Ron Paul Revealed
I absolutely do not expect Ron Paul, as a Republican, to surpass a fourth place showing in any state primary. If he broke off to run as an Independent or Libertarian, he could never draw 10% of American voters. But I do get concerned by the amount of consideration granted hm by Libertarians and liberals. So Dave Neiwert’s detailed breakdown of the Ron Paul voting record should be required reading for all.
Granted, being for a quick troop withdrawal, against torture and against wiretapping immunity gives him appeal the rest of the Republican presidential candidates lack. But his positions on all the issues Dave has highlighted should help end the romanticism about his possibilities. If he sounds saner than the other republicans, I won’t try to disabuse you that notion. After all, none of them deserve ten percent support of the American electorate.
The sad fact is, the GOP is the weakest I’ve ever seen it. If the party wants to survive, it had better get a sense of where the middle is, because most of it teeters on the edge of suicidal extremism.
November 12th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Never believe any article that lists more than three specific ideas. The whole goal is a type of propaganda, that lists so many facts, that they are too numerous to really check, or construct a detailed argument against and then makes a single statement analysis of them. The point is to give the appearance of a well researched article, but without really thinking about what the “facts” mean.
For example, the article implys that if you want to eventually eliminate social security, you are against old people widows and orphans, without a willingness to discuss how well social security really works.
There is a link to some militia site about the gold standard, but it leaves out things that Greenspan himself said about that, and it leaves out the Von Mise institute, to try to make the idea look Kooky, when in fact it is a well founded economic concept. (apparently the Author slept through ECON 101)
November 12th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I’m very familiar with Neiwert’s research skills. He’s very methodical and rarely errs. If you wish to, try and find two points he raised and rebut them if you think he’s in error.
Your rebuttal so far barely qualifies: if you think there’s a well-founded economic concept there, make that concept clear with appropriate cites.
November 12th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Kevin, Kevin, the troll calls himself “John Galt”. Do not feed the Randian libertarian, please!
November 12th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Drive-by trolls don’t bother me, Emma. They shoot something inane once, depart and that’s all the effort their brains can manage in one day.
I’ll gladly engage Paul’s supporters. It shaerpens my skills for my debates with sixth graders.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
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November 12th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Kevin, one cannot rebut a non-argument. Dave does little more than present a list of bill titles with some prefacing assumptions about Paul’s intent. There’s a sense of implied