National Review: Ron Paul one of 3 candidates with understanding of foreign policy

[Inkblots]

From Elise Jordan:

Saturday’s Republican foreign-policy debate yielded only one revelation, neither comforting nor productive: When it comes to international affairs, most of the contenders offer plenty of political theater and little substance. ...
The Know Nothings and the Selective Interpreters waste our time by making us more ill-informed, which is why I’d like to see a foreign-policy debate among Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman. Ron Paul would force a debate on our principles, and Huntsman would inject a dose of reality.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/283170/let-s-have-real-foreign-policy-debate-elise-jordan

The article goes on to call Ron Paul a "conviction politician" and lauds his principles, but of course includes the obligatory claim that he has no chance of winning. Still, an over-all favorable column.

[Give me liberty]

No chance of winning again? :mad: we will see IA!

[WD-NY]

Elise Jordan is a New York–based writer and commentator. She served as a director for communications in the National Security Council in 2008–09 and was a speechwriter for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

She seems nice and is couching her comments probably because she has to in order to maintain her position. Remember, not everyone gets to say whatever they think - for many, doing so = muzzle.

So let's win her over entirely with 1st rate comments that are both compelling and kind.

Also, her exact quote wasn't "he can't win"... it was:


Ron Paul contrasts most radically with Romney as the conviction candidate. His opposition to torture on moral and practical grounds — it’s “uncivilized” and lacks “practical advantages” — would make it more likely that Romney would have to weigh in on what underpins his beliefs instead of getting away with saying the convenient thing.However, since the chances of the government adopting Ron Paul’s foreign policy are slim to none, the discussion is almost theoretical.

[JohnGalt1225]

Well at least she acknowledged Ron knows what she's talking about, although I challenge her contention that Jon Huntsman is more knowledgeable.