COMMENTARY | GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul accused former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of being a "serial hypocrite" and questions his conservative credentials in a new web ad launched by his campaign. Has Paul lost it or something?
ABC News reported that the Paul campaign has prepared a special web advertisement that will be sent to conservative voters by email. The 150-second piece selects certain black/white video clips from Gingrich's appearances over the years and attempts to question his conservative values. Seriously Ron?
Political pieces like this just bother me to no end. Voters deserve better then random, baseless accusations about politicians that have been in office for years. These mini sound bites never do justice to the person depicted and are almost always out of context.
In the video, the Paul campaign also accuses Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., of "right-wing social engineering" and then uses other video of Ryan to criticize the former House speaker. Ron Paul's campaign spokesman said the video is meant "to debunk the myth that the Newt we are seeing on the 2012 campaign trail is the conservative he has been touted to be all along."
Ron Paul doesn't need to stoop to this level of accusation to win over the conservative voters. Gingrich led the 1994 Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives on a very conservative agenda within the infamous Contract With America. Very few voters with any semblance of political know-how would believe that Gingrich could not pass the conservative muster.
The reality here is that some of Paul's policies simply far from mainstream within the Republican Party. He disagrees with many well-established political realities in Washington. Medicare, Medicare and Social Security are not going to go away, and any reform will come slowly. As imperfect as they may be, they are a social safety net that cannot be radically transformed overnight. Change comes at a snail's pace in Washington D.C.
Paul may campaign for sweeping government overhauls such as abolishing the Federal Reserve System. Right, wrong or indifferent, Paul will never be able to enact radical changes like that if he is elected president. Governing is about compromise. We don't elect dictators in this country.
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