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Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:33 am
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Updated: 6:34 am, Sat Jan 28, 2012.
Republican slugfests feature unlikely combatant
By the Lodi News-Sentinel
Lodinews.com
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Fox is now taking over the increasingly popular Ultimate
Fighting Championship, featuring fast and bruising action in the
Octagon.
No offense to the UFC gladiators, but we are finding another
combat sport more compelling these days: the Republican
debates.
Perhaps the most unlikely combatant is a 76-year-old retired
ob/gyn doctor from Texas named Ronald Ernest Paul. Paul came in
third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire, and he promises to stick
around throughout the primary season, throwing jabs at younger
opponents Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
The quick-witted Paul has a devoted following, including many
voters under 30 attracted to his mantra of less government and more
personal liberty.
His popularity is rather confounding.
Hardcore Republicans love his cry for reducing the cost of
goverment. He represents a swath of Texas along the Gulf that
relies heavily on agriculture, yet he opposes ag subsidies. He
refuses to even sign up for a Congressional pension. He wants to
dismantle most federal departments. He is against abortion and he
wants less regulation of business. He is an outspoken advocate of
the right to bear arms.
But conservatives choke on other Paul polices. He wants to
reduce the military (he was against the Iraq war). He opposes the
federal War on Drugs. He's generally hands-off on foreign
policy.
Ron Paul, the experts tell us, won't win the current Republican
battle royale.
Probably true. He's bringing some new and creative moves to the
contest, though, and some of his ideas deserve the broader
discussion he's generating.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:33 am.
Updated: 6:34 am.
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Newt Gingrich,
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