Good article. That type of thinking always has its simplistic appeal to people. In Ron Paul's case, unlike that of the mullahs, it's not even religious, since many of his social positions would certainly not gell with traditional Christians. But I think it does reflect a weird fantasy about a (mythical and non-existent) past time when there was a stronger, purer America, before it was corrupted by evil bankers and immigrants...
People should beware, because a lot of this thinking was behind the support for Hitler's theories in Germany. Again, Hitler arose during a period of economic hardship and confusion for Germans, and appealed to some supposed purer past. He demonized the wealthy and various industries, and of course picked the Jews as the supposed source of all this corruption and made getting rid of the Jews the key to the restoration of Germany's supposed purity.
I don't think there are enough weak-minded people in the US to fall for Paul's garbage, fortunately.
So you are saying America has never been more prosperous,never been more at peace, the streets have never been safer,families have never been stronger than today? Talk about Orwellian. You sound just like these Marxists that claim Americans that want to return the good old days of the 1950's are dirty KKK Nazis. Like I said, Paul's candidacy really is showing people's true colors.