Paul: "I'm trying to save the Republican Party"

(CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul offered harsh words for his political party and said he has not decided if he will get behind Mitt Romney should he be his party's nominee.

The Texas Rep. said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" that he is "trying to save the Republican Party from themselves."

Paul listed numerous positions the Republican candidates and members of the party have taken in both foreign and domestic realms on which he takes issue. On the war in Afghanistan and America's broader defense position, Paul said, "I think the Republicans have dug a hole for themselves because they're trying to out-militarize [the Democrats]. If this is to be an issue, the other Republican candidates offer nothing more than a continuation of the status quo, or actually, increasing the militarism that we have around the world."

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has been critical of the president's timeline for troop withdrawal.

On the program, Paul vowed to stay in the race. highlighting his large following of college students and young people, and said he will continue his work to refocus the Republican Party.

"There's no way I'm going to give up on the effort to get the Republicans back to their roots," Paul said.

"The truth is, I'm trying to save the Republican Party from themselves because they want perpetual wars; they don't care about presidents who assassinate American citizens; they don't care about searching our houses without search warrants," Paul said.

When host Bob Schieffer asked Paul if he would support Romney should he clinch the nomination, Paul declined to commit to backing the former governor.

"I haven't made that decision yet; I'm still campaigning," Paul said, but admitted that he has "too many disagreements" on policy.

[occupy_cbs]

Sorry ron paul, but even if you had the means to save the republican party, they would never listen to you or let you take the reins, and would rather just go down with the GOP ship!

[MsmCorrupt]

Ron Paul is a true patriot. The neoconservatives are extremely angry with Paul because he has many supporters that the neocons can't count on. Ron Paul or no one at all!

[DebbieCorona]

GOP has gone mad and its too late to save it.

[Herne42]

Ron Paul should have gone Independent and became a mouth piece for the 99%.

I do not consider republican conservatism as even being American.

That way of thinking results in kingdoms. War and even more death.

.... a depression is coming. to the likes we have never seen....that is my opinion.

[TimeToEvolve]

Paul must be senile, he still thinks there is such as thing as the Republican Party. Those people have formed a new, radical, right party of the Top 1% called the Republicon Party. They want to turn over all the wealth of the world over to a few select people who will then tell them what to do, what to think and where to go. Only they think that is some kind of freedom. OMG save us.

[TimeToEvolve]

Sorry Ron, way too late, there is no saving the failed and obsolete Republicon party of corporate corruption. It went down the ceramic bowl starting with Reagan and has sunk to almost as far as you can go now.

[WhiskeyAndBeer]

If Jesus Christ himself has never been able to change "God Fearing" Republicans' attitudes regarding "Thou Shall Not Kill", compassion, love for our fellow man, and other essential teachings of Christianity, how does Dr. Paul expect to do so?

[wvmuse]

Anyone who wants more wars, more government, more rights taken away, more debt and taxes, more corruption should Not vote for Congressman Ron Paul. Keep listening to the propaganda mainstream media is selling. Only those who want integrity in gvt and a return to the constitution are voting Paul. And we're all ages. Granted, those who use the internet (and brains) to do the research.

[busterdawgggy]

by unclebernies April 1, 2012 10:47 PM EDT
We are the only country in the industrial world without universal healthcare and that's b/c of the republican party. I don't see anything about that in Pauls comments.

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I have posted this before but it bears repeating.


Thirty-two of the thirty-three developed nations have universal health care, with the United States being the lone exception

Country and start of universal health care:

Norway 1912
New Zealand 1938
Japan 1938
Germany 1941
Belgium 1945
United Kingdom 1948
Kuwait 1950
Sweden 1955
Bahrain 1957
Brunei 1958
Canada 1966
Netherlands 1966
Austria 1967
United Arab Emirates 1971
Finland 1972
Slovenia 1972
Denmark 1973
Luxembourg 1973
France 1974
Australia 1975
Ireland 1977
Italy 1978
Portugal 1979
Cyprus 1980
Greece 1983
Spain 1986
South Korea 1988
Iceland 1990
Hong Kong 1993
Singapore 1993
Switzerland 1994
Israel 1995

The United States will have at least a partial insurance mandate by 2014 if it is not overturned.

http://truecostblog.com/2009/08/09/countries-with-universal-healthcare-by-date/


And, according to government statistics, the U.S. ranks 50th in the world regarding life expectancy, at 78.37 years. FYI, Monaco ranks first, at 89.73 years.

[aghast101]

FYI Monaco is smaller then Macon Ga.

[nfission]

The United States also has one of the highest infant death rates of any developed country.

[HenryMiller2]

Providing universal health care is not a power granted the US federal government under the Constitution, which is why Ron Paul won't support that. The states, however, some of them with economies larger than those of the countries you list, are quite at liberty to establish any health care system they please.

[busterdawgggy]

"The truth is, I'm trying to save the Republican Party from themselves because they want perpetual wars; they don't care about presidents who assassinate American citizens; they don't care about searching our houses without search warrants," Paul said.

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"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual war." - James Madison