Conservatism and Isolationism

From Ron Paul and the Neo-Liberal Re-education Campaign (edited)

There have been American politicians aplenty who believed precisely as Paul and his enthusiasts do right now.

Paul touts his admiration for the Founding Fathers, but even that is very selective.

James Monroe of Monroe Doctrine fame was a considerable interventionist, Washington as a general invaded Canada, and Alexander Hamilton gave rise to Paul's idea of evil spawn -- the Federal Reserve.

Interventionists of all types have been with us right from the start.

The deception is that almost to a person those prominent pre-Ron Paul non-interventionist "Paulist" politicians of the 20th century were overwhelmingly not conservatives at all. They were men of the left.

The one prominent exception on this score was Senator Robert Taft​. But even Senator Taft ran straight into a part of the problem that Congressman Paul is encountering. While he was known as "Mr. Republican", Taft's non-interventionist streak was seen by conservatives as a confounding break with his conservatism.

 

 

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