Ron Paul has no conception of the global political realities and is a foolish isolationist. As much as I might agree with him on size of government, I know he would preside over the downfall of America and I could never be persuaded to vote for him.He is an old school republican. A real republican. Ideologically, the kind of republican they are ALL supposed to be. Limited government, limited taxes. If every republican was REALLY like him, not just in name, I would never consider voting for single payer health care. But the kind of republicans that exist in this country are just greedy, big government liars- secretly in bed with greedy, big government liar democrats.
So who did you vote for last time and why?Ron Paul has no conception of the global political realities and is a foolish isolationist. As much as I might agree with him on size of government, I know he would preside over the downfall of America and I could never be persuaded to vote for him.
Ron Paul has no conception of the global political realities and is a foolish isolationist. As much as I might agree with him on size of government, I know he would preside over the downfall of America and I could never be persuaded to vote for him.
Isolationist/Constitutionalist...depends on where you are coming from. The framers of the document never meant for us to have an empire stretched around the globe.Ron Paul has no conception of the global political realities and is a foolish isolationist.
Ron Paul has no conception of the global political realities and is a foolish isolationist. As much as I might agree with him on size of government, I know he would preside over the downfall of America and I could never be persuaded to vote for him.
You are correct. Excessive Military expenditures can bankrupt a country especially when combined with excessive entitlements. The Warfare / Welfare State is what exists today and it's no coincidence the country is broke!Isolationist/Constitutionalist...depends on where you are coming from. The framers of the document never meant for us to have an empire stretched around the globe.
thats how it seems but i dont think they even have to do that now...they would just make sure whoever they dont support wont be elected...either through lack of financing-campaining and advertising- or through vote tampering or rigging-or through the electorial collage because they dont have to ellect the prisedent the most people voted for. their cannadate wins everytime their cannidates are the only choices...Do you think if Ron Paul was elected he would be assasinated?
Just because he doesn't seem to be won over easily by bankers and investors.
I voted for McCain as a vote against Obama. I liked Guiliani early and would have preferred Romney to McCain.So who did you vote for last time and why?
In what sense do we have an empire now? The framers were isolationist by today's standards for good reason - we were very isolated geographically. But it was at that time that the US became the bow wave of globalization and we remain so today. The scale is larger, the world is smaller but it is still our historic role, I believe.Isolationist/Constitutionalist...depends on where you are coming from. The framers of the document never meant for us to have an empire stretched around the globe.
Thank you for answering the question. I will terrorize you later on your horrible choices...gotta go.I voted for McCain as a vote against Obama. I liked Guiliani early and would have preferred Romney to McCain.
They specifically warned against America being involved in matters that do not concern us. Whether by foreign aid or military action.In what sense do we have an empire now? The framers were isolationist by today's standards for good reason - we were very isolated geographically. But it was at that time that the US became the bow wave of globalization and we remain so today. The scale is larger, the world is smaller but it is still our historic role, I believe.
I voted for McCain as a vote against Obama. I liked Guiliani early and would have preferred Romney to McCain.
You doubt we are funding the behaviors of an empire and you think the framers of the constitution would have agreed with our current global expansion.In what sense do we have an empire now? The framers were isolationist by today's standards for good reason - we were very isolated geographically. But it was at that time that the US became the bow wave of globalization and we remain so today. The scale is larger, the world is smaller but it is still our historic role, I believe.
I'm not attacking you, but this blame game is exactly why our government has not been reformed. The constitution has been ignored by our government for over a century. How many democratic presidents laid the ground work for our current state? The blame is about equal.And it is the recent Republican administrations who have so drastically varied from their intent.
Agreed. But I am not attacking republicans, but rather their poor history of leadership which the United States of Amnesia seems to conveniently forget.I'm not attacking you, but this blame game is exactly why our government has not been reformed. The constitution has been ignored by our government for over a century. How many democratic presidents laid the ground work for our current state? The blame is about equal.
Look no further than the headlines. Mandatory health insurance is just as unconstitutional as the Patriot Act.
Ron Paul has a rare quality that Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter both had: They honestly believed in what they were doing. Doesn't mean that it would make him a great president (Carter wasn't), but look at what we get most of the time. We elect candidates that are good at getting elected, but are crappy leaders (something Bush 2, Clinton, and Obama have in common).Agreed. But I am not attacking republicans, but rather their poor history of leadership which the United States of Amnesia seems to conveniently forget.
Did you seriously describe Reagan as a true believer? Of what? Reagan was a shill; a puppet for big business. (Just like nearly EVERY president of the past century.) But he is the perfect example of the kind of republican the people on the website seem to be idolizing.Ron Paul has a rare quality that Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter both had: They honestly believed in what they were doing. Doesn't mean that it would make him a great president (Carter wasn't), but look at what we get most of the time. We elect candidates that are good at getting elected, but are crappy leaders (something Bush 2, Clinton, and Obama have in common).
I think we are fucked and I think it's going to take a true believer to lead us out of it.