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City Lights

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6. His views may be just as bad as the others',

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 06:45 PM

Dec 2011

but he doesn't come across as "preachy" as some of the other candidates. For example, Santorum can't open his mouth without uttering some anti-gay bullshit. One gets the feeling that weaving his religious views into the government is Santorum's only issue. It's not like that with Paul.

I wholeheartedly agree with your second paragraph.

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TPM: Ron Paul Doesn’t Appeal To Evangelicals? Polls Say Otherwise [View all] City Lights Dec 2011 OP

Ron Paul named his son Frances Dec 2011 #1

It doesn't make any sense at all. City Lights Dec 2011 #2

Paul is in fact fanatically anti-abortion LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #5

His views may be just as bad as the others', City Lights Dec 2011 #6

I grew up around evangelicals. morningglory Dec 2011 #3

There's a natural affinity there among people who glorify a golden past that never was Bucky Dec 2011 #4