Thought I was gonna say joke? Nah.

are you going to be like every other tea partier by shouting and screaming without actually contributing to the debate? or are you just so ill informed that you can use knowledge to defend your “rebuttal?”

This person sounds like a recording of Obama talking out of one side of his mouth while he does the opposite but says he not doing whatever it is he IS doing and saying it enough times that his idiot sheeple jump on the bandwagon. Uhhg!!! Morons!!!

Maybe that statement in itself should be the extent of my rebuttal.

Ron Paul’s libertarianism basically states that a strong defense is one of the few legitimate powers of the federal government. I agree with that, but the problem is, the horse is already out of the barn. The reason his foreign policy is dangerous is that whether we like it or not, America IS the world’s policeman. Without our direct intervention, individual rights and freedom will be trampled all over the world. The only thing needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing. It was true prior to WW II and it’s true today. I admire Ron Paul’s America First stance, but the void left by America pulling back from every corner of the world will be filled by something. Are you willing to gamble on who or what that might be?

We talked about fear-mongering when we went into Iraq and then we talked about it when the Dems were convincing the people to vote for them in the mid-terms. This is just more of that. There is no real threat from Iran. Anyone telling you that there is a threat from Iran is simply demagoguing. They are speaking in platitudes.

Ron Paul’s foreign policy isn’t to do nothing when a legitimate threat arises….it is to quit manufacturing threats for ourselves. Blowback IS a legitimate concept and exists in reality. Our constant meddling in sovereign countries and their affairs creates enemies all over the world. Sure, we have every right to retaliate when someone strikes us, but we have a significant moral issue if we don’t recognize their original strike as retaliatory against our meddling.

Iran doesn’t hate us because of Muslim extremism. That is just the tool their hatred has used to stir the pot. It is the same as the crusades. Nobody that looks at the actual message of Christ could rationalize those actions, but the fear and hatred were already in place, so they used religion to stir up the passion necessary to go to war.

All of the other Republican candidates are doing the same.

Economically it isn’t even a contest. Ron Paul kicks the crap out of every other candidate.

Albert, have some humor.