Can anyone give me a reason Ron Paul would not be a good President?

Question

I asked this question earlier and I didn't really get what I was looking for. Perhaps the original question didn't serve me well enough. I got several responses towards his electability and his chances of winning. A few said he would not make a good president because of his name? Another said because of the way he looks.
I'm more curious about the issues. Where he stands on these issues and why other candidates would do a better job getting this country heading in right direction. (Unless of course you feel that this country is doing just fine and no change is needed)

Now we're talking about the issues!!

Hillary for change though...Its time to get a clean slate in the White House

Answer 1

not really, there are a few things i disagree with him on but they are not major disagreements in the running of our country. i hope he wins.

i disagree with him on student loans, and a few other minor things like that.

Answer 2

I ask these questions a lot but nobody seems to come back with facts - like the guy who said paul is an isolationist -it is obvious he doesnt know what he is talking about -ron paul wrote a book called A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce and Honest Friendship- which clearly outlines his foreign policy intentions they are anything but isolationist .the title pretty much summarizes it .
I am more frightened of anything the other top contenders will do over anything ron paul will do - he is the best candidate for president

ps Jackie -the last thing Ron Paul would do is kick someone to the curb - He has a well thought out plan to slowly remove medicare off the federal rolls where no one who has the benefits or is close to having them would lose them but at the same time making sure the future generation will have money in their pockets to pay their own way - and the same goes for social security -

Answer 3

Just got done watching fox news. Sheppard Smith was interviewing him asking if he was still libertarian. Paul just danced around the subject saying he's a "constitutionalist", and an independent....same thing he said last time, ( it STILL means he's liberal). Yeah, he'll make a good politician dancing around the subject whenever a question is asked of his platform without directly answering the question--typical Washington puppet. All you fools that gave him money: he STILL will not get the nomination and will be laughing all the way to the bank, no matter if he did get the most contributions in one day. Ha! jokes on YOU. He's in it for the money like Hillaryous, he's no patriot.

Answer 4

The poster of your first answerer was on to something. When Ron Paul is actually confirmed of standing a chance at getting rid of the "Banking Cartel" that devalues our currency at a whim and charges the American tax payer interest on their own currency, his life will be in danger.

JFK and Lincoln were pushing policies to block the international bankers out of their monopoly on American tax payers. Lincoln was pushing a government backed loan to help fund the Civil War over the loans flowing from the Banking Cartels. And JFK was pushing similar policies to curb the out of control Fed during his day.

Answer 5

Ron Paul is NOT a good candidate. He is against taxes, which in theory sounds great but in reality is a disaster. Taxes are what help even the playing field for people who are less fortunate, taxes are what make our country the super power that we are. Taxes help even the playing field, a country is only as strong as it's weakest link. We need to stop being so greedy and realize we are all in this together and help our fellow citizens (we need better schools, and universal health care)

The only thing I agree with him on is ending the war. Obama also opposes the war and would be a much better candidate.

Answer 6

For me it's simple. I don't like his penchant for isolationism, I think it's a naive stance in this world atmosphere. I think his desire to do away with the CIA, FBI and the IRS is irresponsible. Irresponsible because all he offers as an alternative is generalities - not good enough. When you want to basically dismantle government entities that are ingrained so deep into our structure that doing away with them would leave dangerous and gaping holes in that structure you better damn well have something concrete to put in their place. He doesn't.

Also, the basic problem with Paul is that all of these sweeping changes he wishes to make in our government structure would be almost impossible to accomplish even in peace time. During a time of war the American people turn to changes of policy within the existing structure, not to someone who wishes to break that system down in the middle of a war.

EDIT:
Rooster:
If Paul isn't an isolationist then he needs to stop talking like one. Like it or not he is the one who has given the country that impression, we didn't just make it up.

Answer 7

Anyone who keeps quoting the Bible to win votes should also understand that the Bible did promote slavery.

Genesis 9:25-27: "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "

And are we pretending that as the result of the Bible, Christians had traditionally believed that Canaan had settled in Africa. The dark skin of Africans became associated with this "curse of Ham." Thus slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable.

Evil people had, since the translation of the Bible had translated and used it for their own evil selfish and self-rewarding needs.

Answer 8

I understand he is not for social security or medicare and thinks everyone should just pay everything. I was told he didn't accept medicare patients when he was a doctor. If that's true he doesn't understand that the middle class can't keep up with the rising unfair prices in this country. I do like that he doesn't believe in taxes but don't think he could get that passed. Remember congress still has to pass laws.
I love that he wants to uphold the constitution. protecting ones country is not being an isolationist.
cincywa...
Thanks for clearing that up. I've been leaning to him over any of the others.

Answer 9

Jackie---

that is correct that he didn't accept Medicare/aid....he treated them for FREE!!!

THAT my dear is the type of person Ron Paul is.

What has ANY other candidate EVER done for free.

Answer 10

I would like to see him get elected, but in order to make any significant changes he'll have to get cooperation from Congress and they're pigs at the trough and despite how they whine about making things better i think secretly they just want to maintain the status quo.

Answer 11

Yep...plenty of reasons...

He's a racist...

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New information dug up by bloggers reveals that Congressman Paul has had ties to White Supremacist organizations and has published fringe racist rants in the past.

“Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions,” Paul wrote in a 1992 edition of his newsletter The Ron Paul Political Report (later renamed to The Ron Paul Survival Report).

Paul also once suggested that the vast majority of African Americans were criminals, writing “I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.” Paul was referring to Washington DC, which is heavily populated by African Americans.

Congressman Paul also once seemed to encourage fear of African American men because of the color of their skin, saying “We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.”
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http://www.thedailybackground.com/2007/0...

He also believes in the myth of the "North American Union."

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/ts...

He also voted against relief for Hurricane Rita for residents of his own district...then took credit for its passage.

He wants to strip down the federal government, including the IRS, CIA, and FBI, and depend on the generosity of people in order to fund necessary operations.