but not on foreign policy...
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If I had a dime for everytime I head some neocon say that...
Those people aren't neocons, they're conservatives who have been duped by Bush. In fact, many of them actively speak out against neoconservatism, while not realizing that they are subscribers to the number one item on their agenda.
but not on foreign policy...
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If she did say that, she's probably thinking RP wants to be an isolationist. Either that, or we'll (the U.S.) get caught with our pants down, so to speak, if we didn't have a presence around the world. Since the U.S. is spread all over the globe, we can be in any country very quickly, to offer aid, etc. I know what you're going to say, "and bomb too." That's true. I think what RP is talking about really has more to do with other countries picking up the slack which our country has been all too eager to grab, at our expense. A compromise solution, whereby our world presence is reduced but not eliminated, might be enough to get more Republicans on board.
FF
What we must do is make conservatives realize that our policy is what they were arguing as little as ten years ago. The reason why conservatives didn't back Paul in droves wasn't foreign policy taken as a whole, but his presentation of it. He was forced into a situation in the May debate where he had to make his position sound as if he was blaming America for its problems. If he could have worked it properly he could have laid the blame on a Democratic administration and then related it to Bush's policy, essentially making Bush out to be a liberal. Instead he presented it as "we" if he would said something about how that is what Democrats did, he could have won out.
Then I guess the problem with Ron Paul was that he didn't speak sneakily.
i hear that all the time too. "We should take care of our country first...but Bush is just keeping us all safe right now"..
Stupid!