Ron Paul: Obama Hiding Big Govt. Ambitions

Ron Paul is trying to instill fear again and take away that beautiful surge of personal accountibility that was so imminent yesterday. Shame on you and let us ALL get on board with this nation and it's rebuilding.

Ron who???

From no government, anything goes religion of money of the GOP, to fear of "Big Government", is it any wonder they are incapable of leadership?

The results of the GOP leadership are infront of our eyes, top ignore it is folly.

I hope Obama does well, but I dissagree with his big government approach. Government is always inefficient becuause they are tradtionally not worried about their bottom line. What Obama has proposed thus far will be a disaster and prolong the economic problems. At least Obama is open to all ideas and for this I applaud him. Ron Paul's ideas need to be considered especially given the fact he predicted so much of what is happening including the insolvency of Fannie and Freddie all he way back in 2002. His advisor Peter Schiff was ridiculed several years ago while making many dire predictions for the economy.

Ron Paul forgets that the conservative "smaller government" mantra came to amount to a code phrase for "smaller government for the poor, and deregulation and carte blanche for the rich". If that is what Paul wants to return to, after the debacle on Wall Street and in the mortgage lenders' free-for-all, then he is just plain MISTAKEN. We need MORE government oversight and regulation of the super-rich pirates that have brought about the bankruptcy of our country. Paul is talking like a neocon with this approach because 'smaller government' (aka neglect of oversight and neglect of responsibility) is precisely what got us into this mess. Paul couldn't be more out of touch if he tried. Sorry Charlie, but frig off

Ron Paul is in an alternative reality, as far as I'm concerned. I'm sick of people who moan about unfair taxes and big government, and then turn around and look for or expect the benefits and services that those government programs provide. We expanded government under Bush; we just didn't pay for it with actual dollars. We borrowed the money to expand government and have nothing to show for it. We haven't invested in infrastructure in at least 40 years and it shows. What other developed country would have people driving over collapsing bridges?

ron paul's ideas are surmount to the problems of the last 40 years...(not the years that made us a leader in the world)

his free market bologne didn't play well when they deregulated everything "getting government out of the way"

big government threats and fears...are what lead us down a moron path.

the "small government" to the size that Ron Paul pitches would leave us far far far behind.

Obama has to do this and 90% of the economist population knows he does.

Perhaps if Ron Paul didn't scream the same rally call that got us deregulated into the poor house Obama would actually take the aging "Jughead" seriously.

It will be a very very long time before I listen to another Republican on any issue.

So we should not feel reassured? Heaven forbid consumer confidence may begin to recover after a clear demonstration of what a stable, energetic and wealthy society we are. Quick - fear, pessimism, Big Bad Government is Evil!

My opinion of Dr. Paul dropped after watching that bit of pedantic word splitting. If his philosophy was strong, he would have waited for Obama to actually do something to critique rather than rushing in with just more sour grapes hot air. Or perhaps actually have had some beneficial impact in the last 8 years of his Republican party running the Administration.

It's too bad you people don't take the time and effort to actually listen to what Ron Paul says about our economic and political problems. You just listen and think in sound bites and political buzzwords.

Paul does not support giving 'carte blanche' to the entrenched political and money elite of both parties that have spent our nation into bankruptcy, rather he opposes our arrogant imperial ambitions that have put our republic, our prosperity, and our civil liberties at risk.

Paul and Schiff speak the truth, but it is not a pleasant truth, so you refuse to hear it.

Good luck to us all.

Why are you trying to seperate the people of this country when Obama for the first time in 8 years is trying to bring us together? Didn't you have enough wars and hate with Bush? or are you the type that has war and hate in the blood? That's what it sounds like! Go home, and let's give this man a chance. Obviously, letting the people (CEO's, Banks, Investment groups, etc.) is the reason the country is in a horrible economic situation. Why do you criticize? Did your buddy Bush's economic blunders also hurt your pocket?? Go home and shut up!

Never was a free market. Government intervention by the Federal Reserve caused the massive bubble we are seeing break. You guys apparently didn't listen closely enough to what Dr. Paul was saying. Ron Paul is the best choice for the poor because he is the only one that chooses policies that will reduce inflationary pressures on the dollar. Inflation hurts the poor, and you will see in the next 5 years or so that not listening to what Ron Paul has to say is not a good idea.

jhw539 -Obama has already acted by endorsing the massive bailouts that most of America is against.

mary - Ron Paul merely believes that you need to be able to pay your bills. I know you think government should provide everything, but when other countries are lending us money for us to service ourselves, something has got to give. I myself am a fiscal conservative that believes in personal responsibility. Obama promotes welfare for everyone including the business folks that have made bad decisions.

Obama wants to borrow and spend us out of this economic mess which was caused by excessive borrowing and spending compliments of Federal Reserve government intervention in the not-so-free market. Eventually reality will set in and Ron Paul's ideas will become mainstream.

Huh: "jhw539 -Obama has already acted by endorsing the massive bailouts that most of America is against. "

So why didn't Dr. Paul discuss that? Could it be because every respected economist agrees with Obama? While Mr Paul's fundamental philosophy has never once been successfully implemented in a free (women or significant minorities not artificially repressed) first world nation? The libertarian philosophy Dr. Paul expounds is like communism: Sounds great, but a proven disaster every time it has ever been implemented.

According to Mary, fiscal responsibility, equitable foreign policy, and personal responsibility are in some alternate reality.

jhw539 - Say what? All the economist including Bernanke and Paulson, et al said the economy was strong a month before it all came crashing down. So don't believe everything you hear. The rest of your statement is so silly, I don't even know what to respond with!

Huh: "The rest of your statement is so silly, I don't even know what to respond with!"

You could provide examples of first world nations where Dr. Paul's radical libertarian philosophy has been successfully implemented (Somali doesn't count). Or you could just call it silly and wave your hands.

jhw539 - The USA pre-1913. You should watch IOUSA to get an idea of what's going on. Dr. Paul espouses the principles that made us great. Now we are a bunch of obese, want it now, whiners. Cheers.