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"Unknown" is pretty right about Reagan. ...

2012-01-20T21:55:01.161-05:00

"Unknown" is pretty right about Reagan. His administration is where the neoconservatives flourished. There were countless foreign interventions and he presided over the largest increase in defense spending ever seen. Paul voted against most of those increases and left the party and Congress to run for president as a Libertarian.

Yes, I agree that many of Paul's positions are very classical Republican, but the modern party is very different from the party of 60-100 years ago.

c'mon gary. Reagan would have rejected? Gren...

2012-01-20T13:56:16.795-05:00

c'mon gary. Reagan would have rejected? Grenada was our first military action since vietnam. Then he bombed Libya after putting our fleet right off the shore, then the fiasco in Lebanon where 270 or so marines were killed--that's why he considered it a mistake. On top of that, he helped in the funding and training of rebels in numerous countries --including a place we are in now called Afganistan. Reagan's white house was filled with the interventionists who later took command of GWB's white house. Rumsfeld, Cheney, Abrams.
Reagan was firmly in Isreal's corner, was on the opposite side of Paul on the issue of drugs, and virtually every other issue.

Actually, Paul's position align with Robert Ta...

2012-01-20T10:44:31.205-05:00

Actually, Paul's position align with Robert Taft, who was considered Mr. Republican when he was in the Senate. This neo-con view of starting wars all over the world is a recent phenomenon, one that Reagan would have rejected if he were president today. Remember, Reagan considered his decision to put troops in Lebanon one of the worse mistakes of his presidency.

Just like Romney's not a Christian, Paul isn&#...

2012-01-20T10:22:59.502-05:00

Just like Romney's not a Christian, Paul isn't a Republican. He believes in freedom and liberty and wants America to essentially withdraw from world affairs. He's called Israel our greatest national security risk and thinks it's not our concern if Iran gets the bomb. He even ran as the Libertarian nominee against Reagan's Vice President.

Mainstream Republicans hate Paul. He's attractive to 20% of the party and despised by 80%.