Reply #62: Aren't 'misguided but principled' persons often just as dangerous, though?

[LeftishBrit]

They often impose very evil things with messianic fervour because they believe in them.

E.g. I am quite sure that Thatcher *really believed* in the drastic right-wing economic shift that she imposed on our country. And while Blair could be an unprincipled 'spinner' in little things, I think that on the big things, such as the Iraq war, he *really strongly believed* in what he was doing. He certainly wasn't increasing his own popularity that way, after all!

I understand that Paul attracts some people just because he's against the war; but I find some of his views terrifying. He basically seems to feel that the American constitution of 1789 is not only *necessary* but *sufficient*; and that insisting that all parts of the USA should be a democracy, by means of the Voting Rights Act, was somehow wrong. Also, as I've stated elsewhere, he has truly evil RW views on economic issues; e.g. he has said that it is a serious error to consider that just because a person needs medical care, (s)he is entitled to have it. To me, anyone (especially a doctor!) who holds such a view is a monster and ultimately a murderer.

I just think all Republican candidates at the moment are so evil that it's frightening.