The Ron Paul Fascination

It's hard not to route for him reading stuff like this. As much as I disagree with him on so many things, mark my words, Ron Paul has hit a nerve that American politics will have to deal with for a long, long time. Americans are more and more becoming islands unto themselves and would love nothing more than to have government leave them the hell alone. It's cross-party, cross-lifestyle, cross-religious identity, cross-everything, and the party that can capture it will capture national politics for the next 20 years. And how does one capture it? Easy. Do what Dr. Paul does and read the Constitution--a very carefully and economically worded document that espouses the same principles. Then, have the conviction to follow it.

Ron Paul's historical assessment is actually quite right. Tyranny is old, and an easy choice. Liberty, i.e. self-reliance, individual rights, personal freedom--*that* is new in the world of political ideas. And it is the only idea that can unite prostitutes, academics, pot-heads, ranchers, rednecks, urbanites, and whatever other stripe of American is out there (read the article linked above for that to make any sense).

Go Ron Paul!