Ron Paul's determined and surprisingly well-received candidacy is confusing the hell out of the pundits of politics as usual, both left and right. He's showing tremendous appeal with youth audiences, and I'm looking forward to seeing him (again) on The Daily Show.
The funniest remark on the YouTube page featuring Ron Paul on Bill Maher's show was this:
enginedave (12 hours ago)Nope, no identity change here. No, I'm not here to hurl epithets. I just can't understand this Ron Paul thing. I can't buy all these young folks for Paul. Kids are USUALLY liberal. Except for a scant few that have minds of their own. So I can't come to any other conclusion than this being a democrat strategy. Except, of course, for the scant few tried and trues... Just my opine.
Maybe young people prefer bullshit-free leadership that respects it's proper constitutional limitations and role. Perhaps they consider that far more important than any particular political philosophy. Perhaps promises of what a leader WILL NOT do are more important than probably empty and disingenuous promises of what they will do. And, just perhaps, he's credible.
tag: Ron Paul, liberty, libertarian, Bill Maher
1 comment:
Agreed. I am a sophomore in college and consider myself liberal, but it is not policy that often bothers me as much as it is dishonesty and plain disrespect for logic. I certainly wouldn't be against a Paul candidacy and will strongly consider voting for him.
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