despite the excessive hyping by many of his enthusiasts (not on this board but on the wider internets), i still think that Ron Paul was the best of the republican bunch in the primaries.

he appears to be a conscientious, thinking politician, a rarity in these modern times.

some of the ideas he proposes are quite impractical, in particular when facing the inertia of existing institutions.


"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
(Philip K.Dick)