Those on the left who reflexively conflate the Paul brand of libertarianism – embodied most robustly by his father Ron – with the aims of cynical theocrats like Sarah Palin or Jim DeMint not only abdicate any pretence of intellectual responsibility; they deprive themselves of a powerful ally.
So it is a Horowitizian fact that Demint and Palin are "cynical theocrats".
I thought he was a self-styled man of the right? I guess there is a lot of space between renouncing violent Communism and the Black Panther Party and actually growing all the way up to be a traditional conservative. I was not aware that he had aborted his journey along the way.
How sad.
His central policy position is protecting Israel with the US military and foreign aid and keeping Christians supporting Israel but out of power and influence in the GOP. He does not like Christians being in the Republican party but he has to put up with them for the power they offer in protecting Israel. He's a bigot when it comes to the goy in that he expects Christians to join him in protecting Israel, but he really does not respect them as people, at all. He is a user and an abuser.
Palin is a cultural Christian; an American-American, and I am not surprised he hates her but she is supposed to march to his orders in supporting him and fellow Jews. The double standard is pretty disgusting and ignorant.
I had a nasty exchange with him in the early nineties concerning his bigotry. He was dissing Shaffley as if she were a bumpkin Christian in an article and I reminded him that she (a lawyer) successfully fought off the communists while he was still in red diapers and that he should learn to recognize and respect those conservatives who cut the path he now walks.