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In reply to the discussion: Why Ron Paul attracts some liberals. [View all]Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)That's not "intoxicating". Anyone believing in this floater is already drunk.
I'm sure if we cut into the fabric of any of the clowns running for the GOP nomination, we could all find something we could agree with. If someone is going to be a "one-issue" voter, I have no hope for them. I've been having this discussion about Ron Paul for decades. He's a nut, a dangerous nut that surrounds himself with roses to hide his stink. When a Liberal or Progressive starts picking and choosing his feigned "good points" and decries that more Dems should be like him, I wonder where their purity test went in judging him. By using the "he's anti-war" line, you're claiming that other Dems are "pro" war. Just like the right has labeled Dems "pro-abortion" because they, themselves, are "pro-life". No. No Democrat should try to appeal to the RP crowd for one reason, that crowd has adopted that purity test and they refuse to apply to RP, himself.
He doesn't "state it like it is". He uses double-speak to appeal to the uninformed and hopes they don't ever see what's between the lines.