I've said it before

Ron Paul is a very interesting guy and has been able to raise some pretty noticeable amounts of money. Not sure what he is going to do with all of it when he loses (can you say Libertarian nominee?).

I LIKE a LOT of his ideas.

But some just scare me.

It's this kind of head in the sand foreign policy that has led to huge blunders in world history.

1. A president has to be moral (commonly called a 'social conservative').
2. A president has to show good judgement in order to be an effective commander-in-chief.

Pretty much everything else is a "should" rather than a "has to"
3. A president should be a fiscal conservative. Wise with money. Lower taxes rates = more revenue to the federal government. Cut the pork. Cuts across the board on spending. Cut entitlements. Pick whole unconstitutional establishments to do away with, the Department of Education would be high on my list. The IRS would be right next to them. FAIR TAX or FLAT TAX.
4. A president should push for smaller government. Less unnecessary regulation. America was built on 'liberty' NOT 'equality'. It's not the government's job to make poor people rich and rich people poor. First, they are not good at it and second, it's completely unconstitutional.
5. A president should preserve the sovereignty of our nation. This comes heavily into play during trade negotiations and border enforcement. We should have FAIR treaties for FAIR trade and they should be ENFORCED. We need a water tight border so that we KNOW who comes in and goes out of our country. Once we have a handle on that then we can discuss what to do with the 12-15 million that are already here illegally. But in my opinion it involves a lot of buses... :)