I Was a Card-Carrying Libertarian: Confessions of a Black Sheep Republican
You picked a funny time to turn against Ron Paul, since on the one issue you hold up as your example of why you “turned” – the war in Afghanistan – Paul was on your side.
Why not admit it has nothing to do with Afghanistan, and everything to do with Iraq? You just can’t stand that everything – everything – Paul said about Iraq in 2002 came true. Paul said his reading of the intelligence available to Congress indicated that Saddam had no WMD: true. Paul said that Iraq would be a quagmire: true. Paul said that invading Iraq would create a historic recruiting opportunity for Al Qaeda and leave us less safe than before: true.
I also find it strange that you self-describe as a libertarian, but manage to write an entire column about the politics of the 2001-2007 period without talking about the Bush administration’s repeated sh*tting all over the Constitution, and the enthusiastic way in which every Republican candidate other than Paul has embraced all of the Bush administration’s unConstitutional and illiberal actions.
If you left a political party because ONE person wrote a column you didn’t agree with, and because Nick Gillespie tries to have a sense of humor over at Hit n’Run, you will wait a long time before you find a party you can actually accept. I guarantee you that every last political party in America has at least one person in it that you will disagree with, and at least one person who makes smartass remarks.
