Something has been bothering me for awhile and it has to do with Ron Paul, so maybe Oldtimer you can answer this since you gave him money and voted for him.
First he has been said to be a very principled man.
This is from RON PAUL.COM
But what gets me is even though he identifies himself as a Libertarian.
He ran twice in the Republican Primaries for the Republican nomination in 2008 and 2012.
If he is half as PRINCIPLED as he claims why didn't he run in the Primaries against Gary Johnson to win the LIBERTARIAN nomination? :?
He says he NEVER COMPROMISES HIS PRINCIPLES but yet he left his party and joined another and when he didn't win the nomination he was seeking he refused to back his party's nominee.
Looks to me like he is about as Principled as any other Flip Flopper. First he is a Libertarian then he isn't and then he is again.
What say you Oldtimer is Ron Paul being honest about how PRINCIPLED he claimes he is? OR did he flip to a party that he thought would get him a seat in DC so he could push his previous party's agenda?
Just so you know I figure Ron Paul is a RINO and should have run for the party he really identifies with, as that would have been the HONEST PRINCIPLED THING TO DO. :wink:
First he has been said to be a very principled man.
This is from RON PAUL.COM
He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are.” Another colleague observed, “There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few.”
But what gets me is even though he identifies himself as a Libertarian.
he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988
He ran twice in the Republican Primaries for the Republican nomination in 2008 and 2012.
If he is half as PRINCIPLED as he claims why didn't he run in the Primaries against Gary Johnson to win the LIBERTARIAN nomination? :?
He says he NEVER COMPROMISES HIS PRINCIPLES but yet he left his party and joined another and when he didn't win the nomination he was seeking he refused to back his party's nominee.
Looks to me like he is about as Principled as any other Flip Flopper. First he is a Libertarian then he isn't and then he is again.
What say you Oldtimer is Ron Paul being honest about how PRINCIPLED he claimes he is? OR did he flip to a party that he thought would get him a seat in DC so he could push his previous party's agenda?
Just so you know I figure Ron Paul is a RINO and should have run for the party he really identifies with, as that would have been the HONEST PRINCIPLED THING TO DO. :wink: