JamesP
10/31/07, 03:26 pm
Surprisingly, I like Ron Paul and respect his positions.
Any other views?
Ron Paul's Iowa dreams becoming more real
Presidential hopeful gets chill from GOP establishment, but wins admirers
Charlie Neibergall / AP
Ron Paul met a cool reception at the Iowa Republican Party's annual Reagan Dinner on Saturday night, but won a hero's welcome from hundreds of fans in Ames and Des Moines.
DES MOINES, Iowa -
Paul, 72, has had a 32-year career in the House. But some voters have just now discovered Paul’s constitutionalist, individualist, “just bring all the troops home” creed.
On foreign policy, Paul told crowds in Ames and Des Moines:
“Let’s give up on nation-building and policing the world."
The Constitution mandates a policy of non-intervention. “That means: mind our own business.”
He’d pull troops from Iraq and everywhere else. “Don’t you think 55 years is long enough to be in Korea?”
He also denounced the idea of bombing Iran to prevent the potential of the Tehran regime acquiring a nuclear weapon, which he sees as no threat to the United States or Israel.
“Israel would be better off” and the Israelis "could take care of themselves” if the United States ended its alliance with Israel, he said during a weekend meeting with several Christian pastors from across Iowa.
No Ron Paul speech is complete without a denunciation of the Federal Reserve Board which he blames for the devaluation of the dollar.
He forecasts ever greater Chinese reluctance to buy Treasury bonds.
“All empires fail because of a financial crisis,” he told the Christian pastors.
If elected, Paul would try to radically shrink the federal government.
“If we don’t want the government running our lives and we get to run our lives, then we have to assume total responsibility for what we do,” he told the Ames crowd. “We have to suffer the consequences. But the great thing about this philosophy is that if you believe in life, liberty, and the right to pursue your happiness, you also believe you get to keep all of the fruits of your labor.”
Hence Paul would scrap the income tax.
“We don’t have to put anybody out in the streets,” he said. “We can just let young people —whoever wants to take care of themselves — get out of the (Social Security and Medicare) system,” he said.
Any other views?
Ron Paul's Iowa dreams becoming more real
Presidential hopeful gets chill from GOP establishment, but wins admirers
Charlie Neibergall / AP
Ron Paul met a cool reception at the Iowa Republican Party's annual Reagan Dinner on Saturday night, but won a hero's welcome from hundreds of fans in Ames and Des Moines.
DES MOINES, Iowa -
Paul, 72, has had a 32-year career in the House. But some voters have just now discovered Paul’s constitutionalist, individualist, “just bring all the troops home” creed.
On foreign policy, Paul told crowds in Ames and Des Moines:
“Let’s give up on nation-building and policing the world."
The Constitution mandates a policy of non-intervention. “That means: mind our own business.”
He’d pull troops from Iraq and everywhere else. “Don’t you think 55 years is long enough to be in Korea?”
He also denounced the idea of bombing Iran to prevent the potential of the Tehran regime acquiring a nuclear weapon, which he sees as no threat to the United States or Israel.
“Israel would be better off” and the Israelis "could take care of themselves” if the United States ended its alliance with Israel, he said during a weekend meeting with several Christian pastors from across Iowa.
No Ron Paul speech is complete without a denunciation of the Federal Reserve Board which he blames for the devaluation of the dollar.
He forecasts ever greater Chinese reluctance to buy Treasury bonds.
“All empires fail because of a financial crisis,” he told the Christian pastors.
If elected, Paul would try to radically shrink the federal government.
“If we don’t want the government running our lives and we get to run our lives, then we have to assume total responsibility for what we do,” he told the Ames crowd. “We have to suffer the consequences. But the great thing about this philosophy is that if you believe in life, liberty, and the right to pursue your happiness, you also believe you get to keep all of the fruits of your labor.”
Hence Paul would scrap the income tax.
“We don’t have to put anybody out in the streets,” he said. “We can just let young people —whoever wants to take care of themselves — get out of the (Social Security and Medicare) system,” he said.