January 18th, 2012
06:37 PM ET
9 years ago
Paul doesn't have many fans in Congress
Washington (CNN) - Briefly back in Congress doing his day job, Ron Paul met with high school students outside his office.
True to form, he signed copies of the Constitution and wryly told them with a chuckle, "No one around here reads it very much. I'd like to get everybody to read it."
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No legislation in 30 years. Quite the track record.
Not many fans? thats odd. His son ' Rand' is part of that group that swore alligence to Grover Norquist & took the pledge to do nothing.
Ron Paul's young supporters are attracted to his overly simplistic message. He won't fight unnecessary wars. Great idea – and something the other Republicans should learn. But to suggest we can disengage with our military relationship across the globe is to suggest that somehow our interests will be defended without our contribution. As long as we depend of oil we'll need to keep shipping lanes open. We also live in a global economy and our foreign trade arrangements are critical to sustainment of our economy. Part of our ability to protect trade is our military capability.
Paul over-simplifies other complex situations as well. The infrastructure of America depends on a federal capability to manage highway, bridges, harbors, waterways and other projects "too big" for the states. We control millions of acres of federal lands – parks and wilderness areas enjoyed by all Americans and contributing significantly to our standard of living. Paul would relinguish control of these lands to states where they would be quickly exploited by politicians bought and paid for by industry. Environmental protection is yet another area Paul would leave to the states. How much protection do you think Rick Perry would give Texans from the oil industry he's been doing lap dances for? Do you think pollution is contained by state or national boundaries? What about the Department of Commerce? Who will negotiate complex trade agreements with trade partners around the world? How about Social Security and Medicare? Do you trust private industry to do the right thing for citizens? Paul does... The States? You can call Paul a Libertarian – but he's an anarchist. You can say he believes in non-intervention – but he's an isolationist.
Given the utter and Obvious corruption in Congress ..........having No Fans in that Congress is a GREAT THING!
Clumsy uneducated article.
No friends in congress...all the reason I need to vote for the guy! Ron Paul 2012!!!
I expected the article to go into detail about how fellow Congressmen don't like Paul.
My problem with Rep. Paul is not so much his ideological stands, but that he rarely offers any realistic solutions for a country and world with changing needs and demographics.
God bless Ron Paul! Ron Paul 2012!!!
The headline is alone is enough reason for me to vote Ron Paul. Congress has been a disaster these pas 10-20 years. No wonder they dislike a congressman who speaks the truth.
Fans of Ron Paul . . . he can`t win . . . and you really don`t want him to WIN. He`s an eccentric with a few ideas that sound good but he`s too dangerous to carry them out.
Those of you who are young, enthusiastic, well educated, should join Team Obama. . . the Republicans ARE NEVER going to take Paul seriously.
Take 1 of Pauls more reasonably sounding positions, like curtailment of overseas military bases and work within the Obama team to have them embrace it. Heck, maybe the President will name the Congressman to a leadership position from 2012 to 2016.
Obama has many friends at capitol hill.
Why are we so ready to choose candidates that have their own agendas rather than those of the American people? Ron Paul has not changed his opinion to suit others, be it Democrats or other Republicans. His ideas and solutions are not far fetched or unrealistic. Other members of government would rather keep amending practices that fail time and time again at our cost . The media tries to convince everyone of this. Ron Paul believes in what he says and stands by that. We should stand by him and in turn stand up for ourselves .
Err, more like Congress doesn't have many fans among the electorate – polling in the 10% approval. NDAA, SOPA, PIPA and HR3166 with insane revolving door crony spending and perpetual war tend to do that.
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Paul does not have many fans anywhere – he's scary, especially when it comes to foreign policy.!!
Obama 2012
He does not appear to have many fans in South Carolina either.