Originally Posted by RonPaulMall Originally Posted by

There are plenty of people in the liberty movement that support Paul despite his position on abortion. And remember, Paul voted for the ban on partial birth abortions, a vote that he acknowledges himself was not in accordance with his stated position that the Feds have no constitutional authority to be involved in abortion. So even if you argue his theoretical position shouldn't scare off pro-choice folks, the fact that he hasn't respected his own position in the past means he can't be trusted when it comes to abortion. Paul did better with pro-choice folks because most liberty minded pro-choice folks care passionately about things like non-interventionism abroad and ending the war on drugs where Paul takes extremist positions in favor of liberty. It isn't that his abortion position "unites" them so much as all but the most extreme pro-choice folks are willing to forgive him for it. Gary Johnson on the other hand, doesn't offer any red meat on foreign policy, drugs, or even the Fed so he doesn't inspire the same willingness to overlook among the pro-life crowd. Also, one could argue there are more "single issue" hard core pro-life folks who wouldn't overlook no matter what among the small government, single males that predominate the liberty movement than there are hard core "single issue" pro-choicers.