Fmr. PA Sen.: Majority will over Individual Rights

From Eric Dondero:

The long-awaited South Carolina GOP debate occured last night in Greenville. Both Ron Paul and Gary Johnson took strong stances in favor of drug legalization. Paul even acknowledged he favored legalizing heroin. Johnson emphasized marijuana.

From Greenvilleonline.com "GOP debate airs libertarian views":

“I think as a result of my candidacy, a lot of people will be talking that wouldn’t be talking about it otherwise, and it’s an issue that does really well under the light of day, with a little light shined on it.”

He continued with some surprisingly encouraging words for the Republican Party.

“I’m trying to grow the Republican Party,” he said in response to a question from GreenvilleOnline.com. “I do believe that the Republican Party is the only party capable of fixing what’s going on right now, which is the fact that we’re bankrupt.”

One GOPer was not happy with Johnson and Paul's stance.

The drug issue was distasteful to former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who claims to hold to moral values of the nation’s founders.

“Laws reflect the collective morality of our people,” he said. “This idea that people should be able to go and do whatever they want and it doesn’t really matter as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody, that’s not our founders’ view of freedom.”

Sidenote; Herman Cain, Johnson, Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum were the participants. The overwhelming consensus from the right blogosphere, and from a flash poll by Frank Luntz on Hannity's show, was that Herman Cain was the clear winner.

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