I find it strange, given your other positions, that you like Ron Paul, someone who expressly does not believe in the separation of church and state and who would push through legislation allowing the abortion to be outlawed.
Yes I know, BUT he still says that the government shouldn't make a decision about abortion. So to him it's a choice the states have to make.
Since not all states are that conservative there will be states where it is allowed.
Same on gay mariage. He thinks the church has to make a decision about that. Not the government.
He's also against the death penalty which is a plus to me.
Also he wants to get the troops out of Irak and South-Korea and his ideas for the economy are also good for most part. (except quiting the United Nations and World Bank)
I know it seems a little in conflict with what I said about state and religion being separated at first, but actually I agree with Ron Paul on most parts because he's not extremely conservative.
Well firstly, he seems extremely conservate to me, on almost all the polarising issues.
But anyway, how is the tyranny of the state any better than the tyranny of the federal government? What comfort is it to a pregnant 16 year old in Kansas that if she's lived in California she could have had an abortion? Or if she was rich enough to fly over there, she could have one, but if you're not, tough shit, it's life threatening pregnancy or coat hanger abortion for you kid. That's FREEDOM for you though, isn't it? The freedom of the state to tell a woman what she can do with her body, or to declare some people are second class citizens. Remember, this was someone who was against the civil rights act for the same reasons. It seems to me Paul is a far-right winger who has managed to get liberal college kids to support him with clever wordplay. He doesn't believe in evolution, gay marriage or reproductive rights, but he's such a nice guy he won't tell you you can't do them. He'll just chaneg the law so states can do that to you. Sorry, I mean have the freedom to do that to you. You groovy kids like freedom right?
For a Doctor, he seems to have no understanding of herd immunity either, so he think manditory vaccinations are bad as well. Because parents should have the freedom to risk the life of their child, and the childrren of everyone else in their vicinity.
That's without even getting into his batshit crazy economic policies, which is basically to not have an economy and trade chunks of gold and beef with each other like it's the wild west. But then at least he's consistent. And the stupider the idea he sticks to, the more it shows he's a man of conviction.
I'd go as far as to say Ron Paul makes Palin, Santorum and Bachmann look like positively sane individuals.