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Title: Ron Paul: I feel 'kinship' with Sanders
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URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief ... ul-i-feel-kinship-with-sanders
Published: May 22, 2016
Author: Lisa Hagen
Post Date: 2016-05-22 08:58:40 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 2511
Comments: 29

Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said he feels a “kinship” with Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, noting that the two occasionally agree on some policies and oppose favors to the corporate world.

“We’re both against corporatism. We’re both against the special benefits to big business,” Paul said in an interview on Politicking with Larry King.

“His answer to that wouldn’t always be the same. Mine would always drift to the free markets. His would drift to ‘well we need more government to redistribute wealth,’ but we could both attack subsidies to business or the military industrial complex,” he continued. “In that sense, there is a kinship." Paul, a Libertarian who ran for president in 2008 and 2012, also touted the relationship between Libertarians and progressives.

“I think you can come together without compromising just because we overlap. That to me would be a much better coalition,” he said.

But Paul hasn’t always offered praise to the Vermont senator. During an interview in March on CNN, Paul vowed that he wouldn’t back Sanders’s presidential bid and likened him to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.

“No, because he’s an authoritarian,” he said when asked if he’d back the independent Vermont senator on “CNN Newsroom." “He’s just a variant of Trump. Even the things I worked with on Bernie, some of the foreign policy, he’s a part of the military industrial complex.”

Paul has also been very critical of Trump, saying in late March that he wouldn’t vote for the real estate mogul.

"I was very explicit about that. I wouldn't vote for Donald Trump," he said on CNN. "If you can't stand any of them and you happen to be a dedicated progressive, you ought to make your vote count and vote for the Green Party and if you happen to be a libertarian, vote for the Libertarian Party.”

He has also blasted Trump’s proposal for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I think it sounds like theft,” he said in April on Fox Business Network’s “Kennedy." "And I think it sounds like something illegal. I think it sounds like it's immoral.”


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#1. To: buckeroo, deckard, pinguinite, hondo68 (#0)

"I was very explicit about that. I wouldn't vote for Donald Trump," he said on CNN. "If you can't stand any of them and you happen to be a dedicated progressive, you ought to make your vote count and vote for the Green Party and if you happen to be a libertarian, vote for the Libertarian Party.”

He has also blasted Trump’s proposal for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I think it sounds like theft,” he said in April on Fox Business Network’s “Kennedy." "And I think it sounds like something illegal. I think it sounds like it's immoral.”

The kook is saying to vote for pro faggot Gay Johnson, to vote for pro abortion faggot Gay Johnson. To vote for baby murdering piece of shit Gay Johnson.

Ron Paul is sick in the head.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-05-22   9:07:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: A K A Stone (#1)

Ignoring all the "tard" psychopath hype....

Ron Paul is not and should not be endorsing Trump. Paul is honest enough to both recognize and freely admit common ground he has with Sanders, and that common ground is clear enough. They both do NOT favor government handouts to corporate powers. And they do not. Sanders because he is opposed to cronyism and Paul because he believes in an even playing field for all businesses, otherwise known as capitalism.

Trump IS an authoritarian. Paul is correct about that. And why wouldn't Trmup be? Has Trump ever had to work for someone else a day in his life? Trump has little or no experience, certainly none in the last 35 years, of what it's like to be forced to put up with rules that are inherently unjust and unfair. Therefore anyone who breaks those rules for moral reasons (like Snowden) is someone Trump has no sympathy or empathy for.

Paul represents civil liberties, and even though I hope Trump wins, I would be disappointed if Paul endorsed him, because Paul would compromize his principles if he did.

Sanders and Paul both recognize the problem of corporate cronyism, and if both recognize the US military is far fatter than it needs to be (with a bigger budget than the next 15-20 biggest nation spenders combined). So sure, there is common ground. But Paul is not going to be a standard dishonest politician and falsely claim he has nothing in common with Sanders, when he clearly does, just to politically put some distance between himself and Sanders.

Paul honestly recognizes what issues he has in common with others, and what issues he does not have in common. He's done both with Sanders, and he's right on both points.

I'm hopeful that when Trump gets into office, he'll find out just how badly the US has been screwing the world and make heads role for all the crimes that have been committed over the past 15 years and then change his tune somewhat away from seeing military solutions to world issues, instead negotiating them. He's an excellent negotiator, afterall, and he knows that opposing parties want things, and giving them what they want is actually a good way to make deals. That's something neither W nor Obama have ever understood.

Pinguinite  posted on  2016-05-22   13:27:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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He has also blasted Trump’s proposal for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I think it sounds like theft,” he said in April on Fox Business Network’s “Kennedy." "And I think it sounds like something illegal. I think it sounds like it's immoral.”

This along with supporting faggot Johnson who is for murdering kids and wetbacks over running the border is what is kooky.

Or do you agree with Ron Paul?

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-05-22   13:58:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#15. To: A K A Stone (#14) (Edited)

Ron Paul doesn't say stupid stuff like that, so I checked the source. What you quoted from thehill.com was taken out of context. Here's the 5 min interview:

thehill.com/blogs/ballot-...co-wall-sounds-like-theft

Ron is NOT saying that building the wall would be theft. All 3 points Ron made, "theft", "illegal" and "immoral" were not referring to the wall at all. They were instead referring to Trump's plan to make Mexico pay for it. That was the question put to him to which he was responding. The thought being that Trump would tax money sent by individuals from the US to Mexico.

I think reasonable perspectives may vary on this. Some could say it's okay to do a tax like that, some may say it's not, but either way, it doesn't diminish my impression of Paul one bit. Even if I'd disagree outright, I don't have to agree with all candidates on all points to recognize they'd be excellent presidents. As I already made clear, I don't agree with Trump on everything.

Edit: thehill.com should be admonished for quoting Paul's comments very much out of context.

Pinguinite  posted on  2016-05-22 14:35:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: A K A Stone, Pinguinite, deckard, buckeroo (#14)

McAfee/Weiss 2016!

A choice, not Obama Rodham Trump.

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