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Thats why older people dont go for him. We were there in the 70's looking for that guy to leagalize grass and it didnt happen. Looking to the Repub. party is not the place to go. I also understand the Const. discussions which you have to understand that the Sup. court has ruled on most of the things which he doesnt like, you need to get on the floor of the house and sell your ideas to the other members if you want to overturn rulings which can be done under the const.. I guess he has been unable to do that. It comes down to some day you will be me.
How can you be sure that one who served 4 tours of duty in vietnam, recieved 2 purple hearts, is active in the local community second amendment organization and teaches a class on firearms safety to high school kids is against the constitution and would prefer the soviet union to the USA? How do you know this from where you sit?
While your service was noble, the Vietnam War wasn't. It was nothing more than our government trying to prevent the spread of communism in a place we had no business getting involved. As deplorable as communism is, sometimes you just got to let the people in that country fight it off. It isn't our place to get involved in matters that don't directly involve us. I understand that it was at the height of the Cold War, and that they didn't want the Soviet Union to influence south Asia. I get that. That said, according to the Constitution, it's not our role.
What did Vietnam accomplish? Nothing. As soon as we left, it wasn't long thereafter that Vietnam reunited and adopted Communism (for the original South Vietnam part, being that North Vietnam was already Communist).
You're pro-constitution on guns? That seems to be one of the few areas where seniors even seem to care. What about the rest of the Constitution?
Thats why older people dont go for him. We were there in the 70's looking for that guy to leagalize grass and it didnt happen. Looking to the Repub. party is not the place to go. I also understand the Const. discussions which you have to understand that the Sup. court has ruled on most of the things which he doesnt like, you need to get on the floor of the house and sell your ideas to the other members if you want to overturn rulings which can be done under the const.. I guess he has been unable to do that. It comes down to some day you will be me.
Have you not heard of radical courts?
By the way, you act as though the supreme court has put to rest every constitutional argument of Ron Paul. A bit of propaganda?
I understand radical courts, but for a lib. a con.court is radical, for a con. a Lib. court is radical. It might be time for him to find some cases that he can go into the courts and move them as far into the system as he can,he has enough cash. Its become a real nice talking point.
How can you be sure that one who served 4 tours of duty in vietnam, recieved 2 purple hearts, is active in the local community second amendment organization and teaches a class on firearms safety to high school kids is against the constitution and would prefer the soviet union to the USA? How do you know this from where you sit?
My apologies for upsetting your precarious applecart. I'll know better next time to refrain from posting in the Ron Paul threads. I'll just stand back and watch while you slowly sink into oblivion.
Look Mohawk, I appreciate your service and I'm sorry if you feel slighted by my comments, but the fact remains that every one of your reasons to dislike Ron Paul is actually a reason you should like him.
On entitlements, he wants to preserve benefits for those who are are now or will soon be getting them. He introduced legislation to keep the crooks in Washington from spending the money, but nobody listened.
Sound money would allow those entitlements to keep their value so you don't lose 10% a year to inflation.
Reducing the size and scope of the Federal government would allow the states to control where and how they spend their own money, making the things they do with it (safety net, schools, regulations) cheaper and more effective.
Thats why older people dont go for him. We were there in the 70's looking for that guy to leagalize grass and it didnt happen. Looking to the Repub. party is not the place to go. I also understand the Const. discussions which you have to understand that the Sup. court has ruled on most of the things which he doesnt like, you need to get on the floor of the house and sell your ideas to the other members if you want to overturn rulings which can be done under the const.. I guess he has been unable to do that. It comes down to some day you will be me.
You weren't the only one there in the 70's, Boss...
Thats why older people dont go for him. We were there in the 70's looking for that guy to leagalize grass and it didnt happen.
Wouldn't that have been in the late '80's when RP ran as a Libertarian. That is not all he ran on, back then, you know.
Saying folks only support RP because of marijuana legalization is a falsehood. The REP of "only dopers"
makes for a quick joke for Bill Maher, but that's about it...
All your's and my point's are based on individual perceptions. I respect yours as I stand by mine. As far as the constitution is concerned, I take my marching orders from the Supreme Court, the final arbitors and interpreters of the meaning of the constitution as was established by our founding fathers. I do not subscribe to some backwoods texas politician's interpretation of what he thinks the constitution means no matter how many parrot his ideas.
We'll have to agree to disagree as mine is a strict Constructionist view of the US Constitution. From your posts it would appear you are a loose Constructionist in regard to the US Constitution.
Ron Paul is hardly backwoods. Your attempts at slander and name calling fail to lend to any credibility to your posts.
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