MJ,

There are so many things wrong with your approach here that it's hard to count them all. I'll start with the the one that invalidates the whole article:

If this is an "old guard" versus "new blood" thing -- I don't believe it is -- then you've got the sides mixed up. Much of the LP's "old guard," including LP founder David Nolan and early LP member L. Neil Smith, is backing Paul. I'm not anything resembling "old guard" -- I've been involved with the LP for less than 1/3 of its history. I could be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge, Wendy has never been an LP member, being both an anti-political voluntaryist and a Canadian.

As to the rest:

- Yes, Paul is the most assiduous Houston-area pork-barreler in Congress. Of the 11 Houston-area congresscritters, Paul submitted more pork requests ("earmarks") on the last budget bill than any of the other ten -- 65 requests, totaling $400 million, money for everything from marketing Houston-area shrimp to refurbishing an "historic" theatre to federally subsidizing local mass transit projects.

- I've been very careful to avoid calling Paul a racist, leaving open the possibility that he may just play footsy with racists while feeling them up for their wallets.

Neither of which is here nor there, since the article you're referring to was about other things, such as whether or not the Libertarian National Committee should obey the bylaws under which it functions.

Best regards,
Tom