"Resolved: Ron Paul, as US President, would be disastrous for America."

[packbat]

Being a liberal Republican, it is meet* for me to state my stance on Ron Paul.

I believe that Ron Paul would be a terrible President for the reasons cited here. Most prominently among these are:

• The gold standard would lead to economic turmoil (not to mention devastate industries which use gold),
  
• The abolition of the income tax would cripple the federal government,
  
• A law to prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on an issue is un-American, even when it is not explicitly intended to bolster prejudice,
  
• Racism - be it against black men in DC or immigrants throughout America - is wrong, (edit: I cannot defend this claim; I withdraw it.) and
  
• Undermining modern medicine would destroy millions of lives in the most brutal fashion.

Citations for Ron Paul's support of each of these are in the link.

* "Meet" meaning suitable, proper, appropriate. It's standard.

Comments

Re: lol

[peri-renna.livejournal.com]

Do not be absurd.

A warning: if you fail either to identify yourself (that I may address you as a fellow individual) or to show some sign of willingness to defend, rather than merely propound, your views (that I may address you as a fellow debater of issues), then I may no longer offer you the courtesy of spamming my space with your comments. I am willing to be disagreed with, but - as long as I control this space - only by those willing to respect my capacity for honest reason.