Paulie
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Ron Paul has talked about gradually changing things. He even mentioned in the debate that auditing the Fed is the first step, and he was against just saying "close its doors tomorrow." Never once did he say we must wake up tomorrow and change everything. That is impossible and impractical, which you are right to point out. But it is also not his position.I think Ron Paul is a very smart man.
I think he truly believes in his policies.
I agree with much of what he says.
But here is the honest truth about why I don't support Dr. Paul, lampoon it at your leisure.
One of the main reasons I am a Conservative is...wait for it...I am personally conservative.
Ron Paul's platform is too much change too quickly, both for me and much of the party.
Taking a 90 degree corner at 100 MPH in your lumbering Vista Cruiser is going to kill you just as quickly as driving it over a cliff.
And the U.S.S. United States has a lot more momentum that the Vista Cruiser.
Trying to make huge course corrections over a short period will IMO do just as much damage as doing nothing.
I mean, talk about creating uncertainty!
What we need, again IMO, is small course corrections over 20 or 30 years to get the ship back on track.
This is the biggest hurdle for Paul...people assuming things about him that are incorrect.
Now we have people who didn't like him in 2008, who like him now but are still misinformed about him.
Anyone who is interested in politics enough to come to a board like this ought to know that no president is going to be able to go into the oval office and make every change immediately.
The one thing he'd be able to do on his own wouldbe bring our troops home and defend our OWN borders instead of everyone else's. If that's too radical for you, then you have plenty of other choices.