GOP going into the Iowa caucus

[Cool Hand Clyde]

I'm not sure which candidate has the best chance to beat Obama, but Ron Paul cannot do it.

[Guisslapp]

Anyone that doesn't realize foreign policy is a fiscal matter has no business voting. He is not an isolationist because he supports free trade. He is a noninterventionist.

[JuBru]

I don't think I said foreign policy isn't a fiscal matter, but that is only one part of it.

You can't be for free trade and not be an interventionist. He doesn't want anything to do with anyone.

[Guisslapp]

Look up isolationism. There is a trade component (protectionism) and a military engagement component (noninterventionism). There is no reason you have to support the other just because you support one.

[JuBru]

Yes you do. Unless you're saying it's okay for someone to screw with our trade?

[Guisslapp]

BTW, I have heard a number of popular conservatives express pro-protectionist views lately.

[JuBru]

BTW, I have heard a number of popular conservatives express pro-protectionist views lately.

Yep. Just wanting to make things worse.

[hoppinmad]

A few of Paul's fiscal ideas are purdy good but when he starts to explain 'em, sometimes he comes across like this cop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oCT0NqZIpk&feature=fvsr


But, if he's the nominee, he's got my vote hands down.

[johnnylightnin]

Paul would draw votes from independents and democrats like no one else in the field. He would beat Obama soundly.

All you really need to know about RP's foreign policy is this: it's the only one we can afford.

[GonzoDawg]

I understand where you guys are coming from but I just can't see how ignoring Iran and it's sworn intentions makes ANY sense. They are led by radicals and radicals of their ilk blow themselves up on a regular basis. If they were like the Russians during the cold war I would say hands off but they aren't and I just don't see how we can sit back and let them carry out their sworn mission.

[hoppinmad]

I understand where you guys are coming from but I just can't see how ignoring Iran and it's sworn intentions makes ANY sense. They are led by radicals and radicals of their ilk blow themselves up on a regular basis. If they were like the Russians during the cold war I would say hands off but they aren't and I just don't see how we can sit back and let them carry out their sworn mission.

Yep, well put.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

I asked myself this question: "Which candidate do I think would work the hardest every day to find practical conservative solutions that are in the best interest of the United States as a whole?"

Without regard to "electibility" or any other factor, that answer for me is Bachman.

I understand where you guys are coming from but I just can't see how ignoring Iran and it's sworn intentions makes ANY sense. They are led by radicals and radicals of their ilk blow themselves up on a regular basis. If they were like the Russians during the cold war I would say hands off but they aren't and I just don't see how we can sit back and let them carry out their sworn mission.

I'm voting for the guy/gal running against Obama.

Paul "gets it" on fiscal issues. Otherwise, he's a loon. Domestically he is an unpredictable and unrealistic libertarian and is a wing-nut when it comes to foreign policy. Regarding his nominees for judgeships, who could even imagine?

Charisma and leadership qualities? Zero. Consult with him on fiscal matters. Otherwise, put him back in the closet.

FWIW I agree 100% with these posts.

[T_Won]

I asked myself this question: "Which candidate do I think would work the hardest every day to find practical conservative solutions that are in the best interest of the United States as a whole?"

Without regard to "electibility" or any other factor, that answer for me is Bachman.

+1

It's like Limbaugh said, "Don't let the press pick our candidate. Go vote for who you think would do the best job and let's see how it plays out."

[T_Won]

I like Ron Paul's domestic / financial ideas, but he's out of touch on foreign policy. He doesn't even believe we should have a foreign policy.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Paul would draw votes from independents and democrats like no one else in the field. He would beat Obama soundly.

All you really need to know about RP's foreign policy is this: it's the only one we can afford.

lmao