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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
I think he acts as a nice foil to conventional thinking on monetary policy. A lot of his ideas are far out there (such as ending the Federal Reserve) but what I really admire is his guts in standing up to the GOP establishment on foreign policy and civil rights. He sees the real issue with this country is not a descent into socialism, but rather fascism.
He rightly called out Obama on Libya, and I really subscribe to his non-interventionalist idea. We've created a lot of our own problems by meddling in the Middle East and creating guys like Saddam and bin Laden, and enough's enough. We've spent too much American wealth and blood by being the world's policeman and it's time we knock off the nation building and democracy spreading and get our own house in order.
I think he's a nice counterpoint to a lot of traditional thinking in Washington.
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Paul's fiscal ideas are great. He has an economic understanding that is unrivalled with the current other candidates. He is a little flaky on "constitutional rights" - civil rights as it were. Some are great - others he not only went off the farm with, he went to other planets....
His foreign policy is flawed, because he fails to comprehend that one you get in a pasture with a bull, step it the cowpies, and get see the bull sizing you up for a charge, you can't just pat it on the head, smile and say "don't mind me, I'm leaving now"..... He doesn't get the danger a nuclear Iran creates - not just for the region, but for us. He doesn't comprehend the dangers of sitting idly by while Islamic radicals take over 25% or more of the world. He doesn't understand that being a superpower comes with responsibility.
Yes, Mookie is right - we should not be nation building - and we shouldn't be the worlds policeman. What we should be is a superpower willing to flex our muscles when a friend and ally in the world is threatened, a force that will take clearly announced threats to our citizens seriously, and a power that the world knows is sitting home, watching, waiting - because no one wants us to come outside (our borders) and start knocking heads....