This is quite interesting: (H/T to the Conservative Heritage Times)
Congressman Ron Paul’s apparent entry into the presidential race will certainly be welcomed by many on the anti-Establishment “Alternative Right”. Paul’s heterodox views on foreign policy and the Federal Reserve, along with his consistent opposition to government spending, had earned him an army of loyal supporters since before his long-shot presidential campaign in 2008.
(Indeed, VDARE.com columnist and patriotic immigration reform leader Rev. Chuck Baldwin has just proclaimed: “The Tea Parties Now Have Their Man.”)
VDARE.com wrote extensively about Ron Paul’s mixed but interesting immigration record during the 2008 campaign, including an interview he did with Peter Brimelow. Back then we noted that he was generally good on the issues of amnesty, sovereignty, welfare for illegal aliens, and above all birthright citizenship (of which very few professional politicians had then heard). He was bad on E-Verify and Real ID. And his positions on legal immigration were disturbingly vague.
But as the 2008 campaign wore on, it became clear that Paul had no idea how to use the immigration issue, with the result that the chameleon Mike Huckabee and the amnestiac John McCain (!!) regularly outpolled him among self-reported immigration patriots—greatly to the disgrace of his campaign managers.
Since the presidential primaries, Paul has been virtually silent. His post-campaign book, The Revolution, did not mention immigration at all.
via VDARE.com: 04/28/11 – “Worse than A Crime—A Blunder”: Ron Paul’s Tragic Turnaround On Immigration.
Which is what I have known about Ron Paul for years. He does not care about really being President. he simply wants to be a Representative, so that he can continue to grandstand his silly and unrealistic foreign policy stance; which is, “no defense of the Republic, at all, ever. If someone attacks us, we most likely deserved it.” If he does try this; the left and the far right will assail him for it. Best to stick your true principles Mr. Paul and not sell them out, to appeal to the masses. Illegal Immigration eventually will destroy this Country, if it is not stopped.