[Vision2020] [Bulk] Re: How Could Anyone Support That Woman?

[Paul Rumelhart]

keely emerinemix wrote:
> Oh, yeah.  Ron Paul.  Sorry, but it's not enough to be opposed to the 
> war in Iraq.  I'm not a Libertarian and don't believe there's such a 
> thing as Christian Libertarian, and so Ron and I will have to agree to 
> disagree.  In all seriousness, though, it bothers me how undiscerning 
> his supporters are.  Many are true, free-market Libertarians; most, it 
> seems, are just contrarians, rabid anti-Iraq'ers whose blinders are 
> tightly screwed on, or the grossly ignorant who think that secular 
> Libertarianism looks enough like affluent anglo male Christian 
> dominion to warrant their support.
>
> Keely
>


I was drawn to Ron Paul because of his opposition to the removal of our 
various freedoms that has happened in the last eight years, and more.  
That's in addition to his opposition to the war, of course.  I'm talking 
about Gitmo, the secret CIA "hostels" overseas, the Patriot Acts, 
extraordinary rendition, the argument that waterboarding is not torture, 
pissing on habeas corpus, illegal wiretapping, military tribunals 
instead of actual trials, no-fly lists, "signing statements", denying 
documents to the 9/11 commission, monitoring of religious and political 
institutions without suspecting criminal activity, and others that I 
can't even remember at the moment.

Yes, I think many of his ideas are sheer lunacy.  However, I fully 
believe that we as citizens of this country are in a war with our 
overlords.  We need to put our foot down and remind these bozos in 
office who works for who.  Ron Paul seems to agree with me, so I'm 
interested in him as a candidate.  I still don't know if I'd vote for 
him, though.  It would depend on who he's up against and how likely I 
think it is that his more whacko ideas would get traction if he was elected.

I'm just making the point that I don't have my blinders tightly screwed 
on, I can see clearly the bad side as well as the good.  Whether I'm 
grossly ignorant, though, I couldn't tell you. I doubt I'd know if I was.

Paul