Dr. Paul on his first actions as President:
…and the cost of hegemony:
The point of all this is not that America is bad, or that the US military is evil [Tho', as a veteran, I will concede the probability that there are many, secret layers of ulterior motives in troop movements and allocations of force – and not (necessarily) having anything to do with the stated objectives. Of course, a quick background study on causes of US involvement in WWI and Kosovo will prove this]. On the contrary, I think America, as the Founding Fathers intended it, is the greatest possible country in history, and the US has every right to pursue military solutions to clear and present dangers. I just don’t think the current war meets the criteria.
Look, I originally thought of Paul as a kook-fringe candidate. I believed the hype about the necessity of intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. Blah, blah, blah. But then the neocons started banging the drums over Iran. A logical, reasoned reflection on Ahmadinejad’s trip to the UN beachhead in NYC, his attempt to visit Ground Zero, and a slow recognition that “W” is probably the most anti-American President in my life time [Nixon was a crook who got caught; Ford was, well, Ford; Carter was and is a buffoon; Reagan was the greatest; Bush the First was a disappointment; Clinton is a felon and a despicable human being; but Bush the Second is a traitor – look at his many attempts to sell us out to Mexican colonists as just one example of this], eventually convinced me – after I took the time to actually listen to Dr. Paul’s point-of-view, rather than just deciding that he was a nut job without at least rationally analyzing his stances on the issues. (And i realize that some of his supporters’… enthusiasm… contributes to many people doing just that)
And if you think the state of the GOP, or, for that matter, the country, is bad now, it only promises to get worse.
Just as Bill Clinton, in losing both Houses in 1994, presided over the last stages of realignment begun by Nixon and Reagan, George W. Bush is presiding over the death of the Nixon-Reagan coalition.
What killed it is Wall Street Journal conservatism: a disastrous and unnecessary war; a preferential option for the rich; open-borders immigration; a free-trade fanaticism that is denuding America of manufacturing jobs, sinking the dollar, and growing our dependence on foreign goods and foreign loans.
Now the GOP frontrunner is a New York mayor who is pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-affirmative action, marches proudly in Gay Pride parades, and presided over a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. And the Right let it happen.
["Malaise on the Right" by Pat Buchanan, The American Conservative, 5 Nov 2007]
The only viable answer I see to this foundation for a future dystopia is the Constitutionalist views of Dr. Paul. That, and a total eradication of Congressional incumbents (over the next few national elections).
Rudy McRompson is no alternative to the Left. And Huckabee (despite his apparent credentials) is not a conservative.
