[GrayBox]

Who must Ron Paul be in order for you to listen to him? A hockey player? A one-armed man? A philosopher-king?

In general, the reason to listen to people is that they might have interesting ideas. "Who they are" is not important.

[jwalsh07]

It will, however, make us all less secure by antagonizing millions of Muslims who understand the necessity of our actions against Al-Queda, but who will object to an invasion of Iraq.

This sentence makes me think that Congressman Paul has a dubious grip on reality.