[ScreamingFist]

He's thrown himself to the wind. We (and hopefully his constituents) are simply honoring his wackiness.

Not true, Paul has voted the Libertarian vote for many, many years. In the past, it generally followed the GOP....now the GOP dumps him...because...errrrr....welllllll, he's wacky. Damn, this party eats it's own.....

[Lovebloggers]

Paul shouldn’t be a registered Republican. He should be registered as a Libertarian. He is an opportunist career politician who is all lip service, and an apologist for radical Islamic fundamentalists.

[bcsco]

now the GOP dumps him...because...errrrr....welllllll, he's wacky.

Being wacky IS throwing oneself to the wind. And that's what I was referring to.

As for the GOP eating its own, I see nowhere where the GOP has marginalized him. He's still running a campaign, still accepted at the debates, and his poll numbers at times are better than some of the other hopefuls (I won't go into the reasons I believe are behind that).

But, when someone like Ron Paul is so far distanced from GOP policy as he is on the WOT, he distances himself from the party. Again, he's left the GOP; the GOP didn't leave him. The same holds true for those of us here at FR.

You seem to have a problem with placing blame. I don't.

[EGPWS]

Not true, Paul has voted the Libertarian vote for many, many years. In the past, it generally followed the GOP....

Jerry Brown was a Republican???

I learn something new every day!

[NYC GOP Chick]

More than wacky — he’s dangerous and teeters on the Hate America edge.