what are the misconceptions about Ron Paul ?

Question

he is a kook _ that is laughable -extremely intelligent is more like it .anyne who states this just doesnt have all the facts and has likely got their tidbits of information off of television news talk shows

his supporters are not real just the same person under different names (yeah and all three of them gave him 3 million dollars in campaign funds last quarter -give me a break his campaign is slowballing with people who do just a little research on him and jump aboard

-he would eliminate the CIA- yes he would and he would consolidate all the intelligence agencies into a couple so that information would get into the right hands quicker (the opposite of what was done with homeland security a giant bureaucracy where nobody knows who is doing what

he would remove us from intl agencies and trade deals yes but they would be replaced with fair ones to help out all parties involved not just the few
can you think of more misconceptions?

only 7.5 percent of the population voted in the 2004 primaries -every single one of ron paul supporters will vote for him in the primaries dont count him out -also his contributions have increased enormously this quarter so he will be able to start advertising his message of freedom and prosperity to get more support -

as to he wont be able to do any of these things is incorrect -just as clintons original healthcare plan failed and bushes privatization of social security failed -ther would be some failures for paul as well but I am sure many of his ideas would take hold

also if the american population jumps on board with paul you can bet congress will get on board as well for fear of losing their jobs in the second year of his presidency

open4one that is definitely giuliani in the make up and dress

Answer 1

These are the common misconceptions I've found and addressed:

a)... He wants to abolish the Fed Reserve, and CIA
-What people fail to understand is that in theory a central bank should be good for the country right? and it might be if it wasn't for the fact that it is not owned or controlled by the United States government, A privately owned central bank creates money out of NOTHING and then charges interest.. The central bank causes inflation by creating debt/money for loans and credit and making these funds readily available. The economy boomed. Then they use the inflation which they created as an excuse to shut off the loans/credit/money. The resulting shortage of cash causes the economy to falter or slow dramatically and large numbers of business and personal bankruptcies result. The central bank then seizes the assets used as security for the loans. The wealth created by the borrowers during the boom was then transferred to the central bank during the bust.

The CIA was created after world war 2, but contrary to popular belief it is not a name Americans can trust... Esp since it employed former Nazis to begin with it.. It has had major ties to the mob, been involved in many scandals like assassinations and drug smuggling; embezzlement fraud... funded terrorist organizations, and the head of the CIA.. Mr. George Bush's father, that should be a red flag to anyone... Once this is eliminated.. Ron will IMPLEMENT a security system that actually does its job...

b)) He doesn't have any chance of winning
- A very low percentage of Americans support this war, a candidate that is for it, simply unelectable. The top tier democratic candidates (Obama and Clinton) haven’t even been able to deliver a proper exit stragety for Iraq.. and the rest of the republicans besides Ron support Bush’s failed agenda. Jennifer Haman said it best “Ron Paul is winning, he is winning in debates and straw polls and sweeping the Internet” If he has absolutely no chance of winning, why is that he seems to beat the top tier Republican candidate, Rudy Giuliani, in almost all polls? “The other day a person said to me that they really liked all of Ron Paul's views and ideas, but why vote for him if he can't win? That logic confounds me. Was the person really saying that it makes more sense to vote for someone you don't like, who will get into office and hurt you, just because he has a better chance of winning? It is astonishing the way some people think. The only thing you get when you vote for a guy you do not like is policies you do not like – policies that will hurt you, hurt your pocketbook, and hurt your family”

c) He blames America for 9/11
-This out of all of them happens to be the most ignorant accusation... He blames foreign policy one that the government implements not the citizens of America... Both the CIA and the 9/11 commission report recognizes that there are unintended consequences i.e.: blowback... this has nothing to do with the people of America.. Get it straight... From the 9/11 Commission Report (As written on) proving Rudy Giuliani and blowback deniers wrong http://ronpaul.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/ron_paul_and_th.html):

• pg. 57- The Persian Gulf War, seen by many as perhaps the most effective military victory in American history, had unintended consequences that American policymakers could never have predicted. When Saddam invaded Iraq, the US gathered a coalition, based out of Saudi Arabia, to liberate Kuwait. At this time, Bin Ladin "proposed to the Saudi monarchy that he summon mujahideen for a jihad to retake Kuwait." The Saudis said no and jumped in bed with the Americans. After further protests, Bin Ladin was booted from his homeland and went into exile. This cemented Bin Ladin's hatred of both the Saudi monarchy and the US, as they were now in partnership desecrating the holy lands.
• pg. 59- Bin Laden's first fatwa against the US (1992) was first and foremost a protest against American occupation of Muslim holy lands, specifically Saudi Arabia. It was not a call to kill Americans because they were rich and free, it was a call to expel American troops from Arab lands.
• pg. 48- Bin Ladin's 1996 fatwa against the United States was not a blanket condemnation of America and a call to arms to destroy the American nation. The fatwa declared the limited aim of driving US soldiers out of Saudi Arabia. The American presence in Saudi Arabia, a byproduct of America's promise to protect the Saudis from Saddam during the Persian Gulf War and beyond, infuriated Muslim fundamentalist because in their eyes, infidels were occupying the holy land. Bin Ladin also spent significant energy condemning the Saudi government for allowing this occupation.
• pg. 49- In discussing the grievances aired by Bin Ladin against the United States, the 9/11 Commission Report specifically calls out "the suffering of the Iraqi people as a result of the sanctions imposed after the Gulf War". Listen again to Guiliani's rebuke of Ron Paul over the idea of our involvement in Iraq playing in part of motivating al-Qaeda to attack America. If this is the most absurd explanation Guiliani has heard regarding the motives behind the planners and implementers of the 9/11 attacks, then I wonder (with dread) what he has been listening to.
• pg. 49- also lists American support of Israel as a major grievance of Bin Ladin.
• pg. 51- al-Qaeda's ultimate ambition is not specifically the destruction of the US- it's the establishment of the Caliphate to unify all Muslims. To Muslim fundamentalists, America's extensive involvement in the internal affairs of sovereign Muslim nations (the Shah, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jordan, etc) props us secular governments and delays the future ascendancy of the Caliphate. Attacking America is not an end in itself, just a means (one of many) to another end. If they hated countries just for their freedoms, you would expect enormous terrorist attacks in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Iceland, and dozens of other countries. You don't, there's a reason.
• pg. 147- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the operational mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and the Bojinka Plot, attended college in the United States and lived here for several years. Obviously, someone who lived here and then later orchestrated a murderous assault on our country hated us because of the freedoms, pleasures, and raunchy behavior we enjoy? No, it was because he hated our strongly favorable foreign policy preference for Israel.
• pg. 362- The Report reiterates that Muslim fundamentalist's hatred for America stems from "grievances stressed by Bin Ladin and widely felt throughout the Muslim world." These grievances are absolutely political- US military presence in Arab lands, favoritism towards Israel, and policies perceived as anti-Muslim. The 9/11 Commission Report does not list our freedoms or wealth as a contributing motive for terrorist attacks against our nation.


d) He's "crazy"
Many of these ideas are not original.
President Kennedy had changed his mind on the Cold War, had stopped nuclear testing in the atmosphere Kennedy promised to shatter the CIA.. as well as the Fed.. He signed an executive order shortly before his death.. I suppose he was insane to then??? Andrew Jackson was opposed to the Federal Reserve and Reagan to the United Nations (see below).. I guess it is a crazy thought to have a president that actually has the common people's interest at heart.

e) He is an isolationist
He BELIEVES IN trading and negotiating with foreign countries.. I hope people are smart enough to realize that fighting wars under false pretenses does not make friends.. Paul's first amendment would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for payment of UN dues, an important step toward withdrawing America from the UN altogether (Paul's popular bill, HR 1146, would not only withdraw America from the UN, but also evict the organization from its New York headquarters). The second amendment directs the administration to withdraw the United States from UNESCO (the United Nation's Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), a virulently anti-American and anti-western UN offshoot. UNESCO is nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece for the usual globalist causes, including international abortion and population control; politically correct UN curriculum for American schools; UN control of federal land in America; cultural relativism; and global taxation, just to name a few. President Reagan wisely withdrew the U.S. from UNESCO in 1984."

Congressman Paul advocates a non-interventionist foreign policy that avoids entangling alliances.[16] He believes that when a war must be fought, it must be fought to protect the citizens, be declared by Congress, planned out, won and then left: "The American public deserves clear goals and a definite exit strategy in Iraq."-wiki

f) He wants to get rid of the income tax.
- I don’t understand why anyone would have issues with this, but “As far as the working man is concerned, Ron Paul also wants to help out there. He wants to get rid of the Income tax. I hear all the time: that is not practical, that is not possible, and we need the income tax. I say okay, but would you like it if the Income Tax was gone? The answer is always yes. Well, you can have what you want. Under Ron Paul's plan, we only need to return to the spending levels of the year 2000 to be able to eliminate the Income tax. In fact, the Income tax is only one of many, many different taxes and tariffs that the government seizes to collect money and without this one particular tax, the government can run just fine.” Jennifer Haman

Read the link, the problem is government spending.. until thats under control, we will always be paying the debt through taxes http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=456

Answer 2

I have no reservations in any respect approximately Ron Paul. He could desire to truly gain 0.5 of his objectives with a Republican majority Congress. bypass Ron Paul. If he gets the nomination, then the Presidency is his. usa at present has greater assets proprietors than on the different time. This became a hazard by using controlling the earnings Tax on the Federal point. Ron Paul is the main effective candidate for workers to maintain greater of their money. My difficulty in this election is to resign Clinton, Obama and Edwards - the real hazard to Freedom and the yank Dream. Even the tight BUTT Dufas in California, Schwarzenegger has caved in to the Democrat Pervert MOB that run the State of California, and there is not any lead to sight to Tax will advance in that State. California has a record style of foreclosure, and the Democrats are going to advance the State earnings Tax value on people who can not locate the money for his or her loan value. Yeah, that's a no-brainer that Ron Paul or any Republican Candidate could be the sensible selection in this election.

Answer 3

Gotta say I like jessisbeautiful's answer. Without going into as much detail, here are a couple more:

- His stance on abortion is often misunderstood. I've seen him maligned for being both FOR and AGAINST abortion. The concept as he proposes that the federal government simply doesn't have any business in the matter is foreign to too many people. Being a retired OB/GYN, he is opposed to abortion but takes the Constitutional stand that it should be decided by the states.

- People have criticized him for being in favor of illicit drug use. As a lifelong doctor, are you kidding??? He is against the war on drugs because it doesn't work - just like prohibition didn't work. Criminalizing non-violent behavior leads to all kinds of unanticipated economic and social consequences. Ron Paul understands this.

Good question. Thanks!

Answer 4

Misconception- No friends in Congress.

Can you imagine anyone in their right mind telling the president of the United States:

'President Paul, no, I will not do that, it's constitutional'; or

'Dr. President, no, I won't withdraw those line items in that bill just because they are unconstitutional; or complaints like,

'President Paul is at it again... that terrible man is upholding his oath of office.' or

'How dare Dr. Paul tell us what is constitutional- when during his 20 yrs in Congress he only had a perfect voting record to that end.

Contrary to this crazy notion that Paul will have no friends in Congress... I actually believe his views on Liberty will appeal to the 'dems' and his views on fiscal conservatism will appeal to the 'cons'. This is a WIN WIN situation. And he is the ONLY one out there that can pull it off.

Lastly, I have a secret hope that the Congress has a hidden desire to do the right thing and longs for leadership to swing them all back in the right direction.

I constantly ask myself how can any American speak so vilely about a man with such extraordinary integrity.

How can any American actually hope for another type of candidate when one like Dr. Paul is there to do the job. I pray the American public will take time to learn more about the constitution and embrace of the rarest opportunities this country has had at its choosing in over 50 years or more.

Thank you for the great question I hope I've done it justice.

Answer 5

The largest problem is that most of the population has no clue who he is! Or even that he is a candidate.

Ignorance, as demonstrated by some of the answers here, is the enemy of the US and the friend of Corporate control.

It really is up to those of us who have actually done some research to spread the truth about all the candidates.

Answer 6

YOUR biggest misconception is that he could actually do any of the things he thinks are so important! HE HAS NO FOLLOWING! HE HAS NO FRIENDS IN CONGRESS. Without the help of the senators and representatives he'd be unable to do anything except veto any and everything that crosses his desk. Now wouldn't THAT be fun!
There are no people in either house of the congress who like and follow him. There are no people who will be on ballots in any of the states who like and will follow him. He would totally ineffective! THAT'S the biggest misconception about Ron Paul by his supporters!

Answer 7

Great ideas, but he seems confrontational and uncompromising. I guess that's not much different than most politicians, but the country needs a soothing voice right now.

Answer 8

One misconception is that he is electable.

Another misconception is that he can actually do all the things he says he can (and that you have outlined in your question). The President can't do any of those things without the OK of Congress.

Answer 9

I've met several that honestly believe he is a famous drag queen.