He was showing principle leadership, like Bush on 9/11.

Yes, in the same way that an elephant is the biggest loser when it steps on a rat.

He has abandoned his libertarian base.

Over the years, Dr. Paul was often perceived as being a little too conservative. Last year, during his Presidential run, he veered away even more from being an actual libertarian.

But now, Ron Paul is not only running away from being a Libertarian, he is not only running away from supporting Liberty, he is no longer even supporting the Constitution. Baldwin’s Theocratic Communist party, that wants to impose the values of the “good communist man” on America, does not support the Constitution, and is not worthy of its name.

Shame on Ron Paul.

At the same time, Bob Barr is becoming more and more Libertarian. He has abandoned and renounced much of his past legislative history.

Barr did the right thing by bailing out of Ron Paul’s self-promotional press conference.

In the end, there will be only a small benefit to the Baldwin for Theocratic Ayatollah campaign.
But this will be one more bit of evidence for those who called Dr. Paul crazy.

It’s too bad, too.

Now, with the real issue being the Financial Crisis that has been created by the Federal Reserve, a strong Ron Paul campaign led by the old Dr. Paul (who was more consistant and more Libertarian 20 years ago) could have a real impact.

Too busy right now, maybe later. I’m having a brain fart on the name of the guy whose railroading Barr applauded. He was sent to prison for several years for getting a blowjob from a white girl at a party. They were both teenagers, it was concensual, and Barr argued for making the video public (the part about making it public being the only nonconcensual part). Disgusting.

Evidence that other candidates would be doing better? They would have been at the Campaign for Liberty event. The Ron Paul public endorsement of Baldwin would not have happened.

I ask for evidence regarding the child porn issue, not your assertion. A link or something.

I ask for evidence regarding your assertion that any of the other candidates would have done better. Perhaps evidence in the past that some purist got into the debates or something. Not the number of wet dreams the purists would have had that an anarchist was nominated.

It was a legal case in Georgia.

Also, I appreciate the fact that you did not argue the main thrust of my post, namely that no other LP candidate would have done any better.

Any of the candidates in the official Denver debate other than Barr would have been doing better now.

Where is the evidence for your claim that he argued for the legalization of child porn?

Also, I appreciate the fact that you did not argue the main thrust of my post, namely that no other LP candidate would have done any better.

VTV is nuts, Gravel was a horrible public speaker who stood for universal health care.

Is there anyone delusional enough to think kiddie porn queen Ruwart would have raised $40 million at this point? Where would she have been in the polls now, 8%? 10%? In the lead in electoral votes?

What about Kubby? How much money would he have raised? Phillies?

Would any of them raised R3VOLution-type money? Would any of them been within striking distance of qualifying for the debates?

I will readily admit that it does not appear that the Barr campaign has achieved the goals the moderates predicted, if the purists concede that no LP candidate would have come any closer. Barr is hardly doing any worse than previous nominees.

Denigrate the Barr campaign all you want. I thank Zeus every day that Ruwart wasn’t nominated and the nightmare scenario of the LP being labeled as sympathetic to the child porn peddlers did not occur.

Since the LNC seems unwilling or unable to act on the LP’s behalf as a body, perhaps those members of it who still retain some shred of integrity and credibility should form a “Responsibility Caucus” and apologize to Paul and C4L on the LP’s behalf.