I disagree with David — I think that Ron Paul is a wacko fringe candidate. There are lots of people who are against the war, without also wanting to abolish the Department of Education or withdraw from the United Nations or go back on the gold standard. I deeply dislike the notion that opposing the war — a majority position — is something that should be associated with the radicalism, the outsiderism, of a figure like Guy Fawkes.

But that said, there’s no doubt that Paul has struck a nerve. His one-day Guy Fawkes-themed fundraiser wound up pulling in $4.07 million in the end. I would caution Rep. Paul’s supporters not to confuse the support he has received thanks to his vehement opposition to the war with broad support for his nutty paranoid-”libertarian” ideas generally (and no doubt some of those supporters will stop by to berate me for using the n-word there). “First they laugh at you,” etc — I know. He’s not going to win.

But hey, it was a good day for you guys.

Posted by Paul Curtis
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 7:54 am

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