How about Ron Paul?

Checking out his positions on the web. I think I could live with him. However, his stance on foreign policy does not sit well with me. I don’t think we Americans can afford a non-interventionist policy anymore. As a young country it was a wise policy, but the twentieth century has changed the course for America for better or worse. We can’t and the world can’t afford to go back to the days when we were a sleeping giant.

I strongly support him. He’s about the only one running in the GOP that I can vote for and not feel like I’m doing it merely to vote for the lesser of two evils. He also seems to be the only one who understands what Constitutional government is all about, and has had the courage to stand on his convictions for years.

Don’t you just love it when a person proves their own post, ala phdsvp? At the same time, I feel I must disprove phdsvp. I am neither a liberal nor a lunatic and I have the hand stamp to prove it. However, I have given serious thought to voting for him in the primaries despite his anti-war stance. I would love to see a return to small government.

According to various sources, so much money was pouring into his fund that his merchant account exceeded its throughput limit, so that thay are still processing donations manually today and maybe tomorrow. Rumor has it that the total number could be in the $8 million range. They will probably come out with the revised final tally in a day or so.

Even if I don’t agree with him on some things, he is the only candidate offering anything other than the politics-as-usual stuff being served up by the other candidates of both parties. He also has a decades long track record of personal and political integrity.

I love it when Ron Paul’s opponents are reduced to name calling and personal attacks. Hmmm.. ” Birchers ..are Liberals masking as ‘free thinkers’ or lunatics” Now there is a convincing argument.

Robert,

Ron Paul has introduced two bills for Congress to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal against bin Laden and other specific terrorists. These are basically Constitutionally sanctioned “Wanted Dead or Alive ” posters authorizing anyone to take action against the named persons and their property and assets, without fear of legal entanglements in the US and granting those who take action rights to whatever property and money they seize belonging to those named in the letter. Of course the present Congress and administration had a better plan, just drag everyone involved into an undeclared war, so his bills were defeated.

Patrick, well said, but the impression I get is that he’s really not serious about fighting Al Qaida, and is a little slow to realize that AQ is eagerly fighting us in Iraq. Or at least was until we got good at helping their fighters to assume room temperature.

At first I was very put off by Paul’s anti-war stance. But in recent weeks I have come to consider myself a Paul supporter, mainly because he is the ONLY candidate out there in the two major parties who seems to take the idea of small government seriously and acts in accordance with his ideals. I’m not with him on being pro-life, but I believe his pro-life stance is more a result of his being pro-small government — he believes abortion is wrong but that federal intervention is not the solution.

I don’t think he stance a chance of winning in the primaries, but I will probably vote for him nonetheless. And sadly he is the only candidate out there that I can say that about.

Finally, I was really impressed by Paul’s statement of faith:
http://www.covenantnews.com/ronpaul070721.htm

Very sincere and, I think, he gets exactly the right balance of faith and government. Also check out the nuances of his abortion position.