Poll: Views of a true radical

[Bubba Wheels]

Great thumbnail interview on Ron Paul's views for the interested. Shows why he stands alone in the sea of statists. http://www.muckrakerreport.com/id447.html

[Passacaglia]

I don't see the poll.

[BrianD]

I hadn't read much of Paul's views before, but this interview was pretty interesting. I certainly don't agree with all of his positions, but I like his government-shrinking ideas and his free market ideas.

I would love to see threads like this start for different candidates. I'm not very good at finding good representations of candidates' positions, but I like to read summaries like this that others point out.

[rowech]

Radical in that he:

1. Has real political beliefs?

2. Has thought about what the constitution actually says?

3. Applies both to almost all situations thus giving him a foundation that he stands on constantly when he's asked about issues?

[Surtt]

I can not say I agree with everything he said, but it is nice to see someone take a stand on issues with out conducting a poll first.

[Bubba Wheels]

Radical in that he:

1. Has real political beliefs?

2. Has thought about what the constitution actually says?

3. Applies both to almost all situations thus giving him a foundation that he stands on constantly when he's asked about issues?

Yes, to all of the above! :)

[Bubba Wheels]

I don't see the poll.

Poll was meant to mean political, as someone ripped me sometime ago for not putting pol in the thread title to denote that. Second L needs to go.

I would edit it, but given the way that is set up for thread titles it might actually be easier to get Ron Paul elected President.

[Jas_lov]

Some of his views are radical, but most of them aren't really. Non intervention seems logical to me. Leave people alone and they'll leave you alone. Stop the extremely radical terrorists with tougher immigration and defense. Leaving local issues up to local governments and states like the constitution says doesn't sound crazy to me. Where I really agree with him is about the federal government getting way too big. Spending is out of control and the government is taking away our freedom through scare tactics. Paul, Kucinich, and Gravel seem to be the only ones concerned about this. An example is the National I.D. card talked about in the interview. I think about 13 states have opposed this so far, but it's set to take effect next May. An I.D. card fitted with an RFID chip that I'm required to carry so the government can track me? I think I'll pass on that one.

Ron Paul obviously has a very slim chance at the nomination. He does have more cash on hand than McCain who spent all of his money like a drunken sailor, and Paul raised a decent $2.4 million this quarter for a guy most people still have never heard of. It'll be interesting to see if he can gain any traction outside of the internet.

[st.cronin]

Ron Paul is, at best, the 2008 Republican answer to Howard Dean.

[BrianD]

What is the purpose of the RFID chip ID card? Is the general plan to make something that is hard to fake so illegals can be identified?

Philosophically I like the idea of letting states decide their own issues, but I worry about it in practice. Do we really want young girls to have to drive long distances to be able to get an abortion? If they are allowed anywhere, it seems like making people travel a long distance is a bad idea.