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Ron Paul: Romney would be marginally better than Obama

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) conceded Thursday that Mitt Romney would make a “marginally” better president than Obama.

“We can’t boil it down and say it’s Obama’s fault and Romney will be 100 percent different and it will all be better,” Paul told conservative Laura Ingraham on her radio show…

Paul added that his warning is “not so much that [Romney] doesn’t have better ideas” than Obama. He said the “one area” where Romney might be definitively better is “on the tax issue.”

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Hey, he stole what I’ve been saying for months!

Exactly. “Marginally better”

LOL

lorien1973 on May 3, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Endorse him, then, and ask your adherents to vote for him.

KingGold on May 3, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Spathi could not be reached for comment.

Del Dolemonte on May 3, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Ron Paul would be marginally better than a doorstop.

aunursa on May 3, 2012 at 2:16 PM

That’s about the best Romney could expect from a stealth member of the Libertarian Party masquerading as a Republican.

It is also the minimum someone who wishes to still credibly call himself a Republican must say.

farsighted on May 3, 2012 at 2:17 PM

Hyperbole much, Ron?

blatantblue on May 3, 2012 at 2:17 PM

I’ll take it.

Cindy Munford on May 3, 2012 at 2:18 PM

Coming from the simply marginal Herr Doktor…

catmman on May 3, 2012 at 2:20 PM

Ironically, this is a better than promachus, angryed, or any number of other fake-conservatives at Hot Air are willing to grant.

Esoteric on May 3, 2012 at 2:21 PM

We can’t boil it down and say it’s Obama’s fault and Romney will be 100 percent different and it will all be better,” Paul told conservative Laura Ingraham on her radio show…

Dead on.

I will still pull the lever for marginally better, but all the while telling myself that one day I will be able to pull the lever for a candidate who is 100% better, or close to it. Maybe Ron’s son, Rand.

thirtyandseven on May 3, 2012 at 2:22 PM

Either way we’ll have amnesty and Cap&Tax or a VAT in the next 2 years. We’re sunk, basically.

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM

A hot steaming pile of dog poo would be marginally better than Obama.

And I’d vote for it, too, if it got the GOP nomination. Actually, maybe it did.

The Rogue Tomato on May 3, 2012 at 2:26 PM

Either way we’ll have amnesty and Cap&Tax or a VAT in the next 2 years. We’re sunk, basically.

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM

Because as we all know, amnesty and cap & tax are key planks in the Romney platform.

You are certifiable.

KingGold on May 3, 2012 at 2:27 PM

^^ Bill, I sincerely doubt we’ll have cap and tax. And Romney opposes amnesty.

El_Terrible on May 3, 2012 at 2:27 PM

Well, that’s high praise from our cranky, senile uncle Ronney!

Warner Todd Huston on May 3, 2012 at 2:28 PM

Because as we all know, amnesty and cap & tax are key planks in the Romney platform.

You are certifiable.

KingGold on May 3, 2012 at 2:27 PM

As of April 15th, Mitten’s was in favor of a “Republican Dream Act” according to the WSJ. And he pushed for a cap and tax program while Governor. And he still supports ethanol subsidies, presumable to save the environment or something. What evidence do you have that Mitt wouldn’t sign a Dream Act into law, preferable more recent than last month? Or that he doesn’t support Cap and Tax anymore?

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 2:30 PM

WSJ on Romney Speech, April 15th, 2012:

He said the GOP will have to propose its own initiatives to win support from Hispanic voters, such as a Republican version of the Dream Act.

Mitt Romney, circa January 1st, 2012:

“If I were elected and Congress were to pass the DREAM Act, would I veto it?” Romney said, repeating the question a voter asked him at a campaign stop in Le Mars. “The answer is yes.”

“For those who come here illegally, the idea of giving them in-state tuition credits or other special benefits I find to be contrary to the idea of a nation of law. If I’m the president of the United States, I want to end illegal immigration so that we can protect legal immigration.”

Or is this just that Etch-a-Sketch thing I’ve heard so much about.

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 2:31 PM

Unfortunately, I don’t vote for marginally better.

Armin Tamzarian on May 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM

So Romney is only marginally better than Barack Hussein Obama?

That is a pretty wide margin. Certainly enough to make a clear choice, despite the protestations of Mitt-haters and Paulbots to the contrary.

novaculus on May 3, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 2:30 PM

The Republican DREAM Act is nowhere close to amnesty, no matter how much you’re going to lie about it.

And if you can draw a straight connection between lukewarm support for ethanol subsidies and an implementation of a nationwide cap and trade scheme, go for it.

KingGold on May 3, 2012 at 2:36 PM

Unfortunately, I don’t vote for marginally better.

Armin Tamzarian on May 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM

As i said above, in this case “marginally better” is a pretty wide margin.

If you won’t vote for “marginally better”, would you vote against “substantially worse”?

novaculus on May 3, 2012 at 2:39 PM

Mittens, in 2006, on suspending the gasoline tax:

When lieutenant governor Kerry Healey, a fellow Republican, called for suspending the state’s 23.5 cent gas tax during a price spike in May 2006, Romney rejected the idea, saying it would only further drive up gasoline consumption. “I don’t think that now is the time, and I’m not sure there will be the right time for us to encourage the use of more gasoline,” Romney said, according to the Quincy Patriot Ledger’s report at the time. “I’m very much in favor of people recognizing that these high gasoline prices are probably here to stay.”

Mittens, in a letter to then NY Gov. Pataki,

Furthermore, Massachusetts, along with the other New England states and Canadian provinces, has a target of reducing greenhouse gases and improving the efficiency of the grid substantially over the next 20 years.

I believe that our joint work to create a flexible market-based regional cap and trade system could serve as an effective approach to meeting these goals.

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM

Either way we’ll have amnesty and Cap&Tax or a VAT in the next 2 years. We’re sunk, basically.

lololololz….cant be serious…

therightwinger on May 3, 2012 at 2:47 PM

lololololz….cant be serious…

therightwinger on May 3, 2012 at 2:47 PM

It’s a wonderful illustration of Esoteric’s point.

Ron Flipping Paul is officially more sensible and more levelheaded about this election than the HA TrueCons.

KingGold on May 3, 2012 at 2:51 PM

Ron Paul really needs to get back to writing hate tracts for the Klan, passing ludicrous earmarks, and hoarding his gold.

He’s L. Ron Hubbard’s brother.

CorporatePiggy on May 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM

Sounds about right. About all anyone could say in favor of Romney.

Citizen-003528 on May 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM

David Frum yesterday, Ron Paul today. Willard is really on a roll!!

james23 on May 3, 2012 at 3:04 PM

David Frum yesterday, Ron Paul today. Willard is really on a roll!!

james23 on May 3, 2012 at 3:04 PM

He got the Carter endorsement too, can’t forget that.

Buckshot Bill on May 3, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Paul is correct. There are only millimeters of difference between the terminal points of the Obama-Romney spectrum.

Dante on May 3, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Romney would be marginally better than Obama, for his 4 years in office and for America for those 4 years. Not accounted for is how will Romney leave the Republican party situated at the end of those 4 years, and will this have a drastically negative impact on the nation that wipes out his marginally better performance for a temporary period of time? I say Romney will leave America marginally less damaged at the end of his term, but will have set up the Republican party to fail to be able to defend against worse actions by a newly reviatlized Democrat party, much like how George W Bush left the nation at the mercy of Pelosi, Reid and Obama in 2008. We would not have had the 2009-2011 destruction of the nation at the hands of the democrats if Bush would have been a better leader. Bush was a better leader than I see Romney being. I can figure out where things are likely go with that as the basis.

astonerii on May 3, 2012 at 3:20 PM

Ron Paul really needs to get back to writing hate tracts for the Klan, passing ludicrous earmarks, and hoarding his gold.

He’s L. Ron Hubbard’s brother.

CorporatePiggy on May 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM

1) He doesn’t write hate tracts, you do (i.e. the above quote).
2) He earmarks for his district, so it can get it’s stolen tax money back. I guess you’re just into the McCain “earmarks are the problem” meme.
3) His goldmine investments make him the best investor in congress (or probably anywhere) in the last 10 years.

ebrawer on May 3, 2012 at 4:12 PM