Comments on: What next for Ron Paul? http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/ Australian Libertarian Society Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Hill http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42173 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:27:41 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42173 How to get rid of them?

]]> By: Jim Fryar http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42150 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:03:40 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42150 Don’t ya all go burring up now, this time I am being kind to you. I found an article which sheds a bit mote light on the background of the RP newsletter scandal. I am pretty sure that he has been manipulated, a conclusion I have been coming to for some time.

As a matter of interest Jeff Flake is being opposed for the party nomination this year by this Russell Pearce, who presents an almost libertarian agenda, but is in fact very close to the neo-nazi and white supremacist movements.

We seem to be acquiring a few unwanted hangers on.

]]> By: Rob http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42044 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:59:30 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42044 I think it was Rand’s arrogant (I like her arrogance though) disliking of Libertarians because she thought that we don’t get the whole picture, where objectivists apparently do.

]]> By: Mark Hill http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42036 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-42036 If Obama could be taught economics, he’d be very bloody reasonable to me. Clinton I and the Gringich Congress weren’t slashing the spending but they reined it in and balanced the budget. Would Mc Cain actually balance the budget and lower the spending/GDP ratio? Not likely to me.

I wouldn’t trust Hilary. I know people’s views change, but she has advocated everything from communism to conservative libertarianism. To me it is a signal that policy is meaningless for her, but achieving the Presidency is what matters, not any consequences.

The bizzare dislike of the LP outright by the Randroids is beyond me. Capmag has “improved: it’s articles recently (i.e, they sound more like me these days) but what have they got against Wayne Allen Root? Ron Paul’s supporters aren’t dinner party guests but he is still the best known libertarian idea pusher, and although not perfect has placed well (4th-2nd) in recent primaries.

Let’s see if Jeff Flake is like the new, improved Dr Paul.

I don’t think Paul would ever get up because he is too old and the average politician is getting younger.

]]> By: Jason Soon http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41942 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:56:13 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41942 Apparently the Ayn Randians are passionately anti-Republican and advocating a vote for the Dems

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4816

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4817

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4811

]]> By: graemebird http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41922 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:44:47 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41922 Huckabees broke. Fred Thompsons out. McCain doesn’t have as much money as Ron Paul. And he’s no conservative. He’s a lefty. Romney’s a fake conservative.

Unless Rudi can really pull something out of the hat in Florida or somewhere that means they are essentially down to three.

]]> By: graemebird http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41900 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:21:48 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41900 The constitution doesn’t mention abortion.

So that makes it a State matter.

But Rowe Versus Wade is clearly an anti-constitutional ruling and an outrageous case of oath-breaking.

]]> By: Shem Bennett http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41885 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:05:40 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41885 Quote from 2 posts up- Yeah, that’s why I said on policy I don’t mind him.

I’ve seen Paul speak on same-sex unions and even on a state level he seems tentatively supportive. He just has a different definition of marriage to me. He views marriage as an exclusively religious ceremony but also is supportive of freedom of association in the case of state-granted civil unions.

Policy-wise Thompson and Paul are the same, but what about their personal opinions? That also matters to me and I think Paul is more progressive on that front. Though if you have evidence of Fred Thompson speaking out in favour of “free association” implying civil unions, or civil unions directly in the way Paul does I’d be interested to see it.

Paul on homosexuality/ gay marriage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIeW0DY64bE

]]> By: Jason Soon http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41881 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:14:20 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41881 Shem
Ron Paul and Fred Thompson have the exact same policy on this issue.

]]> By: Terje Petersen http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41880 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:52:05 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/what-next-for-ron-paul/#comment-41880 I support early stage abortion being legal but I think it is a truely difficult issue. I have a hard time disliking somebody merely for disagreeing with me on this issue. Ron Paul in one interview pointed out that the states handle murder as a crime so there is no real reason at all to make abortion a federal crime even if you think abortion is murder.

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