Folks should read Glenn's updates here, and that'll be the last I write on the matter. I actually agree with him that one should attack friendly politicians across the board for their deficient positions, which is why I spend a lot of time going after Obama's lack of universality in his health care plan, Clinton's belligerence on Iran, etc. That's our role as writers: To use our megaphones to push the debate into a better space, and candidates into wiser stances. I think we should do it to Paul, too, and see much of his platform as threatening. But at the end of the day, I like Glenn's work, and think this getting more personal than the actual disagreement warrants. Additionally, some folks have been asking where the quote in the photo below comes from, even suggesting it's made up. They come from a 1992 edition of his newsletter, under his byline. Here's more on the letter. Paul said he didn't write the words and didn't see them prior to publication. I'm willing to believe that. But he also didn't retract the sentiment or fire the staffer involved. So, at least at the time, he wasn't so repulsed by the argument as to actually do anything to distance himself from it. He even defended them in 1996.
