It's Jan 20 2009...What would Ron Paul have done as President?

[goodboy]

Just got this from a FB friend:

"I'm not happy with either side. I'm for less national government involvement and more power going to the state legislatures. I'm against the thought process that something is broken, we need to fix it, we need to fix it now, let's get something to fix it, doesn't matter if what we are using to fix it isn't perfect, something needs to be done so let's just do it. I was against the bail outs and now I'm angry that the 'pay czar' is telling ceo's what their pay is going to be. What would make me happy? Ron Paul as president."

[Barack_America]

1. Canceled Medicare, Medicaid and unemployment insurance?

:shrug:

[Shagbark Hickory]

2. I think the first thing he'd do is round up all the african americans and march them into the

private contractor run concentration camps.

[YOY]

3. Welcome...to Rapture!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNcn2JdAQYs

[LeftinOH]

4. Ended the recession immediately, disbanded Al-Qaeda -and everyone gets a free Corvette...

:crazy:

[YOY]

5. You forgot the lapdance from all those girls in highschool that called their followers geeks.

n.t.

[TayTay]

6. Absolutely nothing

He would have been massively opposed in anything he wanted to do by an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress that did not agree with him on just about anything.

It would have been governmental paralysis on a massive scale.

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Well, he believes government should do absolutely nothing

Mission accomplished.

ON EDIT

Rest assured that Ron Paul would at least do nothing better than Gee Dubya did.

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Abolish the government?

[Blue-Jay]

8. .

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Realistically, not a whole lot...

He would've had a helluva time getting anything through the Democratic congress.

Most likely, he would have probably taken a hands off approach on the US economy and it would've forced congress' hand as the crisis spiraled even more out of control.

The stock market would have probably tanked beyond what it did in March. Unemployment probably would be well beyond the 9% (or whatever it is) now due to a lack of stimulus.

There would be no healthcare debate at all. There would be no global warming discussion. Basically, it would've been like the last eight years, but probably worse.

[Sebastian Doyle]

11. The good news is that all the useless foreign occupations would be over

and marijuana would probably be legalized.

Bad news is that all government regulation and the public schools would have been abolished.

[inna]

18. +1.

He probably would've abolished the Fed as well (good), but that is not worth destroying social safety net (which he would've probably done as well).


Meh on Ron Paul, to say the least - even though he is probably less evil than most republican politicians.

[Democracyinkind]

12. The second coming of Ayn Rand!

...the original Orly Taitz...

[Warpy]

13. Ron Paul? Damned little

He'd have a hostile Congress, for one thing. He'd have canceled TARP and vetoed a stimulus bill, so the economy would be far worse. Forget about auto company bail outs and C4C, GM would be liquidating right now, hoping foreign companies would buy the bits and pieces. Oh, and forget about stem cell research; religion trumps science and compassion for that jerk. Reagan's gag rule for overseas family planning money would still be in force, also.

Unemployment would be higher, more banks would be failing, and states would be cutting vital services along with more jobs.

Once things got desperate, Congress would likely pass stimulus legislation over his veto, but they'd have to get really desperate. With Paul's ideological zealotry in force, they'd get desperate quickly.

Small government that only runs the military is a great idea for the super rich because the military is the only part of the government they make full use of, protecting their overseas corporations from overseas peasants.

Small government for everyone else means no services and no infrastructure. Think about that for a minute and think about what it would be like without decent roads, traffic lights, signage, firefighters, the postal service, police, libraries, schools, and no regulations in place to make sure our food, water and medicine are all safe.

Ron Paul is a man of privilege who has never thought of any of this and he is incapable of doing so. He would be an unmitigated disaster for everyone but the billionaires.

[goodboy]

15. I like your post. Why have young people seemed to jump in with him? (nt)

[YOY]

20. Because 1. Liberals aren't cool: Southpark told them so.

2. Jaded bastards like to whine about how both parties are the same (and they aren't quoting Chomsky).

[Warpy]

26. He was against the wars that are killing them

In addition, youth lacks the life experience to realize that the rest of his message is a lot of libertarian hooey together with fundy repression of women.

[goodboy]

30. I wonder if my fb friend is aware of his views on women. where can

I find some examples to show her?

[anonymous171]

17. Paul is an isolationist, and would dismantle the American Empire

So the rich are not particularly fond of him either. I also don't like him because his economic ideas are terrible.

[get the red out]

14. Freedom for white males

And they'll have the guns to make sure women and minorities stay in their place. That's how I view the "Paulites".

[anonymous171]

19. I would have said "property owning white males"

but then I realized that most that most of them own nothing besides their large hentai collections which they keep in their basement dwellings.

[Johonny]

16. Everyones for more state power until

they found out their state absolutely sucks at something they have power in. Who wants to live in the state that gets health care wrong, civil rights wrong, education wrong, housing wrong...

[goodboy]

22. I feel you there. I'm in WV. *nt

[defendandprotect]

28. ..or which protects sexist, racist, homophibic "values" .... ???

[billh58]

21. Paul would have

been under indictment for having pulled off the largest act of voter fraud in the history of the world.

[Neecy]

23. Found a way to outlaw abortion

The guy is a disgusting knuckle-dragger.

[goodboy]

24. really? I just don't understand why 20 and 30 somethings think he's their saviour (nt)

[NavyDavy]

25. apparently not enough of them.....hes a dumbass repuke, one

of the worst of the worst......imo

[defendandprotect]

27. Moved the country further to the right . . .to the irresponsible Libertarian right ....

There are actually left wing libertarians, but you don't hear much from them ...

nicer people, tho--

[ipfilter]

29. The Libertarians wouldn't have anything to piss and moan about.