Ron Paul
November 1st, 2007 | Published in War, Current Events, Politics | 6 Comments
The more I hear Ron Paul speak, the more I like him. He’s for small government, wants to bring our troops home and stop policing the world, believes strongly in a free market, wants to get rid of the IRS, cut income taxes, get out of national debt, supports homeschooling and many other great things. He’s been in congress for many years. He’s also a doctor and obviously intelligent. I’m not sure what’s not to like about him, so if I’m missing something, please enlighten me.
Here’s a short interview of Ron Paul on Jay Leno, which I found very interesting:
November 1st, 2007 at 4:03 pm (#)
You have no idea how encouraging it is to hear that from another Christian. I really don’t understand why many prominent evangelicals are supporting Romney. If we keep on settling for the good enough candidate, then we’re really on a dangerous track. Give it a couple elections and we’ll be supporting someone as bad as Hillary. It’s funny how Dr. Paul’s foreign policy is just the second commandment straight up but regrettably, swarms of Christians are blind to this. They have gotten their identity as Christians caught up in the Republic party and the religious right which in some cases have supported positions completely antithetical to the gospel. I could go on….suffice it to say that I really hope Ron Paul’s name gets out there within the evangelical community.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:08 pm (#)
Not a senator, but rather a representative. Former libertarian candidate for president. He’s got some idea about going back to the gold standard???? I’m not an economist, but I don’t think it’s possible. He generally supports libertarian positions. He is very homeschool-frienly and pro-life.
I think he’s way too small government libertarian to win a general election, and too far that direction for me, although he’s a nice guy.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:51 am (#)
I don’t think you’re missing anything. I think Ron Paul and Huckabee are the best choices. And I think Romney is a better choice than Giuliani or McCain. The fact that Giuliani is not pro-life puts him at the bottom of the list for me.
Believing in the sovereignty of God is helpful during times like these. :)
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:07 am (#)
Oh, I read the word “homeschooling”..
How common is homeschooling in the US?
My wife and I consider homeschooling as well but then it’s quite an effort and the kids will probably be aliens to all the other kids going to a normal public school.
In Switzerland, about 98% of the kids attend public school which is for free and still has a good reputation (despite all the problems with foreign kids that can’t speak German and have to be taught our language which means that all the other kids don’t learn that much).
Can you recommend a book on homeschooling?
November 5th, 2007 at 11:01 am (#)
Nice to see more Ron Paul support. The more I read up on the guy - the more I like him.
It’s amazing to me that when a guy comes out in support of getting back to the basics with the Constitution, he’s too far out there and consider crazy and unrealistic. We live in a world where wrong seems right and right seems wrong.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:17 am (#)
As a Christian, I don’t think I could vote for Ron Paul in good conscience. Even if you think the war in Iraq was a monumental mistake, it would be a worse mistake to immediately withdraw all of our troops. It would exponentially increase the loss of life, and it would mean that we gave up on the central battle in the war on terror.
Ron Paul even thinks that going into Afghanistan was a mistake, and that is was motivated by “oil pipelines.” Sigh.
And his ideas about eliminating the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, etc? I’m no fan of big government, and yet I think this kind of radical proposal would be disastrous for security.
JT