Yes, who could possibly be interested in the story of the one congressman who isn't an ignorant hack, who stands up to the warmongers and propagandists of both parties, and who (unlike you) actually understands monetary issues. Hayek won the Nobel Prize for explaining how central bank manipulation of interest rates sows the seeds for economic downturns.

But you already knew that, of course, right? Oh, wait, it's your job to give the conventional line on everything, and never have a single independent thought. Sorry to disturb you.

I'm VERY interested in this book, because it will be an honest look at the U.S. political system from an honorable thoughtful student of history, economics, and politics, a man not tied to special interests, and with a large brain and heart.

Oh gee, Mr. Connelly (or can I call you Dick?), you're so cool and hip. I bet you will be able to climb to the top of the media-political complex now that you have demonstrated the requisite incuriosity, ignorance, and condescension.

Let's see, you admit in one sentence that a book is "best-selling" but intimate that (wink, wink) we, Your Enlightened Readers, probably never read it.

Of course not. Because it's a best-seller, apparently only illiterate people bought the book.

This sort of snarky, cheesebag article is why I and about a billion other people stopped reading newspapers in the first place.

Enjoy your irrelevant echo chamber.

So what are you worried about? If people don't want to read it, they won't. Those who do want to will put it on the NYT bestseller list like they did his last book.

Sounds like there is a bit of jealousy or other personal animus going on here.

Plenty of people read Ron Paul's first book. It was a best seller.

Clearly, your ignorance of anything you write shines through. A simple google search could have shown how well his book sold. But I guess that is why you are a lowly blogger.

You should refund your salary and quit your job.

When Ron Paul was in New Hampshire speaking at a university to over a thousand cheering students, McCain was at a munitions factory campaigning. The contrast was a defining moment for me. McCain probably did a lot of business with that munitions company over the years in his prime Senate position. They owed him. Paul on the other hand was explaining why central planning by anyone is hubris as it results in unintended consequences that effects the lives of millions.
And I'm not sure Obama understands that the Taliban were not the terrorists who planned 9/11 or why would he want to expand that war? And that freddie and fannie were being politicized for years and its the bankers who are being bailed out, not the home owners.
But, as Mr. Woods says, sorry to disturb.

Why are you writing about this if you do not care? Your motive is either to publicly call attention to your own ignorance with unintelligible writing or you are using the opportunity in an attempt to marginalize Dr. Paul. A large percentage of the population obviously cares for Constitutional government and sound money. The Revolution: A Manifesto was #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list and #1 on Amazon.com. Paul's Rally for the Republic is filling a 15,000 seat Arena in Minneapolis in September, competing with the GOP National Convention. Dr. Paul has the single day fundraising record for any American politician, ever. You sir, are a government-worshipping fool.

Yes, freedom and individual rights are so passe.

That wonderful modern idea of government control is sooo hip! I mean who would want to expend the energy to think for themselves? Let our masters in government do that heavy lifting.

Thank you Mr. Connelly for providing this thoughtful post.

This website is almost as entertaining as TMZ.

Mr. Woods is correct. Obviously people care, the book was #1 on the New York Times and Amazon.com best sellers lists. You sir are a government-worshiping fool.

Are you paid to write such drivel or are you just ignorant and arrogant?

It's because of "journalists" like you that I no longer subscribe to any mainstream media publications or watch the mainstream media nightly propaganda, er sorry, news.

The mainstream media is in decline and that decline is well deserved and couldn't come to a nicer bunch.

Are you paid to write such drivel or are you just ignorant and arrogant?

It's because of "journalists" like you that I no longer subscribe to any mainstream media publications or watch the mainstream media nightly propaganda, er sorry, news.

The mainstream media is in decline and that decline is well deserved and couldn't come to a nicer bunch.

You need to work on the Stephen Colbert imitation; it's not very good. Unless, you weren't doing a Stephen Colbert, in that case, you must be writing such ridiculousness to get people to read and comment--like I just did and the other folks above, including the ever-intelligent Tom Woods.

I am very interested in Paul's autobiography which is only tentatively titled, Revolution: A Memoir.

And do you really think taxpayers should be paying for medals for Rosa Parks or Mother Theresa? Paul did suggest that the representatives who supported it could shell out their own money--they didn't. Using other people's money to give gifts is ridiculous.

If you believe that the current (and ever-widening) scope and reach of our national government is good thing (and in-line with our founding ideals and documents), and that our fiat-money, fractional-reserve banking system is good for the country and the economy, and you believe these things so strongly that you're compelled to ridicule and pooh-pooh anyone who speaks up against them, then I can only pity your ignorance or foolishness.

A republic, if we can keep it...I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Hairballs" is an appropriate name for this blog, as you apparently yacked up this piece of garbage.

Mr. Connelly,

Ron Paul was speaking out aganst invading Iraq and predicting it would be a disaster when most others were cheering for it.

Ron Paul was speaking out against the Fed's inflationist policies and predicted dire consequences with the end of the housing boom when Greenspan was being lauded as 'The Maestro'

But, you are right, why should anyone be interested in reading more about a man who made these predictions and why he might have made them.

If others had listened to what Ron Paul had to say, the U.S. might have avoided a costly war and more than a couple bank runs.

I guess peace and economic stability are all a bit too '19th century' for you.

Who cares about ideas (what are they anyway?) Us sophisiticated folks who know what's what cause we watch TV, we know that Ron Paul is a nobody. If he was somebody, he'd be on TV, like O'bama and O'Reilly and O'Whatsisname. Best selling book? Who reads what with 150 channels to surf. The main thing is to be cool, condescending, and contemptuous. I really like this Richard Connelly blog. The guy's like a real dude, ya'know. Above it all - like me.

Connelly -- Wouldn't it be easier to just write a blog entry entitled "I'M A BIG IDIOT"? Or do you get paid by the word?

By the way: How much did you donate to causes for the recognition of Rosa Parks (one or Ron Paul's heroes) or Mother Theresa? It's a lot easier to force taxpayers at gunpoint then to shell out your own cash.

Ron Paul voted against expropriating taxes from Americans to pay for a medal for Rosa Parks. Instead, he offered to personally buy her one if the other congresscritters would pony up their own cash to do so. None of them took him up on his offer. Apparently, they don't mind spending our money, just not their own.

"Enjoy your irrelevant echo chamber" Well said, Dave!

The merits of Paul's book and the amount of inspiration drawn from his tenure in Congress will long outshine your hitpiece, Connelly. You must have been hard up for readership otherwise you wouldn't have published such a cliche, empty article.

Look on the bright side, though - in true capitalist form, Paul fans have given you a lead for your next article...I can't wait for the inevitable I-was-attacked-by-the-basement-dwelling-Paulbots follow up.

How flumoxingly vacuous can you possibly be, Mr. Connelly? A man writes a best seller and is asked to write another. And you doubt anyone is interested--merely because you either don't understand or agree with the author. Next time you wonder why the dollar in your pocket buys less than it did when you were paid for your last drivel, go read what Ron Paul has been saying for 30 years about how the Federal Reserve system is defrauding us all. Have you thought about sticking to sports?

Ron Paul is a national hero for standing up to Imperialism (or is it Neo-Colonialism?), the Police State, Fiat Currency, and an ever expanding Federal Monstrosity. Who else can we trust?

Tom Woods hit the nail on the head.

Your statement that Ron Paul "...wants to take the country back to the 19th Century" indicates a shameful ignorance. Believe it or not, not all that is new is good. There were, if you can actually imagine it, SOME good things about the 19th century. One of these was a smaller government that refrained, for the most part, from interfering in the lives of people. You may not recognize this but we used to call it liberty. Yes, Ron Paul is guilty as charged of defending this relic of an idea. An idea so powerful that the major government trespasses of the 20th century weren't quite able to kill it. To your disliking I'm sure.

I turned off the main stream media six months ago just because of hairball garbage like this telling me what I should not read or believe. Life has improved immensely. Go to everyday and you might know what these people are talking about. Speaking of going back to the 19th century: that's where the main stream media is headed because of the lies that are being exposed now.

Tommy,
The MLK holiday vote is often characterized in a similar manner. Never mind that mostly government workers (servants, yeah right) were beneficiaries adding to their already bloated number of paid holidays that we, the people, were funding.
Federal holidays require additional workers and cost millions if not billions. There was no justification except political points to add an official holiday.
Honoring MLK in the mold of the great Gandhi is a noble cause and doesn't need to cost taxpayers a cent.

Your statement that Ron Paul "...wants to take the country back to the 19th Century" indicates a shameful ignorance. Believe it or not, not all that is new is good. There were, if you can actually imagine it, SOME good things about the 19th century. One of these was a smaller government that refrained, for the most part, from interfering in the lives of people. You may not recognize this but we used to call it liberty. Yes, Ron Paul is guilty as charged of defending this relic of an idea. An idea so powerful that the major government trespasses of the 20th century weren't quite able to kill it. To your disliking I'm sure.

Congratulations, Mr. Connelly, for realizing that the only way anyone would visit your hack blog was to bash Dr. Paul.

Are you unaware of the multitude of die hard fans of Ron Paul? Did you miss it when Dr. Paul raised more money in a single day than any presidential candidate in history (almost completely from small individual donors)? Did you miss the massive sales of his last book? Did you not see the Ron Paul signs, everywhere, in cities across America? Are you unaware that he is still packing houses like a rockstar everywhere he goes and is expecting his biggest rally yet in September?

If you are unaware of these things, then you are speaking out of ignorance of the American political landscape and you are in the wrong business. Dr. Paul is on fire, at the pinnacle of his career. It's a little silly for you to ridicule the fact that he's releasing a book during this time, as if he doesn't have a very large and dedicated audience who would certainly be interested in reading such a book. He will get paid big money on this venture. What an eccentric old kook, right?

Jonathan Swift said it better than I can:

“When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in a confederacy against him.”

I can't tell from your writing whether you are capable of reading. Fortunately, Revolution also comes in an audio version. Give it a listen, it may clear some cobwebs out of the olde belfry.

Sorry to disturb.

Richard, you poor child. I feel sorry for you and your parents.

That this ass hat has a blog to spout his drivel is simply sad. It must be true that anybody living in their mother's basement CAN post on the internet. Ain't it grand?

This clown will be one of the first to go for the begging bowl when he loses his home and job. He won't know why it happened (b/c he's too stupid), but he'll be looking for a govt hand out to help his sorry ass.

Mr. Connelly you are yet one small example of why this country is hitting the skids. What a sad ignorant man you are.

how long do you all suppose he will keep this blog up? Every commenter posting would like nothing more than to tar and feather this bird.

Pathetic.

Oh yeah, I remember Ron Paul's bestseller. That was the one by a Presidential candidate that discussed actual, substantive issues right? That one was really different from the campaign palaver published by the two candidates of The One Party.

BTW, Isn't it fun watching the news industry shrivel up and die. How are those ad revenues coming?

I'm not sure how you (or the "we" you keep referring to) selected the photo for this post, but it seems to undermine your point -- such as it is. You might even be aware that thousands of similar photos exist. Photos of enthusiastic, energized people, spending their own time and resources to spread the word about a rare politician who tells the truth and understands the perils of the path this country is on -- people who read and who think for themselves.

As the subject of the photo (and one of the many who has read The Revolution and looks forward to Dr. Paul's next book), I do not want my image associated with such mindless and snarky drivel. Please remove the photo.

If there is one thing I have learned in this recent election cycle, it is that there are a tremendous number of woefully ignorant people out there who are somehow professionally paid to share with others their ill-informed and usually asinine opinions.

Once Mr. Connelly has racked up the decades of sterling credentials that Dr. Paul has in the medical industry, foreign policy, monetary policy, and U.S. history, then I might be interested in his opinions on such matters. Until then, he should try reading some of Dr. Paul's books in hopes of learning something from his intellectual betters.

As the Mogambo Guru would say, "Hahahahaha!"

"wants to take the country back to the 19th Century" ... presumably this is code for "favors a return to slavery".

Actually what RP advocates is constitutionally limited government. Those who bash him are in favor of *unlimited* government. Meaning unlimited wars, unlimited powers of surveillance, arrest and imprisonment without charge or trial, unlimited inflation and unlimited growth in government spending. Well, I guess it takes all kinds don't it?

Well, when McCain publishes his book: "How I Lost 5 Aircraft but I'm Still a War Hero," - maybe the Hairy Balls blog will give a better notice, salivating with anticipation.

I heard the Vietnamese were going to give him a medal. He lost more aircraft then any of their pilots ever shot down.

Don't look behind the curtain. Court historians tell noble lies. Cling tight to the edifice of myth.

It's only counterfeiting, extortion and mass murder when the plebes do it. For central bankers and politicians, it's something altogether different: namely, the centralized fraud and mayhem apparatus without which societal order--and therefore life itself--would not be possible.

Everyone knows 19th century levels of legalized counterfeiting, extortion and mass murder fell well short of enlightened modern era standards. As the centralized mayhem has increased, so too has our standard of living. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Don't have to really add much to further lambast your ridiculous writing, but I really hope that you are being sarcastic and are not really this stupid and ignorant in real life!

Don't have to really add much to further lambast your ridiculous writing, but I really hope that you are being sarcastic and are not really this stupid and ignorant in real life!

Fabulous, I love it! Another tool who's spent zero time understanding our fraudulent monetary system, who with each "spent" and "earned" Federal (Ha!) Reserve (Ha!) Note(ever wonder why it's a Note, dill boy?) sows the seeds of his own servitude. Enjoy your bliss, ignoramus.

You need a lesson in humor, Richard. I've read nasty bits about Ron Paul that even in disagreement I've found funny. But you suck.

Connelly, bless your little heart.

It amazes me how little people in the MSM even try to understand Ron Paul and his supporters.

The book is only tentatively titled "The Revolution: A Memoir", which you would know if you did your research.

This blog post contains just about every logical fallacy known to man, but what else can you expect from a sportswriter...(did you think that little ad hominem swipe at the end contributed any substance to my comment? No? Then why do you indulge in such stupidity?)

I'm sure you scored some points with your fellow someday-maybe-gonna-be-real-journalists friends, but you're still an idiot.

PS -- it's pretty funny how Connelly makes fun of Paul for being an OB/GYN.

After all, an OB/GYN delivered Connelly's sorry ass.

It's almost funny, the only reason you would write such an article, because you know what a response you will receive. Oh, BTW, of course, I'm one of the many MILLIONS who read his last book and will read the next one.

Hey, here's a thought, why don't you read some of his books and gain a little actual knowledge of the subjects you pretend to know about.

Never mind, I don't believe you are intelligent enough to understand the basic subject matter. You've been bought and sold, and or brainwashed, so it doesn't matter either way.

Hey DICK,

Your a tool. Just thought I would throw that out there.

This blog is trash just like it's writers. Good job, redcoats.

Dear Tool,

Suck a Budweiser, fascist snob. Until the eyes roll in the back of your vacant head.

"follow-up to Paul's best-selling The Revolution: A Manifesto, which you probably also didn't read."

Yeah, because books become bestsellers because nobody wants or reads them.

Ignorant much?

You know, it's one thing to not like or care about someone, it's another to be in denial that many other people (who are probably much more literate than you) do.

Are you kidding ?
Of course people will want to read it, just as they bought every last copy of the Manifesto.
You must live under a freaking rock not to know that.
Or are you just a waterboy for the team which has tried (unsuccessfully) to marginalize, obscure and ridicule the only candidate on the Repub ticket who had a mind of his own ...
A little jealous of that, maybe LOL ?

Welcome to absolute, total PWNage, Dick! LOL!

RICHARD "HAIRY BALLS" CONNELLY - The one Connelly who couldn't live up to the family name.

I'm sure his parents are real proud. "Hey everyone, our son Hairy Balls is a blogger!"

From a Governor, now down to the Hairy Balls Blogger.

My, oh my, how the Connelly name has fallen.

Good job little buddy!

I wanted to see Tom Woods'(a fine author in his own right) demolishing of Mr. Richard Connelly's snide commentary in the original form, so I followed a link here from www.lewrockwell.com.

If I hadn't surfed over here to see the good, old-fashioned beatdown of an unknown sportswriter, I wouldn't have learned that Liberty is a 19th century concept! I also learned that best-selling books aren't read by anyone! At least, not by anyone Mr. Connelly knows, apparently, which isn't exactly the nicest thing to say about your friends, even if it's true.

What I didn't find, though, is the link to Connelly's own memoirs entitled, "I Prefer Dick: the Richard Connelly Story". Chapter titles include: "Next Time I'll Try Fact-Checking", and "Fiat Money? I Thought They Made Cars!"

Ok, time to go read something worthwhile...

Mr.Connelly,
Your hit piece on Dr. Paul is reprehensible and irresponsible. Instead of imputing false motives and making statements against him (which shows your willful ignorance of what he is saying)why don't you do the responsible thing and actually read, and at least
TRY to understand what he has been advocating for?
This garbage you write about him wanting to return us to the 18th century is woefully uninformed and irresponsible rhetoric, especially coming from a supposed journalist.
When the Constitution was drafted it was done with a LOOOOONG view of history, and the recognition that centralized power in the hands of men INVARIABLY corrupts and becomes exceedingly brutal. The ONLY cure for that is to ensure that government power is STRICTLY limited. This is Ron Paul's single greatest effort, to restrict government to its proper scope and size.
There are many of us who have been watching and listening to Dr. Paul for years. We have been hearing and SEEING a BIG difference between him and the Republicrat/Demolican duopoly candidates. He has consistently operated without EGO, and has sought only to SERVE within the strict confines of the Constitution, not to use government for his purposes, or to satisfy his ego. There hasn't been a candidate in either major political party, or a President in our lifetimes who has DEMONSTRATED fidelity to the strict confines of the Constitution, not even close. You wouldn't recognize the Constitution if it stared you in the face.

In regard to your above hit piece I wish you greetings from Tom Chartier

Actually it was the 18th Century - the last 2 1/2 decades of it, with some residual, but waning, beneficence for the first 3-6 decades of the 19th C.

I've read 'The Revolution' twice now and will highlight it the next time or two through it.

I am willing to bet that YOU did not read The Revolution- a Manifesto or you would know that the gold standard was not abandoned until the 20th Century... you know the one that ended 8 years ago. My guess is that you are just clever enough to get yourself in trouble and will likely not go far in your mediocre career. I have read that book, and will likely read the next installment because listening to someone with intelligence sure beats listening to a cutesy "journalist" like yourself. Your hit piece was the first and probably the last I will hear from you, Good-bye

I am willing to bet that YOU did not read The Revolution- a Manifesto or you would know that the gold standard was not abandoned until the 20th Century... you know the one that ended 8 years ago. My guess is that you are just clever enough to get yourself in trouble and will likely not go far in your mediocre career. I have read that book, and will likely read the next installment because listening to someone with intelligence sure beats listening to a cutesy "journalist" like yourself. Your hit piece was the first and probably the last I will hear from you, Good-bye

Mr.Connelly,
I forgot to ask you.............When was the last time you wrote and published a Best Seller? It looks like Ron Paul could have 2 or perhaps even 3 Best Sellers within ONE year.
I find it kind of interesting and surprising that that Ron Paul, at age 72, does FAR MORE daily activities, and contributes to the betterment of millions through his writings and various media.He does FAR MORE than any 21 year old I have known.
What, exactly did you say you accomplish with your time?????????????

Yes, pay no attention to those liberty crazed...crazy crazies! Freedom? It's just not chic...it's obsolete. Besides, who needs freedom when we have government to keep us safe and our bellies full.

Dick Connelly = (Yet another) useful idiot

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein.

Let's see, the US is bankrupt and mired in an unnecessary war in the godforsaken Middle East, inflation is on the rise, and the possibility of bank runs looms before us, yet this Connelly buffoon is obsessed with trivialities such as Ron Paul declining to vote medals to Mother Theresa and Rosa Parks. Just unreal.

this is the problem with paultards; they get educated and then post on the internet using words a "journalist" couldn't understand.

way to go, everyone! you used some 3 syllable words and i think i even saw some latin up there. this guy's never going to be able to understand what you're talking about.

BTW, you suck, dick!

Actually, if the writer thinks that if Dr. Paul would bring us back to the whatever century, that might not be that bad.

Let's see, no income tax, no Social Security tax, no mindboggling bureaucracies to eat out people's substance, no surveillance camera watching one's every move, etc. You get the picture.

Yes, we did have slavery, and there were other ills in this country, but they were far more free than we are today. No, I'm not advocating going back to the 19th century. I kinda like some of the toys and gadgets that make this mind numbed writer obsolete.
Alison, as Billy Crystal would say, you look marvelous.

Ron Paul explained why he voted against those medals, he didn't think tax payers should pay for it. He thought it was better that everyone in Congress pitch in $100 to buy the medals. He had nothing against Rosa Parks, just Government involvement in it.

Of course his colleagues didn't want to spend their own money. They wanted to spend tax dollars to do it.

But Dick "Hairy Balls" Connelly, didn't bother to learn about that and now spreads his lies about Ron Paul because it makes him feel tough.

Dick, you're not as tough as me. Not evn close little buddy.

61 comments for Ron Paul, and none for Connelly. Will no one come to Mr. Connelly's defense?

Dear Mr. Connelly,

I invite you to join the campaign for liberty. Please read Ron Paul's most recent best-selling book for starters. There is a recommended reading list for a free and prosperous America in the back of the book. Please join us liberty lovers in our peaceful quest for a return to prosperity, peace, liberty, honest money, friendship, and true patriotism. In a world where it's good vs. evil, why would you remain on the dark side? Come on over, now, and in September join many of us in St. Paul, MN. How about it?

Sincerely,

Doug

Connelly, I'm really embarrassed for you.

David White 9:31pm, that was a great, funny, and, oh, so appropriate use of a Mogambo quote!

Mr. Connelly,
I forgot to ask you...........When was the last time YOU wrote a Best Seller????? At 72 he may have 2, possibly 3 Best Sellers. Ron Paul does more in 1 day than any three 21 year olds I have known. He is at the top with the tiny handful of chronic overachievers I have known of. Maybe you should investigate him more before you lay out your cheap criticism.

Here we have a reporter oblivious to the fact that Hayek won the nobel prize for the same economic theory constantly restated by Ron Paul and constantly suppressed by the media. Every day, we read about more and more reporters being PERMANENTLY laid off. Every day, the remaining reporters continue to write vile garbage such as this and the comment sections are full of clear statements explaining to the nitwit reporter what a numbnut fool he/she is. Even with such a precise customer survey, nothing changes, subscriptions are permanently cancelled and more nitwit reporters are fired. It's all simply amazing.

Dr. Paul believes that the lives of Iranian and Iraqi families and US Service men and women are no less important and sacred than the crisis de jour. For that reason alone, he should be revered, not reviled.

Hey DICK!

Why don't you take the small pittance you're undeservingly given for this shit and buy yourself a medal for dumbass of the year. Seriously, thank God that we have decent folks like you to reach into our pockets and distribute to those you deem fit. Taxation is theft, REGARDLESS of the fucking motive.

It's fortunate that Ron Paul is from Texas, lest I'd think all Texans were simplistic hicks like you.

This trash isn't that surprising from the Houston Press. Perhaps you should stick to sports, Dick.

Thanks for a job well done, all you writers, responders to this Connelly dude.
No newspaper crosses my threshold...because of Dicks like this one.
Thanks again, for my entertainment this evening
Kate

Oy indeed, Dick.

If half of the other congressmen voted along with Dr. Paul, there would be no credit crisis, no twin deficit crisis, no housing crisis, no inflation crisis. Five thousand American soldiers and countless innocent civilians would be alive.

Find the snarky humor in that, Dick.

Richard, take a sec to Google "neoconned" if you want to tap into the REAL story.

Nice try! It looks like you put a lot of effort into this nice hit piece of yours, and there's something to say for that. Better luck next time, son.

No, not "take the 'country' back to the 19th Century," but take away layers upon layers of powers from the central government that it was never legitimately intended to have--powers that make us poorer and put us all in danger. So please tell everyone here why exactly that would be a bad thing? We're waiting...

Dick,

How embarrassing for you if your friends & co-workers read your blog! Unless they are as ignorant as you are, of course.

By the way: thanks for spewing the same old garbage that I refuse to buy.

I believe the quotation popularly attributed to Albert Einstein said it best:

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."

I, like I'm sure most of the posters here, only perused this buffoon's blog because Tom Woods mentioned it in lewrockwell.com, a website that many people actually like enough to frequent daily.

By tomorrow, this blog post will be forgotten, as I'm sure most all of this guy's musings quickly are.

I will gladly read Ron Paul's upcoming book. There are so few statesmen like Paul these days. It would be a refreshing look at government from the viewpoint of a man who actually reads the Constitution and tries to live up to his oath of office. What an unusual memoir that would be coming out of Washington, D.C., the Den of Charlatans. I think I'll buy two and send the esteemed reporter one, as it looks like he isn't going to buy one on his own.

Shoot, I didn't read through all the comments before I posted the Einstein quote. Sorry, Ender, for being redundant.

The best part is how this guy makes fun of people from Brazoria County. That is truly classy man! You are very mature and witty to boot!

Mr. Connelly,
Maybe "we" should start thinking of a cynical,self-important, yet inauthentic answer to the query, "Dad, you were around when bloggers could criticize the Homeland Empire. What were you doing when they were using 2 BILLION dollars a day of your kids' and grandkids' earnings to turn the greatest country ever into this hypermilitarized, collectivist monster?"
Oh nevermind. "Our" kids will be getting government-issue educations. It probably won't come up.
Oy.
P.S. Something tells me that if "we" had been contemporaries of the Sittin' Seamstress or the Feeding Nun, "we" wouldn't have wanted to be part of their audiences, either.

Priceless.

Gee, you think all these free thinkers found this article while...browsing? Just another flock of sheep. Pile on, geniuses. Pile on.

I'm sure you are all 100% right. How could you not be? The slightest disrespect sends you into paroxysms of righteous indignation. Like...hmmm, some kind of fundamentalists or something.

Take that, Connelly. Ron Paul pwned you and he doesn't even know who you are!

Mr. Connelly,
Maybe "we" should start preparing a thoughtless, dismissive, self-important answer to the query, "Dad, you were around when bloggers were allowed to criticize the Homeland Empire. What were you doing when they were using 2 BILLION dollars a day of your kids' and grandkids' earnings to turn the greatest country ever into this hypermilitarized, collectivist monster?"
Oh, nevermind. "Our" kids will be getting government-issued educations. It probably won't come up.
Oy.
P.S. I've got a hunch that had "we" been contemporaries of the Sittin' Seamstress or the Helping Nun, "we" wouldn't have wanted to be part of their audiences, either.

Misinformed rantings from idiots like this guy are the reason why I don't want to have anything to do with *any* form of the
MSM.

I despise journalist! They do not take the time to inform themselves about the subjects they write about. If I were the owner of a restaurant I would hang a sign at the door;

Forbidden for dogs and journalist!

Well, maybe I would let in the dogs.

I hope the MSM dies, shrivels up and rots away. Sooner rather than later.

Folks,

Mr. Connelly is a "Sports writer"....

Consider the source. Anyone who would even care about the Bread & Circuses called "Professional Sports" (cocked up mindless drivel for the masses who would otherwise be spending their time on other important fare like American Idol) enough to bother even writing about them is, well, unfortunately not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Give the guy a break. He thinks that he'll become a better human being if his local team wins. What else would you expect from a drone?

I appreciate you trying to help McCain lose this election, alienate the most active grassroots supporters this campaign year has to offer, and rejecting new additions to your voter base along with many new young voters (hey at least you have Elisabeth Hasselbeck for you old men to stare at while the Democrats win in 2008) but they already have that wrapped up. Perhaps you could spend your professional, honest, and investigative reporting on more fruitful endeavors.

Hey I have an idea for you, why not read Ron Paul's book and then you would be in a more credible position to critique the book and judge Ron Paul's positions instead of Ad Homen based ones?

I can understand if you are unable to read though, if you happen to be a byproduct of American education, because this book has big words like "Constitution" appearing repeatedly. If that is the case just listen to Fox "News" because they say that they are "Fair and Balanced" so it has to be true!

This article would be display #1 if I were ever to teach PSYCH 101 as an example of extreme jealousy.

Richard Connelly = FAIL

I'm sure Ron Paul has an interesting story to tell. I recently read 'Radicals for Capitalism' by Brian Doherty which is subtitled -- quite accurately -- " a freewheeling history of the modern libertarian movement." It covered Ron Paul and other fascinating figures, institutions and ideas. I highly recommend it. I don't think the writer of this article above reads any serious books (about Ron Paul or anything else) so I wouldn't take his little rant seriously.

Dear Dick,

Your reveal your ignorance in this pulitzer piece on Ron Paul. Ron received over a million votes and his book is on the New York Times best sellers list.

Although you believe Ron wants to brings us back to the 19th century(false of course), you would maintain the status quo which is bringing us towards serfdom (circa dark ages).

Keep reading though maybe you'll learn something.

Mr. Connelly has given us an excellent example of why the print media has been losing so much business. People are tired of being fed hairballs like this. Houston, you have a problem.

Truly hilarious.

Thank heavens you didn't mock Jesus or the Koran or Obama or BOB BARR with your "hit piece." You'd have only gotten half this reactionary rage.

But I bet you scored a bunch of unique visitors to the site on this one. Hope it helps push the ad rates up and puts money in your pocket. Free markets--yeah!

Hello, Mr. Connely. I just read through the comments, and I believe I'm the second person posting here who is not a supporter of Dr. Ron Paul.

That doesn't mean that mindless drivel like what you posted helps anything. If anything, I'm FAR MORE opposed to idiots like you who think that ever expanding governance is the answer to all problems.

I know it's unlikely that you'll do this, since your "journalism" reveals a rather low level of literacy. Or at least a spirited attempt to LOOK stupid. Given America's recent and completely unwarrented love affair with willfull stupidity, it could be either. But nevertheless, perhaps you ought to actually read something Dr. Paul has said, or read that "quaint" document called the Constitution of the United States of America.

It's a horribly flawed document, as is any document purporting to give liberties from the people to rulers. But it does have some redeeming qualities.

It also has a stark contradiction embodied in two of the Amendments. The first of these Amendments is the thirteenth. It's simple and straightforward. I'm not going to do your homework for you here. Read it.

The second one is the Sixteenth Amendment. The two, in combination, create an inescapable performative contradiction. One cannot be a slave, purportedly, within the confines of the United States of America. Yet one can be compelled to give up a portion of their labor to the State without recompense or choice. Either the one is true or the other. They cannot both be.

As you may have guessed, I'm an anarchist. I do not support Dr. Paul because he is pro state. I do admire him, because he actually seems to wish to do good with an evil tool. He can't, but he's at least TRYING, instead of just grabbing for the levers of power with everything he's got like every other misecegenated politician on the planet.

Your last name should be Cranium.

Disrespectfully yours, Kevin Karl Biomech

Yes, gw, it's "reactionary" not to want to lie about Middle Eastern countries and then bomb them. You're a genius like ol' Dick here!

I wish ALL politicians would turn down the government pension and write books to fund their retirement! I’ll happily support Dr. Paul by buying his books (already have Manifesto). It pains me to think that I’ll also be supporting Hillary, Obama, McCain, etc. ad nauseam, with pension money taken from me at gun point. Crooks!!

Wait a minute, is this yet another fascist posing as a conservative?

Or is this a socialist posing as a liberal?

Aren't those actually the same thing?

Either way, YOU SIR are an enemy of liberty and should be ejected from this country with the rest of the fascists and socialists.

Long live the Republic and Liberty for which she stands!

This kind of insight may be the reason that the old media is dying slowly. First it must be said that Dr. Paul had a Best Seller with his last book (must be a bunch of people wanting to read about his ideas). As far as progress goes, yes we are progressing, and Dr. Paul isn't against progress, rather he is against progressing any further down the drain.

Of course you wouldn't mention that Ron Paul offered up $100 of his own money to mint a medal for Rosa Parks & Mother Theresa! He was the only member of Congress to do so, all others proposed to pay with the taxpayers money. But you'd actually have to be honest and agenda-free to write about that, which you obviously are not.

No, it's reactionary to send out the troops and bombard a web site with replies--many of them, I might add, showing far less intelligence than the dumb post they are flaming. It's reactionary to get so many panties in so many twists about a tiny blog post mocking ANYONE, be they Jesus H. Christ or Bush or that chick on The Hills. I don't care about any of them, but if I did, I think I might have bigger fish to fry.

Dick--as you bright folks like to call him, is surely happy that he's gotten such a reaction. Usually one must insult Muhammed to get such exc