Ron Paul Dissed by Libertarian Publication

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Not All Libertarians Happy With Ron Paul

With former Libertarian Party presidential nominee Ron Paul in the race for the Republican nomination, libertarians might be expected to fall in line in support of his candidacy.

But one libertarian publication will have none of it.

The latest issue of The New Individualist magazine features the cover story "The Abominable Dr. Paul: How Ron Paul Tortures the Cause of Liberty."

The cover illustration, a spoof of a movie poster for the 1971 movie "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," shows Paul's face morphing into a monstrous visage.

The article by Stephen Green begins: "It's probably no exaggeration to say that, among readers of this magazine, there exists much sympathy for the presidential candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul, Republican congressman from Texas. Or, if not for the man, then at least for many of the nominally pro-freedom, pro-capitalism ideas he espouses.

"However, Dr. Paul's specific remedies for what ails our nation amount to the political equivalent of patent-medicine quackery. He only discredits the cause of liberty by associating it with his own weird and dangerous brand of utopianism.

"And I find that abominable."

The article takes Paul to task on a number of issues:

On immigration, it places Paul "to the right of most Republicans," and cites his call for an end to automatic citizenship for the born-in-America children of illegals.

On government spending, the author points to Paul's request for $400 million in earmarks in 2007.

The article calls Paul's plan to abolish the Federal Reserve system and return the U.S. to the gold standard "dangerous."

It terms Paul's foreign policy of nonintervention "utopian silliness dressed up in the outdated language of Washington."

The article concludes: "America has plenty of ailments in need of sound diagnosis and common-sense cures. But I wouldn't look to Dr. Ron Paul for treatment."