Steve T, you and I probably agree just about completely on most of the issues - especially gun rights, where, if you peruse my other blogspots,you'll see I'm a staunch, uncompromising advocate.  I applaud Paul on his historical stances on such issues (and especially on such topics as mandatory universal mental health screening - where Bush rode a tidal wave of Democrat support to ram one down teh Republicans' throats, and W and Teddy's current move to ban natural supplements).  Paul used to be just about my favorite congressman - until I was tipped off by some insiders and investigated.

Sure, there have been rare occasions when the evil ACLU - in order to not make a mockery of its own name - paid lip service to the right side of certain issues (rare enough for Tancredo to score a 7% rating).  But the ACLU, conceived in communism and true to its mission through the years, has opposed Christian and American interests more fervently and disingenuously than any other organization for many decades.

It has been in the forefront of the movement to block the Minutemen, the Border Patrol, cities attempting to dig themselves out from the invasion by enforcing long ignored laws, and any other effort to stem the tide of the anti-American hordes.

It ravenously opposes any expression of acknowledgement of Christ or of God in the public square.

It is the leader in the move to impose homosexual proselytizing, gay marriage, and abortion on our adolescents and children.

It defends pornographers, man-boy lovers, and drug pushers.

It opposes any semblance of abstinence education.

It is radical feminism, environmentalism, and multiculturalism's best friend, Christianity, patriotism, and God-given rights' biggest enemy.

It can be counted on to be on the side of communists and terrorists.

It has given us Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and supports all of the devastating Supreme Court decisions that have transformed America into a socialist dictatorship of the unelected.

It has NEVER defended gun rights or even acknowledged the three most important amendments - the 2nd, 9th, and 10th.

I did not cherry pick the issues that gave Ron Paul that 67% rating from the ACLU.  They were the issues this consumately evil group considers most important.  And the National Education Association - whose stated policies have long marched in lockstep with those of the Communist Party USA - gives Ron Paul an identical 67% (not just on "CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES," but in general).  And the NEA is, if anything, to the left of the ACLU, never, in my memory, having lent even token support to anything wholesome or beneficial.

At any rate, just read the list of individual issues in my blog piece, and you'll see why these groups' agendas line up pretty well with Paul's.  If you consider yourself a conservative and agree with him on those issues, you need to sit back and reflect on how you've been hoodwinked, step-by-step, into dovetailing your views with those of the America hating left on these matters.

This is no accident.  There are many out there whose very reason for being is to confuse conservatives in this manner.

To call me "misleading and deceptive" is to denigrate the profound passion I have for the preservation of America and my deep commitment to my lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  I am the real thing, Steve; Ron Paul is not.

Ron Paul entered the presidential race completely unexpectedly about a day after his supposed "ally," Tom Tancredo, made his long expected announcement.  I believe Paul did this specifically to de-rail the very real chance that Tom had to save America.  It's working in spades.

You - and millions like you - need to stop rationalizing yourselves into knots, fall back on your core principles, and realize what this charlatan, Ron Paul, is about.  There has never, in the history of this great nation, been a need for more spiritual discernment.