Being from a certain western state where the Libertarian party was birthed (yeah, I know, embarassing isn’t it?), my experience has always been that if you scratch a rabid libertarian deep enough, this is the shit that oozes out. Though there were initially some new party converts who were mostly in it for the drug legalization plank of the party platform, they only stayed if they were willing to swallow the rest of the racists package.

And I agree humboldtblue that these mobs are scary; what I found entertaining about it was seeing one of the Faux Spews cheerleaders who has greatly helped give a voice to this crap getting hounded by the mob that now thinks he hasn’t gone far enough for their “taste”. For me it was a classic case of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and all that; trouble is, the Paultards may be the very next incarnation of said monster on a much larger scale, and that is indeed scary. Unfortunately, in times of economic uncertainty this stuff only gets worse; I was just trying to catch a tangential chuckle where I could.

Lemme assure you, I’m fully aware of what a total nutjob Dr. Paul is. My comment was directed at Paul’s strong opposition to the Iraq war. It warms my heart to watch him rip into his rethug colleagues at the debates, and on Faux News. He is correct on the war, and he never backs down. We could use a little bit of that coming from our tentative candiates.

I’d be willing to bet that a significant number of Paultards aren’t even aware that he is a long-time racist, sexist, anti-semitic, homophobe (for starters). Wait’ll they find themselves standing next to the skinhead contingent at the next rally.

He is serving a purpose by articulating the insanity of the Iraq war though — don’tcha think?

Of course, if he actually got any traction, somebody would have to kidnap him and whisk him away. tbogg could probably arrange that.

JFC, this could be the quickest turn-around on record, or at least since Jonah walked into Lucianne’s bedroom that fateful night.

I don’t think you should underestimate the white supremacists. They don’t all live in trailer parks; some have money and organizational skills.

There is an article in TNR about Paul which details his links to the Neo COnfederat and Christian Reconstructionist movements. http://www.tnr.com/politics/st…..2a7da84ca.

My town has a nasty group of Christian Reconstructionists, and they are all pretty well off. And I have noticed a bunch on them are Paul supporters. Very Very scary.

CB, not at all. You put much more effort into your comment than I did, I was reacting almost entirely on a visceral level.

Later I was perusing the toobz and found a Dave Niewert post that makes for an interesting read.

Again, I don’t doubt the man’s sincerity, and to be honest, I am enjoying watching him make FOX News appear as silly as they do to the rest of the rational world, but this shit scares me.

http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2…..tions.html