Ron Paul the Very Serious Non-Liberal Liberal Slasher

A lot of times I agree with Ron Paul on foreign policy. He is one of the very few if not the only Member of Congress that will come right out and talk about how counterproductive our foreign policy is.  His smackdown of nutjob Rick Santorum at last night's debate is a great exhibit of this.

Domestic policy is altogether different when it comes to Rep. Paul.  I don't believe everything is a conspiracy theory and I don't believe that by shutting down numerous government departments we will render some sort of better vision of America as decided by the Founders.  I honestly don't believe the Constitution forbids Congress to enact a law that prevents businesses from not treating people like equals.  But none of that is really what this is about.

My contention has always been not that Ron Paul's domestic agenda is 19th century caveman vision of America, but that he gets away with a lot things he says by chalking it up to being a libertarian.  He's not a libertarian, however.  He's a Republican.  If Dennis Kucinich said that we should legalize drugs, that we should end our Endless War program, that we should stop foreign aid, that we need to audit the federal reserve, he's a crazy liberal that isn't serious about America.  And he's said all those things.  But when Ron Paul does it, he's a Very Serious Patriot fighting to save America from the liberals.