Mart Movin' on up
I was halfway through a post a moment ago on this irritating piece of inanity from yesterday's Politico Crypt blog (which at least opened the door for some outstanding comments), when a link to today's National Review was tossed in my lap.
Now, I know what you're thinking—NRO? Cushy second home for Neocons when the Weekly Standard just gets too routine? But wait, I think I spot a conservative there.
John Derbyshire writes very nicely today about "the Ron Paul temptation" in his article "That Old-Time Religion."
Nits aside, the broad outlook there is conservative in a way we don't often see from a presidential candidate. It is, in fact, conservatism of exceptional purity. Reading through those policy positions, an American conservative can hear the mystic chords of memory sounding in the distance, and hear the call of ancestral voices wafted on the breeze: Hayek, von Mises, Rothbart, Nock, Kirk, John Chamberlain... Unlike the product in that automobile commercial, this is your father's conservatism—the Old-Time Religion. What is there among Ron Paul's policy prescriptions that the young William F. Buckley would have disagreed with?Derbyshire may conclude that Paul can't win, but his reasons are an indictment of Washington politics—and, more than anything, highlight how much we need President Paul.
To quote one of my favorite old movies (and free bumper sticker to the first commenter who names it), "If St. George had killed a dragonfly instead of a dragon, who would remember him?"
5 Comments:
The more I hear these intellectual giants say how Dr Paul can't win, the more I like our chances!
Inherit the Wind
And yes...President Paul the Dragonslayer!!!
Inherit The Wind
LOL--you win! Send me an email at mail@ronpaulhq.com so I can find out where to send your bumper sticker. ;)
Okay, okay... I'm too excited that other folks knew the movie. I'll toss something extra into sunshinysmile's envelope; Jake, you get a bumper sticker too if you email me at mail@ronpaulhq.com.
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