Posted by
Deornwulf on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:02:18 AM
Ron Paul would be the worst American President since the 1920's. His brand of Libertarian isolationism would lead to world chaos which would end up dragging America into the very entanglements he would have us avoid. The United States of the 21st Century, along with the rest of the world, is not the same as it was when the Constitution of the United States was framed.
Speaking of the Framers, they themselves became involved in interventions and other "unconstitutional" acts with the ink barely dry on the Constitution. We had the Monroe Doctrine, Tripoli, the Louisana Purchase, and other sorts of pragmatic actions that would have horrified any Libertarians while giving Dr. No fits of apoplexy. Since those who framed the Constitution found it necessary to stretch things quite a lot, why should we suddenly harken to the call of Ron Paul to limit ourselves to interpretations so strict that they could lead to our ultimate destruction?