Ron Paul? Really?

Things I like about Ron Paul:

- supports home schooling
- opposes NAFTA, the WTO
- opposes Federal Reserve spending which indebts us to China and Saudi Arabia
- opposes the Iraq War
- opposes corporate interference in the FDA
- opposes mandatory vaccinations
- supports paying soldiers more
- supports fully investigating the causes of Gulf War illness and related problems
- wants to bring the troops home now (or yesterday)
- opposes government and corporate data mining of normal citizens
- strongly opposes the Patriot Act
- opposes imminent domain
- understands that there is a connection between corporate profits and the health care crisis
- supports tax deductions for education, including higher education
- supports solar and wind energy development, opposes subsidies for logging
- wants to move beyond hawkish rhetoric in order to begin to understand the national security issues faced by the US

Reasons I will never support Ron Paul, even if he were a viable candidate:

- opposes our possible involvment in/recognition of the ICJ (International Criminal Court) (btw: we haven't, as a country, recognized the authority of the ICJ as of yet. needless to say, the US won't recognize an international legal body which could indict many former--and present--presidents and cabinet members on war crimes charges)
- opposes listening to the UN on matters of war
- is an OB/GYN who opposes a woman's right to choose (defender of liberty, indeed!) and has, in fact, introduced legislation to the House to NEGATE Roe v. Wade. Read his full statement here.
- opposes any support (including amnesty) for undocumented people and even wants to END automatic citizenship for children born in the US to undocumented parents
- misunderstands the reasons we are in a health care crisis. thinks LESS regulation is BETTER.
- supports nuclear energy development
- thinks immigration is a threat to national security
- opposes military intervention abroad--is isolationist in military terms