Comments on: Hear Seavey on “Ron Paul Radio” http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: bret http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/#comment-1678 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:56:55 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/#comment-1678 Paul's position is clearly the "moderate" on "military matters" - bring the troops here and defend our own country. If a World War is declared, go fight it and win it. Iraq has lasted longer than it took to defeat Hitler - and he had a hell of a lot more going for his army than Hussein or Al Qaeda, or both combined. Increasingly, I think the libertarian position is a centrist position (perhaps surprising). It can unite people from all sides, all agendas. At least Paul would force a national dialog about what to do - something Congress and Bush have consistently refused to listen to, or even actively discourage / clamp down on. Paul’s position is clearly the “moderate” on “military matters” - bring the troops here and defend our own country. If a World War is declared, go fight it and win it. Iraq has lasted longer than it took to defeat Hitler - and he had a hell of a lot more going for his army than Hussein or Al Qaeda, or both combined.

Increasingly, I think the libertarian position is a centrist position (perhaps surprising). It can unite people from all sides, all agendas. At least Paul would force a national dialog about what to do - something Congress and Bush have consistently refused to listen to, or even actively discourage / clamp down on.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/#comment-1675 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:42:47 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/#comment-1675 Eventually, the archives will apparently be here (for subscribers, who I can't imagine have to pay much): http://www.gcnlive.com/samplronpaulradio.htm In the interim, know that I tried to make the point that despite Paul being "the antiwar candidate," he should appeal to moderates-on-military-matters such as me and even to hawks if, as they usually claim to, they also care about other issues such as drastically cutting the size of government, which only Paul, of all major-party candidates, seems highly likely to do if elected -- all the while remaining a humble servant of the Constitution rather than a demagogue with a vision (whether left or right). Eventually, the archives will apparently be here (for subscribers, who I can’t imagine have to pay much):

http://www.gcnlive.com/samplronpaulradio.htm

In the interim, know that I tried to make the point that despite Paul being “the antiwar candidate,” he should appeal to moderates-on-military-matters such as me and even to hawks if, as they usually claim to, they also care about other issues such as drastically cutting the size of government, which only Paul, of all major-party candidates, seems highly likely to do if elected — all the while remaining a humble servant of the Constitution rather than a demagogue with a vision (whether left or right).

]]> by: Brain http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/#comment-1668 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:04:00 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/08/07/hear-seavey-on-ron-paul-radio/#comment-1668 Is there an archive of the show anywhere? Is there an archive of the show anywhere?

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