Ron Paul Lays An Egg

Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: Ron Paul's performance on Meet the Press Sunday was a disaster. Host Tim Russert forced Paul to concede that he too had loaded up spending bills with "earmarks" that would benefit only his district. He then tried to argue, disingenuously in my view, that he was justified in doing so because he would later vote against the bills, knowing full well that they would pass. But this hypocrisy was the least of Paul's problems. Before the interview was over, he said he would vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 if it came up today, admitted that he had called Ronald Reagan, "a dramatic failure," and insisted we shut down the CIA, the Department of Homeland Security and withdraw all U.S. troops from everywhere in the world. Our enemies must be praying he wins!

But the real kicker was his attack on Abraham Lincoln - the first Republican president in our nation's history. According to Paul, Lincoln should have just bought the slaves. I can't remember the last time, if ever, a Republican presidential candidate managed to attack both Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln in one interview, but Paul managed to pull it off. The real mystery is why anyone who loved Reagan could support this guy who is the exact opposite of what Reagan stood for.

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