On Thursday night, the four remaining GOP presidential candidates squared off in Jacksonville in the second of two Florida debates,
hosted by CNN and moderated by Wolf Blitzer. While much of the debate
time was again wasted on callow rhetoric between neo-con candidates Mitt
Romney and Newt Gingrich, Congressman Ron Paul indoctrinated the audience with principled lessons on liberty and the proper role of government.
Paul showcased his brand of non-interventionist foreign policy in a series of exchanges with former senator Rick Santorum. These exchanges provided crystal clear contrasts in opposing political
philosophies from which voters much choose. Each time that Paul and
Santorum sparred over foreign policy, the Texas congressman pummeled the
feeble foundations of Santorum’s unprincipled ideologies and tutored
his opponents on the basics of the US Constitution (that pesky,
outdated thing they would have to swear to uphold if elected president).
Wolf Blitzer addressed the following question to Congressman Paul:
“What would you do as president to more deeply engage in
Latin America and, more importantly, to support the governments and
political parties that support democracy and free markets?”
“One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a
Libertarianish right.
They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do
whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our
regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get
involved in cultural issues. {ARE YOU KIDDING ME???}
That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such
society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it
succeeds as a culture.” Hear Rick's own words from the video in the above link.
This idiotic comment alone should get Santorum bounced. Rick is diametrically
opposed to Ron Paul's freedom & liberty message.
