That's the point that his supporters seem to be missing. Ron Paul may be a rock solid defender of the Constitution, a patriot, a veteran, and a staunch conservative. He's also bonkers.
The first rule of being a politician is that you have to get elected. In order to get elected, you have to understand and balance who the people are, what they want, and what they need. Paul may be a great conservative ideologue, but he's got a tin ear for national politics. People that either don't understand what will alienate their base, or don't care, aren't competative politicians.
Locally, sure. Maxine Waters thinks the CIA's been selling crack to black people for years. Hats off to the 35th district of California for keeping her off the streets and giving her a job. But that charity ends once she leaves her district. You can't sell crazy nation-wide.
If you want to have stupid views, that's fine. But if you don't know they're stupid, or consequences-be-damned you're going to voice them anyway, expect to be cast aside as a loon.
‘That’s the point that his supporters seem to be missing. Ron Paul may be a rock solid defender of the Constitution, a patriot, a veteran, and a staunch conservative. He’s also bonkers. ‘
Yep, its true. You can love the Constitution, and be insane at the same time.
I'd say the opposite is true. Paul's one of the few sane men, and most of the rest of the country is bonkers.
We're a country of children now, not men.
You seriously think Paul is so delusional that he thinks he'll be elected President? All it takes is 10 minutes of studying public opinion polls to find out that Americans don't know squat about nor care about their Constitution. Think of how many people he's exposed to libertarian and constitutional perspectives...much more efficient than other kinds of education.