Ron Paul Can't Win

#27
#27
I would like to encourage anyone that has questions about Dr. Paul's stance on issues, and cannot really get to much from a 30 second sound bite, pick up his new book "Liberty Defined" he explains his stance on 50 of the most crucial issues facing our country today.
Great read, you may be surprised, he's not as crazy as the corporate media portray's him to be.
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#29
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DEFENDTHISHOUSE said:
I would like to encourage anyone that has questions about Dr. Paul's stance on issues, and cannot really get to much from a 30 second sound bite, pick up his new book "Liberty Defined" he explains his stance on 50 of the most crucial issues facing our country today.
Great read, you may be surprised, he's not as crazy as the corporate media portray's him to be.
Cheers
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I am willing to bet most conservatives who think Ron Paul is crazy, would change their mind after reading this or Revolution: A Manifesto.
 
#32
#32
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The media portrays Paul as a nutjob but consider the
circus of nutjobs Obama has appointed that would be
the oddest set of crazies ever assembled if they were
all under the same roof at the same time but the media
can only drool over their Harvard educations etc.
 
#33
#33
OrangeYankee said:
Paul is too all over the map to win this via the traditional Primaries then on to General as it stands now. He's way too opposite (I don't want to say left) on some issues for him to gain much traction in the primaries. Most all Republicans love his fiscal policy, however, when you start getting into his stances on Foreign Policy/National Security that's where he falls off the cliff. Heck, I'm more open to him than most Conservatives, and I see the overall gist of his Military stance. But going the way he wants too, I think is a good deal of "throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
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"Let us have an American foreign policy that reflects American character. The modesty of true strength. The humility of real greatness." - G.W. Bush 1999

"I'm not so sure the role of the United States is to go around the world and say, 'This is the way it's got to be.' ...I think one way for us to end up being viewed as 'the ugly American' is for us to go around the world saying, 'We do it this way; so should you.'"

"Somalia started off as a humanitarian mission and changed into a nation-building mission. And that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called 'nation building.'"

- G.W. Bush in debate with Al Gore

Dr. Paul's foreign policy isn't much different than Bush's in the 2000 race, but we seem to have forgot a lot in 11 years.
 
#34
#34
He would be an interesting choice as VP on a ticket. He does well in most polls and his fiscal conservatism resonates with the TP crowd.
 
#39
#39
He's on my wishlist - but I'm not sure its in the cards - you pretty much have to be corrupt in some measure to be a major player
 
#43
#43
lawgator1 said:
He is not far right enough on social issues to gain the GOP nomination, and he's too far right on fiscal issues to win the general.

He's in a no man's land, of sorts.
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What's interesting is so many people agree with fiscal responsibility and social freedom*, they just don't know anybody is offering that. They get scared away from the message for its "lunacy" before they even hear it.

*Libertarians are either conservatives that smoke pot or liberals that can balance a check book.
 
#44
#44
nbakerld said:
What's interesting is so many people agree with fiscal responsibility and social freedom*, they just don't know anybody is offering that. They get scared away from the message for its "lunacy" before they even hear it.

*Libertarians are either conservatives that smoke pot or liberals that can balance a check book.
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I don't disagree. The irony is that the country needs to be shaken up and given a dose of reality (his or someone else's) but at the same time given the frailty of the economy no one wants to roll the dice.
 
#45
#45
lawgator1 said:
I don't disagree. The irony is that the country needs to be shaken up and given a dose of reality (his or someone else's) but at the same time given the frailty of the economy no one wants to roll the dice.
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$1.5 trillion in stimulus (Bush + Obama) qualifies as rolling the dice.
 
#48
#48
nbakerld said:
Team chemistry. 110% concerted effort.
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You know what I mean. He's a thinker that doesn't really play well in a culture where nobody listens more than 10 seconds. Detaildd talk of gold, silver, the Fed etc make people's eyes glaze over.

Although I have to say that I loved that format.
 
#50
#50
nbakerld said:
What's interesting is so many people agree with fiscal responsibility and social freedom*, they just don't know anybody is offering that. They get scared away from the message for its "lunacy" before they even hear it.

*Libertarians are either conservatives that smoke pot or liberals that can balance a check book.
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I love how Paul is the looney, while those claiming to be free-minded yet support more restrictions are the norm.
 
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