Letters to the Editor
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Political ravines
There's no question that we don't know enough about Paul to elect him president. I'm not really worried about that, though.
(1) he won't be elected president
(2) before he is, he'll be raked over the coals.
As Glenn is pointing out, he'll be called worse things than "wingnut." At least, until he is anointed Glorious Leader by the GOP. If that happens, then I'll start to worry, unless I'm having too much fun watching the anointers twist themselves into knots over the anointing.
And only if he is anointed can he survive the vicious swiftboatings that will come. Only the anointed can get to be president with drunk driving and AWOL records. If you're worried about secrets, I'd worry about THOSE secrets: the kind that are deliberately hidden by the party machine to achieve the foreordained conclusion.
Our presidential races are far too somnolent and staged, like gladiatorial combats. Kabuki, someone said. And twice as boring. I'd look forward to the debates that prove Paul worse than Hillary. Or the reverse---I don't care which.