Are these great views that Ron Paul has?

Question

"The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers."

lol

"the secularists wage an ongoing war against religion, chipping away bit by bit at our nation’s Christian heritage. Christmas itself may soon be a casualty of that war."

it gets better

he sees school shootings, plane hijackings, and other such events as a result of prohibitions on self-defense.

oh god...

Paul introduced The Sanctity of Life Act of 2005, a bill that would have defined human life to begin at conception, and removed challenges to prohibitions on abortion from federal court jurisdiction.[123] In 2005, Paul introduced the We the People Act, which would have removed "any claim based upon the right of privacy, including any such claim related to any issue of ... reproduction" from the jurisdiction of federal courts.

/facepalm

Answer 1

Some people actually think he is legit.

Watch how angry and mad they get when you dispute the issues and call him out for being radical.

That's why I'm supporting REAL conservatives like:

John McCain and Mike Huckabee!

Answer 2

It's possible to have respect for someone without agreeing with him. These days, it's a novelty!

I'm sure all of the candidates in both parties hold personal views that would curl your socks! But you'll never hear them because they don't talk about them. The views the express and argue are not their own, they are approved, sanitized, poll-determined views. In the case of the Republicans they are standard party-line views.

Now assuming all the candidates believe something you would disagree with vehemently, wouldn't you rather hear those things than have a candidate only tell you think you want to hear, or things that don't disturb you or make you mad?

I believe many of Dr. Paul's views are downright kooky. But I'm thrilled that he just comes out with them, doesn't try to hide them. His honesty and forthrightness is what we should be seeing from -all- of the candidates. Just him being in the race makes the others look like the liars they are.

And also I am not bothered by his views because I know he doesn't have a chance in hell. If he was leading by a mile I'd be frightened.

BTW, the 'sanctity of life' issue is dead. Ronald Reagan promised to propose a Constitutional Amendment, no less, to declare the pre-born as 'people' with all the rights and privileges, but once in office he never tried. Every Republican since has been pro-life but even when the party was in control they did nothing serious to ban abortion, they only gave the issue lip service. Because it is too useful for them as an issue. Seven GOP Supreme Court nominations later, abortion is still legal.

Answer 3

So, what is your problem with the Constitution?

There would be many fewer assaults on private individuals if they were never sure when they would come across someone who was armed. People who attack unarmed people are universally cowards, they don't want to be hurt themselves. They don't ever engage in a fair fight.
Since religion was part of the fabric of the Constitution when it was written, why should it be excluded now?

Even you, who obviously dislike the concept of God in our lives, are not opposed to taking His name in vain to emphasize your point.

The man is a doctor, one who deals every day with pregnant moms and the "products of conception", he has every right to make an educated assumption on when these "products" develop life force. In a court room setting, he would be considered an expert witness.
As to claims based on the right to privacy being removed from federal courts, that is not their function, nor is it their jurisdiction. The Federal government is there to regulate interstate commerce, and provide for the common defense. That is all. I don't believe that you can stretch either of these functions to include the right to an abortion.

Answer 4

Most of those actually have some basis in fact. And I strongly agree with the one about self defense. I'm relatively neutral on abortion. I don't think it should be illegal but I don't think people should delude themselves into thinking they are not killing a child. Where I have a huge problem with Ron Paul is with his desire to commit America to International isolationism. His desire to abolish all government services. He wants to completely dismantle the government. The guy has one or two ideas that are good, but then the idiot keeps talking and you realize he is an Anarchist. I have spoken with the guy personally. He is completely delusional. There is not much chance he could do any of that stuff. No member of congress, republican or democrat, would let him dismantle the country. But he could severely weaken our national defense by recalling all US troops back to America as he has said he would. This is not just talking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but withdrawing all troops from all overseas bases around the world. After 4 years of Ron Paul we would have 4 years of government shut down or operation only by congress over-riding his vetoes and a complete loss of all our foreign bases. The world will have gone to hell while we sat by with our thumbs up our butts. It would be miserable.

Answer 5

I would think that even a conservative like Mr Paul would have read the Constitution...

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


It might just be me, but that seems to say pretty clearly that the government has little business in the religion business.

Answer 6

"prohibitions on self defense" Care to back that up with any quotes, or is that just something simps like you often misinterpret,
back it up with quotes if you dare you brazen LIAR.
He sounds like the closest thing to a REAL conservative in many many years.

I know you FAKE conservative neocons are too threatened to make any real arguments,
It's OK, your government will slip into Fascist tyranny and you can be happy with your pills and daily mind washing via TV.

oh, and there is no difference between Hitlary and Boosh, by the way.

Answer 7

Ron Paul for President! He sounds better than any of the alternatives at this point

Answer 8

Ron Paul reminds me of a Huffer in a paint store.

Answer 9

I am a traditionalist republican and I think he is a KoOkY NuT JoB!