Tarpley has some sharp words about Rand and Ron Paul.  I don’t fully agree with all of his assessment, but two things he said were spot on.  The campaign was highly nepotistic, for a public campaign at the national level. Two. Soliciting donations from people under the guise of running a viable campaign, while actually not doing anything of the sort, is truly stealing the “widow’s mite” and…hate to say it but I will…despicable.

However, opposing government unions is not simply ruling class “union-busting.”  There are unions and unions.  Voluntary associations for the purpose of bargaining are perfectly good things. I support them. But government workers who make twice (and more) the salaries of the private sector are ALREADY a protected class.  Unions for them add another layer of unaccountability.

So, yes Tarpley is off-base on that.

And yes, he has placed the most malign construction on Ron Paul’s actions.

But, let’s face it. The Pauls brought have brought it on themselves.

It is dispiriting. But burying one’s head in the sand about all of this would be dishonest. I prefer being dispirited.