[Peace-discuss] Ron Paul...

[Anthony Pomonis]

If he wins in Iowa there won't be any media alternative:
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-13/politics/30510889_1_romney-supporters-paul-supporters-newt-gingrich
Moreover, if other GOP candidates continue to behave badly he could very
well be the last one standing...

At the current clip of ethical recidivism within the GOP it is entirely
within the realm of possibility.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Carl G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:

> Dean Baker, Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research :
>
> The better question is whether the media will allow Paul to raise serious
> questions about the nature of this country's foreign policy. I recall
> watching one of the Republican presidential debates in 2008 where the
> moderator asked whether the president could unilaterally take military
> action against Iran.
>
> Mayor Giuliani answered first and gave a characteristic Giuliani answer to
> the effect of the president can do whatever he wants. Gov. Romney then gave
> a conditional this and that answer, and then said that if the question was
> one of constitutional authority, you would have to call in the lawyers.
>
> At that point, Paul jumped in and said that you don't need to call in the
> lawyers, you just need to read the constitution; Article 1, Section 8 says
> that Congress has the power to declare war.
>
> This is the sort of refreshing alternative perspective that Paul brings to
> the debate. Paul also was instrumental in forcing the Fed to disclose the
> identity of the banks who received trillions of dollars in subsidized loans
> at the peak of the financial crisis. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben
> Bernanke and most of the political establishment insisted that this
> information had to be kept secret.
>
> It would be really great if the media would give some attention to Paul's
> ideas and allow the public to make judgments for itself rather than
> planning how to punch him out if it happens to be the case that the voters
> in Iowa take him seriously.
>
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