Ron Paul Fails Test

RECEIVED Thu., Jan. 12, 2012

Dear Editor,
    Mrs. Jordon gave us a 10-question math quiz once a week. One incorrect answer and you got a B; two wrong answers were a C; three earned you a D; and four were an F.
    Sixty percent is failing. This is why Ron Paul fails. His wrong answers: the Christian nation; the war on Christmas; no separation of church and state; desegregation of private business is bad; the EPA is bad; OSHA is bad; equal pay for women is bad; all abortions are bad; the Civil War was unnecessary (the North could have bought the slaves from the South – that's a good one). It's a long list. Will Barack Obama bomb Iran or support Israel if it does? I hope not. What sort of Supreme Court justice would Ron Paul appoint? Ultraconservative, of course, and all that would entail (for the lifetime of the justice). All of our choices are rotten, including the incumbent, but Ron Paul is no more the messiah than the last guy we elected.
Tim Pipe
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