No. I think his party is afraid of him so they do everything they can to discredit him. I also think this is because the "mainstream" wealth is afraid of him too, because of the threat he poses to the establishment.

I don't understand what it is that people don't like about Ron Paul to be honest. Sure he isn't exactly JFK or Obama with the ability to woo and awe crowds with inspirational speeches and other smokescreens. Sure he isn't hollywood sexy. But he IS uncorruptable. He is the only person warning us for decades in congress that the path we were on was unsustainable financially.

America should lead by example. Its become a police state in many ways, oppressing our own people and at the same time trying to spread democracy with military force. I don't think having Ron Paul in office and withdrawing our troops from overseas is a show of weakness. I think its a show of respect. Rome didn't respect the world either, and things didn't end up so well for them.

Ain't that the lovely thing? When it's all working like it should, everyone is getting things done by making compromises... which means nobody is really happy, but they can live with it. =P

Except now... nothing's getting done. So one side's unhappy and the other side has a Pyrrhic victory. Yay team.

Rome did more the world than America ever could.