His trek to the Reform Party peeved me, not because he went, but because he seemed to jump the Republican ship based on what he said was a faulty platform. How could the Reform Party have possibly satisfied that lack? It couldn't, and so he came off looking like a regular, run of the mill politician, and the pity was that his early allure was due to a perception that he was anything but such a politician.
Having said all that though, listening to him on Laura's show reminded me of why I originally liked and respected him, and replenished that like and respect that had diminished.
He's a very smart guy, and I know that it's popular to dismiss him with calls of anti-semite, bigot, but I don't think that's really fair. I don't think he's an anti-semite, I just think he thinks we should unhitch our wagon to Israel's star. I don't happen to agree with him, but I think he comes by his opinion honestly.
I'll have to have a little chat with Laura the way she had one with Bill O'Reilly ...
Unfortunately, that the modern day definition of an anti-semite.