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Ron Paul speaks truth to GOP conservative base, stay out of bedrooms

By April MacIntyre Feb 21, 2012, 16:13 GMT

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (R) EPA/CRAIG LASSIG

Texas congressman Ron Paul, also a OB/GYN who is in the race for the Republican slot along with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, spoke some harsh truth the socially conservative wing of the GOP: Stay clear of women's reproductive rights and refuse to pay for birth control pills on the Government dole.

Ron Paul (R.-Texas.) told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that social conservatism is "a losing position" for the Republican Party.

Crowley asked Paul. "Are you uncomfortable with this talk about social issues? Do you consider it a winning area for Republicans in November?"

"No," Paul says. "I think it's a losing position.

"I mean, I talk about it because I have a precise understanding of how difficult problems are to be solved...And they're not to be at the national level. We're not supposed to nationalize these problems. The founders were very clear that problems like this, if there needs to be legislation of sorts, the state has the right to write the legislation that they so choose. And that solves a lot of our problems."

The GOP is currently in a divide between fiscal conservatives who do not wish to legislate personal issues like gay marriage and reproductive rights, and those like Rick Santorum who feel abortion and even recreational sex is wrong in every case.

The argument of fetal "personhood" from conception is once again igniting the nation, as many pro-lifers also support Draconian death penalty laws, save for the Catholic Church which is pro-life across the board.

Paul criticized Santorum on CNN as he was asked "Do you believe from what you see today that Rick Santorum can beat President Obama in November?"

"Well, I don't see how that's possible," said Paul. "And this whole idea about that talking about the social issues and who is going to pay for birth control pills, I'm worried about undermining our civil liberties, the constant wars going on, the debt of $16 trillion and they are worried about birth control pills and here he wants to, you know, control people's social lives. At the same time, he voted for Planned Parenthood."

Question for Fat Tuesday, do you see Paul's point, or is the GOP right to lock-step with social conservatives?