Should the Right be listening to Ron Paul
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It’s time for mainstream conservatives to stop pretending Ron Paul doesn’t exist, writes Conor Friedersdorf in the Atlantic.
Ron Paul embodies the Tea Party’s small-government ethos. He raises “legitimate concerns”—about the Iraq war, for example—that no other candidate will espouse; most Republicans now see that war as a “mistake.”
Yet mainstream conservative voices, like the National Review, are doing their best to keep Paul on the fringes, even “egregiously” distorting his views to do so.
The magazine recently accused Paul of “re-dabbling in vile conspiracy theories about September 11,” conjuring up images of a 9/11 Truther. But that’s a complete misreading of Paul’s comments. He simply suggested that “there was glee in the administration” after 9/11 “because now we can invade Iraq.” It’s typical of the way Paul gets treated on the right. Conservatives should be warned: “Dismissing the burgeoning number of Americans on the right who are suspicious of interventionism and hawkishness is intellectually suspect and unwise.” What’s more, in sidelining Paul, they’re behaving very much like the dreaded mainstream media.
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I just dropped in by accident and you three don’t know what you are talking about.If there were a third party to enter it would be Donald Trump who would be good. Trump and Ron Paul both believe in small federal government and not far over reaching agencies that have no right doing what they are. Obama has made regulations that has closed down all our job markets. He has taken actions against companies that supported the GOP and complete states that he did not carry in the election.
As for you Mr. Formby, Ron Paul’s positions on world economy and on the “everyone for themselves mentality” is how it should be, at home and foreign aid. The UN takes more of our tax dollars than any other agency and gives it to countries that don’t even like us. Besides that most just goes into the leader’s (dictator’s) pocket the people never are helped. Here at home we have people that won’t work but are able and they are on the welfare getting our tax dollars but they have all the latest electronics of all kinds and money for their hobbies. Obama wants to make everyone that way because he wants to make our country into Socialism/Marxist. There is more but I will leave you with that to ponder. While I can still do it I wish all down under a very Merry Christmas.
Ron Paul is a true Libertarian which is no longer a viable position in the world today. His positions on a world economy and on the “everyone for themselves mentality” is totally out of step with in the 21st century. He would do well running North Korea though.
Paul nuttier than the whole bunch put together. Following his ideas would, at least to begin with, put us in a deep depression. His other ideas would put the rest of us into an even deeper depression and I’m not talking economy here.
Ron Paul may well end up carrying the ball by the time this mess is over. I suspect he will form a third party and that will ensure an Obama win.