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Dangerous Kooks
Rick Fisk
Lew Rockwell.com
Wednesday November 28, 2007
Statists and warmongering neoconservatives (apologies
for the redundancy) have been working overtime in an attempt to
derail the Ron Paul Freedom Train. Since most of them have only
involved themselves in war from behind a keyboard, the chicken-hawk
generals (my new choice of names for the D.C. baseball club) aren't
proving themselves well-versed in political strategery.
While there have been some attacks originating from the left,
let's face it, most of the attacks against Ron Paul have been
from those claiming to be "conservatives." Entire volumes
could be written about the socialist bent of those belonging to
the Trotskyite neoconservative movement who proclaim themselves
the sole heirs to Ronald Reagan’s legacy, but it is safe
to say that Ron Paul's detractors are not standing up for political
ideology as much as they are defending their own livelihoods.
They feel threatened; as well they should, because their entire
house of cards is falling down before their eyes.
These same people who have maintained an appearance of credibility
in spite of their fabulously wrong predictions on war, political
races and public opinion are now attacking Ron Paul and his supporters
for openly, and very credibly, shaking the foundations of their
beloved status quo. Neoconservatism is in its dying throes and
its media representatives are finally starting to see the oncoming
train at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
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Unable to provide their dwindling members with any real "dirt"
on a man who has doggedly defended the Constitution these past
30 years, Ron Paul's detractors have issued an inordinate number
of words deriding his supporters. The effect has been humorous
at best. Resolve is being hardened rather than weakened. Ironically,
between the leftist progressives and the neoconservatives, the
neoconservatives attacking Ron Paul are less honest. At least
the progressive critics are attacking Ron Paul's actual views.
The neoconservative weapons of choice have been guilt-by-association
and ad hominem. The first attacks of this nature were issued from
obscure blogs and rarely-read Internet publications but have been
found floating to the top of the neoconservative cesspool. Even
in shark-infested waters, excrement floats; though neoconservatives
would try to convince you that it is cream you're witnessing.
(Here, you eat it then, Norm.)
From neoconservatives in print, on the Internet and hosts of
nationally syndicated television programs, we learned that Ron
Paul and his followers were terrorists, conspiracy theorists,
loony, kooky, isolationist, anachronistic and my favorite "Paultards."
This smacks of projection. I think these people owe our troops
a few hundred thousand bouquets of flowers. These same pundits
who claim that Ron Paul's followers consist of neo-Nazis and conspiracy
theorists, are the same people who see Nazi's under every bed
and a floral arrangement in the hands of every citizen liberated
by Raytheon's bunker busters.
Neoconservatives bring a new level of irony to the phrase "look
who's talking." Hubris has always been one of neoconservatism's
most striking features. As if in a cynical contest played with
each other, they seem to escalate each blatantly wrong prediction
or exclamation with one exponentially more hysterical and wrong
than the last. Ed Wood couldn't add any more camp to this bunch.
They have deluded themselves into believing that nobody notices
the level of their kookiness. And why wouldn't this be the case?
When you can respond to critics with "talk to the hand"
as you slide into the back seat of a limousine, what else are
you going to believe? "Ratings and advertising revenue are
high, therefore I am revered." But like political polls,
Nielson ratings indicating a million viewers or readers in a nation
of over 300 million can be very misleading.
As an example of the kookiness that is the neoconservative punditry,
look at what they are all saying (talking points anyone?) about
the current state of our economy. An 8% increase in "Black
Friday" pre-Christmas sales over last year's number, which
doesn't even rise above the level of inflation this year, is held
up as proof that the "driveby media" has the economic
forecast all wrong. The stock market has dropped over 1200 points
since it's last record high, many areas of the country have seen
an evaporation in real-estate equity of over 50%, oil nears a
hundred bucks a barrel but the economy is great. If anyone tells
you otherwise they're part of a media conspiracy to help democrats
win in 2008.
One might think that these people have short memories ("it's
the economy stupid") but more likely they are just repeating
themes and hoping something, anything, will resonate and give
their shrinking base a reason to come out to the polls to select
the next neoconservative champion on the Republican ticket. The
real kooks are standing up with one finger pointed at the Ron
Paul Revolution and four others pointed back at their tin-foil
hats.
Perhaps the next time any of us are fortunate enough to meet
one of these people in public, we can just shout: "Look!
Behind you! Hitler! Run for your life!"
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