Ron Paul Reagan
Well ron paul has a new campaign ad championing himself along side ronald reagan before the gop debate at the reagan library.
Ron paul reagan. On three occasions he sought the presidency of the united states. Let me highly recommend this months national review cover story by kevin williamson on ron paul. While we are pro ron paul from a presidential standpoint the scenario whereby he becomes president and then is undercut by the anglosphere power establishment makes at least some sense to us. Indeed he was one of the only republicans to vote against ronald reagan s 1981 spending bill despite being one of the first elected officials to endorse reagan in both 1976 and 1980.
The whole thing is a must read but he quotes ron paul from the 1980 s on ronald reagan. As with ronald reagan the powers that be would resign themselves to the inevitable and then attempt to control the impact of ron paul once in office. Ron paul s criticisms of the republican party. Ronald ernest paul born august 20 1935 is an american author physician retired politician and presidential candidate who served as the u s.
As the libertarian. The two have much in common ronald reagan. Representative for texas s 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985 and for texas s 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. Ron paul highlights his ties to ronald reagan in a web video but fails to mention he disavowed reagan s policies in 1987 citing them as a reason for resigning from the republican party that year.
Here are the words of the gipper ronald reagan and presidential candidate ron paul side by side in 1976 ron paul was one of only four congressmen to support reagan against the establishment. The federal reserve is answerable. While paul was a life long republican he was often highly critical of the party and its leadership.
