Classical Liberalism Even Springs Up From Pittsburgh Soil!

I am a classical liberal and so is the premier candidate for President - Ron Paul. Both of us were also born and raised in Pittsburgh.

Recently, Bill Steigerwald who is a columnist at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interviewed Ron Paul and one segment of the interview went as follows:

Q: What would happen if you tried to run on the platform back here in Pittsburgh, where you grew up?

A: I am so confident and such a believer in the freedom philosophy, that I believe that I could win, whether it was a Republican district, a Democrat district or a borderline district. I just think that you have to present it in slightly different ways. I live in a Bible Belt and none of them started off agreeing with me on the War on Drugs. Yet I was able to convince them. Now they tell me all the time — “The war on drugs is stupid.” I had to explain that. I didn’t go out and campaign on that, deliberately. But if I were to run in San Francisco, I may be talking about the ridiculousness of the drug war. I think you just have to have confidence in the philosophy, that it applies to everybody - as individuals. Whether you’re a liberal or conservative or moderate or whatever, there’s something in there that’s very attractive.