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Great take on Ron Paul from Max Borders...
One of the cleverest things Justin Timberlake ever did was bring sexy back. After all, sexy never really went away. But once the song came out, it didnt matter. People welcomed sexy back with open arms.
Now theres nothing particularly sexy about the Ron Paul campaign. But just as Justin Timberlake brought sexy back, Ron Paul is bringing the Constitution back even though it never went away. The question becomes: Is that enough to mainstream Ron Paul?
The left finds much to respect in Paul. Anti-cronyism. Anti-adventurism. Kudos from Jon Stewart. This makes right-wing partisans squeamish. But a lot of people left, right and center are starting to get a clearer picture of the Texas congressman. His message is more complicated than hope and change. And yet it is as simple as the Constitution hes vowed to restore. Ron Paul is like one of those gestalt pictures. If you look at him long enough, you start to see things that should have been obvious before. Thats the power of principles.
This largely libertarian logic has made some people call him a kook.
But now that Paul has begun to refine his rhetoric in sticky areas like foreign policy e.g., from managing an empire to we cant afford it anymore (less Chomsky, more Coolidge) hes starting to sound not just principled but pragmatic, two qualities Americans really want in a leader
Read more: Ron Paul | Mainstreaming Ron Paul | The Daily Caller
One of the cleverest things Justin Timberlake ever did was bring sexy back. After all, sexy never really went away. But once the song came out, it didnt matter. People welcomed sexy back with open arms.
Now theres nothing particularly sexy about the Ron Paul campaign. But just as Justin Timberlake brought sexy back, Ron Paul is bringing the Constitution back even though it never went away. The question becomes: Is that enough to mainstream Ron Paul?
The left finds much to respect in Paul. Anti-cronyism. Anti-adventurism. Kudos from Jon Stewart. This makes right-wing partisans squeamish. But a lot of people left, right and center are starting to get a clearer picture of the Texas congressman. His message is more complicated than hope and change. And yet it is as simple as the Constitution hes vowed to restore. Ron Paul is like one of those gestalt pictures. If you look at him long enough, you start to see things that should have been obvious before. Thats the power of principles.
This largely libertarian logic has made some people call him a kook.
But now that Paul has begun to refine his rhetoric in sticky areas like foreign policy e.g., from managing an empire to we cant afford it anymore (less Chomsky, more Coolidge) hes starting to sound not just principled but pragmatic, two qualities Americans really want in a leader
Read more: Ron Paul | Mainstreaming Ron Paul | The Daily Caller