Travis Pahl wroteTrue, but I'm not sure that applies to me. There are so many
issues on which I disagree with Ron Paul that I could not vote for him in good
conscience. For starters, it is clear that he is not merely anti-foreign aid (a
viewpoint I share to a degree) but anti-Israel, which in and of itself would
make it hard for me to back him. I also believe he is an anti-Semite, so I
wouldn't vote for him on that basis. I'm pro-choice on abortion and he's
pro-life, but that isn't that big an issue for me.
I think Paul is totally clueless when it comes to foreign matters, the most
clueless person to seek the White House since Jimmy Carter, who was either the
worst or 2nd worst president we ever had (depending on how much you blame the
Civil War on James Buchanan's incompetence), and also, not coincidentally, an
anti-Semite as well.
While there are some issues on which Ron Paul and I would agree, there have
been many others over the years where I have disagreed with him. I do not think
he is intellectually up to the job either. Not only do I think he has no
chance of winning the job, I don't think he deserves it.
Doug Friedman
> He has much less of a chance if people that share his beleifs do not> support
> him.> > On 1/17/07, Douglas Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Frank
> Reichert wrote:> >> > Ron Paul has as much chance of winning the Republican
> nomination as I do. I> > looked at one of the postings on the group site, a
> link to an article by> > James Ostrowski, who was going to be the LP
> gubernatorial nominee in New> > York in 1994 until he got derailed by Howard
> Stern.> >> > Ostrowski's analysis is amusing, I suppose, but rather out of
> touch with> > reality. I'm not sure why he's so dismissive of Giuliani or
> Gingrich as GOP> > nominees. He doesn't explain; he just says "Call Dr.
> Laura" to dismiss those> > two as he writes the usual "stuff" about McCain
> being the presumptive> > nominee before Paul. McCain has virtually no chance
> of getting the GOP nod;> > he's being pushed by the "mainstream" left-wing
> media because I guess he's> > the kind of Republican they like, precisely why
> he can't win the primary.> >> > As for Ron Paul, being anti-war is not a plus
> with the GOP faithful,> > especially with those who vote in primaries. Paul's
> hostility towards Israel> > will also hurt him in the Southern primaries,
> where support for Israel is> > stronger than among the Jewish community in
> New York. (That may be more a> > comment on how the Jewish community has
> changed, but it's true.) Paul also> > has no money, no name recognition, and
> being pro-drug legalization will> > probably not help him win many primaries
> either. If Paul actually runs, he> > might win a delegate or two in some
> states with rules making that easier,> > but I'd say Arnold Schwarzenegger
> has more of a chance and he isn't> > eligible.> >> > FWIW, the GOP usually
> goes with the frontrunner, and as of now, that is> > Giuliani.> >> > Doug
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