First off, Paul wants to elminate the Department of Energy, Interior, Commerce, HUD, and Education. That makes Reagan-esque deregulation look like fascist state regulation of everything. Kiss any enviro protection away.

I like that he wouldn't have gone to Iraq. He would close every military base outside the USA, and while I think some, maybe even most are a waste, some clearly are not.

His plan to withdraw from NATO is not a good plan...but I like his plans to withdraw from the WTO and NAFTA, as those "free market" plans have not only done nothing to free the markets, they've fukked workers here in the US ten ways til Tuesday.

Paul would do away with Social Security and Medicare, and besides those being stupid ideas, he'll never win the election with that kind of opinion.

I appreciate his libertarian views on lots of things, but not by totally dismantling the entire government. I'm happy with his stance on the Patriot Act, which is to get rid of it asap.

I like it that he thinks 9/11 grew from our interventionism in the Middle East, rather than " 'cuz they hate our freedom!"...because he's right.

He's against a woman's right to choose, which is just religious nuttery.

He wants to get rid of all the taxes that affect the very rich.

For a right winger he goes far to the opposite of most in regards to Israel...I find myself somewhere in the middle between the extravagence we heap upon them now and the end of all aid to anyone, including Israel, that Paul supports.

I don't know what his feelings are on it now, but he supported the Star Wars Initiative, and likely still does, since he's one guy that has convictions, at least.

Most of my problems with RP are not with his integrity, which is probably the highest amongst all the candidates, though he has gotten himself a little twisted up with some earmarks in the past that don't fit in with his "no earmarks" policy, if what I've read about that is true.

I'm not sure what Paul's stance on "Citizens United" is, but my impression is that he supports it, which is ludicrous to my way of thinking.

Plus, anything that would add credibility to his even loonier son Rand should be stopped

Fish on...

Todd