ask why U.S. is on the wrong track
The Republican Congress never once stood up against the Bush/Rove machine that demanded support for unconstitutional wars, attacks on civil liberties here at home, and an economic policy based on more spending, more debt, and more inflation -- while constantly preaching the flawed doctrine that deficits don't matter as long as taxes aren't raised.
After eight years of perpetual (and unnecessary and unconstitutional) war, persistent and expanded attacks on our privacy, runaway deficits, and now nationalization of the financial system, Republicans are going to have a tough time regaining the confidence of the American people.
protection of civil liberties here at home, and avoiding the senseless foreign entanglements which have bogged us down for decades
Ron Paul is a Republican congressman from Texas who ran for his party's nomination for president this year.
Paul is a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
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