The other Texan in the GOP primary released an ad slamming "politicians who supported bailouts and mandates, serial hypocrites and flip-floppers," accompanied by images of Gingrich and Romney, respectively. It's not a bad strategy for Ron Paul, whose previous barrage of anti-Gingrich ads helped push the former Speaker down in the polls in Iowa. Here's the ad, in the Michael Bay-esque style we've come to expect from Ron Paul. (Aside: do his action-thriller-preview ads help grow his support with the young-white-male-stoner demographic because they're, like, cool and shit?)
What's super duper ironic about this is that he's railing against Gingrich and Romney for being Washington insiders when Ron Paul has been in Congress for 35 YEARS. And yes, the man's a crazy iconoclast, alone on an island of gold coins and draconian libertarianism in a sea of plutocrats. But still.
Look, Republicans, the only one of you that can credibly have called yourself not a career politician was the pizza man, Herman Cain. And as a result, his lack of electoral success or experience with campaigning was evident as he imploded over sexual harassment accusations. Frankly, I want a President with governing experience because it's a hard job.
By the way, if you have an hour and a bunch of brain cells to kill, go read the ALL CAPS COMMENTS ABOUT RON PAUL on that YouTube video up there. While it remains unclear to me if Ron Paul's Internet supporters are actually just the old infinite chimps with infinite typewriters, it does make me wonder what they'll all do all day when Dr. Ron gives up the campaign. All the more reason for Ron Paul to run as a third party! Otherwise his supporters will have to turn to other, more prosaic concerns like banning fluoride.
