Knew very little about Ron Paul except for a few things he has voted on in the past. But when I saw the YouTube clip from when he was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno he just really struck me all wrong--came off as a smug jerk I thought.
I don’t think he’s very bright. I think the libertarian movement is using him as their standard bearer, flawed though he may be, and that’s the reason he seems to be getting some traction. That’s fine, I have a lot of sympathy with libertarians, but the guy himself turns me off.