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To: KonKilo who wrote (20453)	6/9/2006 4:50:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543776

I'd vote for Ron Paul (R)-Texas in a heartbeat. Interesting choice, even if it one that has no real chance of even getting the nomination. I have some disagreements with him, but there are other areas where I am solidly in agreement with him, including areas where few other politicians would agree with me. If he was a serious candidate I'd consider voting for him, the decision being if he strong (and rare) pluses outweigh his minuses. The main plus for me is that he's libertarian, even better he is libertarian without being pro-choice. Also I like that he seems open about his views, more straight forward than most politicians. I also like his stand behind the principle that the constitution shouldn't get twisted in to anything that is convenient and popular. OTOH I find his strict non-interventionism problematic. Its not just not agreeing with the intervention in Iraq, I see a number or reasonable arguments against that intervention (along with a lot of unreasonable ones), but rather the idea of no use of force except in self defense under any circumstances. I suppose if he actually became a candidate he would have to speak more about his views, and about when if ever he would support military force that wasn't in direct self defense. That would help me make up my mind. Of course my vote would also depend on who opposed him, and of course he isn't going to be a serious candidate so the issue is largely an academic exercise rather than something that's going to matter in the real world.