2012 US General Election Discussions: Start to Finish

[MsMerrick]

Originally Posted by Novelafemme

Since Kobi brought up Ron Paul, does anyone else feel comfortable sharing their thoughts on him with us? I am taking a serious look at him but have never voted any other way than a full Democratic ticket.

I have a family member, albeit a bit of a stretched one.. who is a very serious Ron Paul supporter, and has been for quite awhile.
I will say this, many things Ron Paul is for, I agree with, when it comes to Foreign Trade policy, get out of war policy etc.. I also like that he is pretty much not changing any views to fit the moment.
What I don;t like are his die hard Libertarian notions, that we would all be better off, if we rolled back the Constitutional amendments, like Civil Rights and hs general idea that we should all just let the free market decide whatever
Now the kind of "rugged individualism" is very appealing at first thought !
But, at second look, it's more like having a football game, without any rules.. ! Which is essentially might makes right ....and what , imho, the people that wrote the Constitution, were struggling against imbuing out nation with...