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• Monday, December 3, 2007 12:24 PM

  Ron Paul's Gift

  Eighty-eight responses so far and only brief mention of the "gift" that Paul is a Republican. I suspect he could just as easily appeal to independents if he was a Dem.

  Every dollar given and every phone call made on his behalf is a boon for Democrats. It is hard not to be vindicative given what participating Democrats have been forced to endure--as opposed to the armchair version. Will the Paul supporters be as intransigent as the Dean supporters were?

  Will there finally be a serious potential third party rift in GOP loyalty? Even if the perfidious liberals do not come back to the democratic process there is at least some hope if the party finally fractures. The Rudy/Mitt split is instructive, but not as an appeal to the true independents.

  Maybe it won't matter so much who the Dems nominate, or the question will be more mute and it won't matter what the ideologues think. Perhaps the party will not self-destruct at least for this election.

  As much as I support the aspiration, the need for a mainline Dem to show they have what it takes to win is too much of an imperative at present. A war is being fought at present for all the wrong reasons.

  Libertarianism sounds good on paper, but I want somebody in office right now who is not afraid to get their hands dirty with the current mess--an unadulterated pragmatist is what the times call for, in other words, a politician who takes it as it comes rather than tries to run an agenda.

  Ron Paul for President? Sure. Go for it.

  —Ben Sen Read Ben Sen's other letters
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