by THANH TAN
The Texas Tribune
As everyone waits for a certain Texan to announce whether he plans to run for president in 2012, another Texan made his intentions more clear Monday night by participating — in feisty fashion — in the first major GOP primary debate.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, appeared on stage at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire alongside six other White House hopefuls.
Paul’s trademark fiery personality was on full display during the two-hour, CNN-sponsored debate, during which he squeezed in several minutes of time to rail against the Federal Reserve and U.S. involvement in foreign countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen.
In the first hour of the debate, the libertarian-leaning obstetrician was asked about the home foreclosure crisis.
“You’re not gonna touch this problem until you liquidate the bad debt,” he responded. “You have to have sound money and you have to recognize how we got into trouble. We got into trouble because we had a financial bubble caused by the Federal Reserve. You don’t look at monetary policy, we will continue the trend of the last decade.”
