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daedalus_dude (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:47 PM Original message |
Ron Paul is weird. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ron Paul is a Libertarian. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Ron Paul is no libertarian |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's completely insane. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And he is the idol of most of the teabaggers! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah he is |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Agree. I have an essay about him as my last journal entry |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. There is nothing easier than debating Paul-tards. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Except Rand at least believed in objective truth, while Paulbots feel entitled to their own facts |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. linky no worky |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. For some reason, the DU autohyperlinkotron stripped out the final colon from the link |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Ayn Rand believed in her version of the truth. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. The correct term is "Batshit Crazy." n/t |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was behind Ron Paul in the security line at Reagan Airport Friday. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. He's a typical Libertarian dreamer |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. the myths persist... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. good questions |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Right-Libertarian crackpot. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Paul is good on foreign policy and drug policy. Otherwise, no. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. The theory goes something like this: |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. yeah, but im truth, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Protecting the wealth of the wealthy does seem to contradict |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ron Paul should probably host that aliens radio program that runs |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. you mean the Art Bell show?? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Not sure the title. Every once and a while you can hear it on in certain |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I used to listen to him for entertainment value in the 90s... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It could be the same person. Some of the guests seemed sharp and |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Won't happen. The job's already taken by Kucinich, Jerry Brown & Jimmy Carter. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I like all three of those folks. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. A Good Question, Sir, And The Only Answer He Could Honestly Give Is Mob Violence |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. He's an idiot that happened to stumble across a couple of good ideas. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. Libertarianism holds as articles of faith the goodness of uncontrolled capitalism. |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hate libertarian beliefs |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. welcome to DU |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. government only funds border patrol |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. Ron Paul says "Deregulate banks even farther, let them do whatever they fucking want" -- Link |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. If a handful of major multinationals didn't rule the world, he might be right. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Old fashioned, perfectly competitive capitalism never existed. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There really weren't any big trusts in the US until the Civil War |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I would argue that was due to the fact that economic development was still at an early stage. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yes, agreed. But, concentration into oligopoly really takes off during wartime. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. RP is against Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid..in other words the social safety net. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. He's a "libertarian" which is more accurately described as "bigoted narcissism". |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. Ron Paul is Magneto. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. I would say he's more old-school palaeocon than a right-libertarian |
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