Both the Pauls have an “us and them” attitude, but their “us” side is so tiny that “them” is everyone else.
In effect, Libertarians behave like the Hippies of the right, waving banners like “abolish the system and replace it with something good.”
But what America needs is a conservative who enters office with a thousand point program emphasizing dismantling broad parts of the government, canceling libraries of regulations, and slashing more than a hundred and fifty years of unconstitutional management.
It won’t be easy, it won’t be pretty, and it won’t generate any good press from the zombie media. At the same time, it will be barraged by the slings and arrows of the bureaucratic mandarins, vested interests, lobbyists, foreign governments, Democrats and establishment Republicans.
Both the Pauls have an “us and them†attitude, but their “us†side is so tiny that “them†is everyone else.”
I was at a convention a few years ago, and the Ron Paul supporters stormed in and filled the aisles, waving their signs and so on. It wasn’t exactly a protest, but it was sort of like that. In any event, the guy closest to me was yelling something to the effect of “Down with all of you Trostskyite” something or other. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but I remember clearly that he called the “them” ...Trotskyites.
I’m no defender of the establishment. And I live in a conservative state with a decent enough state GOP.
But are they really....Trotskyite?
Seriously?!