Thursday, January 31, 2008
ronny-boy
I don't see how he has any chance the way the machine keeps him down, but I can't help being intrigued by this guy (watch it). He makes sense, talks about real things, and bases his ideas on consistent constitutional philosophy. I also like his demeanor, he's much less snake-like than most politicians (Romney is creepy), and has a dash of crazy (the good kind, like Perot had). I hope he continues to run even after McCain gets the Republican nomination.
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It's not all the good kind of crazy - he also hasn't distanced himself from the white supremacists and certain anarchist/no tax groups as well as the 9/11 "truthers". That really hurts him politically. I see where he is coming from philosophically on some issues and on others I think he's just crazy in a very bad way (i.e., 9/11 truthers), but he's too out there to effectively run the country.
I'll also tell you what's really crazy (although not much crazier than current neo-con policy) - some of his foreign policy beliefs. Freaky stuff.
Domestically, I'm against most entitlements too, but he even wants to do away with stuff like the GI Bill - he just takes things too far.
Too far is good. That way the compromises will be just right. Instead of gradually moving toward socialism and failure we might gradually move toward freedom and responsibility.
Don't be afraid of too far. As Ron points out, the president isn't supposed to be the commander and chief of everything. The plurality of leadership will check his extremes. It is the bi-partisan, hands across the aisle, "lets accomplish things" guys that I am most fearful of.
Jason,
Why are some of Paul's foreign policy beliefs "freaky stuff?"
I'm with George, a lot of Paul's "too far" ideas are what this country needs and by his (Paul's) own admition will probably not come to fruition - but it will start us in the right direction.
Also, Paul has publicly distanced himself from the 9/11 Truthers - although he hasn't gone out of his way to denounce them... because he is consistent in what he believes about freedom.
I'm not interested in getting into a big thing - nothing I say is going to dissuade you too from supporting Paul.
Foreign Policy wise, he supports a complete military withdrawal from all non-us territories. That, to put it simply, is stupid. Paul has also stated that we are to blame for the 9/11 attacks by "occupying" islamic homelands. By occupying, I assume he is referring to the handful of military personnel and contractors in Saudi Arabia. Of course, that makes perfect sense. So, we leave Saudi and they (the terrorists) are ok with us now?
Also, he sites our former support of the muhjahadeen (sp?) in Afghanistan in during their war with the soviets as evidence of foreign policy blunders that have come back to haunt us now. That argument is ridiculous. I guess he forgot the cold war or the fact that the russians and chinese had plenty of out right combatant advisors in vietnam? That's my definition of freaky stuff.
Defend him all you want. The argument that he is so far out there is good is just not a persuasive argument for me. I see where he's coming from, I just think he's a nut - in a not good way.
Jason, I see where you might disagree with him in those matters (and I probably agree with you on most of those things), but I fail to see how he is nuts because of it.
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