Nope ...
not necessarily ....
People may not support Dr. Paul because they are against the philosophy he espouses and stands for ....
or any other number of reasons that one could possibly imagine ....
I recall one (so-called) "conservative" on here arguing (essentially) that a strict adherence to the Constitution was
not a good thing ....
apparently because this individual had such a low regard for the Founding Fathers as to believe them to be a bunch of dolts ....
Of course, that's actually a viewpoint that comes straight from The Left ...
there is nothing whatsoever "conservative" about it ....
This sort of thing happens (IMNSHO) when one fails to understand the fundamental truths (which transcend time and place) that the document is based on ...
One also has a certain contingent of the populace who are utterly terrified by their fellow citizens ....
and their fellow man generally .... these folks span the political divide and exist on both the Left and the Right ....
Those on the (extreme) Left want to take away all guns and engage in some sort of super-control of the
economic activities (and to a lesser degree the social activities) of the citizens, making them wards of, and dependent on, the State ....
Those on the (extreme) Right see bogeymen everywhere - generally they tend to be "law and order" types, who will willingly lick the boots of anything in a uniform, and prefer a super-control of the
social activities (and to a lesser degree the economic activities) of the citizens ....
Both are largely motivated by
fear .... and will often excuse all manner of violations of the Constitution and the rule of law - provided that such violations comport with the ends they seek to achieve ....
They are actually more
alike than they are different ....
Interestingly, in that vein, this very same individual referred to above could never even bring himself to acknowledge that the United States has ever "meddled" abroad ....
apparently all such activities were, and are, always entirely justified ....
Again, this ideological viewpoint is straight out of
Wilsonian Liberal Internationalism ....
there's not a thing conservative about it ...
Anyone is certainly entitled to espouse whatever political ideologies they care to .... however, I for one would certainly appreciate it if folks who hold such views didn't try to pass themselves off as "conservative" ....
they ain't, and no amount of whitewashing or self-serving propaganda will ever change that fact ....
It's really quite analogous to situation we have with Obama .... he will claim he isn't a socialist (or communist) all day long ....
however that don't make it so ....
At least be
honest about it .... just say proudly: "I'm a neo-con" ....
For pete's sake, do the right thing and
own it ....
and all the historical, intellectual, and ideological baggage that goes along with it ....
Surely true ...
in many cases for quite obvious reasons ...
Other times,
not so much ....
Well, yes ....
there is that ....
One does have to weigh it, among other things, in the balance.
And apparently, increasingly, people are:
