Ron Paul maybe the last "real" Republican

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I watched Ron Paul on Bill Maher's HBO show last night and was quite impressed. He came across as what I call a real Republican rather than the neoconservative and/or religious fanatic types who have hijacked the party in recent years. I would NEVER vote Repub in 2008 for a variety of reasons but I was pleased to see someone from the rightwing show some sense for a change so I looked him up and this is what I found.

Dr. Ron Paul advocates a non-interventionist foreign policy, spoke and voted against the Iraq War Resolution, and continues to condemn the US presence in Iraq, and what he charges is the use of the War on Terror to curtail civil liberties. He has also broken with his party by voting against the Patriot Act in 2001 and again in 2005,

Paul is pro-life but believes that the United States Constitution does not grant the federal government any authority to ban abortion.

Congressman Paul's position on gay marriage is that defining and recognizing marriages is not a Federal or constitutional matter and voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004.

Dr. Paul was Co-Sponsor of H.R. 2592, the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana and is affirmative to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?

In 2005 the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005, “to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana.

In 2006, a "Technology voter guide" by CNET awarded Paul a score of 80%, the highest score out of both houses of Congress.

In order to restrict the federal government to its constitutionally authorized functions, Paul takes positions that are opposed by the majority of his colleagues.


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