Who The Heck Is Ron Paul?

October 25, 2007

Who The Heck Is Ron Paul?

Ron Paul has been getting what the kids would call mad traffic. His currency as a political candidate is getting stronger, and the attention he gets online would make Obama green with envy. But who is this Ron Paul? Everybody’s talking about him, but I must confess, I’d paid him absolutely no mind whatsoever until somebody asked me, “So what do you think of Ron Paul?”

I hate to brag here, folks, but I have successfully called every election since Jimmy Carter. Don’t ask me how I do it. I just see these people perform on TV, and at some point it seems obvious who is moving away from the pack and into the Oval Office. I can’t do the same thing with the primaries-that is a complete mystery to me, at least until the very end when it’s clear who is kicking ass and who isn’t.

Last election, for example, when Howard Dean’s “scream controversey” surfaced, I knew he was doomed. Around that time it was painfully obvious to me that John Kerry would never, ever be president of the local yacht club,let alone the USA. Ditto for guys like Ross Perot, Bob Dole, and Jesse Jackson. None of these contenders ever had a chance.