PDA

View Full Version : Ron Paul is a Liberal??!!




PureCommonSense
03-18-2009, 01:02 PM
I don't know which is the right forum for this topic, so I put it under the general section. According to Left Right News (http://leftrightnews.com/), an online political site, Ron Paul falls under the category of liberal. Did anyone else know hear about this? If this image sticks than it could be a serious obstacle to Paul running for the nomination in 2012 and courting Republican votes.

Scroll down to the "Sites We Like" section at the bottom and you'll see The Ron Paul Blog listed in the liberal section.

LittleLightShining
03-18-2009, 01:04 PM
I don't know which is the right forum for this topic, so I put it under the general section. According to Left Right News (http://leftrightnews.com/), an online political site, Ron Paul falls under the category of liberal. Did anyone else know hear about this? If this image sticks than it could be a serious obstacle to Paul running for the nomination in 2012 and courting Republican votes.

Scroll down to the "Sites We Like" section at the bottom and you'll see The Ron Paul Blog listed in the liberal section.This doesn't bother me at all. It means more liberals are seeing the light.

dannno
03-18-2009, 01:05 PM
"Ron Paul really has no business being on stage as a legitimate representative of Republicans" -Michelle Malkin


This is nothing new.

futureleft
03-18-2009, 01:05 PM
Classical, brah.

Dripping Rain
03-18-2009, 01:07 PM
"Sacha Baron Cohen Tries To Have Gay Sex With Ron Paul In New Movie"
that editorial headline made me lololol
but wait notice how that website links to the communist liberal wonkette? interesting
those are inbred trotskyite liberal neocons. theres no point in rationalising with them. just ignore that website and please dont give them hits on their silly blog

heres an example of how irrelevant that blog is. just click on this link and you will see
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/cnet.com/cnet.com/cnet.com/cnet.com?h=300&h=400&range=1m&site0=ronpaulforums.com&site1=dailypaul.com&site2=leftrightnews.com&site3=&size=Medium&w=470&w=700&y=r&z=1&z=1
you see the little golden line at the bottom? thats the traffic they get compared to DailyPaul & ronpaulforums

gls
03-18-2009, 01:07 PM
Left versus right is a false dichotomy that freedom fighters like Ron Paul rise above.

Truth Warrior
03-18-2009, 01:10 PM
I would imagine that Ron would be fairly comfortable with the label "classical liberal", before the socialists stole the name "liberal" to mask and hide their agenda. :p

Kinda like the "GOP lite" LP did with "libertarian". :p

PureCommonSense
03-18-2009, 01:13 PM
I have just written an email to the operators of this site expressing my view about Ron Paul's ideology and asking them to correct it. Hopefully they do so.

Todd
03-18-2009, 01:16 PM
The article has little to do with what side of the political spectrum he falls. He simply represents a threat to both parties hold on collective power.

LibertyEagle
03-18-2009, 01:30 PM
The article has little to do with what side of the political spectrum he falls. He simply represents a threat to both parties hold on collective power.

Yup.

euphemia
03-18-2009, 02:02 PM
The simple way to look at it is to ask yourself how a politician feels about the role of government in the lives of citizens. The Constitution calls for a very limited government. That's what Ron Paul believes. To me, that is a conservative.

It's not about control. We believe in the rule of law, but the Constitution doesn't outline federal law in every single aspect of life. Some things are left up to the states and municipalities, and other things are nobody's business.

A conservative government is a limited one.

Athan
03-18-2009, 10:36 PM
Classical Liberalism is a better description.

PureCommonSense
03-19-2009, 12:14 AM
Success! It has been changed.

In response to the points some of you made, classical "liberalism" is an accurate description of his philosophy, but it is an outdated term a lot of people haven't even heard of and the modern definition of liberalism is more in-tune with big government and welfare. Conservative and liberal both change meanings over time. Now, the term conservative is the better description.

Joe3113
03-19-2009, 12:27 AM
"Liberal" originally meant you were pro-free market. Then the meaning changed in the US.

Here is Australia it still retains its original meaning, but is tainted (in a different way) because it has become associated with the party that is analagous your own Republican Party (i.e. fake free-market Neocons who claim to be conservatives). This party is called the "Liberal Party".

Truth Warrior
03-19-2009, 04:22 AM
The simple way to look at it is to ask yourself how a politician feels about the role of government in the lives of citizens. The Constitution calls for a very limited government. That's what Ron Paul believes. To me, that is a conservative.

It's not about control. We believe in the rule of law, but the Constitution doesn't outline federal law in every single aspect of life. Some things are left up to the states and municipalities, and other things are nobody's business.

A conservative government is a limited one. When compared to today's REALITY, what Ron believes is flaming hardcore RADICAL.<IMHO> :D

Invalid
03-19-2009, 04:30 AM
Ya the Democrats made it so liberal means you're a communist now.