When Ron Paul meets Michelle Bachman
Right wingers who think the tea party movement and the “Republican Revolution” are precisely on the same page watch out … I read a bit of Ron Paul’s “The Revolution: a Manifesto” this afternoon at Barnes and Nobles. Funny how it doesn’t quite fit in with the Big Brother neoconservatism of right wing talk radio (which used to include Glenn Beck before he suddenly discovered he’s an “Independent,” after eight years of lapping up to George Bush…) Case in point:
Yesterday, the Young Americans for Liberty sponsored an event at the University of Minnesota that brought together the odd pairing of Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Ron Paul (R-TX). Bachmann solicited Paul for the event, hoping that his presence would help her attract support from young conservatives and libertarians.
Writing for The Daily Beast, Maureen O’Connor notes that the event melded two “wingnut worlds“: “the fanatically religious Bush-era neocon, a flag-waving patriot who likens gay sex to bestiality and fantasizes about lobbing nukes at Iran” and the libertarian “Ron Paul Revolution.” Indeed, for Bachmann, the presence of Paul created numerous awkward moments, particularly as the Texas congressman sermonized at length about his isolationist views. For example, Paul said:
– We should never go to war if they’re telling us a lie about what’s happening. … We took the position, over my strong objection, we took the position that we had to have regime change in Iraq.
– What they’re getting ready to do is put very, very strong sanctions on Iran. … But sanctions, and blockades, and prevention like this is an act of war.
– The proper foreign policy under the Constitution is non-intervention and mind our own business.
– I say bring all the troops home — Japan, Korea, and Germany.
For Bachmann — a typical neoconservative on foreign policy issues — Paul’s rhetoric stunned her into stone-cold silence…
Read the rest here (with video). The funny thing is, Republicans in the Bachman wing (the Sean Hannity crazy corner) used to call Ron Paul a nut. And Bachman, well … pretty much everybody thinks she’s nuts. So which wing of the wingnut party is nuttier? Inquiring minds.
UPDATE: The HotAirian nation doesn’t like Ron Paul.
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