Let me be fair to Ron Paul and take exception to two of the items listed against him. I've had lunch with Dough Casey and Ron Paul; I've attended several of Ron's birthday parties with Lew Rockwell and others. So, I believe I know the man. I don't believe he is a racist. I do accept Ron's explanations of the content of his newsletters.

As well, I don't believe he's anti-homosexual. He clearly accepts "don't ask, don't tell" as a policy, but he also clearly stated that heterosexuals should be removed from military service if their sexual conduct is disruptive. For my own part, I have no idea how to organize a fundamentally authoritarian activity like the military to be just or impartial, which is one of the many reasons I favor the militia rather than any sort of standing military.

Not listed among your criticisms of Ron is his position on reproductive freedom. I believe he is against women having the option to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. While he has stated only support for the states to determine how this matter is to be handled, I do think he is against a property view of a woman's body. In my opinion, a woman should be free to remove a rapist or any other trespasser from her body, when, as, and how she sees fit. I think Ron would be willing to go to considerable lengths to protect what he sees as the rights of the unborn - rights which appear to me to impose obligations on others. Personally, I would rather see technology solve this puzzle by allowing women to have an unwanted pregnancy transplanted, or brought to term in an artificial womb, with ardent foes of abortion putting up the funds in some cases.

You mention immigration, the regulation of which is clearly not authorized anywhere in the constitution. I think a border wall tall enough and strong enough to keep foreigners out is also going to be able to keep Americans in, and I resist the idea of creating another Iron Curtain. While Ron would certainly not abuse the border wall, he would serve not more than 8 years as president. And his successors would be just as likely to abuse it as his predecessors.