Rep. Ron Paul Takes Step Towards a Run in ‘08
Ryan | 12 01 2007If you're a first time visitor, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed, which will keep you up to date with all the latest New School Politics posts. Thanks for visiting!
[Congressman Ron] Paul filed papers in Texas to create a presidential exploratory committee that will allow him to raise money. In 1988, Paul was the Libertarian nominee for president and received more than 400,000 votes.
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Paul limits his view of the role of the federal government to those duties laid out in the Constitution. As a result, he sometimes casts votes at odds with his constituents and other Republicans.
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He was one of a handful of Republicans to vote in 2002 against giving President Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq, contending that only Congress had the power to declare war. At times, he has voted against funds for the military.
…Paul bills himself as “The Taxpayers’ Best Friend,” and is routinely ranked either first or second in the House by the National Taxpayers Union, a national group advocating low taxes and limited government.
This is an excellent prospect for true supporters of the free market. Paul is the only ideologically honest member of congress and the only Washington politician who I would trust with my tax money. Given, his chance of contending for the republican bid is slim, but there is really nothing to lose. And anyway, his joining the race could only give more publicity to his stance and bring forth an alternative to Americans—the alternative to the orgy of government spending and the mixed market-socialist economy we have today: economic freedom.
If there is any hope of the GOP returning to the principles of limited government, they, at present, lie with this man.
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So, does this "Paul" have a last name? Or if
James Amen | 13 01 2007So, does this “Paul” have a last name? Or if this is his last name, what would his first name be? Some clarification would be helpful.
Ryan was a bit vague with his excerpt. Ron
zach | 14 01 2007Ryan was a bit vague with his excerpt. Ron Paul is a 10-term Republican Congressman from Texas. His bio and voting record should prove helpful in learning more about Representative Ron Paul. The article has been edited with more information about Mr. Paul. Thank you.
Mr. Paul is a Republican Congressman but is ideologically a
Ryan | 14 01 2007Mr. Paul is a Republican Congressman but is ideologically a libertarian–and he is the only one in Congress. He is the only Representative to vote consistantly for economic freedom on issues dealing with governemnt control over the economy (ie regulation, taxes, spending, etc.). I disagree w/ his foreign policy stances to a large extent, but I also believe that for anyone who believes in free market capitalism he must be the best politician on the national scene.