tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2946920328029623143..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul Backs Away from His Full Endorsement of Mitt RomneyRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74777604103085711712012-06-24T13:40:38.673-04:002012-06-24T13:40:38.673-04:00Surely the point is not so much that he has endors...Surely the point is not so much that he has endorsed Romney, but the timing and the manner of his doing so, as is pointed out above, on a show which has done nothing but pour scorn on his father and his father's supporters.<br /><br />Ron Paul fired up people's enthusiasm, and made them willing to put in a lot of time, effort and money. That's not just about intelligence, it needs Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43653135627735772452012-06-22T11:39:53.141-04:002012-06-22T11:39:53.141-04:00Wait, what happened to the "happy" endor...Wait, what happened to the "happy" endorsement of a known warmonger and statist? Willard's views on foreign policy have been very clear to anyone who cared to pay attention, so what's with Rand's backing up? Did he realize that he might have made a deal with the devil? Nah, politicians don't care about that.<br /><br />I think he's realized just how many supporters Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88991803439422259532012-06-22T07:16:52.748-04:002012-06-22T07:16:52.748-04:00Watch Buckley's reaction from the 88 race when...Watch Buckley's reaction from the 88 race when Paul appeared on his show to the idea that the CIA be disbanded. WFB the Trotskyite went back to that issue over and over again -- he was willing to accept other radical aspects of Paul's for the sake of argument, but the CIA was not one of them. <br /><br />And then there is the issue of funding. Where exactly did the money come from to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53042634041037714692012-06-22T07:11:36.084-04:002012-06-22T07:11:36.084-04:00anonymous @ 6:05pm -- Yeah, right. Rand just happ...anonymous @ 6:05pm -- Yeah, right. Rand just happened to backtrack over statements made a few days before? Wrong. The blowback has completely shocked Rand and his advisors, and it is why Jack Hunter (more than likely the ghost writer for rand's editorials) has been typing up a storm over on the ronpaul2012 site and trying to justify Rand's behavior. I actually don't have a huge Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56355115489393239372012-06-22T06:40:28.765-04:002012-06-22T06:40:28.765-04:00Who is ghost writing all of these op eds for Rand?...Who is ghost writing all of these op eds for Rand? Is it Jack Hunter? I don't think Rand actually writes them because he does not have the intellect his father does. Ron can rattle off things in a live convo off the top of his head that have to do with relatively obscure philosophy, econ theory, US history, etc so I have zero problem believing Ron writes his material. When Rand is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70204101215495039792012-06-21T23:44:00.128-04:002012-06-21T23:44:00.128-04:00Sorry for the rant, but these Rand haters infuriat...Sorry for the rant, but these Rand haters infuriate me.<br /><br />The problem with Americans (and humanity in general) is that we place emotion above intelligence. I would like to consider myself a true libertarian, as I agree 100% along our party lines. I also would be one of the many individuals who has not lost an ounce of respect for Rand, but supported him on his endorsement. There has to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9191914047291802332012-06-21T16:07:53.504-04:002012-06-21T16:07:53.504-04:00Rand Paul might be a true objectivist (he is named...Rand Paul might be a true objectivist (he is named after Ayn Rand after all) and truly believe in the morality of selfishness, so he is looking after moi.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45547406382065566472012-06-21T09:39:32.551-04:002012-06-21T09:39:32.551-04:00It's been obvious for some time Rand isn't...It's been obvious for some time Rand isn't sound on foreign policy -- recall the vote on iran sanctions. I think he sold out when he got to dc, maybe promised that he'll be the nominee after Romney, either in 2016 or 2020. I imagine the idea is people will buy into him being "not too bad" rather than "lesser of two evils," and he'll snag the RP folks & Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25702318972695833902012-06-21T06:13:48.866-04:002012-06-21T06:13:48.866-04:00Rand thinks Ron is not being honest with himself, ...Rand thinks Ron is not being honest with himself, or simply not looking. Ron has stated many times there is essentially no difference between 'the other candidates' and the President, including on the economy where both parties amass incredulous deficits.MonsieurMadeleinehttp://revolutionation.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39832791833832144702012-06-21T03:33:20.344-04:002012-06-21T03:33:20.344-04:00Calling it a 'conspiracy' when there is a ...Calling it a 'conspiracy' when there is a lot of reasonable suspicion to be had against the diabolical NR is fatuous. Calling it infighting assumes Rand is libertarian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82163379053211510152012-06-21T01:28:15.491-04:002012-06-21T01:28:15.491-04:00Rand absolutely did issue a supporting statement a...Rand absolutely did issue a supporting statement about Romney's foreign policy in his endorsement. That's an inarguable fact that can not be denied by even the most brazen Rand apologist.Dylan Haleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832482807689736488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3853128689187924372012-06-20T23:24:08.042-04:002012-06-20T23:24:08.042-04:00Gary Johnson is a lot more Libertarian than Rand, ...Gary Johnson is a lot more Libertarian than Rand, and becoming moreso each day as he reads Hazlitt and Rothbard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85421462130006941312012-06-20T22:48:16.097-04:002012-06-20T22:48:16.097-04:00As I skim the comments, these are the most insight...As I skim the comments, these are the most insightful remarks I've seen so far. Only a coalition can move the center politically on these issues. Thanks, robb!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72562165842396957842012-06-20T22:43:15.754-04:002012-06-20T22:43:15.754-04:00Yeah I get damned tired of the conspiracy theory c...Yeah I get damned tired of the conspiracy theory crap myself. Lew's awesome but his site went way downhill sometime in 2008-2009 when he started posting all this conspiracy stuff.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91817763106596062152012-06-20T22:40:57.813-04:002012-06-20T22:40:57.813-04:00Yeah, "merely" endorsing Romney which is...Yeah, "merely" endorsing Romney which is the same as endorsing Obama, Bush, or any other statist big government warmonger. If he was a politician in 1933 Germany would he endorse Hitler so he could "change the Nazi Party from the inside"? Yes I know that is an extreme example but the Us government is NO DIFFERENT. Like Lew Rockwell said, it's like trying to change the Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48980511085691688922012-06-20T22:30:28.144-04:002012-06-20T22:30:28.144-04:00This whole Rand debacle brings the phrase, "p...This whole Rand debacle brings the phrase, "pride comes before a fall" to mind. (Proverbs 16:18).<br /> <br />Prideful little Rand thought everyone loved him so much that he could even betray his own father on national tv and everyone would still fawn over him and tell him how awesome he is. He is hopefully now learning that, in fact, his father and his father's supporters got Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66787434124264115872012-06-20T21:27:51.121-04:002012-06-20T21:27:51.121-04:00I didn't get that at all, where did he insinua...I didn't get that at all, where did he insinuate that Rand was a CIA plant? Rand isn't a Ron Paul by any stretch of the imagination but obviously far better than most. What worries me now, will Rand settle into being a typical politician? I think it's possible that Gary Johnson is more Libertarian than Rand Paul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56851829729182436732012-06-20T20:40:33.253-04:002012-06-20T20:40:33.253-04:00Two things:
"The "left" versus &qu...Two things:<br /><br />"The "left" versus "right" split is fraudulent and used to control the debate and condition citizens to think along certain lines. Left-wing magazines like the "The Nation" and "The New Republic" and right-wing magazines like "The National Review were "artificially set up." The former were financed by Whitney moneyBrute Krulaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75891708540311548942012-06-20T20:17:55.031-04:002012-06-20T20:17:55.031-04:00Sorry, but don't know what you are talking abo...Sorry, but don't know what you are talking about. Do a little research on the CFR, Royal Institute of International Relations, and who started them. The fact is there is a conspiracy, there is a plan for a New World Order, and it's right out there in the open if you just look. Read 'Tragedy and Hope' by Carroll Quigley, 'None Dare Call it Conspiracy' by Gary Allen. &#Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9870396046428617352012-06-20T19:20:24.105-04:002012-06-20T19:20:24.105-04:00Rand blew it, he's a statist through and throu...Rand blew it, he's a statist through and through. Rand knows no Austrian Economics and he has no future other than a typical partisan Republican one. Ron Paul stood out so different than his own party for his dedication to a realistic approach with an Austrian theoretical base. Ron respected Lysander Spooner and Bastiat, and was close friends to Rothbard, some of the most radical men that adriangabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745834486605961267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57897959985189067382012-06-20T18:47:42.718-04:002012-06-20T18:47:42.718-04:00Rand will have a hard time getting re-elected afte...Rand will have a hard time getting re-elected after his endorsement of Romney. I'm not sure he can back-pedal fast enough or far enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54623781504976637262012-06-20T18:43:17.053-04:002012-06-20T18:43:17.053-04:00well-stated!well-stated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29544038103480877262012-06-20T18:32:31.247-04:002012-06-20T18:32:31.247-04:00As I said above, Rand has enough trouble right now...As I said above, Rand has enough trouble right now holding his base together to be spending time, LOL, attempting to convert hardcore neocons.Banaceknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9434048013130196962012-06-20T18:25:26.635-04:002012-06-20T18:25:26.635-04:00LOL.Rand's problem right now is not conversion...LOL.Rand's problem right now is not conversions of neocons, but trying to hold his base together that he threw under the bus last weekBanaceknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32772944811540186422012-06-20T18:10:09.580-04:002012-06-20T18:10:09.580-04:00Exactly.Exactly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com