Ron Paul's real record in Congress.

sounds like a man who tries to let people "hear what they want to hear" and "see what they want to see". Wake up, honey, he's a politician.

After actually researching Ron Paul; I would not actually vote for him (we have to have someone who is better!). The only way I would vote for him was if he was up against Hillary. He would be better than her; but not a lot better. This site lists ALL of the candidates; both democrat and republican (I didn't check to see if they list the other parties or independants) and has the candiates stand/position on 24 different issues, with links to more in-depth info. http://www.ontheissues.org/Ron_Paul.htm I agree with Ron Paul on only 9 of the 24 issues. So, he is NOT the candidate for me.

True to all points but I must add this Ron Paul said a debate on This Week with George Stephenopolous at this Iraq War is an illegal war. Know I must say that I like Ron Paul but come on ILLEGAL what is that all about. Then he if president would just pull out of Iraq come on again. Even if you disagree with us going over there in the first place do you not think that we should win first before we pullout. Look idealism is a flaw political thought process. Only realist and pragmatist have a shot at winning an election. It is just the way it is.

Who to vote for should be a personal decision for everyone so I'm not going to get into who people should vote for and why. I am going to say, redyellowblackdog, that I agree with a reply above here that there are better politicians than Ron Paul. You're absolutely right. I like him because he's not a great politician. I'm not looking for a great politician because, most of the time, great politicians are dressed up morons (Bush) or flip flopping vote begging liars (Gore, Kerry, H. Clinton). I don't agree with Ron Paul about some things, like anti-abortion and pulling out of Iraq IMMEDIATELY, but I do like that he doesn't constantly change his mind about what he supports or doesn't support and he has a record that backs up what he says he believes in and plans to do...because he's already shown he believes in those things by voting for or against them and he's already begun to put in place in Congress those things he wants to do. About the abortion thing, though, he is not saying that abortion should be legal all over the country. He actually wants to power to be put back into the states to make those decisions, rather than the big government making that decision for everyone. I agree with him that more power needs to be put back in the states because we saw with Hurricane Katrina that Mississippi did more within their state government to rebuild and recover than the federal government did. Those people put their state back together themselves with the help of their STATE officials...very little help came from big government. I think state government should have a bit more power to run their state because every state is different, they all have different populations, different ways they like to do things, and the people are different. What works in Maine may not work in California. What works in Montana may not work for Alabama. I haven't made my choice yet, but I have a lot more negative reactions to the other Republican candidates thus far than I do to Ron Paul. And as far as Democratic candidates, I think Obama doesn't have enough experience, and Hillary like to use tax payer's money to fund too many people that are just too d@mned lazy to get up and work.

Ron Paul seems to me to be the kind of guy conservatives say they want, although they keep voting for people like George W. Bush. Ron Paul and I wouldn't see eye-to-eye on many issues, but he seems pretty honest (for a politician), being willing to stray from his party's rhetoric. He's the John McCain of 2008. It's odd that John McCain isn't, but John McCain found out in 2000 the price he would pay for straight talk. Any rumormongering about illegitimate children going around about Ron Paul yet?