Ron Paul's Amazing Race
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$4.2 million in one day, not too shabby.
Analysts say Ron Paul's traditionally conservative constitutionalism and his "Out- of-Iraq" foreign policy give him broad support.
Could Ron Paul be the first legitimate dark-horse candidate in modern history?
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He wants free market health care reform.
He wants the federal government to scale back the scope of its involvement in our lives, including our economy.
Do you actually know anything about Ron Paul?
He thinks the constitution was "divinely inspired". (Aside from being patent bullshit, this would mean that slavery, and the treatment of African-Americans as 3/5ths of human beings, was divinely inspired.)
He thinks that our rights are given to us by God, rather than the product of man's rational behavior.
He's a religious fundamentalist fanatic who supports a totalitarian ideology, even if some of his program goals are toward limited government.
He wants the federal government to take away female autonomy over their own bodies, and grant federal rights to any fetuses that might reside within them.
He's an authoritarian at heart. He just wants to devolve the authoritarianism in many cases down to a more personal level.
Show me where to find this stuff. Certainly not from Lew Rockwell.
I am aware that he is "pro-life" but does he support, say, a constitutional amendment against abortion? Or is it his position that this is not a federal issue?
In what other ways does he manifest his religious totalitarianism?
He believes the constitution is divinely inspired, that life begins at conception and that the unborn are owed full moral personhood, and that we derive our rights from God rather than from man.
He wants the federal government to take away female autonomy over their own bodies, and grant federal rights to any fetuses that might reside within them."
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I think these claims are fairly unfounded and challenge you to show some evidence which would illustrate the contrary.
ON ABORTION: My understanding is that Paul believes that "we ought to return the issue to the states so that local opinions could better determine the specific regulations concerning this deeply personal issue" (The Prospect)
Your totalitarian claim is pretty ridiculous and hard to respond to, but I'm pretty sure the "divinely inspired" constitution is hyperbole.
I have worked tirelessly to defend and restore those rights for all Americans, born and unborn alike. The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideal of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.
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I am running for president to restore the rule of law and to stand up for our divinely inspired Constitution."
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It may be rhetoric, but he certainly seems to believe it.
Well, the claim about the federal government taking away female autonomy is pretty well-established, since he, as he says, "would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn."
As to granting federal rights to fetuses, that seems to be one where Joe is incorrect. Paul voted against HR 503 and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (HR 1997) Link
I focus on this part:
""I have worked tirelessly to defend and restore those rights for all Americans, born and unborn alike. The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideal of liberty.""
If the right of an innocent, unborn child to life is truly at the heart of the American ideal of liberty, and these *rights* are given to us by God, rather than rationalized by man, how could he NOT act to imbue person-hood upon fetuses?
It'd be a complete internal inconsistency. If this is a fundamental, god-given right, it's not within the sphere that libertarians prefer to entrust to federalism.
That pretty much ought to negate any anti-war support he gets from progressives.
"In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, HR 1094."
Really, though, the whole John Birch Society/flaming racist thing should be enough to keep progressives from going anywhere near the guy.
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