This will be irrelevant to many of you, but I think it's worth spreading around, becasue I have been assaulted by several "lefty" types who have turned to Ron Paul becasue of the revolting (in only the bad sense) array of presdential candidates, and the fact that Paul has a couple of issues on which his position can be said to be 'progressive' (like get out of Iraq).
Paul, for those who dont already know, comes to the GOP from the Libertarian Party, those walking obtusities who resolutely refuse to see the forest of capitalism for the trees of taxation and govt. bureaucracy.
But the MAIN REASON I wrote, and the MAIN THING I want people to spread about Ron Paul, is that he is ANTI-CHOICE. Seems an odd exception for a libertarian to make --most Lib.s ARE pro-choice, to be fair, consistent with the bulk of their politics--until you realize that Paul is Catholic. (ALSO an odd thing for a Libertarian, I would think!). He buys the fetus=person deal. So he's an idiot. And he prioritizes teh "right to life" over the mother's sovereignty over her own body, so he's not just an idiot (some perfectly nice people are idiots, after all; some of my best friends...ummm...never mind...), he's a fascist (which NONE of my friends are).