Reply #162: He is an anomaly within the Republican Party [View All]

[bonzotex]

you wrote, "He's a human being, an American with integrity,..."
,...a person who holds true to principle and clings to his compassion for others"

Not exactly the standard profile of a Republican lawmaker, thus an anomaly. We shouldn't get too fired up considering Ron Paul a harbinger of a schism in Repug solidarity. He's an outsider and effectively powerless withing his declared Party. He could probably win in his district now as a Libertarian...unless the Texas Democratic Party fielded a viable candidate. And there's the real problem. People are starved for real ideas and real leadership. Either the Democrats can provide it or other parties will step in. Or, you end up with guys like Congressman Paul, nominally a Republican but with very different ultimate agenda. I like the guy, but I don't want to live in his version of America any more than Bushco's.

Still, he's been dead right about Iraq since the War drums started beating and he is consistent in pointing out the absurdities of power in Washington. In that, more Democratic "leaders" would do well to follow his example instead of sucking up to the Right. Why are we standing up cheering at his floor comments? Why wasn't this speech, and a 100 more like it made by Democrats? Until we have leaders that will show a similar grasp of truth and are willing to stand firm on principle, we will continue to stand in the cheap seats and watch our country be looted and destroyed from within.