It's too bad really, because I do admire Paul for the ideal of upholding the Constitution (that's something I wish more Republicans would jump on the bandwagon with; that's my one major beef with the Republicans right now). But the dude did manage to attract a fair few from the lunatic fringe with some of his other, not so admirable or even sane ideas.
I think maybe it could have been a good wake up call to some conservative leaders though: there are a lot of people out there who are pretty disaffected with the Republican brand right now, simply because they don't seem to be all that concerned with upholding the Constitution (and most Dems are gung ho in attacking it, so somebody needs to ride to the rescue here).
It's too bad really, because I do admire Paul for the ideal of upholding the Constitution (that's something I wish more Republicans would jump on the bandwagon with; that's my one major beef with the Republicans right now). But the dude did manage to attract a fair few from the lunatic fringe with some of his other, not so admirable or even sane ideas.
I think maybe it could have been a good wake up call to some conservative leaders though: there are a lot of people out there who are pretty disaffected with the Republican brand right now, simply because they don't seem to be all that concerned with upholding the Constitution (and most Dems are gung ho in attacking it, so somebody needs to ride to the rescue here).