Rand was excellent when it came to the role of government, she went off the rails when it came to how to personally life. She had more sense than all liberals on the role of government.
The socialists worst nightmare is someone who understands Rand's defense of true capitalism.
Atlas Shrugged, published over 50 years ago and outsold every other book besides the Bible - has, like guns and ammo, had a resurgence since 2009 - with sales skyrocketing again.
as a young Russian, caught in the Bolshevik Revolution years, she knew the signs of encroaching Communism. Everything she warned about has now come to pass in this country.
With them screaming about Paul Ryan's espousing of Rand's political philosophy, more people will read “Atlas” and not be able to miss the total correlation with the corrupt,, Socialist crowd that are destroying our country.
That said, her readers are able to separate her political beliefs from her private life, the same as one can appreciate daVinci’s masterful work without agreeing with his private life.
the demRAts may be doing us a favor - as most people will understand that Ryan is a Catholic, a religious man - which means the ‘bumbles camp and media sychophants are lying - again.
It will be interesting to see if book sales for Atlas Shrugged has another uptick.
here's a clip from the movie - part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRZWuz4t5ng
the movie is now on Netflix -
BTW, Ayn Rand's first writing jobs, after escaping Bolshevik Russia, was as a screen writer in Hollywood - at the same time Ronald Reagan was Screen Actor's Guild president. They went after the encroaching communism in films - and held them back for some years - Reagan learned how to recognize the signs of creeping Socialism - and we know his success in later years: “...Tear down this wall!”
Now, the only thing better -or to add to - having someone like Rand who knows WHY we must bring this country back to it's Constitutional roots - is to have Romney appoint Col. WEst as Def SEc - who knows Islam backwards and forewords. For both enemies must be brought down.