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Entry: Why the Beltway Libertarians Are Trying to Smear Ron Paul Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/why_the_beltway_libertarians_are_trying_to_smear_ron_paul#14448 Post contents: Mr. Raimondo, I'd been waiting to hear 'the other side of this story' from someone prominent within the movement. Someone who was there (unlike myself) during the power-struggle for the LP which also informs and underscores the vehemence of their attacks. Thanks for this. Not only have the beltway-libs gone after Dr. Paul but that has morphed into an attack on Lew Rockwell and all that he and the others around him (including yourself) have built. Why is that? Well, you've already answered that. I came to the movement not knowing anything of the past power struggles. All I know is that LRC/Antiwar wing of the movement were building something great and the others weren't. That's why you/they get my money when they need it and sometimes Lew gets my work to publish and the LP/Reason/Cato crowd gets derision at best and the cold-shoulder at worst. This whole smear-attack was presaged by David Weigel back in May ( http://reason.com/news/show/120387.html ) who lamentedt he day that these newsletters would come out. Again, why? Because he would be one of the enablers of their dissemination, that's why. He and the rest of Reason's staff. That this kind of petty squabbling is still going on is the only thing putting a damper on the entirety of Dr. Paul's run for the presidency. It's beyond sad. Thanks again for helping to put things in context and providing a reasonable (all puns intended) counter-point to the Kirchick drive-by. Ta, Sent at: 2008 05 21