The Ron Paul Administration: What Would It Look Like?

[Politico]

Let's not just laugh at the notion. Anything is possible, I suppose, right?

What would a Ron Paul Administration look like?

[Eraserhead]

The Bronx Zoo.

[RI]

Wrong board.

[Bull Moose Base]

Vander Blubb,

How did you figure out how to remove your original registered name in small print?  Whatever it is, bravo.  This is far more convincing.

[Lief 🗽]

[© tweed]

a total sh**tshow.  I'd probably support him over Obama because Paul is best in the areas that the executive has the most power: colonizing the world, DEA, etc.

[cavalcade]

Vice President Mark Cuban?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Good.

[NVGonzalez]

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

Somewhere between



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[Oakvale]

Nah, Paul wouldn't actually be able to enact any of his agenda due to a Congress not partial to Paulism.

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

Nah, Paul wouldn't actually be able to enact any of his agenda due to a Congress not partial to Paulism.

As the CnC, he could evacuate all the military bases he wanted, and as president he could use the executive pardon to free nonviolent drug offenders. In other words, he'd please the leftists without congressional approval.

[argentarius]

Well the president has the most powers in justice and foreign policy, and I think that these 2 areas are his strongest by some distance so I think his presidency would look, um, great.

[Yelnoc]

Serious question; who would he put in his cabinet?  I am having a hard enough thinking of a Running Mate.  And don't say Johnson; I get the feeling they don't like each other very much.

[Oakvale]

Serious question; who would he put in his cabinet?  I am having a hard enough thinking of a Running Mate.  And don't say Johnson; I get the feeling they don't like each other very much.

Presumably a bunch of Republican stalwarts if he wants to actually have any of them confirmed...

[Brandon H]

Napolitano's name comes up a lot as a potential VP. I could see him somewhere. Besides VP, he could end up as AG, maybe even a potential judicial nominee.

Pat Buchanan and Paul agree on a lot, though Buchanan supports fair trade while Paul supports free trade. Kucinich could also end up somewhere.

Normally, it seems a president chooses several of the people whom he ran against for his parties nomination to put in his cabinet. But I'm not sure I could see Paul doing that with most of the other candidates for the Republican nomination except maybe Johnson.

[CatoMinor]

I would write out a list of reasons why Somalia is not libertarian at all, but going from other things you have posted in the past I see no use as you clearly do not take facts into account when you form your opinions.

[Simfan34]

By the end of it, we would be begging for statism.

[Oakvale]

By the end of it, we would be begging for statism.

Nonsense! Abolishing the social safety net will free the poor from the shackles of Big Government (tm), allowing them to achieve success. Ignore the people who can't afford to eat, they're weak, weak, damn it, and must be sacrificed to achieve your full nihilist potential. Paul for President!

[Bull Moose Base]

Paul dislikes Johnson? I didn't know anything about that.  I figured he would ultimately endorse Johnson if he didn't run Indy himself.

[bgwah]

He might end up being interesting militarily. But Congress would block most huge domestic changes he may propose...

[Zarn]

Fortuno (More establishment friendly without actually being establishment, so a good vp pick)
Johnson (but where?)
Shiff (Treasury?)

I can easily see any of them in there.

"The Judge" for Attorney General or a potential SCOTUS nominee maybe

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

VP: Rand Paul

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Paul dislikes Johnson? I didn't know anything about that.  I figured he would ultimately endorse Johnson if he didn't run Indy himself.

From what I gathered, Johnson had gone to Paul to inform him of his campaign, knowing full well that Paul was going to run. Paul had been planning his run for a few years, and Johnson decided to run anyway, splitting their base (Johnson is only taking away 1% from Paul at the most).

[TheGlobalizer]

Best answer is TBD.  I suspect you'd see some quirky dudes in a few places but mostly the economic conservatives.  If he wins the GOP nom, the party faithful will line up behind him and push for a cross-section cabinet, but he'll avoid putting the nutty socons in places where they could do harm.