Without diving too much into the details, google for Paul's floor speech on his bill that would have guaranteed the "right" of state governments to regulate "morality" free of the bonds of that pesky Bill of Rights... Which in Ron Paul land only applies to the feds.
Cheers,
Brian
Chris:
Why do you believe Ron Paul opposes Free Trade? I must assume you're referring to more than his opposition to NAFTA and CAFTA, which in my opinion have very little to do with Free Trade and more to do with giving away US sovereignty.
-Derek
How about being registered to vote as a Libertarian - it's called
commitment - then he could run as a noiominee for the Libertarian
Presidential candidacy - just like all the other candidates for the
Libertarian Party Presidential candidacy.
He addressed the party issue on _The Daily Show_: he explained rather
bluntly that if you run as a third-party candidate you get completely
ignored by the media and never get a chance to put your positions out
there. I think this was good for America to hear.
However, what Brian was referring to is that Ron Paul opposes same-sex
marriage equality, opposes free immigration, and opposes free trade.
These are not libertarian positions, and they are significant ones, IMO.
This isn't an anarchist litmus-test kind of thing; he is simply opposed to
personal liberty on a few key issues.
He is better, to be sure, than any other D or R candidate, but I do not
believe the Libertarian Party (as opposed to individual members thereof)
should support him.
Happy "Independence" Day.
~Chris