<p>If you haven’t already seen this, I thought you might be interested:</p>
<p>[John</a> Stossel](<a href=“http://jewishworldreview.com/1207/stossel121207.php3]John”>http://jewishworldreview.com/1207/stossel121207.php3)</p>
<p>Nice interview. Paul’s wrong about the Dept. of Commerce, by the way. Regulating interstate commerce is one of the few things specifically called out in the Constitution (along with the Post Office, which has been quasi-privatized). Interesting candidate, even though I still think he’s dead wrong about the Federal Reserve and monetary policy. I also think Andrew Jackson set the US back about 25 years by shutting down the Second Bank of the United States.</p>
<p>I agree that I disagree with Mr. Paul, but I thought the interview might have slipped under Leal’s radar. I look forward to the next installment, though.</p>
<p>She does show some moderate interest in this candidate, doesn’t she… :)</p>
<p>WashDad! You’re the man! As a teenager, many of my peers are Andrew Jackson sycophants when he was a mediocre president at best. Oh, the light of reason!</p>
<p>Thanks for passing this on. (What a surprise to see my userid as the title of a thread!)</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that these are very short, oversimplified answers, and the his comments were even edited. Before ruling out his ideas, I invite you to read his explanations in full.</p>
<p>Here’s a huge assortment of in-depth articles by Dr. Paul:</p>
<p>[Congressman</a> Ron Paul Archives](<a href=“http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul-arch.html]Congressman”>Ron Paul, MD, Author at LewRockwell)</p>
<p>Paul is right about interstate commerce. Yes the Constitution calls for it to be regulated, but not in the way its currently being handled. The Supreme Court essentially expanded the power far past its original intent through a series of odd court cases with illogical vis-a-vis tie ins. For example, they decided that a farmer who did NOT do business in other states or get his supplies in other states AFFECTED interstate commerce by NOT partaking it, and therefore was subject to regulation.</p>
<p>Not until the the Lopez case did the court finally put their foot down on this egregious assumption of power.</p>
<p>Vyse, from your lips to God’s ear. I was speaking of – you know – actual interstate commerce rather than the kind that has little to do with either commerce or interstatedness.</p>
<p>WashDad: Agreed 100% about Ron Paul’s total foolishness regarding the Fed, and related monetary policy idiocy.</p>
<p>zoosermom, when I saw the title of this thread, I thought you were revealing that lealdragon is actually Ron Paul! :)</p>
<p>Yup, I’m Ron Paul in disguise!</p>
<p>Hey has anyone read any of those archived articles yet?</p>
<p>Too busy searching your profile to see if you really are RP :)</p>