Who is Ron Paul (R-TX)

[prodigal_green]

I just turned on C-SPAN and saw him calling for reform of drug laws--which he says are filling the prisons with non-violent drug users, treats addicts like criminals while treating alcoholism as a disease, etc. From the little I caught, sounds like a pretty libertarian view.

Anybody have any more information on him? I liked what he said (crossing herself to avoid being possessed by Republican demons).

[Richardo]

1. Libertarian - occasionally makes sense...

...but also has a lot of views you would NOT agree with.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Libertarians aren't evil

They might not agree with our philosophy, but they're not hypocrites like Republicans are. Of course, they don't have big-party status, so keeping clean is a lot easier.

[Richardo]

9. A sample of the bills he's sponsored...

1. H.CON.RES.4 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not rejoin the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

2. H.CON.RES.46 : Expressing the sense of Congress that all United States Armed Forces should be withdrawn from South Korea and the United States should end its defense guarantee of South Korea.

4. H.J.RES.15 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

5. H.J.RES.42 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States.

25. H.R.938 : To prohibit Federal payments to any individual, business, institution, or organization that engages in human cloning.

26. H.R.1146 : To end membership of the United States in the United Nations.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron (introduced 3/6/2003) Cosponsors: 15
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

27. H.R.1154 : To provide that the International Criminal Court is not valid with respect to the United States, and for other purposes.

49. H.R.2778 : To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

[arcane1]

2. he ran for Prez as a Libertarian way back

and he got my vote at that time :)

he's one of the old-school, who comes by his conservatim rationaly, as an end, not as a means to achieve power.

We could use more like him on that side of the ailse

[Westegg]

3. Ru-Paul's shorter, dumber half-brother?

[Westegg]

7. Okay. I made a bad joke....

I actually think his views on reforming drug laws are worth looking at. I just have a thing about Republicans from Texas. And Ru Paul is certainly taller, and probably smarter.

There I go again...

[prodigal_green]

10. Ru Paul for President!

He could be both President and First Lady!

That would be cool.

[Nite Owl]

4. Ron Paul has an R after his name

but he is really a Libertarian. He has a lot of good views on issues and I respect his independence and honesty. Libertarians though believe in small, non activist government, low taxes and no/limited social programs.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. He's so libertarian...

that he's never voted "yes" for a single appropriations bill. Ever.

[prodigal_green]

8. Thanks

I looked up some stuff on the web. Yep, true right-libertarian. Keeps calling the GOP the party of big government. He doesn't seem to be too keen on the neo-cons either. He seems to have a pretty inconsistent (non-libertarian) view re: abortion--he's against it.

I took the test on politicalcompass.org and came out as a Left-Libertarian, so I guess there is some stuff, i.e., personal liberty, that we would agree on and a lot that we would disagree about.

[w4rma]

11. Neo – CONNED ! - speech by Ron Paul (R-TX)

...
The money and views of Rupert Murdoch also played a key role in promoting the neocon views, as well as rallying support by the general population, through his News Corporation, which owns Fox News Network, the New York Post, and Weekly Standard. This powerful and influential media empire did more to galvanize public support for the Iraqi invasion than one might imagine. This facilitated the Rumsfeld/Cheney policy as their plans to attack Iraq came to fruition. It would have been difficult for the neocons to usurp foreign policy from the restraints of Colin Powell’s State Department without the successful agitation of the Rupert Murdoch empire. Max Boot was satisfied, as he explained: “Neoconservatives believe in using American might to promote American ideals abroad.” This attitude is a far cry from the advice of the Founders, who advocated no entangling alliances and neutrality as the proper goal of American foreign policy.
...
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr071003.htm

[Blue-Jay]

12. Ron Paul? I forget.

Is he that inventor guy who sets it and forgets it, or did he star in the Highlander TV series?

[Room101]

13. prodigal_green- Watch this

Ron Paul triggers allot of respect in me for him.

RonPaulspeech

Also a must read speech by Ron Paul called Neo – CONNED ! he blasts PNAC by name.

[info being]

14. The only Republican I agree with

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[leftyandproud]

16. Paul is the ULTIMATE anti-neocon

He is a major nemesis of Bush and the GOP establishment...supports gay marriage, abortion rights, ending prison sentences for nonviolent offenders, etc etc

The neocons absolutely LOATHE him for his articulate arguments against the war.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

17. There are only two Repubilicans that I respect in America:

Ron Paul(Texas) and Jim Leach(Iowa).

I do not always agree with Mr. Paul but one must respect is
principled stands.

He stands with we Liberal Democrats on the following issues:
-Drug Law Reform
-Anti-Iraq War
-Pro Balanced Budget
-Government has no place in personal lives

He rarely supports the establishment. Rarely voted with Clinton and
rarely votes with Bush*.


He also opposed amending the Constitution. He, like Robert Byrd, is a strong defended of the Constitution and sees no need to make so many changes to it such as the FMA and Presidential amendment.

[legin]

18. Absolutly exellent on the war issue

and has been for some time, first bumped into him almost 2 years ago now.