Tim-
In the interest of fairness you should now start a “Why not Ron Paul?” thread. I think that would be a lot more interesting and we won’t have to read the same rhetorical responses over and over…or we probably will.

Well, I agree with Ron Paul on most of them ” NUMBERS “…
But I also agreed with old Ross Perot..
By the way,, for those of you who don’t remember old Ross..
Ross is the guy who got the guy from Arkansas elected…
Put old Bill Clinton in the White House..

For those who are interested in researching Kevins point:

lewrockwell.com/paul/p aul207.html

Imagine if Ron Paul and Obama both got the nominations of their parties. They’d BOTH be assassinated before the general election.

Just got finnished with the funnies in this morning’s paper..
Didn’t see Ron Paul no place..
What?? Did He go on strike too??

None of the candidates match my views 100%, either.

But it is good to know that there is a candidate out there who wants to cut spending when it comes to war, both on terror and drugs…

well, there is, they are all democrats.

anyone but a con.

What is it with everyone getting an erection over Ron Paul? He doesn’t think global warming exists, proposes that government should have very little regulating power, and I’ve yet to hear a detailed, comprehensive plan for pulling troops out of Iraq. Yeah, it’s great that he opposed it from the beginning. Whoopti-damn-doo, so did I.

Charles,

Asserting that he “doesn’t think global warming exists” is false. Even doing a tiny bit of research would show this. Here is a quote

“Global temperatures have been warming since the Little Ice Age. Studies within the respectable scientific community have shown that human beings are most likely a part of this process.”

Sure sounds like he thinks it exists.

Sure we have global warming..
We have cycles in our seasons,, we call them spring, summer, fall and winter..
These cycles happen every year, and some folks think that’s about the extent of it..
Did someone say “ICE AGE”??
A ICE AGE would be something like ” WINTER “..
Did you know this planet has had a few “ICE AGES”??
Funny think happens though,, A ICE AGE ENDS WHEN THE PLANET STARTS TO WARM UP..
That place we call ” SATURN ” is warming up also,, this is like a SOLAR SYSTEM SEASON, call it SUMMER FOR THIS SOLAR SYSTEM..
In a few hundred years,, guess what??
We’re going to start cooling off!!
We can call that FALL FOR THIS SOLAR SYSTEM, and if we get a ICE AGE,, well we’ll just have to call that ” WINTER FOR OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ”
So before we go and start taking credit for changing the seasons,, we might want to look at the big picture first,, before we start getting egg on our faces..

Actually, Steve, I have done a “tiny bit of research” on Ron Paul’s environmental stance. Some of his more notable quotes:

“I don’t think that the jury has fully come in on global warming. There is still a lot of debate on that subject.”

In a speech before the US House in 2006, Paul stated that “environmentalists go back and forth warning about a coming ice age to then arguing about the dangers of global warming. Fear is constantly generated by politicians to rally the support of the people.”

He’s also in favor of drilling in the Arctic and Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, opposes a carbon tax, supports the production of more coal plants, and has voted against raising fuel economy standards in automobiles.

Charles,
you claim:
“He’s also in favor of drilling in the Arctic and Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, opposes a carbon tax, supports the production of more coal plants, and has voted against raising fuel economy standards in automobiles.”
i would like to see documentaion supporting your claims. as for opposing a carbon offset tax, taxes in general are usually passed onto the shoulders of the poor. as far as the global climate change argument goes, wouldn’t it be a good idea to bring all those troops and materiel back from the gulf? waging that war is probably the most destructive thing we’ve done in decades. ending our dependence on foreign oil would also help. research into alternate fuels furthers this end, and clean-burning efficient coal may be an answer. (this is unresearched and off the top of my head.)

Ron Paul assuredly DOES NOT desire to let states have the final word about abortions. Just this year in Congress, Paul proposed two bills which would define a fetus at conception to be a person as understood in the 14th Amendment.

H.R.1094 : To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.

H.R.2597 : To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.

So much for State’s rights, and anyone who believes that this would lead to a future of less intrusive government is a fool.

If this becomes law, every women who suffers through a miscarriage, would likely subsequently find herself under criminal investigation for murder/homicide.

don’t panic a knight. ron paul wants decisions like funding for abortion and the legality of the act itself to be decided at the state level, and remove it (and several other things)from federal jurisdiction. this is a very complex issue and, as he says: “the more complex the issue is, the more local the solution must be.” this keeps us from having a one-size-fits-all answer to some of the biggest issues of our day and allows communities to make decisions they feel are appropriate for themselves.

i hear ron paul gets completely hammered before debates. yeah, he justs sits in his car and chain smokes and drinks and then just sort of sneaks in 2 or 3 minutes before the debates begin. if rudy get assassinated the ron’s gonna be my choice.

DAWN OF THE AMERICAN REFORMATION, AND END OF THE ERA OF THE UGLY AMERICAN
This Ron Paul Libertarian rebellion is an escalation and re-orientation of the American Cultural War, by the American People, against the rising governmental tyranny by Neoconservative Republicans and Leftist Democrats.
It is sweeping across America like a wildfire – ignited by the illegal and unnecessary invasion of Iraq. It raises many crucial questions, such as:
Where does the American Constitution give my government the right to sacrifice precious American wealth and blood, in interests of domestic and foreign lobbies?
Where does the American Constitution give my government the right to allow my nation to be invaded and permanently occupied by illegal aliens?
Where does the American Constitution give my government the right to support the sacrificial killing of children, by their own mothers?
Where does the American Constitution give my government the right to discriminate against traditional religious practices in public schools, universities, marriage institutions, armed forces, and governmental offices?
This creeping governmental tyranny, driven by perverse special interests, has now been going on for so many decades, like the illegal alien invasion, that the impending American Reformation is regarded with fear and loathing, by those who are to lose their illicit gains.
Like Gandhi, Ron Paul is drawing his intrepid volunteers from the full spectrum of humanity; and World is cheering him on to victory.

I don’t agree with everything that Ron Paul stands for. I do agree with him on the pressing issues that confronts us like the Iraq war. I don’t think he has a chance to accomplish everything he stands for. At the very least, it would force Congress to address serious issues that needs to be addressed. Instead of frivolous bills with no teeth and pork barrell projects.