One Good Thing
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (the only honest one in the debates) doesn’t believe in global warming, gun control, the CIA, the Civil Rights Act, hate crime legislation, foreign aid – you get the idea – but at least he’s consistent. Next debate, he still doesn’t like them.
And amid all his silly ideas, columnist Gail Collins finds something worthwhile. In her Saturday Op-Ed for the Times, she quotes from Paul’s book, Liberty Defined:
“Chicken Hawks are individuals who dodged the draft when their numbers came up but who later became champions of senseless and undeclared wars when they were influencing foreign policy. Former Vice President Cheney is the best example of this disgraceful behavior.”
“Really,” concludes Collins, “you can’t totally dislike the guy.”