That’s the best article title I’ve ever seen. I’ve not been following the Ron Paul phenomenon too closely, but reading more about the guy is rather fascinating. I don’t think he could possibly win the nomination since he fails to blindly adhere to “guns, god, and glory”, but I’d sure as hell like to see him on the ticket. Would make 2008 a lot less worrisome.

This is why Paul is running. Though he has no real shot at winning, he has a lot to say. He’s the only Republican candidate who wants to end U.S. involvement in Iraq and withdraw the U.S. Navy from the waters off the Iranian coast. He wants America to pull out of the United Nations, NATO, the International Criminal Court, and most international trade agreements. He wants to abolish FEMA, end the federal war on drugs, get rid of the Department of Homeland Security, send the U.S. military to guard the Mexican border, stop federal prosecutions of obscenity, eliminate the IRS, end most foreign aid, overturn the Patriot Act, phase out Social Security, revoke public services for illegal immigrants, repeal No Child Left Behind, and reestablish gold and silver as legal tender.

There are problems in there to be sure. No social security? Scrap NATO and the UN? Not a fan of that, but if you make a checklist, I’m willing to bet a great number of guys on the right agree with those sentiments, and they don’t have the conviction of “conservatism” to back the others.

My dream would be a 2008 presidential race where both presidents are arguing about how best to get our troops out of the Middle East. Ah well.