Mark Steyn on Ron Paul’s worldview: ‘Sheer stupid, half-witted parochialism’

December 23, 2011 10:22


The reaction to Ron Paul’s ascent in the polls — especially now that he has a shot at winning the Iowa caucuses — has been severe, with critics raising questions regarding his apparent September 11th “truther-ism” and ill-advised statements found in newsletters Paul distributed in the 1990s. – Daily Caller

 

By Jeff PoorThe Daily Caller


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“This by the way is not an irrelevant thing because it gets to the heart of the most disfiguring aspect of Ron Paul’s campaign — leaving aside his unpleasantness to Michele Bachmann the other night and all the rest of it — which is this stunted parochialism.” Steyn said. “Let’s say for a moment 9/11 was an inside job. Does that also mean the Bali night club bombing was an inside job? That the Madrid train bombing was an inside job? That the Beslan school shooting was an inside job? That the London tube bombings were an inside job? In that case, that’s one hell of a sum to be hiding somewhere within the darkest recesses of Dick Cheney’s specific line items.”

 

And that, says Steyn, along with his isolationist view on foreign policy, is where Paul “meets the left.”

 

FULL ARTICLE and Steyn audio

 

 



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