party candidate insuring us of another 4 years of multi-trillion dollar deficit.
If you want to know exactly what he would do, just read Ludwig Von Mises, Dr. Paul actually got to hear the guy speak once when he was 90 years old. But he is a firm believer in Mises and his works.
I think electing Ron Paul would shake things up, of that I have no doubt. I think he could bring many Republicans back to their roots from which they came from and set the party back on it’s tracks that it should have never left to begin with.
I do not believe everything I read in blogs. I think there is a disconnect between earmarks (pork) coming into the his district and the Congressman being the one to seek the earmark and vote on it. As he has voted against every appropriations bill, it is a stretch for say he takes pork. Rather, his district, like all gets earmarks too.
Where were his views during the tenures of George Bush (Sr) and George Bush (Jr)?
where was the media?
Most likely not being reported by the media.
Why does charity have to be compelled (a totally ironic concept, by the way)? What is wrong exactly with private charity, which actually involves compassion and love?
Pork isn’t dolled out district by district; the money is appropriated to certain industries and businesses that may or may not have a presence in a certain district (and likely have a presence in several). A member of Congress may fight to get money appropriated to those businesses, or they may not, but if those businesses are appropriated the money then that Congressman’s district will benefit regardless.Sure. Someone else probably queued up the pork coming to his district.
he can’t be blamed for ignoring the embassy bombings. He was right smack in the middle of Monicagate.
Clinton bombed Iraq in 98 (operation Desert Fox) and bombed a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan killing innocent people. 9/11 indeed.
Was that, in 98, when Clinton bombed the empty Iraqi ministry of defense building at night killing an innocent janitor and missing the general staff? Didn’t he also launch cruise missiles against a tent in Afghanistan? [Of course, he alerted Pakistan ahead of time, so they could warn the al Qaeda folks to step away for a few minutes.]