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Candidate Profile, Part 1: Ron Paul
By Todd | May 13, 2007
Over the next week and a half or so, I am going to profile the Republican candidates for President. I am still a long ways out from announcing an endorsement for this race, but I thought it would be good to get this information out there. Since Ron Paul seems to have everybody talking after the debate, I may as well start there.
Ron Paul is a ten term congressman out of Texas who ran for President on the Libertarian ticket in 1988.
The following info comes courtesy of Ron’s webite.
Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of five children and have 17 grandchildren.
Dr. Paul on the issues:
Debt and Taxes
Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives.War and Foreign Policy
The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. This war has cost more than 3,000 American lives, thousands of seriously wounded, and hundreds of billions of dollars. We must have new leadership in the White House to ensure this never happens again.Border Security and Immigration Reform
The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked.
There is much more on Dr. Paul’s website and I encourage you to check it out.
Here are some of my quick personal thoughts on Ron Paul. He is a very smart individual with plenty of experience in government. One thing that impresses me about Dr. Paul is a lack of controversy. I’m sure it’s out there, but after ten terms in congress, the first few pages of a google search don’t show a single scandal he has been accused of or involved in.
Dr. Paul is very much a limited government Republican. He has been quoted as saying he would do away with the IRS and the CIA. I don’t think he has the support to make a serious race for himself, but his presence will change this race. Many Republicans are starving for more limited government candidates. Dr. Paul’s presence in this race and its debates is going to force all of the candidates to explore some of their stances.
Ron Paul also has great clarity of vision. He has plans for his ideas drawn out step by step. If the rest of the field wants to compete with Ron Paul on the issues, they better have some meat and potatoes. You will not beat Dr. Paul in a debate with all sizzle and no steak.
Next up: Rudy Giuliani.
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