I won't argue that Reagan didn't make any mistakes, especially when he signed the "Therapeutic Abortion Bill" into law in California. I will categorically state that he regretted that decision for the rest of his life, and stated as much, and while President did everything that he could to support the pro life position.
Romney on the other hand has spoken as recently as 2006 on his pro choice bona fides, and only recanted when he sought national office.
If his flip flop on abortion was the only thing that Romney had done, I might be more inclined to give his change of heart more creedence, but he has remade every position that he has ever taken into its polar opposite in order to appeal to the conservative wing of the GOP. That smacks of opportunism and deception.
Paul's civil rights votes ARE in line with the Constitution, and it's freedom of association and private property rights aspects. Just because those are unpopular and not politically or socially correct doesn't make them any less Constitutional. The fact that he's unwilling to compromise the document for political expediency says much, at least it does to any who believe in original intent. I find that many here do not.
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If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks..., will deprive the People of all their Property,...Thomas Jefferson
Last I checked, Paul was the Republican Congressman from Texas, not the Libertarian Congressman from there.
If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks..., will deprive the People of all their Property,...Thomas Jefferson
Because it places restrictions on what one may do with one's own property, and with whom one chooses to associate. Pretty simple really. Of course it won't wash in the current PC environment where .gov is the arbiter of what one may or mayn't do, especially IRT race relations.
If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks..., will deprive the People of all their Property,...Thomas Jefferson
If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks..., will deprive the People of all their Property,...Thomas Jefferson
OK Mike,I'll try another way. When did Paul flip from the GOP to the Libertarian party and when did he flip back to the GOP?
I'm sure a great deal of coincidence is involved. Here's a excerpt from a RedState article addressing his "political expedience" -------------------
"...you know who�s a true RINO? Ron Paul. When he got his feelings hurt after he lost the 1984 Senate Primary to Phil Gramm, he decided to run for President. Only, he realized that he would get no attention and no traction running as a Republican, so he ditched the party and ran as a Libertarian. When he decided to go back to Congress in the mid-90s, he suddenly found himself as a Republican again. Then, after he lost his bid for the Presidency in 2008, he refused to endorse the Republican nominee for President, favoring instead two socialist loons and a confederate sympathizer. Now, yet again, Paul has pointedly refused to commit to endorsing the eventual GOP nominee and to completely rule out a third party run. Here he is helpfully explaining that after working for months to get the GOP vote, trying to hijack GOP conventions, and using the GOP brand to get himself on national television over a dozen times in debates, there�s really no difference between Republicans and Democrats:
Republicans � the kind that are Republicans not just in name only � understand that teamwork is vital to getting anything done in a country as large and diverse as America. Sure we can have our disagreements and we can and should fight them out aggressively in a primary. Candidates who will not respect the will of primary voters and who will display the shockingly poor grace and faithlessness to spit on their party and willfully throw the election to a candidate from the other party � contrary no doubt to the wishes of countless of people who worked for and donated to them � are the most corrosive force in politics. They are the true RINOs, who have demonstrated themselves faithless to any cause larger than their own personal ambition, and they are unworthy of the Republican primary votes they desperately seek."
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward
Utter terror at the mere possibility of a restoration of the Republic, the rule of law, sound money, free markets, the constitution, limited and decentralized government, etc., etc., you know, conservatism.
If you don't see it as wasting your time then continue what your doing.
What I see, is you trying to convince these guys that RP isn't what he says he is or can't do what he says he will do. I happen to agree with you but you'll never convince them. Seems pointless to me.
