Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The Ron Paul Revolution?
Ron Paul's victory in the CPAC straw poll should be seen alongside the decline in attendees' identification of pro-life and pro-family issues as priorities. Paul himself understands that big war is big government, so that you cannot define yourself against the latter unless you have the wit to oppose the former. He is pro-life, but, as explicitly with the traditional definition of marriage, he seems to see abortion as a matter purely for the states. He is, frankly, soft on drugs. The split between conservatives and libertarians has been a long time coming. A serious bid by Paul in 2012 may very well bring it about.
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Ron Paul is like the busted clock that's right exactly twice a day. And he's a poisonous little twerp, besides. No thanks.
ReplyDeleteI like Ron Paul on some issues, like foreign policy for example, and I always thought he was pretty good on pro-life issues, but his devotion to Austrian economics is a huge mark against him in my opinion. That is what is so depressing about this Tea Party business, so many of these people support economic policies that will likely make things much worse for the average American.
ReplyDeleteMy big question is what happened to the Populist Left? The combination of left-wing economic populism and social conservatism makes more sense to me than the marriage of social conservatism with libertarianism.
It makes more sense, indeed.
ReplyDeleteSo, what are you doing about it?
Truth be told, not enough, besides arguing with people. I thought about starting a Catholic Working Men's Club in my local parish, but I am not sure how that will pan out.
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
ReplyDeleteDo let us know how things progress.
ReplyDeleteWill do.
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