Liberty Maven

Daniel Hannan was one of the guest speakers at the Ron Paul sponsored Campaign For Liberty regional conference in Philadelphia over the weekend. In light of that it appears that Daniel Hannan has Ron Paul on his mind. Hannan wrote a piece profiling Ron Paul on his Telegraph UK blog yesterday.

Ron Paul is an unusual phenomenon: a politician who always answers questions fully and honestly. This tendency often gets him into trouble: although people say they want straight-talking representatives, they often react with horror when they get one.

Dr Paul’s ruthless application of his convictions – minimal government, localism, personal freedom and adherence to the letter of the US Constitution – alienates many of the conservatives who might have been expected to back him.

For example, although he doesn’t agree with abortion – as a GP, he says, he delivered thousands of babies, and never came across a case where a termination was necessary for the mother’s physical or psychological well-being – he insists that abortion law ought not to be a federal prerogative and, during his 2008 presidential bid, resolutely refused to give the Pro-Lifers the assurances they wanted.

Similarly, when almost every conservative legislator, including a great many Democrats, supported a law to prevent gun-shops being sued for crimes committed with weapons they had sold legally, he voted against the measure on grounds that it represented a usurpation of jurisdiction from the 50 states

You can read the rest of it here. I don’t think many can argue with Hannan’s assertions about Dr. Paul in the piece. While there is some obvious disagreement on specific issues Hannan is obviously a Ron Paul fan.