And the media are only too happy to assist in the re-crafting of the image and the platform, stand back and watch the division, the infighting. From the posting I see here, conservatives are blissfully ignorant of the libertarian takeover of conservatism and the GOP.
I notice how libertarians have adopted some Buchananite "principles," too, amounting to unrealistic narrow-mindedness. Libertarian = liberties without responsibilities.
IOW, the kook leader represents a kook platform. No wonder the president of Google sent out hundreds of paid campaign workers for Ron Paul in the 2008 primaries.
You are so right!