A surprisingly fair article in the Washingon Post on our libertarian revolution. But then, even the establishment can see what is coming:
"It is hard to say what the turning point was, when Rep. Ron Paul, the elfin libertarian from Texas with the penchant for lonely stands in the Congressional Record, became Ron Paul, beacon to disaffected Americans and accidental instigator of one of the more memorable grass-roots campaigns in history.
"It may have been around the time that Paul stood up to Rudolph W. Giuliani. At a May debate, the former New York mayor interrupted a discourse by Paul on how the Republican Party had been led astray by an interventionist foreign policy that had, among other things, helped set the stage for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
"Giuliani, full of outrage, condemned the notion that 'we invited the attack' and asked Paul to 'withdraw that comment.'
"The crowd roared, but Paul held firm as he explained 'blowback': 'They don't come here to attack us because we're rich and we're free,' he said. 'They come and they attack us because we're over there.'
"The exchange encapsulated the Paul phenomenon: He is willing to say things rarely uttered in polite company, much less in GOP establishment circles. Many of his arguments have nonetheless found enough support in a demoralized GOP Party that his rivals have not been able to ignore him. When challenged, Paul, 72, has held his ground, thereby providing inspiration to scattered legions who have organized an uprising on his behalf."
Read the rest and thanks to Brad Funkhouser.
