I don't agree with everything that Ron Paul says but he is a darn sight better than most of the Congress people that are in Congress now, and still maintains a medical practice at his home in Texas. unfortunately he isn't my Congress man but I know that if I have a real problem and find my Congress man unresponsive that I can call on him . He is not a friend and I have never met him nor do I work for him.
2007-03-27 05:30:46 · 5 answers · asked by ffperki 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Dr. Ron Paul is going to run again, this time it will be as a republican. The last time that he ran for the office of the Presidency, was in 1988 as a Libertarian, this time it will be as a Republican. Dr. Paul would tell you that he is a life long Libertarian, but knows as a Libertarian that he stands very little chance of winning. Most folks that say that they are Libertarian, may be, but they often don't vote as such because they don't want to waste their votes. A word to Democrats and to the Republicans, most of you have the say, but most of you don't even go to the pole to vote. Libertarians are few in number but most of them do go to the pole to vote. Sooner or later we will have a Libertarian President and then maybe things will get back to the way it was intended to be in the Constitution.
2007-03-27 12:32:16 · update #1
In my state you can't register to vote as a Libertarian. When Ron Paul announced he was running for president I changed my registration from unaffiliated to Repbulican so I can vote for him. It would be great having him as a president. He'd probably veto 99% of the laws that were passed because they aren't allowed under the constitution, so all laws would have to pass with a large enough margin to override a veto.
2007-03-28 08:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by Faeldaz M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul is a Republican, not a Libertarian--true, he ran as a Libertarian in 1988, but that means little now, except in terms of his policy positions which have apparently changed little in the last 20 years. He is an interesting candidate, though. A strict constructionist on the Constitution--however, the Constitution, like the Bible, cannot be read and followed literally as it reads; otherwise, slavery would still be legal and women would not be able to vote (on the other hand, we wouldn't have the ridiculous concept of a "right to privacy" which governs the pro-abortion/infanticide movement). If he's nominated, naturally, I'll vote for him--I'd vote for Kermit the Frog before I'd support a Dem-bulb. But I don't see it happening.
2007-03-27 13:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by nacmanpriscasellers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Ron Paul. I agree with many of his views except on abortion but he is a Republican not a Libertarian. He is going to try to get the Republican nomination and probably pander to the religious right. I'm a Libertarian and he is definetely exceptional except a little too conservative for my taste.
2007-03-27 17:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by cynical 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If Ron Paul actually had a decent chance of winning under this hijacked "republic", I'd vote for him.
It's Bugs Bunny '08 for me, though.
2007-03-27 12:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what his positions are on anything except illegal immigration. I'll vote for whoever I determine to be the one to lead this country.
2007-03-27 12:35:21 · answer #5 · answered by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋