Other: Ron Paul vs. Dennis Kucinich

[Fort Lauderdale]

Ron Paul vs. Dennis Kucinich

Could you explain to me, in depth, the difference between Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich? On what issues do they agree and on what issues do they disagree? Would Ron Paul ever ask Dennis Kucinich to be his vice president?

 

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[specsaregood]

Yeah, no he is a democrat and thus is incapable of being Dr. Pauls vice president.

Also, he is anti-2nd amendment and thinks it is constitutional for the federal government to force you to buy products from companies. In short, he fails.

 

[HeaT777]

ron paul supports the free market

kuccinich doesnt

 

[Justinjj1]

Kucinich is a very honorable man, and I have a lot of respect for him even though I disagree with him on some issues. I would have no problem with him being Ron's running mate.

 

[Lafayette]

I had much more respect for Kucinich before got up on stage and gave this speech.

 

[kah13176]

Kucinich is a very honorable man, and I have a lot of respect for him even though I disagree with him on some issues. I would have no problem with him being Ron's running mate.

Kucinich is one of the few people we can oppose and respect at the same time.

 

[freeforall]

I don't think I could handle that much integrity in the white house!

 

[trey4sports]

he wants to give me everything i want for free! pre-nadal care, post nadal care, abortions, universal healthcare, universal pre-K, universal secondary education!

 

[objectivefreedom]

I think Kucinich is respected by Ron Paul because he is forthright with his political views, and is capable of having an honest, intelligent debate... in other words, he is a *worthy adversary* to Ron Paul. Other than civil liberties, the unconstitutional wars, and maybe some other issues, I think Kucinich is pretty much on the complete opposite side of the libertarianism spectrum... I can't claim to know too much about him, but I would presume that he's a statist, collectivist, and Keynsian.

For example, in video embedded by Lafayette, Kucinich made the one reference to building bridges. In Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson", Hazzlit explains that Public Works only lead to more taxes. Here's an exerpt:

"...for every public job created by the bridge project a private job has been destroyed somewhere else. We can see the men employed on the bridge. We can watch them at work. The employment argument of the government spenders becomes vivid, and probably for most people convincing. But there are other things that we do not see, because, alas, they have never been permitted to come into existence. They are the jobs destroyed by the $10 million taken from the taxpayers."

-an expert from Economics in One Lesson

Anyway, that's just my two cents.

 

[Danke]

I had much more respect for Kucinich before got up on stage and gave this speech.

He kind of reminds me of the way Al Pacino speaks.

 

[FreedomIsPopularRPF]

I strongly agree with Kucinich on the war and empire but disagree with his embrace of government largess at home.

 

[Foolness]

This is a hypothetical that will never happen but damn it, I just re-watched this and I have to say Kucinich would be a poor VP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsyFmPR6DE

The best VP I think is always someone who is more outspoken than the president but at the same tme in agreement with enough issues and yet very outspoken in disagreement. None of that is Dennis.

I see it as sort of a progress filtration. The ideal combo should always be where the president is like a net blocking the corruption and size of government and saying no to everything while the VP should be pursuing for the social ideas that are actually good and can be federalized but at the same time knowing exactly what the heart of the corruptors are and where they are mistaken.

 

[emazur]

Kucinich voted against the full audit of the Federal Reserve, Paul's star piece of legislation in 2010:
http://www.sodahead.com/united-stat...-who-voted-against-audit-the-fed/blog-365869/

And Kucinich talks the talk about anti-corporatism, but in the end he voted for the pro-corporate healthcare insurance industry bill, while Paul stood his ground against the corporations

 

[InTradePro]

I had much more respect for Kucinich before got up on stage and gave this speech.

Are you caught in the left/right idea or maybe throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Despite the faults, few politicians match up to Kucinich.

 

[kuckfeynes]

His heart is in the right place. I admire his humility and sincerity.

But he refuses to accept some basic economic truths.

He will always assume there is some better answer than free markets that can be found.

Therefore he will always be manipulable.