Personally, I’m rather surprised that the 90% Democrat voting media is even paying attention to the issues that surround Ron Paul. I figured they would want him as the GOP nominee, the better to wipe the GOP off the map. The Politico has 6 comments Ronulan needs to answer, and they aren’t even about his racist (extremist, bigotted, anti-Jewish, etc) newsletters
- Saying Reagan highlighted the “disaster of the conservative agenda.”
- Saying Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are “unconstitutional.”
- Saying “American drug laws are designed to fund rogue governments, CIA programs”
- Saying that “U.S. foreign policy “significantly contributed†to 9/11 attacks”
- Saying, in regards to returning the $500 donation from Don Black, the founder of the neo-Nazi white supremacist website Stormfront ““I think it is pandering. I think it is playing the political correctness.†(I mentioned this briefly before)
- Saying that “The Civil Rights Act “violated the Constitution—
I’m sure the Ronulans will have some sort of pithy answers, such as “that’s old news.”
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. He voted against the PATRIOT Act, against awarding Congressional Gold Medals to Rosa Parks and Pope John Paul II, and was the only member to vote “present†on the resolution to support military action in Iraq. He even voted against hurricane relief after Hurricane Rita wrecked his own district in 2005.
Paul had a lot to say about relief for Katrina, and, he did have some points. We all knew that so much of the money would be wasted, as the feds are want to do. The feds wanted to be seen as “doing something.” Of course, as Off The Kuff pointed out back then, despite all Paul’s whining about sending the money directly to those affected and such, Paul never bothered to submit legislation himself. Paul whined about this again six months after Katrina, yet, still offered no legislation. But, hey, he had his principles.
More: Looks like Ed Morrissey saw the same article, and writes “Before I address the statements themselves, I’ll question the premise of the article itself. When has Ron Paul ever had to give a rational explanation to anything he’s done in the past to maintain his base of support?” Sorry, Ed, you must hate Liberty and Freedom and the Constitution itself for daring to write anything negative about Paul.
Dan Riehl piles on, and also calls Paul a liar regarding comments about Rick Perry.
