Ron Paul is a homely looking, crotchety, bull-headed hard ass whose views are generally regarded as extreme and consequently doesn’t stand a snow ball’s chance in hell of ever winning a general election. He even has to put up with a Romney.
So, naturally, Barry has some sympathy for him.
It’s important to remember that Old Barry is not a Libertarian. I’m a Conservative. Conservatives believe in limited government that secures the most freedom for its citizens, the rule of law as handed down in the Constitution, and a foreign policy that defends freedom both at home and abroad.
Libertarians believe we should all run around smoking hippie grass, driving on privately owned roads, and buying fire and police protection from Wal-Mart. They also tend to be isolationist, which is a good tendency, but not a practical long term policy foundation.
Barry fully supports kicking the shit out of foreigners provided they deserve it.
Ron Paul believes in Bigfoot and thinks the Civil War should not have been fought. He also likes new Coke and thinks Godfather III was pretty good. So his judgment’s in question.
Still, I like Ron Paul just fine and am happy at least one candidate is talking about the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately, my GOP is too full of zealous, belligerent control freaks and unmitigated greed heads to take the concept of small government seriously so Mr. Paul is in the ironic position of being a fringe candidate in his own party which, at least on paper, claims to stand for most of what he does.
Just like Barry.
