A very good article.
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Maverick Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul finds that being right is the one thing his party won’t forgive.
by Michael Brendan Dougherty
At first glance, he looks like every other congressman in the Canon Building. His suit is dark. His tie is striped. He is convivial with his colleagues, who genuinely like him. But there is something different about Ron Paul.
You can hear congressmen when they walk down the hall, strutting their own importance. After all, there are regulations to be implemented, special interests to serve, a teetering American Empire that would collapse without their management. They wear black or cordovan leather shoes—captoes, wingtips, and brogues—clacking down the hall, their bellies full of medium-rare steak from Capital Grille. They are surrounded by ambitious interns and legislative aides. They fiddle with their BlackBerries. You can’t miss them tromping out of the elevators.
Ron Paul is easy to overlook. He takes the stairs; he does not have an entourage. You can’t hear him coming because he’s wearing plain black tennis shoes. In a bag he carries a can of soup that he will heat for himself in the microwave in his office. Beneath pictures of Austrian economists Frederick Von Hayek and Ludwig Von Mises, he will eat his lunch alone and in peace.
- rest at www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_06_18/cover.html
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Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by KenH, Jun 19, 2007.
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He is a R in name only. He runs as a R because it is impossible to get elected to a national office as a 3rd party candidate.
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George W. Bush is also an R in name only.
The main difference being that Ron Paul virtually always supports the U.S. Constitution, whereas Bush often doesn't. -
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What is a real republican, and why is Ron Paul not one?
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Someone post the party's "official" platform, then we can all judge who is or is not a "real" Republican.
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I made no judgment on Ron Paul, but half of Congress is full of Republicans abandoning their principals.
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