{"id":11039,"date":"2011-09-07T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=11039"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T16:59:35","slug":"the-perry-paul-pie-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/09\/07\/the-perry-paul-pie-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perry-Paul pie-fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ron Paul campaign released a new video, pointing out the fact that Paul had been one of a small group that originally supported Ronald Reagan for president (on the basis of Reagan’s professed desire for small government and lower taxes). Rick Perry, on the other hand, worked for Al Gore’s first presidential bid:<\/p>\n

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As Michael Suede<\/a> says, it’s amazing that the Perry campaign’s response actually highlights Paul’s consistency and principles:<\/p>\n

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The Perry campaign released this statement in response to the pummeling:<\/p>\n

     \u201cRep. Paul\u2019s letter is a broadside attack on every element of President Reagan\u2019s record and philosophy. Paul thought President Reagan was so bad, he left the GOP,\u201d said [Perry spokesman Mark] Miner. \u201cIt will be interesting to hear Rep. Paul explain why Reagan drove him from the party at tomorrow\u2019s debate on the grounds of the Reagan Library.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

     In one part of the letter, Paul wrote, \u201cThere is no credibility left for the Republican Party as a force to reduce the size of government. That is the message of the Reagan years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

     Paul continued, \u201cThanks to the President and Republican Party, we have lost the chance to reduce the deficit and the spending in a non-crisis fashion. Even worse, big government has been legitimized in a way the Democrats never could have accomplished.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

     Paul even went so far as to call Reaganomics, \u201cwarmed-over Keynesianism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In other words, Paul initially supported Reagan because Reagan talked a great game on issues that Paul supported: reducing the size of government and lowering taxes. Reagan was elected, continued talking<\/em> the talk, but failing to actually do<\/em> anything — in fact, government continued to grow during his presidency (even if you discount the military build-up). Paul broke with Reagan because Reagan hadn’t done what he was elected to do. And the Perry campaign thinks this is a negative?<\/p>\n

You can say a lot of positive things about Reagan, but his actual record was not what his Republican hagiographers pretend that it was.<\/p>\n

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In the letter, Ron Paul explains that spending under Reagan exploded and that the administration didn\u2019t live up to its promises to keep the debt under control. Then Ron goes on to PREDICT THE FUTURE as he explains the dangers behind exploding deficits. So in essence, the Perry campaign is saying Ron Paul is bad because HE IS TOO CONSERVATIVE.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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