[AmericanVictory]

Here we think a lot of the George Mason (there were actually a bunch of George Masons). Our daughter was one of the leaders of the drive to get his memorial on the mall, the only non-President so honored. Ron Paul is no George Mason. In particular in the years from the defeat of the British at Yorktown to the end of the War of 1812, what has been aptly termed the time of the “securing of the Revolution,” it is difficult to see that Ron Paul would have been on the right side of things.

[farmer18th]

Ron Paul is no George Mason.

I think Ron Paul can distinguish between an attack on American soil (the war of 1812) and what he would call (but I don't call) a pre-emptive war in Iraq. Where Ron might be a little challenged is in understanding the danger of Barbary pirates. As a friend of the constitution, however, he's a lot closer to George Mason than any of the current crop, on either side of the aisle. The Constitution isn't just what a post FDR generation of conservatives say it is. It is what is written in the document. Even GWB would have been well advised to read it. You don't declare war without an act of Congress. It's pretty simple. On that front, Ron Paul is more conservative and constitutional than Romney, Bush, Rooty, Huckabee, Hunter, or anyone in the field--and to compare him to the socialist Dennis Kuckle-brain is unfair.

In other words, give him credit where credit is due, even if you wouldn't vote for him for president.