>It seems to me that you are taking offense at the criticisms of someone you feel is right for the job, but rather than addressing those criticisms rationally, you've chosen to mock and deride.

I do not agree with Paul on all issues and am, like Adam, not even sure I would vote him in a general election. However, the success of his campaign finance wise and the way much of the MSM ignores him when talking to "serious" candidates who don't even raise half the money that he does is very disturbing. I can't help but become passionate about this with the way the government and media has operated these past eight years.

As for a half-truth example, to say "He wants to dismantle nearly everything funded by the government in favor of privatized solutions. Like KBR and Halliburton." is absolutely silly. He wants to dismantle bloated government agencies in favor of local governments for the most part. When someone like UC tosses in crap like "KBR and Halliburton" just to get a rise out of people, he can expect to be mocked by me.

The devil is in the detail Flying Squid. Take, for example, UC's comments...

>Ron Paul opposes a woman's right to choose.

Choose what? To vote? That bastard! Of course he means to choose to abort an unborn child. So, in that vain, one could say based on UC's model -- Ron Paul opposes a women's right to kill babies.

>He opposes affirmative action and universal health care.

Blanket statement much? Affirmative action for African Americans and women is one thing (and Paul opposes them, I don't agree with that, sure) but affirmative action on the whole (for every minority of every minority you can think of) is a whole different ball game. And universal health care? Who's going to pay for that with the debt W's accumulated?

>He wants to dismantle nearly everything funded by the government in favor of privatized solutions. Like KBR and Halliburton.

Paul favors local government over federal. Small government = real republican. Tossing in "like KBR and Halliburton" is damn near vomit inducing. UC is getting just as sensationalist as the MSM at this point.

>He opposes the use of contraceptives.

The slide to CNN level continues...

Dishonest? Maybe, maybe not. Filled with weasel words and half-truths? Most definitely.