Ron Paul: The kind of Republican Bush isn't.

"Ron who—?" I can hear you thinking (and yes, I can hear your thoughts, so let's keep it clean, okay?). He's a presidential candidate who's currently getting the shaft from every mainstream media outlet, especially the scumbags at ABCNews who, after the debates, didn't include Mr. Paul on their Internet exit poll. Nice, huh? (Way to play favorites, ABC.)

Ron Paul is a Congressman who doesn't think too highly of the Bush Administration.

That, in itself, isn't really news ever since the Democrats took control of Congress—a LOT of people are finally finding the balls to dissent. No, what's amazing here is that he's a Republican Congressman.

From Texas, no less.

Yet with all that going against him, Mr. Paul still seems like a valid candidate because he professes the sort of Republican values my Dad instilled in me as a child—small government, fiscal responsibility, the protection of civil rights, and not invading countries under false pretenses.

The very same libertarian values the Neo-Cons have abandoned to curry favor with (and donations from) their "base" of oil company executives, the Military Industrial Complex, religious fanatics and gay-bashers. (Mmmm, curry.)

If more Republicans thought the way Ron Paul does, they might be able to keep the White House in '08, because Ron speaks like a man with a brain in his head (that's his own, not one beholden to special interests and campaign contributions).

I doubt he'll win—hell, he's lucky to get any Media coverage at all—but if he does, I won't have much to complain about. He seems like a reasonable man who would be a far better American President than the greedy, war-monger currently masquerading as a Republican.

The other day, I saw a bumper sticker than fairly accurately sums up my feelings for the last 7 years. It read simply: "Anyone else for President."

Apparently, I am not alone.

UPDATE:

Okay, now FOXNews are just being a bunch of jack-holes. (Shocking, I know.) I mean, it's bad enough that they completely ignore a presidential candidate who wins straw polls and does well in debates, but when they resort to being downright rude to the man, it's just bullying—somebody must really not want him to keep running...