Ron Paul: Sexiest Presidential Candidate
Earlier this week, we asked you to come out and vote for the sexiest presidential candidate. And vote you did. The polls have closed, the votes have been tallied, and your choice for the sexiest candidate in the 2008 election was… Ron Paul.
What does it say about our society (never mind our political maturity) when a septugenarian Republican grandfather can in all seriousness be described as “sexy”? Yeah, Ron Paul may be the most intriguing candidate in a decidedly weak field of Republicans, but there’s no getting around the reality that the man is “out there”…WAY “out there”. This is a candidate who in all seriousness believes that America should return to the gold standard…thereby taking a significant portion of the economy down for the count. I could go into detail as to why Ron Paul is a BAD idea, but I know that there are many among my readers who would take me to task for that. Besides, if you’ve been hanging around these parts for any length of time at all, you already know how I feel about Ron Paul. Bad, bad, BAD idea….
What I find truly amazing is that Paul has a significant base of support among young Americans…most of whom probably know next to nothing about what he actually stands for [see Anderson, John (1980)]. There’s a reason why the GOP is treating him like the crazy uncle they’d rather keep in the basement. He IS the crazy uncle. Of course, he’s a crazy uncle with a ton of money at his disposal. Even though the polls continue to show Paul as little more than an afterthought, the millions that he’s collected are coming from somewhere.
Quick…can anyone (besides Bob) tell me what Ron Paul stands for?
