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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (37855)5/25/2007 10:41:15 AM
From: Sam  Read Replies (2) of 542233
 
The libertarian wing of the GOP is still pretty strong. They thought Bush was their man, that the Christian business could be controlled, and that Bush wouldn't do anything crazy, but would just keep lowering taxes and not enforcing regulation. They found out differently. They have been outmaneuvered both by neocons and by the Christians, and have received far less attention than their numbers in the party warrants, IMHO. So they are pissed. Paul is a voice for them. He will appeal to the people who voted for Perot in '92. I think he'll do a lot better than the media is expecting.

But I still wish Wellstone were around to debate him. Or someone like Wellstone. That might have been a debate worth watching, unlike the ones we have been given. They weren't afraid to speak their minds, didn't constantly temporize or make petty digs or speak in well rehearsed slogans or phrases ("It's your money"; "The can-do people"; "fuzzy math"; and Bush's cute repulsive little warning yesterday, "They're coming after your children, David").

It would be nice Paul would run a third party campaign, financed by some wealthy libertarians. That would finally end the insane alliance that currently makes up the Republican Party. Just as the insane Democratic alliance that FDR put together finally ended in '68 and '72. We need more than two parties in this country to reflect our politically complex society, but as long as we have a winner-take-all electoral system, we can't have more than two. Just not possible.
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