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[skate_or_die82]

I always welcome Ron Paul's opinion. This article is no exception:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/11/paul.republican/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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[skate_or_die82]

A new cardinal direction? Did we read the same article? He's proposing that the Republican party return to what they claim to be their cardinal direction, yet have generally not followed over the past eight years.

And if the current axis of the political spectrum is more vs less government, what is this new axis you propose?

In my potentially simplistic view, liberals would propose more government while conservatives would propose less government and there would be a balance of power that keeps things from getting crazy. In that context, I like that Ron Paul is essentially telling Republicans to act more like Republicans.

Here is a wikipedia quote that would read well alongside Paul's article:

Nelson Hultberg writes that there is "philosophical common ground" between libertarians and conservatives. "The true conservative movement was, from the start, a blend of political libertarianism, cultural conservatism, and non-interventionism abroad bequeathed to us via the Founding Fathers." He holds that such libertarian conservatism was "hijacked" by neoconservatism, "by the very enemies it was formed to fight - Fabians, New Dealers, welfarists, progressives, globalists, interventionists, militarists, nation builders, and all the rest of the collectivist ilk that was assiduously working to destroy the Founders' Republic of States."[12]

Yes, we have been swinging on the pendulum for years. That's not necessarily a bad thing. But, in your defense, I do agree that our country is still learning how to deal with globalism while preserving it's core ideals.

I'm afraid I need supplemental explanation of your second paragraph.

[happinessiseasy]

The "new cardinal direction" he's referring to is back to small-government conservatism.

Nevermind. I thought you were more into this.

[skate_or_die82]

that second statement certainly sparks my interest.