Ron Paul... sane or not?

He seems to be on the right side of issues most of the time, but...

sometimes the guy is out there.

Indeed, he can seem a bit whacky at times, but he is a genuinely independent thinker.

However, I remember him as a nasty pug.

Has he changed? New spots?

I have not always (Hell, seldom have) agreed with him. But he is his own man.

And there ain't a heck of a lot of those, anymore.

He is a Libertarian of the Christo-Fascist sort. He favors Christian prayer in school, opposes reproductive freedoms and otherwise thinks that we don't need a government because corporations should rule the world.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. You give Paul too much credit just because he is on the correct side of the Iraq war.

Official web site for libertarian congressman Ron Paul (R - TX).
http://www.house.gov/paul/

Congressman Ron Paul of Texas enjoys a national reputation as the premier advocate for liberty in politics today. Dr. Paul is the leading spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency. He is known among both his colleagues in Congress and his constituents for his consistent voting record in the House of Representatives: Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill.

kind of way

He is a nut.

Today he had a press conference to say he got federal money for the coast where he represents.

What he forgot to tell everyone was that he DIDNT VOTE FOR IT!!!!!!

He is a libertarian. What does anyone expect?

how does that fucking work?

I have liked him ever since...but he does indeed have a strange streak.

Straight Talk archive.

time for sleep now.

FOR RELEASE:
December 16, 1998

Clinton endangers troops to end-run impeachment
Desperate ploy of president called 'despicable' by Paul
WASHINGTON, DC -- As US troops prepared to once again be used as political pawns by the President, Rep. Ron Paul called on Bill Clinton to resign for the good of the country and the safety of American soldiers.

"Once again President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstruction of justice and abuse of power," said Rep. Paul after arriving in Washington on Wednesday afternoon. "Just a couple months ago, the president launched an attack against the nation of Sudan in an attempt to cover over his personal problems; an attack which we know now had no basis whatsoever in protecting US interests."

Paul said the Clinton ruse with Iraq is not only shameful, but recklessly dangerous.

"Even if one can look past the constitutional prohibition against the US policing the world, the timing of this new attack against Iraq screams of hypocrisy by a president who has shown a complete disregard for our military, our Constitution and our national defense," said Rep. Paul, a former Air Force flight surgeon. "Iraq has been 'disobeying' the United Nations for years now, but suddenly, on the verge of his impeachment, this president decides to launch an attack, in essence an unconstitutional declaration of war."

Rep. Paul said that it is "despicable for a man who ran from military service to now use soldiers as a shield from impeachment."

"How many American soldiers and innocent Iraqi children will die so that this president can hide from justice? How many American citizens are now at increased risk from terrorist attack because of this president? How much innocent blood will have to flow to cover this president's sins? This attack has no basis in protecting our national security and only increases the danger to our people."

http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press98/pr121698.htm

Yes he's charming--not

one is in office - Clinton or Bush. And there's a big difference between the two!

he could have kaboom OBL and there would have been no 9/11. maybe even no bush. no coup d'etat against our democracy by the bushes. no iraq war. really now, republicans, like always, want to blame anything else but the truth. the truth is that if they want to make bill clinton responsible for 9/11 THEY FIRST HAVE TO MAKE THEMSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AWFUL HAPPENING.

They blocked any intervention to kaboom OBL that clinton could have made. The triangled the truth and distorted it into lies.

They say they are all a bunch of moral high lives...but they lie, they steal, they invade and occupy, and they destroy democracy.

And at this point i have say VIVA CLINTON, even when i don't like his association with the head of the bush family evil empire.

I voted for him for President.

feck at least it rhymes! :-)

same guy we're thinking of. :crazy:

:shrug:

impeachment.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

i cannot believe i used to subscribe to this nonsense!

Not sane at all.