"The greatest danger we face is ourselves: what we are doing in the name of providing security for a people made fearful by distortions of facts. Fighting over there has nothing to do with preserving freedoms here at home. More likely the opposite is true. "
The man has a point.
Paul is one of just two House Republicans in the current 110th Congress who voted against the original 2002 resolution that authorized Bush to wage military operations in Iraq. Paul said the resolution amounted to an unconstitutional transfer of the power to declare war to the executive branch from the Congress.
I do not say this man has integrity because he opposed the war, but because he did it for a good reason: Congress has no business dictating what our military does. (Yes, you heard me right.) While I would love to see a withdrawl from Iraq tomorrow, the Congress has no power to dictate such a move.
Paul, who says he believes marriage is the union of one man and one woman, voted in 2004 against a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, saying at the time that he did not believe that an amendment was “either a necessary or proper way to defend marriage.”
I can live with that. The GOP seems to favor a constitutional amendment for every idea they have: flag-burning, gay marriage, balanced budgets, the list goes on. There are other ways to get things done, people.
He also syas a few things that make you want to reserve a padded room for his extended stay. On "Real Time," he hinted that 9/11 would not have happened if the FAA were privately run and opearted, because this would have allowed armed passengers and crew on a plane. That's a pretty big leap- I do not know how he could assume private ownership would automatically allow such a rule. Indeed such a rule would be possible, but not nearly automatic.
On the plus side, there are no ethical questions about his past behavior (Gingrich, Guliani), and he is from a state with the second most electoral votes (Texas)
Overall, here is a politician who votes based on his beliefs, not the polls. If I were a Republican, I'd give him a good look.
posted by The leftist southpaw @ 9:31 AM
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Why can't you vote for him? A lot of other 'leftists' are going to...
Want more big government, more Federal Reserve control, and less of a future for the United States? Then go ahead and vote a Democrat such as Clinton or Obama in.
What solutions do any of the Democrats have to offer anyways?
Also, why is it "padded room nonsense" to believe that the FAA needs to be different from the government monopoly that it currently is? A competitive private enterprise controlling the nations skies seems like a good idea to me.
If there is a problem, then the company will go out of business. With the current paradigm, they allowed 9/11 to occur with impunity. How does that benefit the United States?
Let's not forget that Osama bin Laden TOLD us why he ordered the 9/11 attacks. His reasons? One, US support of the state of Israel, US troops on the "sacred ground" of Saudi Arabia. (the majority of the hijackers were Saudi.) Also let's not forget that Ron Paul has always opposed both policies. If Ron Paul's foreign policy had been in place during the 1990's, 9/11 would not have happened at all..
You need to read his book - he's been warning us about this since 1976!
What do you think about Obamah Southpaw?
Not enough experience, and in my opinion, not enough substance.
John Edwards will be the nominee, barring an entry by Al Gore into the race.
Do you really think that there's a chance Al Gore will give in and come back to the race?
After two losses in the race for the big seat and even his own son saying that his dad would never do that, do you honestly believe he'll do it?
I mean, I'd be going out to vote for him faster than you can say "white on rice on a white plate with a glass of milk during a snow storm" if he'd do what's best for the country, but there's this part of me that truly believes he's done.
And I'm not being facetious...I actually really want your opinion.
If Obamah is the Dem nom. I may vote Dem for the first time in my life.
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