> It's even funnier (if that's quite the word) that there
> are certain soi-disant leftists who are willing to 'give
> a pass' to Obama to continue to kill people in AfPak
> because Ron Paul has funny ideas about the gold standard.
I don't see anyone here giving a pass to Obama for his handling of the economy, let alone his fascination with continuing pointless, stupid, expensive, inhumane wars. Ron Paul should be ignored because he's a lunatic, even if lunatics can every once in a while say something you happen to agree with.
It probably should be a test you have to take before joining lbo-talk: can you hold two separate throughts in your head at once? Or do you have to pick a single embodiment of all your positions simultaneously? It's not Obama, for sure; but Ron Paul isn't even on the short list.
/jordan