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Opinions/Editorials Title: Ron Paul -- Is He Evil?
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 25. Been out of office for how many years now - and still his ideas scare the piss out you the statists here.
#10. To: Deckard (#3) Been out of office for how many years now - and still his ideas scare the piss out you the statists here. Amazing how such a mild-mannered and soft-spoken man can terrify so many fascists,ain't it?
#11. To: sneakypete, Deckard (#10) Been out of office for how many years now - and still his ideas scare the piss out you the statists here. Ideas are cheap and abundant, one truth applies to all of them: even if you have the greatest ideas in the world, the effective placement of those ideas that develops action is the only thing that counts. Which of Ron Paul’s ideas have ever resulted in actions? None, you say. Okay, then he is just a Texan with all hat and no cattle.
#15. To: Gatlin (#11) Which of Ron Paul’s ideas have ever resulted in actions? By your reasoning, McCain, Feinstein, Boxer, Kennedy, Reid et al are all "accomplished" simply because they got some "laws" passed.
#17. To: Deckard (#15) Which of Ron Paul’s ideas have ever resulted in actions? My reasoning is sound and one that permits me to ask a question in a logical way, not go off on a tangent like you are doing. Just stay on point by telling me which on Ron Paul’s ideas have ever resulted in actions. Show me why his long stay in Washington is not a long record of glorious failures in Congress. Of the 620 bills he sponsored, only four ever made it to a vote by the House and only one became a law. That is a success rate of 0.2 percent during the time he chose to stand up for his personal crusades rather than get the job done he was elected to do. I need not remind you, but I will gladly do so, Ron Paul was able to get a single law passed when he authored a bill that allowed for the sale of a customs house in Galveston, Texas. You would think that Paul was a real estate agent and not a U.S. Congressman….now wouldn’t you? To show you what benevolent person I am, I will even give you some wiggle room and not limit your answer to Congressional actions. You will of course have the same problem as you again come up with nothing. Don’t you think it is high time you stop trying to defend the indefensible?
#25. To: Gatlin, Palmdale, CZ82, tpaine, sneakypete (#17) The World's 100 Most Influential People: 2012 Paul does not censor himself. He comes across as sincere, earnest and independent of his party's fat cats. In the debates, only he called out the American Empire's meddling in the business of countless nations around the world. Paul, 76, draws a distinction between libertarian conservatives and those corporatist conservatives entrenching a corporate state in which Big Business merges with Big Government. That's why he is against bailouts. His defense of privacy and civil liberties and his opposition to the war on drugs endear him to people beyond his libertarian base. Ron Paul Retires From Congress; His Influence Still Abounds Even Dr. Paul stated in his farewell address to Congress that, on the surface, his career has seemingly had little influence:
Paul added, “The ultimate solution is not in the hands of the government. The solution falls on each and every individual, with guidance from family, friends and community.” It is this sentiment that has not only set him apart from his now former colleagues, but spawned an intellectual revolution throughout the country and even the globe. Perhaps the most unique characteristic of Paul’s career and his supporters is their trademark emphasis on the importance of ideas versus personality or partisanship. Rather than parroting talking points of how he would more efficiently manage the federal government, Paul dared to ask more fundamental questions such as what is the proper role of government in the first place and why do we allow the government to meddle in our personal lives at all? From Paul’s perspective, the sole purpose of government is to protect the individual’s right to life, liberty and property and nothing more. Ron Paul's Liberty Movement Spreads in Congress The influence of Dr. Paul could also be seen in the vote on House Speaker January 3. Although Dr. Paul didn't vote against John Boehner as speaker two years ago, he was so frequently a lone vote of dissent against his own party he obtained the nickname “Dr. No” in the House. On January 3, some 13 Republican congressmen declined to vote for Boehner, many of whom got their start with the Ron Paul movement or were endorsed by Paul in the most recent election. Those 13 Republicans who voted against Boehner as speaker included veteran Representative Walter Jones (“Freedom Index” 97 percent), who was probably more influenced by Ron Paul than any other member of Congress, as well as freshmen Ted Yoho of Florida, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Steve Stockman of Texas. Yoho, Massie, and Stockman received an endorsement from Paul and a contribution from Paul's PAC in the past election. In addition, the new dean of the libertarian movement in Congress — Michigan's Justin Amash — voted against Boehner. Amash wrote that he was “proud to vote for Congressman Raúl R. Labrador for Speaker of the House of Representatives. Raúl would defend liberty and work honestly with Democrats on debt reduction. We must act now for the sake of our next generation.” Amash scored 92 percent on The New American's “Freedom Index” in the last Congress as a freshman congressman. Amash may be the closest ideologically to the retiring Dr. Paul, and he has taken over chairmanship of Dr. Paul's House Republican Liberty Caucus (of which Labrador is a member). Amash led the fight against the bill Congress passed in the wake of the “fiscal cliff” for its increases in federal spending. “The federal government’s refusal to live within its means is immoral. I cannot in good conscience support burdening our children and grandchildren with another $50 billion of debt,” said Amash.
Replies to Comment # 25. Ron Paul Retires From Congress; His Influence Still Abounds.... His influence "still" abounds? That is based on the assumption that it ever did. Where was that?
#45. To: Deckard (#25) (Edited) The World's 100 Most Influential People: 2012 That's from Time magazine. It is not the only thing Time got wrong: Time was wrong: Burmese nationalist monk Wirathu stands vindicated.The list goes on and on and on....
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