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Apparently, the Ron Paul Revolution Is Being Televised
April 22, 2008 |
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Regular readers know that I disagree with a lot more of Ron Paul's views than I support. Actually, I find some of those views downright scary.
But when it comes to an accessible critique of American militarism, nobody else articulates the simple point that empire is incompatible with small R republicanism as well as the Texas rep.
The video to your right has been playing in Pennsylvania markets leading up to today's primary. It's a trippy, animated 60-second spot in which a Max Headroom-like (I'm dating myself, I know) Paul wanders back through American history to condemn today's hubristic foreign policy consensus.
For readers who are unable to view video clips online, there's a transcript after the jump ...
Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.
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