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July 24, 2003

Rep. Ron Paul, the GOP’s loner from the Lone Star State

‘I’ll probably win this argument’
Rep. Ron Paul, the GOP’s loner from the Lone Star State

By Jeff Dufour

Being Ron Paul would seem a frustrating proposition.

A strict opponent of almost everything government undertakes, the Texas Republican congressman usually finds himself on the losing end of legislative battles.

No more so than this year, in which the United States fought a war he didn’t support. Congress, meanwhile, enacted a tax cut he feels is too small, returned to deficits, expanded the role of government through the Department of Homeland Security and is poised to pass a Medicare reform package he abhors.

But, he said last week from his office in the Cannon Building, “I’m not frustrated because I didn’t expect very much. I think we’re getting what I have anticipated.”

Yet he’s not about to keep quiet. On July 10, he underscored why he’s often a thorn in his own party’s side as much as in the Democrats’. In a lengthy floor speech dubbed “Neo-Conned,” he lambasted the administration and its philosophical bedfellows.

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Read It Rating: 7
Left/Right Rating: R2
Freedom Rating: 7.5
Learning Percentage: 65%

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