Ron Paul sounds like a crackpot to today’s conservatives because he is interested in conserving the Republic the Founders bequeathed to us, while they are interested in conserving the ego-illusion of American National Supremacy that we adopted after WWII - even if they have to expand the welfare state to do it. Developments in history since that time have put the two visions into sharp conflict.
Ron Paul sounds like a crackpot because he IS a crackpot. Occam’s razor in action.
Dr. Ron Paul, who is a great Congressman and whom I very much admire, sounds like a crackpot to today's conservatives because he has some very odd ideas on foreign policy and seems to be at least open to teh so-called "9/11 Truthers." He has a lot of conspiratorialist views.
Dr. Keyes hs none of that, jsut a principeld dedication to limited government, th Constitution, and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. Views like that are no longer welcome in the GOP, nor apparently in certain parts of the conservative movement.