here, with links to opinion pieces by Sullivan, Greenwald, and Stoller is an opinion about Paul, libertarianism, etc . I think this wider discussion , across all these opinions of Paul, is necessary . I for one as an old left-left libertarian leaning soul am totally not impressed with Paul- however much I agree with some of his stated stances or votes as the ideas underlying his stances are regugnant to me . I think it just as important to inspect the underlying ideas as the seemingly acceptable result/stance. I cannot accept that Paul's no-war/civil liberty stance flows from a place which is in the end humanist and just.
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http://www.aclulibertywatch.org/ALWCandidateReportCard.pdf
here's the report card
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-stoller-and-sullivan-there-is-no.html
here, with links to opinion pieces by Sullivan, Greenwald, and Stoller is an opinion about Paul, libertarianism, etc .
I think this wider discussion , across all these opinions of Paul, is necessary .
I for one as an old left-left libertarian leaning soul am totally not impressed with Paul- however much I agree with some of his stated stances or votes as the ideas underlying his stances are regugnant to me .
I think it just as important to inspect the underlying ideas as the seemingly acceptable result/stance. I cannot accept that Paul's no-war/civil liberty stance flows from a place which is in the end humanist and just.
Good article on Paul vs progressives:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/ron-paul-is-no-friend-to-progressives_b_1185055.html
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