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jonvaljon commented on the blog post Ron Paul Reminds Nation that President Commands Armed Forces, Not the Other Way Around
Dude. Chill. Out.
There are about three people on this forum screaming to the high heavens that Paul is a racist, making a majority of the hateful posts. The smearing posts. The mis-informed posts.
And really? Paul is the road to fascism? If Paul is the road to fascism, then Obama has been the high speed bullet train to fascism. Obama’s stint in the white house has been a slap in the face to any self-respecting democrat, and all those who would vote for him again, are morally bankrupt.
I dont give a rip about what Paul would “want to do” if he made it to the White House. There is a difference between his personal desires, reallity in politics, and constitutional authority to act.
And im sorry, but our country is living outside its means. We need to get control of our outragous lifestyles. Short of that, we need budget cuts and better economic policy. Inflation is the easiest way for government to finance its wars. Refusing to get a grasp on our national debt is a one way ticket to endless war.
Im a raging socialist. Chomsky is my hero. I beleive in helping others and spreading the wealth. I do not think that comes at the cost of giving up liberty. I also think, the few sacrifices I would make in my personal values to support Paul, are vastly out-weighed by the values I agree with him on; domestic spying, foreign wars, cognitive liberty, state rights, limited government, fiscal responsibility.
You call him an extreme conservative, at the far end of the right. I think he went so far right, that he is comming around the other side. How many democrats have the stones to vote as liberally as he does? (think PATRIOT ACT, Iraq War, War on Drugs, etc.)
Not to many. He may be the most conservative republican, but that doesnt mean he cant be more liberal than most democrats.
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jonvaljon commented on the blog post Ron Paul Reminds Nation that President Commands Armed Forces, Not the Other Way Around
“I’m far more concerned about the stuff he is right about than most of the stuff he’s wrong about”
Nailed it.
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jonvaljon commented on the blog post Ron Paul Reminds Nation that President Commands Armed Forces, Not the Other Way Around
Ron Paul is not a racist or a bigot. To say otherwise is very, very, dishonest, and ignorent of his world view. He is one of the most honest and loving politicians out there, if not the most.
Yes there are some Randian ideals he holds to that I disagree with. They are well canceled out by his moral character, in my opinion. The big differentiation you must make when talking about Dr. Paul, is between his personal views on how things should be, versus constitutionally how things should be.
An example being, as someone who has delivered 4,500+ babies in his life, Paul is against abortion. At the same time, he does not beleive the government has a right to tell a woman what to do with her body. Moral principles can differ from voting records, if one is truely prinipled.
It is ignorent to the extreme to label this man a racist or a bigot, or a wing-nut. He requires a deeper level of understanding than 99% of our elected officials. Because integrity of his caliber is so rare these days, it is easy to dismiss it as lunacy.
And no Im not a repulican, my other favorite politician is kucinich :) I just agree with the concepts of cognitive liberty, personal liberty, peace, and fiscal responsibility as a nation(I do not think this requires some neo-liberal economic approach, and think we can maintain our social support systems such as social security AND live within our means; AKA cut the military budget).
Paul, and more recently, his son, are two of the only politicians willing to go to bat for any of those things.
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