Liberty Maven

There is a decent article in the October 20th print edition of The American Conservative magazine by Daniel Larison that sums up the now splintered Ron Paul Revoluton. Much of the reason is attributed to Paul’s own original quasi-endorsement of third party candidates and Bob Barr’s own stubbornness in not participating in the endorsement press conference.

The gyst of the article suggests that Chuck Baldwin is now the most likely vote choice for Paul supporters. It could be construed as a bit of an attack piece on Barr. In the end the author arrives at the same lament I have had regarding the horribly missed opportunity at actually having Ron Paul’s movement be more than a fringe element easily dismissed, especially now that many of his economic predictions are coming to pass.

Larison ends his article with the following:

As all of this unfolded, the financial crisis revealed the prescience and importance of Paul’s warnings about the Federal Reserve’s inflationary monetary policy. This issue, which Paul stressed repeatedly during his primary campaign—much to the eye-rolling amusement of supposedly serious journalists and pundits—has proved far more relevant in this election cycle than anyone could have guessed. It is particularly unfortunate for the country that there will not be a unified, coherent movement to give voice to this critique at a time when we need it most.

While I may disagree with a portion of the article I am in complete agreement with Larison’s conclusion. There isn’t a readily available online version of this article so if you’d like to read the entire thing your going to have to purchase a copy of American Conservative magazine or sign up for it online. It really is a great read most of the time. It’s not Neo-conservative BS. It’s true conservative BS.