The More Things Stay the Same

Thankfully, this person finally gets it. But why aren't more people waking up? This was sent to the chairman of the Republican National Committee:

I want to totally disassociate myself from the policies that have given us unprecedented deficits, massive monetary inflation, indiscriminate military spending, an irrational and unconstitutional foreign policy, zooming foreign aid, the exaltation of international banking, and the attack on our personal liberties and privacy.

After years of trying to work through the Republican Party both in and out of government, I have reluctantly concluded that my efforts must be carried on outside the Republican Party. Republicans know that the Democratic agenda is dangerous to our political and economic health. Yet, in the past six years Republicans have expanded its worst aspects and called them our own. The Republican Party has not reduced the size of government. It has become big government's best friend.

Oh, wait. My mistake. The writer of the above actually "finally got it" in..... 1987. It is Ron Paul, who became the Libertarian candidate for President in 1988. He has since returned to Congress as a nominal Republican, but his words apply today even more than they did then.