Monday, January 2, 2012

Ron Paul, the new breed of self-styled "conservatives,' and and the ever-more-brittle state of American politics

Star Parker points out that most of Ron Paul's support among registered Pubs and independents comes from such folks in the 18 - 29 age bracket, and that they claim to be solidly right-of-center but basically subscribe to a "leave-me-alone" ethic, devoid of a stand on the larger issue of what has shaped the uniquely American character over the last 400 years.

While Paul's undeniably spot-on championing of free-market economics and limited government has great appeal, if one circumscribes the totality of one's concerns to that, one is less equipped to see the nuttiness of his foreign-policy views, and they are nutty in the extreme.

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