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Ron Paul lets us down

Ron Paul recently endorsed Chuck Baldwin for president

Now, I wasn't a Paul supporter, (for reasons that the quote below will establish). But for perhaps the most well-known living American libertarian to endorse such a terrible choice is nearly unforgivable.

Who is Chuck Baldwin? He is the Constitution Party candidate for president. He is also the purveyor of whatever conspiracy theories are hot right now.

Yes, he's one of the "I can't deal with real life, so I've got to develop a story that makes me feel better" crowd:

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Paul himself believes the ridiculous claim that the Bush Administration is trying to establish a "North American Union" uniting Mexico, the US, and Canada under a single government. Baldwin goes Paul one better. He not only endorses the NAU myth but also claims that "By 2015, I’m told, the powers that be want to merge Europe and America." He thinks that the Council on Foreign Relations is at the heart of a conspiracy to create a "global government" - a longstanding trope for conspiracy theorists. He rails against "moneychangers" who are supposedly destroying us by promoting free trade and international investment for the ultimate purpose of establishing a world government. Baldwin even wrote a 2007 column entitled "There is a Conspiracy" documenting the supposed plan to create world government. To prevent this, he is opposed to the "global economy," free trade, and international economic integration, a position radically at odds with that of most libertarians (see the last three links).

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Libertarians, big "L" and little "l," need to distance themselves from conspiracy theorists like Paul and Baldwin. Relationships with conspiracy theorists are steadily decreasing their credibility in the eyes of major political parties and the electorate as a whole.

HT: The Volokh Conspiracy

-Matt Hittle

Posted at 09:18PM Sep 23, 2008 by College Republicans in Presidential Race 2008  |  Comments[0]