Just received this from LewRockwell.com:
Ron Paul, the amazing and principled politician, is not running for Congress again. It’s the end of an era, but the beginning of a new one. But why is Ron not running, after finally getting a little of what he is due with his monetary committee? He has been thinking about this for some time, and wants to concentrate on the presidential campaign and future and enhanced educational efforts that will blow your socks off. Also, he has had it ? to name just a few items ? with: twice weekly groping by the TSA (since he has metal knees and is selected for the full feel-up every time); dealing with the crooks and creeps in Congress, especially in the rotten Texas delegation; and the deadly new district the Republicans have placed him in. There are sad aspects to this, of course. He has been the greatest congressman in American history, by many leagues. But I predict that he will have even more and even more lasting influence as he uses his moral authority for teaching freedom, peace, and Austrian economics outside of politics. More later.
This will be a huge blow to the libertarian movement and the coalition Ron Paul has built around himself. Whether the baton will be transferred to Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, or whether some other young upstart will embrace the “Ron Paul Revolution” and what it has represented remains to be seen… but the lamp of liberty would never have remained lit for so long without Paul’s voice.
Ron Paul is apparently making his Presidential bid in 2012 his last, final hurrah.
Frankly, I have always been a Ron Paul fan. His supporters, on the other hand, I have found to be moderately obnoxious and extremely keen to drive away potential converts. If the Ron Paul movement ever became more proselytic rather than gnostic, it would have all the force needed to challenge the status quo.
Sadly… some people prefer to be sane in an insane world. Should the world ever embrace their ideas, their status dissolves overnight. Power, it seems, absolutely corrupts after all — even if it’s of a personal sort.
