{"id":4196,"date":"2011-08-14T17:24:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2013-09-05T19:32:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T23:32:50","slug":"allen-west-ron-paul-%e2%80%98not-the-kind-of-guy-you-need-to-be-sitting-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/14\/allen-west-ron-paul-%e2%80%98not-the-kind-of-guy-you-need-to-be-sitting-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen West: Ron Paul \u2018Not the Kind of Guy You Need to Be Sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to get hate mail for posting this, but what hell.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4g2nn_TqeSE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ron Paul, makes a lot of sense when he talks about monetary policy, or the need for greater transparency at the Federal Reserve, but Allen West is right&#8230; His foreign policy ideas are dangerously isolationist, and frankly, naive. And for that reason I can&#8217;t support him for President.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/allen-west-ron-paul-not-the-kind-of-guy-you-need-to-be-sitting-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Blaze<\/a>&#8230; Video courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/shark-tank.net\/2011\/08\/13\/allen-west-drops-the-hammer-on-ron-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shark Tank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/confederateyankee.mu.nu\/archives\/320107.php\" target=\"_blank\">Why We Can&#8217;t Afford to Have Ron Paul as President<\/a> &#8211; Confederate Yankee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bigpeace.com\/smitsotakis\/2011\/08\/15\/ron-paul-the-gops-henry-wallace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Paul: The GOP\u2019s Henry Wallace<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Spyridon Mitsotakis, Big Peace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to get hate mail for posting this, but what hell. Ron Paul, makes a lot of sense when he talks about monetary policy, or the need for greater transparency at the Federal Reserve, but Allen West is right&#8230; His foreign policy ideas are dangerously isolationist, and frankly, naive. And for that reason I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[73,7],"tags":[748,1208,1184],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international-affairs","category-politics","tag-2012-elections","tag-allen-west","tag-ron-paul","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-15G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4256,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/03\/ron-paul-killing-of-anwar-al-awlaki-an-impeachable-offense-a-step-toward-%e2%80%9ctyranny%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6\/","url_meta":{"origin":4196,"position":0},"title":"Ron Paul: Killing Of Anwar Al-Awlaki An Impeachable Offense, a Step Toward \u201cTyranny\u201d\u2026","author":"Jeff","date":"October 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I want to like Ron Paul, he makes a lot sense when he talks about monetary policy and the need for greater transparency and oversight of the Federal Reserve, but he loses me when he starts talking about foreign policy and says things like this: Ron Paul said Monday that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Affairs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Affairs","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/international-affairs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/13\/rep-michele-bachmann-wins-iowa-straw-poll\/","url_meta":{"origin":4196,"position":1},"title":"Rep. 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For this round are (in no particular order): Herman Cain, John Bolton, Thaddeus McCotter, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and John Huntsman Changes from round three:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3869,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/2012-presidential-straw-poll-round-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":4196,"position":4},"title":"2012 Presidential Straw Poll &#8212; Round 3","author":"Jeff","date":"March 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s time for round three of our 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Straw Poll. 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