I'm both bumping and sharing this article. Ron Paul is running for president again and there is a vocal minority that push, promote and want "Ron Paul ONLY"!
Below are just the facts from RP's VOTING RECORD, PUBLIC SPEECHES AND THE RATINGS HE'S EARNED BASED ON HIS VOTING RECORD.
This is not new thread, 99% of the time we do NOT share already existing threads...but since Ron Paul IS running again for president AND the debates have cause folks to talk...here it is...His Own Words and Voting Record:
THIS is Ron Paul's Voting Record and His OWN WORDS/VIEWS. I supply some Commentary IN RED- SOME DURING SOME AFTER EACH CATEGORY. I did NOT include every thing- ONLY the points that Ron Paul supporters over-look. www.ontheissues.org/Ron_Paul.htm
Ron Paul on Abortion |
Click here for 26 full quotes on Abortion OR other candidates on Abortion OR background on Abortion.
- Abortion is murder. (Apr 2008)
- Roe v. Wade decision was harmful to the Constitution. (Apr 2008)
- Define life at conception in law, as scientific statement. (Feb 2008)
- Protecting the life of the unborn is protecting liberty. (Feb 2008)
- Get the federal government out of abortion decision. (Nov 2007)
- Delivered 4000 babies; & assuredly life begins at conception. (Sep 2007)
- Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
- Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
- Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
- Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
- Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
- Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
- Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
- Rated 56% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion. (Dec 2006)
- RP in his own words says "life begins at CONCEPTION" and that "Abortion IS MURDER"...yet RP repeatedly VOTES to ALLOW MINORS to get Abortions (murder their babies) WITHOUT PARENTAL NOTIFICATION...and even VOTED FOR funding Abortion clinics that do NOT provide abortion info!! RP even TWICE VOTED FOR allowing MINORS to cross Stae Lines to get Abortions WITHOUT Parental NOTIFICATION!! MINORS killing babies and their PARENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT let alone have any say so!!!
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Ron Paul on Budget & Economy |
Click here for 52 full quotes on Budget & Economy OR other candidates on Budget & Economy OR background on Budget & Economy.
- Wall Street is dumping its trouble onto Main Street. (Sep 2008)
- Dollar crashing due to trillions spent on maintaining empire. (Jan 2008)
- Give up American empire; that reduces debt without sacrifice. (Dec 2007)
- Weak economy is source of resentment against immigrants. (Dec 2007)
- We can’t afford a trillion-dollar war in Iraq. (Jan 2006)
- Maintaining American empire diminishes dollar. (Jun 2004)
- Voted NO on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (Mar 2009)
- Voted NO on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief. (Jan 2009)
- Voted NO on defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting bankruptcy rules. (Jan 2004)
- Allow $3 on 1040 form to pay off National Debt. (Sep 2000)
- For a so-called "fiscal Conservative" RP VOTED FOR NOT monitoring TARP funds- WHY? RP VOTED AGAINST making rules for bankruptcy tighter. RP says weak economy is the "real reason" we want Border Security and that "we resent immigrants"!! And here we begin to see RP's silly, vapid notion of America as an "empire".
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Ron Paul on Civil Rights |
Click here for 25 full quotes on Civil Rights OR other candidates on Civil Rights OR background on Civil Rights.
- Against ID for immigrants; it leads to national ID card. (Dec 2007)
- Protect all voluntary associations; don’t define marriage. (Oct 2007)
- No legislation to counteract the homosexual agenda. (Sep 2007)
- No need for Marriage Amendment; DOMA is enough. (Sep 2007)
- First Amendment was written for controversial speech. (Sep 2007)
- Use power of presidency to restore habeas corpus. (Sep 2007)
- Tamper-proof I.D. for immigrants is a bad idea. (Jan 2006)
- In times of war, our freedoms are threatened at home. (Dec 1987)
- Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
- Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
- Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
- Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
- Rated 67% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
- Rated 38% by the HRC, indicating a mixed record on gay rights. (Dec 2006)
- Rated 39% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action. (Dec 2006)
- Very, very weak on immigration. VOTES to allow same-sex/Sodomite "marriage". Thinks requiring an OFFICIAL I.D. of LEGAL CITIZENSHIP to VOTE is "a BAD idea"! VOTED TO ALLOW FLAG BURNING. And here we see Ron Paul is LOVED by the Marxist ACLU, A 67% APPROVAL RATING!
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Ron Paul on Corporations |
Click here for 7 full quotes on Corporations OR other candidates on Corporations OR background on Corporations.
- Big business demand for easy money causes inflation. (Dec 1981)
- Voted NO on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009)
- Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
- Rated 46% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Has a LOW rating from the US COC- RP is NOT the "friend of small business" he says he is. He is SOFT on corporate accountability.
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Ron Paul on Crime |
Click here for 9 full quotes on Crime OR other candidates on Crime OR background on Crime.
- Opposes death penalty at state and federal level. (Jan 2008)
- Changed opinion to anti-death penalty due to many mistakes. (Sep 2007)
- Not appropriate to prosecute all illegal adult pornography. (Sep 2007)
- Opposes the death penalty. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
- Rated 60% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation. (Dec 2000)
- WEAK on crime/law and order. Thinks PORN is APPROPRIATE". VOTES AGAINST the death penalty for capital offenses- BUT repeatedly SUPPORTS MINORS GETTING ABORTIONS. Garners only a 60% on Law-Enforcement.
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Ron Paul on Drugs |
Click here for 18 full quotes on Drugs OR other candidates on Drugs OR background on Drugs.
- Repeal most federal drug laws; blacks are treated unfairly. (Sep 2007)
- Inner-city minorities are punished unfairly in war on drugs. (Sep 2007)
- $500B on War on Drugs since 1970s has been a total failure. (Sep 2007)
- Legalize industrial hemp. (Jan 2007)
- Drug War fosters violence at home & breeds resentment abroad. (Oct 2001)
- Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
- War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights . (Dec 2000)
- Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
- Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
- Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)
- Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis. (Jan 2009)
- Sponsored bill letting states legalize industrial hemp. (Apr 2009)
- RP's America would be a doper sated America! RP says it "racist" to have drug laws!! Says drug war "fosters violence"...really? Did our fighting in WWII make it "more violent in America"? RP is a Social LIBERAL, a "Cheech & Chong Conservative", i.e R.I.N.O. . Ron Paul wants TAX DOLLAR$ TO PAY FOR AND GIVE SYRINGES to dopers who have A.I.D.S.!!!
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Ron Paul on Education |
Click here for 20 full quotes on Education OR other candidates on Education OR background on Education.
- School prayer is not a federal issue. (Apr 2008)
Voted NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
Voted NO on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
- Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
- Sponsored bill for private scholarships to public schools. (Feb 2003)
- Rated 67% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education. (Dec 2003)
- Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer. (May 1997)
- THIS is a very strange position to take for someone who says they're a Christian. Make Laws that FAVOR DOPERS AND DOPE DEALERS- and make laws that PUNISH, RESTRICT AND PROHIBIT Christians and Christianity!! Even on 9-11 RP FORBADE schools to have prayer!!! That is NOT Conservative! That is NOT Constitutional! That is NOT the America that our Founders gave us!!!
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Ron Paul on Energy & Oil |
Click here for 16 full quotes on Energy & Oil OR other candidates on Energy & Oil OR background on Energy & Oil.
- Voted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep 2008)
- Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
- Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
- Voted NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
- Voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
- Voted NO on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
- Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
- THIS is "Conservative"?!! RP's VOTES have helped RAISE GAS, OIL & ENERGY PRICES AND KEEP THEM HIGH!!
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Ron Paul on Foreign Policy |
Click here for 44 full quotes on Foreign Policy OR other candidates on Foreign Policy OR background on Foreign Policy.
- Can’t spread our goodness through the barrel of a gun. (Feb 2008)
- We tax people to blow up bridges overseas then rebuild them. (Jan 2008)
- Cut off all foreign aid to Israel & to Arabs. (Dec 2007)
- Get out of South Korea and let two Koreas unify. (Dec 2007)
- US must obey treaties human rights abroad. (Dec 2007)
- Empires usually end by spending too much to maintain empire. (Dec 2007)
- Right to spread our values, but wrong to spread by force. (Aug 2007)
- Interventionism perpetuated by politician’s false patriotism. (Jun 2007)
- Our foreign policy is designed to protect our oil interests. (Jun 2007)
- Bush mistake: ran on humble foreign policy; now runs empire. (Jun 2007)
- Neutrality on Israel-Palestine; start by defunding both. (Dec 2001)
- Voted NO on cooperating with India as a nuclear power. (Sep 2008)
- Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
- Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
- Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
- Allow Americans to travel to Cuba. (May 2000)
- Sponsored bill to end the Cuban embargo. (Apr 2003)
- Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Feb 2009)
- RP is down right SCARY, and wrong, on National Security. He's anti-Israel/anti-semtic...BUT he's "o.k" with allowing ARMS TRANSFERS TO CHINA?!!! And RP IS REAL FRIENDLY with Cuba...WHY? And here we see more NON-sense about America being an "empire".
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Ron Paul on Government Reform |
Click here for 36 full quotes on Government Reform OR other candidates on Government Reform OR background on Government Reform.
- Put 65 projects into 2006 bills, worth $4B to his district. (Dec 2007)
- No on all earmarks, even those he proposes for his district. (Dec 2007)
- Supports compulsory term limits, not voluntary for himself. (Dec 2007)
- Conservatives support big government war policies. (Jun 2007)
- Voted NO on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
- Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
- RP does LOOOOVE his earmarks and pork-barrel spending- proposed 65 of them in one year alone...he says he puts them into bills that he can vote against so he can say he's anti-ear-mark...anti HIS earmarks! This is STAGING.
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Ron Paul on Health Care |
Click here for 32 full quotes on Health Care OR other candidates on Health Care OR background on Health Care.
- Transfer funds from debt & empire-building to healthcare. (Oct 2007)
- Not government’s role to protect people like Terri Schiavo. (Sep 2007)
- Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
- Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
- Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
- Voted NO on banning physician assisted suicide
- Rated 56% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
- RP VOTED FOR his lawyer friends to sue, sue, sue- DRIVING HEALTH CARE COSTS UP! Why?
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Ron Paul on Homeland Security |
Click here for 52 full quotes on Homeland Security OR other candidates on Homeland Security OR background on Homeland Security.
- FactCheck: US spends $572B on foreign operations, not $1T. (Feb 2008)
- Stop policing the world and we can get rid of income tax. (Dec 2007)
- Bring all troops home from abroad & save $100B’s every year. (Dec 2007)
- 9/11 resulted from blasphemy of our bases in Saudi Arabia. (Dec 2007)
- Suicide terrorism stops when we stop intervening abroad. (Dec 2007)
- No presidential power for secret surveillance. (Dec 2007)
- Habeas corpus always applies, even to Guantanamo. (Dec 2007)
- We have a de-facto draft; we can achieve more in peace. (Dec 2007)
- Protect against terrorism by understanding their motivations. (Dec 2007)
- Violating habeas corpus will be used against us. (Sep 2007)
- Protect military chaplains’ right to pray in preferred faith. (Sep 2007)
- Pre-emptive war policy is a grave mistake. (Jun 2007)
- Pre-emptive war is not part of the American tradition. (Jun 2007)
- Military aggressiveness weakens our national defense. (May 2007)
- Be cautious about warrantless searches & habeas corpus. (May 2007)
- Criticizes use of war on terror to curtail civil liberties. (Jan 2007)
- Opposes Patriot Act & Iraq War. (Jan 2007)
- Jihadists attack because we have bases in their countries. (Jan 2006)
- We’d be as furious as Muslims are, if our land was occupied. (Jan 2006)
- Grouping terrorists together damages relations with Muslims. (Jan 2006)
- We can’t fight for freedom if we impose Patriot Act. (Sep 2005)
- Costs of war always higher than expected & go on for decades. (Jun 2005)
- Explore reasons behind terrorist attacks on US. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
- Voted NO on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
- Voted NO on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
- Voted NO on supporting new position of Director of National Intelligence. (Dec 2004)
- Voted NO on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
- Voted NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
- Rated 67% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues. (Dec 2003)
- More silly NON-sense about America being an "empire" and more anti-Israel, PRO-Terrorist VOTING. RP BLAMES AMERICA FOR 9-11!!!!! Says WE DESERVED 9-11!!
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Ron Paul on Immigration |
Click here for 19 full quotes on Immigration OR other candidates on Immigration OR background on Immigration.
- Those who attack bilingualism are jealous & feel inferior. (Dec 2007)
- No amnesty, but impractical to round up 12 million illegals. (Sep 2007)
- No amnesty, but border fence isn’t so important. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
- Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
- Again, RP's wacky racist views come to light. LEGAL U.S. Citizens who want border security are "jealous and feel inferior" because we can't speak Spanish! Thinks enforcing U.S. Immigration LAW is "impractical and isn't so important"!
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Ron Paul on Jobs |
Click here for 12 full quotes on Jobs OR other candidates on Jobs OR background on Jobs.
- Right to organize; but no special benefits for unions. (Oct 2007)
- Rated 47% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a mixed record on union issues. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Is so-so here. But RP wants to reverse the Reagan act of breaking the Air Traffic Controller's Union...WHY?
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Ron Paul on Principles & Values |
Click here for 28 full quotes on Principles & Values OR other candidates on Principles & Values OR background on Principles & Values.
- OpEd: Faux-con libertarians like Paul worship Ayn Rand. (Nov 2008)
- Contract with America was a toothless cop out. (Apr 2008)
- 11/5/07: Set fundraising record of $4 million in single day. (Apr 2008)
- Liberty promotes peace, and peace promotes prosperity. (Feb 2008)
- Reagan ran on limited government, but increased its size. (Dec 2007)
- Called Bush 41 a “bum”; didn’t vote for Bush 43. (Dec 2007)
- Breaks one-day fundraising record: $6M at “Boston Tea Party”. (Dec 2007)
- The term “revolution” was coined by the supporters. (Dec 2007)
- Broke fundraising records by spontaneous support on Internet. (Dec 2007)
- Blogosphere hails Paul/Gravel ticket with cross-party appeal. (Nov 2007)
- Only support GOP nominee if they end war & reduce spending. (Oct 2007)
- Washington shouldn’t dictate to us our personal behavior. (Sep 2007)
- Neocons believe in secrecy, deceit, & imperialism. (Jul 2003)
- RP tosses around LIBERAL terms and phrases like "neo-con" (which is anti-semetic) and calling Bush Sr. a "BUM"! RP equates being a Hippie Peace-nik with "prosperity" and "liberty". Why is RP so comfy with LIBERALISM and it's terms?
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Ron Paul on Technology |
Click here for 14 full quotes on Technology OR other candidates on Technology OR background on Technology.
- Don’t apply broadcast indecency rules to cable networks. (Sep 2007)
- Militarizing outer space impoverishes America. (Jun 2007)
- Trusts the Internet a lot more than the mainstream media. (May 2007)
- Voted NO on increasing fines for indecent broadcasting. (Feb 2005)
- Voted NO on banning Internet gambling by credit card. (Jun 2003)
- RP VOTES TO PROTECT Pornographers, sodomites- VOTES TO PUNISH Christians, Businesses and Conservatives...WHY??
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Ron Paul on War & Peace |
Click here for 57 full quotes on War & Peace OR other candidates on War & Peace OR background on War & Peace.
- Terrorism is just like any other murder: you look for motive. (Apr 2008)
- War in Iraq was senseless invasion of sovereign state. (Apr 2008)
- Mandate declaration of war before military aggression. (Apr 2008)
- The Iraq war was not worth the price in blood and treasure. (Jan 2008)
- If Iran invaded Israel, it’s up to Congress to declare war. (Dec 2007)
- Israeli government & the neocons want US to bomb Iran. (Dec 2007)
- Every country ended slavery without civil war; US could have. (Dec 2007)
- No presidential authority to bomb Iran without Congress. (Dec 2007)
- Non-intervention means Congress declares war when threatened. (Dec 2007)
- Congressional authorization needed to attack Iran’s nukes. (Oct 2007)
- Radicals come to kill us because we occupy their lands. (Sep 2007)
- Talk to Iran like we talked to Soviets during Cold War. (Sep 2007)
- US has fought 70 engagements since 1945. (Jun 2007)
- Terrorists attack us for our actions abroad, not our freedom. (Jun 2007)
- Ronald Reagan had the courage to turn tail & run in Lebanon. (May 2007)
- Intervention abroad incites hatred & attacks like 9/11. (May 2007)
- When we go to war carelessly, the wars don’t end. (May 2007)
- Iran not in violation of NPT--so talk without preconditions. (Jun 2006)
- Same false arguments for invading Iraq now applied to Iran. (Apr 2006)
- 1991 Gulf War was a UN war, not a US war. (Feb 2003)
- We believe Osama’s threats, so why not believe his reasons? (Jan 2003)
- Congress is abdicating its responsibility to declare war. (Oct 2002)
- 2002: No evidence of Iraqi nukes nor al Qaeda ties. (Sep 2002)
- Internationalists favor perpetual war by fear-mongering. (Dec 1987)
- 1980s Libya bombing was an unauthorized act of war. (Dec 1987)
- Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11; Al Qaeda was not in Iraq. (Feb 2008)
- How many men are you willing to let die in Iraq? (Jan 2008)
- The Iraq war is driving the US into bankruptcy. (Jan 2008)
- Bush in 2000 had same humble policy that I propose in Iraq. (Jan 2008)
- Terrorists do not attack us because we’re free or prosperous. (Jan 2008)
- Congress can defund war, but not micromanage it. (Dec 2007)
- Different view on war because I adhere to the Constitution. (Dec 2007)
- Iraq is not Nazi Germany; WWII opposition did not cause WWII. (Dec 2007)
- Anger abroad at US for planning 14 permanent bases in Iraq. (Dec 2007)
- Mercantilist oil dependency was reason for war. (Oct 2007)
- We went into Iraq under false pretenses of WMD and 9/11. (Sep 2007)
- Preemptive war is against Christian doctrine of just war. (Sep 2007)
- Take marching orders from Constitution; not from al Qaeda. (Sep 2007)
- How many more lives lost just to save face? (Sep 2007)
- Neocons hijacked our foreign policy to invade Iraq. (Sep 2007)
- Iraq war is illegal; undeclared wars never end & we lose. (Aug 2007)
- Neocons promoted Iraq war for years; not about Al Qaida. (Aug 2007)
- We’re more threatened now by staying in Iraq. (Jun 2007)
- Stop policing Iraq’s streets; have Iraqis take over. (Jun 2007)
- We should have declared war in Iraq, or not gone in at all. (May 2007)
- Opposes Iraq war and opposes path toward Iran war. (Jan 2007)
- Voted for going after Al Qaeda, not invading Iraq. (Feb 2008)
- Voted against war because Iraq was not a national threat. (May 2007)
- Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
- Voted NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
- Voted NO on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)
- Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)
- Ron Paul is DANGEROUS. Ron Paul is WRONG. Ron Paul is UNCONSTITUTIONAL-dangerously, wrong and UNConstitutional on all issues concerning National Security, Border Security, Immigration and Terrorism! RP should NEVER be President.
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Ron Paul on Welfare & Poverty |
Click here for 7 full quotes on Welfare & Poverty OR other candidates on Welfare & Poverty OR background on Welfare & Poverty.
- Bush’s faith-based initiative is “a neocon project”. (Oct 2007)
- Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
- Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
- Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
- Voted NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
- WHY SUPPORT Government WELFARE/ENTITLEMENTS- BUT OPPOSE PRIVATISATION OF THE SAME?!! And WHY did Ron Paul VOTE AGAINST GIVING TAX INCENTIVES TO FAITH-BASED GROUPS THAT WORK TO PROMOTE "RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD"?!! WHY?!
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ALL the above is from Ron Paul's own VOTING Record and IN HIS OWN WORDS! All I did was summarise and ask questions.
Ron Paul is NOT Constitutional.
Ron Paul is Not Conservative.
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