At least that’s what the results of this Pajamas Media straw poll would imply, where Republican Congressman and Presidential hopeful Ron Paul handily beats a plethora of potential opponents. Though often billed as a libertarian, and the “taxpayer’s friend” Paul also has the distinction of being one of the only Republican politicians to be embraced by the “truther” movement and even has support from the godfather off all conspiracists, Alex Jones.

Paul’s paranoid ramblings are regularly featured on sites like Conspiracy Planet, anarcho-Capitalist web blight LewRockwell.com and even the Communist anti-American Anti-War.com.

Are Republican voters looking to embrace the venomous politics of the left in the next primary? Would many Republicans vote for a dovish truther candidate who wants to eliminate the standing army? I hope not, but the temptation to be more radical than the Democrats, now that they’re in power, is strong in some quarters.

Ron Paul, however, isn’t a radical. He’s a mainstream anarcho-Capitalist, the new Libertarian and the reason I left that party for the GOP. No reason will ever be good enough for Paul to go to war, not another 9-11, not our allies invaded, not even America herself invaded. People like Ron Paul drove me, and many others, out of the Libertarian party after 9-11.

I just hope he doesn’t gain enough power to drive me out of the GOP.

UPDATE: Here’s a video from a typical Ron Paul supporter. Her name’s Gina, and she’s currently making her very own commercials for Ron Paul. Here she’s trying to set up a “truthseeker” anti-globalization cocktail party:

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I know it hurts, but watch the whole thing and see if you can count how many 9-11 “truth” sites she plugs in her credits.