The GOP isn't interested in facts and reality. Neither is Ron Paul in terms of his extreme libertarianism. However, I'm willing to give him credit that he's probably right about this point.

The crazy thing Ron Paul is doing is hoping that the GOP would actually pay attention to reality.

"American exceptionalism" and "opportunity around the world" are mutually exclusive concepts.

Pretty spot on. And he actually did a good job of arguing against the "they hate us because of our freedoms" bullshit. Robert Fisk also talks about Bin Laden's reasons as well and he interviewed Bin Laden a couple of times, that's worth a look if you're interested.

I can't tell if that look on Rick Santorum's face is because of his ignorance to what Ron Paul is saying, because he's never heard anyone criticize the US government's policies in such a way, or because he's aware of what Ron Paul is saying but also aware that he's not supposed to say things like that. The audience is what really gets to me though.

If forced to choose at gunpoint, I'd go with Ron Paul's extreme libertarianism over his son's blatant neoconservatism.

The moment you boneheads give Ron Paul an ounce of good will he's gonna destroy it with something like this:

/watch?v=gB3pjft_Aus

He is just as much an accomplice to the GOP madness as any of his colleagues -- if you saw him during the last election cycle (after the first couple debates) then you might have seen him in full shill-mode.

I have more respect for repellent assholes like Newt Gingrich, who at least are nakedly evil -- and not running a GOP recruitment front group for pot heads, infowarriors, so-called anarcho-capitalists, and paranoid racists.