Reason's Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie did a WashingtonPost.com live chat thing today. Last night, at some point when the wine was running out, I submitted a question for this online discussion about Ron Paul. And it actually showed up on the site, which is the first time one of my goofy questions has appeared on a Washington Post chat thing despite three years of regularly submitting obnoxious questions.
Thanks, Nick & Matt:
Los Angeles: Hi, libertarians. What would actually happen if Dr. Congressman Ron Paul became the president? Would he lead a Reagan-style administration that dramatically would repeal whatever's left of the New Deal protections for the vast majority of working Americans, or would he just be a lonely man in the White House totally ignored by the D.C./K Street bureaucracy? Basically, I'm wondering if the Pentagon would figure out a semi-legal way to assassinate Dr. Paul, and how the nine or ten people in America who pay attention to such things might respond to such murder. Thanks.Matt Welch: Hello L.A.! I think one key thing to remember with President Dr. Congressman Paul is that he would most likely be totally handcuffed from doing anything he really wants, because his agenda is deeply unpopular with both parties. I do not believe that he would ever be able to go back to the gold standard, for instance. He might even unify Congress to fight against the crazy Dr. No in the White House. That would be fun...