Why is Congressman Ron Paul not popular with the Republican Party?

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Congressman Ron Paul is a Republican Congressman from Texas 14th Congressional District and was a candidate for the Republican Nomination for President of the United States of America in 2008 (that went to Arizona Senator John McCain). Paul is a congressional leader who does not support raising taxes, is not in favor of the Democrats plan for a government takeover of health care and he believes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should be eliminated. Paul also believes that the United States should not be in Iraq when many Republicans favor the presence of the United States being in Iraq.

Although Paul shares many of the ideas of the Republican Party like tax cuts, reforming health care and being pro-life, Republicans are not fond of Paul. Is there are reason why Congressman Ron Paul is not always popular with his fellow colleagues in the Republican Party?

Ron Paul is more of a libertarian. He is for drastically small government. Some republicans in government don’t want small government, they are part of government. Others agree with Paul, but know if Ron Paul’s ideas hit the mainstream, the guy is unelectable. I’m saying this and I agree 100% with Ron Paul. But you aren’t going to win an election by telling people you are not only going to gut the military (which got him a lot of support last election,) but you are going to gut social security, gut the departments of education, housing, human services, medicare, etc. All this didn’t come to light last election. To a lot of anti-Bush people, he was the republican who was against the war. I had to laugh at these fools who said, well If I can’t vote for Ron Paul, I’ll vote for Obama. Obama and Ron Paul are about as diametrically opposed to each other on the political spectrum as you can get.

12 thoughts on “Why is Congressman Ron Paul not popular with the Republican Party?”

  2. He’s too closely associated with the 9-11 truthers.

    He’s too old and possibly going batsh*t crazy…
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  3. Ron Paul’s ideas would severely diminish their power and influence.
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  4. He doesn’t cave to special interests. Both parties frown on that.
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  5. Because he does what’s right, not what his party ‘perceives’ as ‘right.’

    I myself am a libertarian and was a supporter of Ron Paul. I don’t understand why more people didn’t vote for him.
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  6. he isn’t progressive enough for the moderates in the party.which is why we need to vote out the rino’s in the party
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  8. because they are neo-cons who love the bush doctrine and love our aggressive foreign policy and must do anything for israel
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  9. Some of his ideas are just whacko. Like his belief in the NWO conspiracy theory. Or his belief that pulling back from all our commitments and treaties is a sound foreign policy. Or that as President he can eliminate the IRS.

    Nobody is questioning his fiscal policies. He’s just wrong regarding other policies.
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  10. Ron Paul isnt popular because anyone with half a brain realizes he is a joke. He is an idiot conspiracy theorist who proposes ridiculous policies that are completely counter-productive to American interests.

    Luckily the Dems and Reps can agree on one thing: Ron Paul is an imbecile who is miraculously elected because other imbeciles turn out to vote for him. I havent heard a single realistic policy uttered from Ron Paul’s lips.

    I mean he wants to end the Federal government. I mean really? Who the f*ck is going to build highways, interstates, hospitals, fire departments, military strength, schools, etc.
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  11. Ron Paul is more of a libertarian. He is for drastically small government. Some republicans in government don’t want small government, they are part of government. Others agree with Paul, but know if Ron Paul’s ideas hit the mainstream, the guy is unelectable. I’m saying this and I agree 100% with Ron Paul. But you aren’t going to win an election by telling people you are not only going to gut the military (which got him a lot of support last election,) but you are going to gut social security, gut the departments of education, housing, human services, medicare, etc. All this didn’t come to light last election. To a lot of anti-Bush people, he was the republican who was against the war. I had to laugh at these fools who said, well If I can’t vote for Ron Paul, I’ll vote for Obama. Obama and Ron Paul are about as diametrically opposed to each other on the political spectrum as you can get.
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