You Know You're A Paulbot When...

[JDPriestly]

9. You know you are a fanatic when you cannot bear that someone else can understand that an

otherwise abominable politician can have some excellent ideas. Let's paraphrase what you have said just a bit:

Ron Paul is great in his opposition to the wars and his desire to cut military spending and his opposition to the military-industrial complex.

How about instead?

I agree with Ron Paul in his opposition to the wars and his desire to cut military spending and his opposition to the military-industrial complex.

Can you seriously say you disagree with Ron Paul on those points?

He was right about Afghanistan.

Well, now I disagree on that one. We did need to go into Afghanistan. But I would not call someone a Ron Paulbot just because they disagree with me and agree with Ron Paul on that point. Takes more than that.

He was right about Iraq. We shouldn't be launching these imperialistic wars just because we can and we feel like it. He's right that it's wrong to do so. He's right that we can't afford to do. And, oh yeah, I know he sucks on everything else.

Now, seriously, does anyone disagree with Ron Paul on Iraq? Does anyone think we should launch imperialistic wars just because we a can and we feel like it. What Democrat seriously disagrees with that statement? Obama obviously agreed with it. He spoke out against the Iraq War and actually pulled our troops out recently.

Can't accuse someone of being a Ron Paulbot because they agree with that statement.

As for the second statement,

Yeah, Ron Paul wants to pull us out of the UN, but he also wants to get us out of NATO, which has no purpose now that the Cold War is over. He also opposed both Afghanistan and Iraq from the outset and wouldn't have let the British pull us into World War II. If our foreign policy followed his outlook, we, and the world, would be a much better place for it. And, yes, I know, he's really bad about women's rights, civll rights, and pretty much anything else.

I think you will find few Americans who agree with that although I personally would have us reduce the number of troops we have in Germany and Italy. That is because I lived in Germany and believe based on my experience that we really don't need as many there as we have.

A Ron Paulbot would not post the statements that you have suggested.

Nice attempt to discourage independent thought on DU, but no. A Ron Paulbot would oppose Social Security, women's rights, integration, Medicare, public education, regulation of business, protection of the environment and just about anything else that Democrats support.