On January 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm, Xrlq said:
Adhering to the actual Constitution, as written, does not make someone a kook. Adhering to Paul’s idiotic, paranoid, nonsensical views, however, does make one a kook. If a kook falsely claims that his kookiness derives from the Constitution, that doesn’t make him any less of a kook. It just makes him a constitutionally illiterate kook.

Examples? …you offer no intelligence in your weak response. Typical response from the peanut gallery.

Indeed, Paul’s record stands as a solid testament to his conviction and principle, something the other blow hards can’t point to.

Technically, you’re right. Among the declared candidates, Ron Paul is the only blowhard who can point to a record that stands as a solid testament to Ron Paul’s conviction and Ron Paul’s principles. All those other blowhards have the nerve to their convictions and their principles instead. Horrors.

Since when did adhering to the Constitution, as Paul does, make one a “kook?”

Adhering to the actual Constitution, as written, does not make someone a kook. Adhering to Paul’s idiotic, paranoid, nonsensical views, however, does make one a kook. If a kook falsely claims that his kookiness derives from the Constitution, that doesn’t make him any less of a kook. It just makes him a constitutionally illiterate kook.

Ron Paul, this is your doing. This is what America will become if you are elected…

On January 14th, 2008 at 7:48 pm, BlueEyedDevil said:

Paul’s domestic policies sound pretty good to me, but he’s a simpleton when it comes to foreign policy.

Are you saying Thomas Jefferson was a “simpleton?”

Fed Up

Paul’s domestic policies sound pretty good to me, but he’s a simpleton when it comes to foreign policy.

You’ve been Neo–CONNED !.

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr071003.htm

Fed Up

If you kill a public worker you don’t get your SSI check.

JLP

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/

http://www.johnedwards.com/issues/

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1

Any way thought you all might need a good laugh. If this doesn’t prove how far left the dems are, nothing will.

Well that is when compared to any thing the dems are offering.

I am a quite distressed with the recent racist revalations regarding his past newsletters, as linked on Pajamas to a New Republic article IIRC-to lazy to link, go look yourself.
I don’t think these rather inflammatory statements diminish his philosophy on the constitution. It diminishes him as a person unfortunately, but not his other beliefs IMHO.

The fact that he has absolutely no chance of winning the nomination is meaningless. What he brings to the discussion is enough to make his candidacy worthwhile to me, that he is mocked publicly by the allegedly impartial moderator of a debate just shows the complacency of the establishement candidates. The other candidates dismiss his views as kooky. They are not, they are solid. He is kind of a eccentric guy though.

I have beforetimes found your posts to be well-reasoned and enlightening. However, the subject of Ron Paul seems to tweak your polarization bone.