Comments on: Jay Leno hosts Ron Paul

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:43:39 +0000

The thing that I most like about Ron Paul is that he doesn’t let his personal beliefs get in the way of his political views. While he is personally against abortion, he understands that the federal government has no authority granted to it to place any limitations on abortion. While he may disagree with you about a whole host of personal beliefs and ideologies, he would not want the government, at least not the federal government, involved in regulating anything regarding your personal life. He is a strict Constitutionalist, if it isn’t in the Constitution the government has no authority to regulate it. As for health care, he feels that the federal government has no authority and therefore no right to engage itself in healthcare, that is an issue for the individual states to deal with.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:25:52 +0000

hi shane. while i always want to respect other people’s political beliefs, even when they differ from my own, ron paul suffers from what many libertarians and some republicans suffer from: selective privacy. so many republicans want government out of the little guy’s everyday life, yet they have no problem putting government interference front and center when it comes to health care and reproductive rights. and honestly, why do so many politicians (and people) quibble about the borders being unsafe when the times we’ve been “unsafe” had nothing to do with mexican or canadian borders but internal terrorism? this leads me to firmly believe that “tightening the borders” is not about public safety but about racist foreign policy.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:57:42 +0000

Yes! I’m so happy about this! I think the reason comedians report actual news is because they haven’t been paid off yet.