Tripp, I'm sorry, but Ron Paul is not, and never was, a progressive.
he's progressive for a republican..
He's pro-gun, pro-death penalty (but he believes that it's a state matter, he's very states rights oriented), he opposes equal rights for gay people, and he's strongly "pro-life" (wich is newspeak for "you don't have the right to decide if you want to take your pregnancy to term, little lady"). And he's a fanatical free-marketeer. He's basically your libertarian Goldwater type republican, he's conservative through and through.
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COMPARED TO THE OTHER REPUBLICANS HE';S PROGRESSIVE!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW HE'S NOT ACTUALLY PROGRESSIVE!!