My embedded Weather Watcher in Hell, Frosty the Snowman, reports a cooling trend. Radley Balko takes a break from his increasingly “Dog Bites Man” reports of police SWAT Team brutality, incompetence and unaccountability to report on Reason’s "Hit & Run" that Ron Paul’s campaign has experienced a surge of contributions amounting to between three and four million dollars and is closing in on $5 million. (The lengthy comments section of Balko’s post includes various snipes from former Paul staffer Eric Dondero, whose “Great Man” views of a future libertarian America strongly suggest that the great man he has in mind to lead us to the Promised Land has a surname ending in a sounded vowel.)
In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m toying with the idea of sending Paul a few bucks, too. Mark it up to rational irrationality or expressive voting. ("Geez, Ridgely, more Caplan plugs?") I’d still say Paul has the same chances of winning the Republican nomination that Barack Obama has of being the next Imperial Wizard of the KKK. Even so, between the Dean Factor, i.e., the yet unmeasured political power of the internet, and the historical precedent of Barry Goldwater, who knows?
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I gave, because at my age I figure I'll never again have the chance to contribute to a candidate that I actually believe in.
I'd rather support a winner and lose than support some loser who wins.
I think the $5 million number is a rumor though, and I wish it would stop. People will laugh when the real number is posted and it is far less.
No matter who you deicde to vote for, be sure to vote in the primaries though!
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