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Our efforts are much better spent elsewhere.

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I don't think our efforts extend beyond trying to keep Paul in the debates. If he stays in, our interests benefit, as Paul's articulation of a smaller, limited federal government stands in clear contrast to the big government solutions proposed by the other Republican candidates.

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Well, the other GOP candidates are also paying lip service to the benefits of a smaller, limited federal govt (whether they mean it or not), so the contrast isn't all that sharp.

I have mixed feelings on Ron Paul. His heart's in the right place, but he's not capable of expressing the serious libertarian ideas that he believes in a serious manner. To be blunt, he comes off as a whack job (good word!), and he embarrasses me as a libertarian.

I find myself cringing, hoping that people that I know will think he's just a GOP crazy. I don't want to see folks dismissing libertarian ideas just because the current spokesman sounds like a nut-case.