Comments on: Republicans That Make Sense: Rep. Ron Paul

By: Bruno Wolff III

Bruno Wolff III — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:37:48 +0000

He did change his position, though I am not sure it was a huge change. It doesn’t appear that he was rabid anti-abortion and he doesn’t seem to be rabid pro-choice now.
He did however oppose the Iraq war when none of the other announced democratic presidential did. He also voted against the patriot act.

By: Daniel Cody

Daniel Cody — Sun, 27 May 2007 15:28:16 +0000

Ron Paul at least seems to stand by what he believes in, Dennis Kucinich on the other hand doesn’t. You only have to go back four years to see how he switched his stance on abortion just in time for an election.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 27 May 2007 13:59:57 +0000

Right, Bruno. I only mention actions since WWII since that is considered the beginning of the Cold War and the beginning of modern U.S. foreign policy. This is also the time when we start making real enemies in the Middle East with the creation of the Israeli state.

I also find it strange that we’ll teach our kids about how our government displaced (and slaughtered) millions of American Indians, but most people have no clue how we helped to displace millions of Palestinians. And then we wonder why they’re so upset about it and why the terrorists hate us so much.

By: Bruno Wolff III

Bruno Wolff III — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:54:34 +0000

I am hoping its Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich (for the Republicans and Democrats) come Fall 2008.
The US government has done lots of not nice things pretty much from its inception, not just since WWII. Some of those may have been worth it, but many probably were not. The real problem is there is no national discussion about those decisions because people don’t generally get told about them (other than slavery and displacing native americans). Through high school people generally are taught a very one sided view of the US as good guys.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 26 May 2007 19:26:04 +0000

Make that “wish” harm. And by the way, I hope nobody accuses me of supporting or justifying al Qaeda or its actions. They (and others) are without a doubt enemies of the U.S. and need to be eliminated.

But to pretend that the 9/11 attacks were completely out of the blue is not only ignorant, it’s dangerous.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 26 May 2007 19:23:09 +0000

I heard about Ron Paul a few months ago, and after looking him up found a second Congressman (with Feingold) that I respect. Paul seems more of a libertarian than a Republican, which is very appealing to a lot of people, myself included.

It’s too bad he doesn’t have a shot of winning his party’s nomination. He is one of the few Republicans I’d consider voting for.

And as far as his 9/11 comments - right on! Anybody who thinks U.S. foreign policy since WWII has been above reproach seriously needs to open a textbook. It is not unpatriotic to say that there are people in the world who have good reason to with harm on the U.S. government.