there is no canidate to the right of Ron Paul ?????
WTF? ever heard of neo-consevatives? Perry, Bachman, Santorum... Tea Party ???
Sounds to me like you're oversimplifying. I don't believe you'll find much to associate neocons to any of the above. These days, neocon is often a euphemism for moderate republicans.
Ron Paul does support getting the Feds out of the War on Drugs and he also believes the War on Drugs is a huge failure. are you insinuating he is suggest moving the WOD to the state level. i think not...
I'm insinuating you're reading between lines if you think Paul will advocate legalization. You have to listen to more than stump speeches. Listen to interviews where reporters ask the tough questions. I've seen him pressed about weed and legalization (only to see him respond,) "I don't need the federal government to tell me not to do heroin." See the arguable obfuscation, weed to heroin?
Not unlike the way Paul obfuscated the issue of earmarks... for decades. Come to find out. Paul's district is the largest recipient of earmarks in Texas.
Paul is right that not playing the earmark game would hurt his district disproportionally. I happen to agree. But he never preemptively disclosed the fact he inserts earmarks into legislation (rather than lobby the administration like his colleagues.)
Paul defends himself by saying he doesn't vote for the earmarks he inserts into legislation he bets will pass. But that's only one vote in 435.
IMO, Paul's being less than transparent when he bashes what he plays better than anybody in the state of Texas. And the fact that Texas receives more federal money than it pays, he's doing better than many other states.
but what is up with all the Ron Paul talk?
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btw, ron paul could fix a lot of the shit that's wrong by getting the govt out of our lives...
My original response was not in support of Ron Paul or against his opponents, it was just to point out there are extremists on both sides of the fence. they are the sheeple. they are the closed minded. they are a problem...
some watch fox news exclusively and others watch msnbc exclusively... they are brainwashed...
Superficial observation might be considered sheepish.
you can't honestly be suggesting that all Americans have the ability to deductively reason, are you?
No. But in my opinion you equate reason with opinion. IMO, fact based reason is far more valuable. Opinions don't go as far as tangible fact.