I am a Pro-Choice Libertarian that is also sick of the hero worship for a man that won’t even use the word, ‘libertarian’, unless backed in to a corner.

He says that he is a Republican with Constitutionalist leanings, and he is.

He is proudly and consistently anti-abortion and has tried to give millions of fetus’s the same rights of real Americans, which seems -very- big-government to me. (see Sanctity of Life)

How can such a smart doctor like him not recognize the ill effect on our community to force the continued import of millions of unwanted children?

He loves the Constitution except for the words, ‘persons born’, and his mantra of late, that the decision should be relegated to the States, is a lie.

How can you trust a Republican that -used to be- libertarian, but does not respect Body-Ownership Rights of Individuals already born?

Ronpaulicans get very mad at me because I make Paul’s anti-Choice platform a -huge- sticking point, but many of them simply don’t realize that it is -he- that makes it the big issue.

HELL, I would love to see our troops come home, and see the end of the FED and the IRS, but I want a leader I can TRUST.

In, short, a rich old white Christian Republican will never lead a successful revolution for Liberty.

~Ron Boozell aka stoneman76

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MCCAIN IS A MANCHICKEN.

Remind me to one day tell you about a book that remembers the day when there was a much higher level of education in the United States that was destroyed by “mandatory” schooling with a one-size-fits-all curriculum. I’ll have to find the title again.

All I’m saying is to question your assumptions.

Health care should be a right and education should be considered–and in many places is–a right. Unfortunately, Libertarianism puts these things in a place where they are more of a luxury.

I don’t hate anybody, not even Ron Paul. I just think that my dog is better qualified to lead our country than he is. At least my dog only shits in the grass, Ron Paul will shit on the constitution.

However, your issue with pulling out of WTO and NAFTA organizations is a fair point of contention with Paul. His goal as a libertarian is free trade, and avoiding bowing to an even higher governmental authority; both libertarian goals, more or less. Some libertarians might support those organizations because they’re a good step toward free trade, but Paul seems to think that they start putting the US into the control of a larger authority (think States Rights, but on a different scale). I think he’s still doing it out of his libertarian ideals, but it’s fair of you to criticize him on his proposed course of action to reach those ideals. I don’t think you could say he’s being un-libertarian here. In fact I bet he would say he’s for free trade with Mexico, just not under NAFTA.

And yeah, conspiracy theories, while perhaps libertarian-based in his case, are not inherently libertarian. I’m not sure how founded or unfounded his beliefs are. I won’t put away my tinfoil hat yet, I’d have to look into it.

Bottom line, you do have some decent points about Ron Paul, but so many misinformed ones. I don’t know if I can trust your assessment sometimes because of your misunderstandings about libertarianism.

Dan, you’re a great guy, but you’d have to be blind or ignorant to miss Ron Paul’s past and present message of indifference–his stance on pulling out of US obligations to help the rest of the world, his stance on removing the department of education, his stance on health care–his message of ignorance, and his enormous past record of hate–see the TNR article.

Ron Paul is also advocating retreating from trade. He wants to pull out of the WTO, NAFTA, and all other trade treaties. He ignorantly believes that these treaties are somehow a threat to our “sovereignty.”

Oh, and the ignorance is obvious in his wack-job conspiracy theories. This guy should be wearing a tin-foil hat in a psych ward, not running for president.