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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/201...?hpt=hp_t1
In early book, Rep. Ron Paul criticized AIDS patients, minority rights and sexual harassment victims

But one of Paul's own books, published solely under his name, contains several passages that could be problematic as he attempts to push his libertarian message into the political mainstream.
In his 1987 manifesto "Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution after 200-Plus Years," Paul wrote that AIDS patients were victims of their own lifestyle, questioned the rights of minorities and argued that people who are sexually harassed at work should quit their jobs.
The slim, 157-page volume was published ahead of Paul's 1988 Libertarian Party presidential bid and touches on many of the themes he continues to hammer on the stump.

To be honest and with all due respect to Aids patients, unless you you were born with AIDS, it was YOUR decisions that led to it. Its the reason a lot of AIDS patients get out and talk to the young public about the risk and the bad choices they made that led to that. Its the same way with drug addicts. Drug addiction IMO is not a disease as Dr. Drew and other would like for us to believe. Unless someone forces a needle in your arm or forces you to snort something, you made that choice. Diseases should be something you have no control over, Cancer, Illness, ETC.
Does it mean we shouldnt help these people? NO. But it doesnt mean others should be held liable for the mistakes of someone else.

Paul does seem a bit extreme in a lot of his words, but i honestly thing its his personality of saying things the way he does. I like Paul, and a lot of what he has to say and will support him to the fullest if he wins the nomination, but i agree with Hoot that its very unlikely that he'll win the election.
But then again, Romney and Gingrich are looking more unatractive to me every time i listen to them. BUT, IMO there the only two that stand a real chance against Obama, which IMO is not saying good things for our republican party right now.