True North

It appears to be gut check time for the Paulbots. Bob Barr is now officially running for President as a Libertarian. So do the Paulbots, of libertarian fame, stick with their dubious claims of just wanting to reform the Republican party or do their return to their roots of obscurity?

In both places they would accomplish about the same amount with their current methods.

By returning to the Libertarian Party they would effectively re-embrace permanent fringe status. Pretty much the same thing if they stuck with the Republican Party. Except the latter would be within a Party rather than the general public.

If the Ronulans decide to stick with the Republican party there is certainly a great deal they could accomplish. But first they need to abandon any silly ideas of revolt. Futile efforts that reek of bitterness aren't going to endear them to any of the people they purport to convert to their viewpoint.

If the Pauliots can learn to play well with others and set aside their hero worship of a very flawed man, Ron Paul, and instead embrace a reasonable set of principles and ideas, they are likely to find a great deal of sympathetic ears among Republicans....at least on certain issues.

Chief amongst them is the desire to return to core conservative principles with our Republican candidates. It's not hard to find many prominent examples of the abysmal state of the Party. One need look no further than our supposed chief banner-carrier John McCain, appears to be binge drinking the Gorebull Warming kool-aid.

But Ronulans also need to be prepared to accept that progress requires incremental steps. Just as we didn't get to our current state overnight, it will not be fixed overnight. And this is part of the reason this cult worship of The Messiah Ron Paul need to end. His way of all or nothing, accomplishes exactly that....nothing. If they insist upon that method of doing things they may as well rejoin the Libertarian Party, they'll accomplish the same amount and at least there people will listen to them talk about the NAU and 9/11 Truth conspiracies without snickering.

In the Republican Party, the Pauliots have a chance to emerge from obscurity....but they'll have to learn to share and play well with the other kids first.

[Crossposted at EckerNet.Com, comments welcome.]