Why Ron Paul attracts some liberals.

[joshcryer]

73. But, Ron Paul has no positions that are compatible with liberals.

Those liberals that take Ron Paul's rhetoric at face value, are, unfortunately either ignorant or naive. Ron Paul's anti-imperialism is actually a call for an ultra-nationalist empire.

It's not about "overlooking the rest of his positions." If you actually look at apparently liberal positions they are in fact not liberal.

If you accept the premise that "will end our imperial adventures while on the other hand trashes our economy" then you have just indicated a "lesser of two evils" position, and for you, trashing the economy is more evil than ending the wars (this, btw, I find highly repugnant).

I figure Obama will make good on getting us out of Afghanistan, with a 40% chance he'll attack Iran. Romney would probably stay in Afghanistan, and there's probably a 90% chance he'd attack Iran. Economics does not play into the equation for me.

Ron Paul hasn't even been stumping much on getting out of the wars, his platform has been more about reducing the deficit, and lately he's been nipping at Santorum (in fact, Ron Paul wouldn't want South Carolina to know he'd end funding to Israel).