{"id":365,"date":"2008-03-20T21:00:18","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2008-03-21T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-21T17:32:00","slug":"republican-party-to-ron-paul-supporters-get-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Republican Party to Ron Paul Supporters: Get lost!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[digg-reddit-me]One of the core magazine of the Republican conservative establishment has this explicit message to Ron Paul supporters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[G]et lost. There should be plenty of room for [all of you] in Obama’s big tent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Republican party seems to be making no attempt to woo or otherwise capture the energy of Congressman Ron Paul’s supporters. I admired Mr. Paul’s campaign<\/a> – even if I felt I could never support him<\/a>. I believe that Mr. Paul’s campaign got some of the biggest issues facing America right – with regards to federalism, the balance of power, and executive overreach. On many other issues, I think he argued from a principled and insightful stance – one that those Republicans – and many Democrats – in power today do not take into account. In foreign policy, he was a military isolationist; on currency, he was against all regulation. These stances are radical – but reflect the reality of America less than a hundred years ago. Although many of those in power ignore this, there are still many fringe aspects of America that they ignore.<\/p>\n

Now, the Republican party is rejecting the many young supporters of Mr. Paul – presumably because these elites see these supporters as part of the unwashed masses that get to have a say every four or so years, but who are essentially dumb creatures. There is a contempt for Mr. Paul’s supporters that is hard to fathom – especially for a party that is in decline.<\/p>\n

I agree with Mr. Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard<\/em> though. Barack Obama has many positions at odds with Mr. Paul. But I think Mr. Paul’s supporters can find something to support in Mr. Obama’s platform. And they are welcome in Obama’s big tent.<\/p>\n

Here’s a grand liberal-libertarian alliance this November and beyond. (Do you hear me Kos? Freedom Democrats?)<\/p>\n

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