Paul, like Pat Buchanan, is brilliant in certain respects but, like Buchanan, he loses traction with his isolationist/nationalistic recommendations.
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I was a big Buchanan supporter. I agree with your take on him. While the guy can be brilliant, his foreign policy views leave the reservation IMO, and don’t return home often enough.
It’s real shame. What it does is make folks ignore him on other important issues.