I have to tell you, I know a lot of college aged and kids in their 20s who were raised in conservative homes who are Ron Paul supporters. These kids are NOT pot heads. Two of them are my boys. They are both smart kids--engineers both of them. They don't do drugs and they follow politics closely. One of their friends ran the Ron Paul campaign in Iowa this year. I know several other young people who like Ron Paul, too. It's bizarre. I keep trying to point out how weird this guy is, but they won't see it. I think that the thing that draws these kids to him is the fact that they see the Republican party as being almost as bad as the Democratic party.
I think they also see him as some kind of deep thinker, a philosophical genius if you will. His recent remarks though concerning Julian Assange shows what an idiot he and his followers are. He may have some valid points with fiscal issues, but when it comes to security, the military, and pretty much everything else, he's a nutcase.
If you are a young person that believes in small government who would you vote for? Republicans who have never, ever cut the size of government or someone that you believe will cut government?
Ron Paul appeals to an almost idealistic type of conservative, one that fails to realize that a conservative utopia is no more realistic than a leftist one.
Ron Paul’s a good man, but he’s WAY off on foreign policy, and although economically I can get on board with him on most issues, he is even a bit myopic on some domestic issues as well.