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Ron Paul Is Crazy. Admit It.
sfweekly.com ^ | 12/26/2011 | Peter Jamison

Posted on 12/26/2011 9:17:36 AM PST by TBBT

Congressman Ron Paul grabbed the lion's share of headlines among GOP presidential candidates last week, and not just because he is the latest improbable figure to challenge the inevitable nomination of Mitt Romney.

The conservative Weekly Standard ran a rehash by writer James Kirchik of an article he wrote for the New Republic in 2008 that collates, to deadly effect, the astoundingly bizarre, racist, and anti-Semitic comments Paul broadcast in a series of newsletters he published for two decades. Paul implausibly claims the newsletters (written in the first person and bearing his name) were produced by others, but it really doesn't matter. The time has come, as Kirchik helpfully reminds us, to recognize Paul for what he is.

He is not -- as some disillusioned moderates and media pundits like to believe -- a refreshing, small-government Republican with a healthy distaste for Wall Street and foreign adventurism. He is a clinically paranoid (and likely bigoted) conspiracy theorist. And you don't even have to cite his newsletters to prove it.

I paid some attention to Paul's 2008 campaign, because at the time I was assigned by my newspaper to cover two of his biggest fans: Ed and Elaine Brown, a pair of New Hampshire tax cheats who engaged in a months-long standoff with the U.S. Marshals Service over the couple's refusal to pay federal income taxes. The Browns believed they lived on a sovereign enclave atop a hill in rural Plainfield, N.H., stockpiled scary weapons, and threatened violence against any federal agents who came on their property.

You would think a presidential aspirant would want to distance himself from such wackos. Not Paul, who declared in a videotaped interview that the Browns were "heroes":

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KEYWORDS: morethorazineplease; paul; paulnuts; paultards; ronpaul; spotthelooney
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Ron Paul's "heroes"... Along with Wikileaks and Bradley Manning...
1 posted on 12/26/2011 9:17:38 AM PST by TBBT
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To: TBBT

No argument here. I just can’t figure out where his supporters will go once he is out of the race.


2 posted on 12/26/2011 9:18:34 AM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: TBBT

Oh, alright. He’s a bit of a loon.


3 posted on 12/26/2011 9:18:56 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: TBBT

Even granting that he is crazy, he is still better than Mitt.


4 posted on 12/26/2011 9:20:37 AM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
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To: RIghtwardHo

They will still back him. Most are as looney as he is.


5 posted on 12/26/2011 9:21:23 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Hieronymus

Ron Paul is the only guy who cannot beat BO.


6 posted on 12/26/2011 9:21:35 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: TBBT
I can already tell that Obama will be reelected in 2012.

Thanks to the Republicans cannibalizing themselves.

So much for Regan's 11th commandment.

Remember times like this when Obama is sworn back into office in 2012. Then you can pat yourself on the back and say thank God I get rid of all those other candidates.

For the record... Romney will not win because conservatives do not trust him. Newt will not win because Independents do not like him.

Oh and if Trump runs then without a doubt the Republicans will be in the permanent minority. Oh and you will see the rise of the Tea Party.

7 posted on 12/26/2011 9:25:51 AM PST by Sprite518
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To: driftdiver
You should not have to worry about who can beat BO. Why is he not being prosecuted?

http://www.westernjournalism.com/susan-daniels-explains-obamas-social-security-number-reserved-for-connecticut-applicants/

8 posted on 12/26/2011 9:26:48 AM PST by Captain7seas (FIRE JANE LUBCHENCO FROM NOAA)
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To: TBBT

Saul Alinsky.

Not just for commies anymore.


9 posted on 12/26/2011 9:27:26 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ("FREE TRADERS": Self-loathing Americans)
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To: TBBT

Ron Paul has a huge following. I see his fans as the most likely source of a third party than anything else out there, and I don’t see it being a one hit wonder,either.


10 posted on 12/26/2011 9:27:58 AM PST by ChocChipCookie
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To: TBBT

Ron Paul can’t supervise a newsletter staff, but he can staighten out America!


11 posted on 12/26/2011 9:28:29 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: TBBT
I have a great idea!

Rather than talking about boring stuff like policy and limiting the federal government to its enumerated powers, let's just believe every state-controlled media smear we hear about any and every non-Democrat candidate and cluck our tongues and exclaim "What were they thinking when they ran for office!"

Character assassination is a lot more fun than that other stuff.

12 posted on 12/26/2011 9:30:26 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: RIghtwardHo
No argument here. I just can’t figure out where his supporters will go once he is out of the race.

Back to Mom's basement...

or publishing screeds at Stormfront...

or the asylum...

or their next shift at Starbucks...

Or their tent at Occupy where ever...

13 posted on 12/26/2011 9:30:30 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: TBBT

He’s not crazy. He’s just neurologically challenged!

LOL!


14 posted on 12/26/2011 9:31:00 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: RIghtwardHo
I just can’t figure out where his supporters will go once he is out of the race.

Same place Sarah Palin's and Herman Cain's supporters did - to the next best candidate.

I just can't figure out whether Republicans will be even half as rough on Obama once we actually have a candidate, as we are on our own. Good grief.

15 posted on 12/26/2011 9:31:02 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ("FREE TRADERS": Self-loathing Americans)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bump.


16 posted on 12/26/2011 9:31:56 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ("FREE TRADERS": Self-loathing Americans)
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To: RIghtwardHo
>>I just can’t figure out where his supporters will go once he is out of the race.<<

Why they'll fall back in line and vote for the lesser of two evils.

Gee wizz, I wish we could have someone ride in to the rescue. Maybe The Maverick for Change will save the day?

17 posted on 12/26/2011 9:33:05 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: TBBT
he's a 1000% better than Obama in any race !
18 posted on 12/26/2011 9:33:46 AM PST by jrd
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To: RIghtwardHo

Right back to Obama, no doubt.


19 posted on 12/26/2011 9:34:05 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: RIghtwardHo

Not to a party that mocks them and calls them names I can tell you that. We are supposed to be solicitous to the feelings of lefty “centrists” but libertarians are fair game for tar, feathering, and being run off as if they aren’t potential voters themselves.


20 posted on 12/26/2011 9:34:26 AM PST by DManA
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