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Does Anyone Still Think Ron Paul Was Wrong?

April 25, 2023 By Richard C. Young

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Originally posted on March 23, 2023.

Former congressman and presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul endured years of criticism from mainstream media outlets and fellow politicians for his divergent views on the budget, inflation, the Fed, and other issues. But there probably wasn’t any view he was criticized more for than his opposition to the war in Iraq. Now, twenty years later, is there anyone who still disagrees with Paul’s prescient views on the war? Tom Woods explains at LewRockwell.com that “Ron Paul’s vindication is complete.” He writes:

It’s funny how many positions Ron Paul was pilloried and ridiculed for that have since become things “everybody knows.”

Dr. Paul was a crank and a traitor for not supporting the war in Iraq. Now, everyone but the most bitter dead-ender admits what a horror show that was.

Dr. Paul blamed the Federal Reserve System for the crash of 2008. That made him a crank because in those days nobody talked about the Fed. Even those supposedly edgy right-wing radio shows never mentioned it — or, if we’re being honest, really knew what it was.

So only a raving “conspiracy theorist” would even bring it up.

Today, those same people are harsh critics of the Fed.

You can only imagine what the gatekeepers of Conservatism, Inc., had to say about Dr. Paul’s views on health and “public health.” Well, they’re not saying those things anymore.

(Incidentally, who in Washington was the best on Covid? Rand Paul in the Senate, and Thomas Massie in the House — both of whom were part of the Ron Paul Revolution. No coincidence.)

Why do I mention this?

On the Tom Woods Show I recently had a chance to talk to Steve Deace, who has a popular program on The Blaze.

I first got to know Steve many years ago, when he was a popular radio host in Iowa whose endorsement was widely sought in advance of the Iowa caucuses.

Steve was much better than Mitt Romney, to be sure, but he still had one foot in the GOP establishment.

I’d been on his show over the years to promote a few of my books, and we got along well. We agreed on a lot.

But he couldn’t live with Ron Paul’s foreign policy, and a few other things.

So I went on his show in 2011 to make the case for Ron Paul to his largely evangelical audience. I’m not an evangelical myself, but I can explain the merits of Dr. Paul’s ideas to any audience.

I did not succeed in converting Steve then and there. But in the years that have gone by, he has done much soul-searching, and there’s no doubt where he stands today.

He now describes the war in Iraq as the greatest foreign-policy disaster of our lifetimes, and the Covid response as the greatest domestic disaster.

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Richard C. Young is the editor of Young's World Money Forecast, and a contributing editor to both Richardcyoung.com and Youngresearch.com.
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