It’s true that Ron supported the libertarian-sounding Reagan of 1976 against Rockefeller Republican Gerald Ford, but when Reagan was in office, Ron Paul battled his endless spending, deficits, and six tax increases. Reagan’s one, lonely tax cut, Ron did back, of course. I’ll never forget the night when the president called Ron in his congresssional office, and tried to twist his arm about some murderous military boondoggle (the B1 bomber?). But Reagan soon learned what other Republican pols have learned, from Ford to Gingrich to Bush II: Ron Paul’s arm is not twistable. He cannot be pressured into doing what … Continue reading Ron Paul Is Not a ‘Reagan Republican’