What was it I wrote a while back about the comfort of old foes?
Better yet, how about that nugget of wisdom from Richard Nixon – the warning to the media following his defeat in the ‘62 California governor’s race that they wouldn’t “have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
Sure, there are always fun targets, things to complain about, news to analyze… but damn it, few are as much fun to pick on as Ron Paul. Better yet, few are as much fun to pick on as Ron Paul supporters, the heirs apparent to the old LaRouche crazies. So, yeah, I definitely felt a bit of satisfaction when I read about the Ron Paul supporters planning a vocal revolt at the Republican Convention. I have images of flat-topped McVeigh looking militia types protesting alongside young hipster anarchists, mixed in with a handful of economics professors who preach the gospel of the gold standard in freshman lectures (with more than a few of those hipster anarchists in attendance).
They’ll all walk out of the convention in a bit of “screw-the-man” pique which they’ll end up dubbing the Freedom Revolt or some such nonsense. They’ll start text messaging each other: “Hey man, we just made CNN!” and assume that any lack of coverage is evidence of the “MSM trying to silence the revolution!” 9/11 Truthers will hand out literature outside the convention; allusions to 1776 will be plentiful (Boston tea party! Give me liberty or give me death!); the old Che Guevara T-shirts will be redone with Paul’s image (without any kind of ideological irony).
Too much? Sorry… had a lot of time to make up for… I really have missed having Ron Paul (and his supporters) to kick around…
I’m sure it will be a very respectable protest.
Wow, this is really priceless. There’ll be a room full of Sam Brownbacks and Mitt Romneys and Chuck Hagees and Bill Kristols and fergawdsake Dick Cheneys in attendance…but the real “Great Satan” for your Democratic Party are the hipster conspiracy theorists with the paper coffee cups.
Would you prefer your “WE FEAR CHANGE” t-shirt in pink, or blue?
Not so sure Chuck Hagel will be there.
And don’t worry – come convention time, I’ll have plenty of good targets. I’ll certainly have a good laugh over Romney, Kristol, and Cheney (still don’t get why you through Hagel in there – wait – do you mean John Hagee?) Anyway, the Ron Paul freaks definitely rank up there with those… and they’re so much fun to poke at because they get so indignant. Ya know, the revolution and all…