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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
Combine Ron Paul with a dem. congress. It's a match made in heaven. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
How so? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
"Oy" sighed the Old Testament Hebraic God. "I have to hear this from an atheist?"   |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
Ron Paul is an original intent guy, a neo-isolationist, a fiscal conservative (to put it mildly), and pro-life. After eight years of political zealotry on the international front, it makes no sense to me to jerk in an entirely different direction (which has always been dangerously close to the same direction). Why not elect a guy who focuses on domestic problems, eschews international overexpansion (but at the same time fosters free trade), and lets Americans be Americans in America for awhile. Combine this with a strong democratic congress where both sides limit the extremes of the other and I think we've got a winning formula. Now, I haven't changed my mind, I still think internationalism, globalization etc. are the only real option for the future. I still see a role for the UN (limited though that may be) and for international organizations of various sorts. But there is a time and a place for things. The next four to eight years should be a time to get away from power rhetoric and grand theorizing. It's time to focus on one's own family. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
I'd prefer to see Marianne Williamson, no offence to your nomination, just my opinion...oops I'm a Canuck..can't nominate, can't vote, can just dream. Maybe she could be our Prime Minister. |
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dwgpoet Member
since 2007-03-05
Posts 122FL, USA |
I would never Vote for him; for I never Vote for Men; "when the WORD hits SAMs Chickens" |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Only problem with that theory is that there's no such thing as a strong Democatic Congress, at least right now, unless you want to call Hillary, Kennedy, Gore, Boxer and Pelosi winners. A winning formula? Sounds more like a whining formula to me  |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
Ron Paul is certainly an interesting, unique candidate among the current GOP field for the 2008 nomination. He won't get my vote, but nonetheless I do admire his traditionalist positioning on some issues that bravely put him at odds with the current party's establishment. For instance, I highly admire his non-interventionist position on foreign policy, and he has credibility as being the only GOP presidential candidate to have voted against the Iraq War Resolution in 2002, who nonetheless also has advocated a strong national defense, as his voting record from the Society of Americans for National Existence shows, and was the one who spearheaded the alternative to the Iraq war in promoting Letters of Marque and reprisal so that only the particular individuals responsible for these acts of terrorism on 9/11 and such would be battled, not whole countries. Ron Paul also has a strong anti-illegal immigration record (100% score from the Federation for American Immigration Reform) and I also admire his positioning on industrial hemp legalization, which I still find it laughable it is illegal and is just the cash crop that can benefit our economy, health and productivity by huge proportions. However, ultimately he wouldn't get my vote because I don't agree with his positionings on many domestic policies, especially his environmental record, his somewhat abysmal civil rights record and his failure to agree to promoting alternative energies. Nonetheless, I'm glad some secondary candidates like him are stepping up to the fore and providing more flavors to the presidential debates and national dialogue, as both national parties have abandoned their traditional roots and have become entrenched in special interests and other superrficialities, and neither McCain, Romney or Giuliani strike me as true to the party's natural principles. Sincerely, Noah Eaton "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" Mother Teresa |
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