I voted for Ron Paul in the Illinois February 5th presidential primary. I nearly choked to death asking for a Republican ballot. I had never voted for any goddamn fucking Republican for any office before in my life. After voting, I felt like I  needed a long hot shower. I felt great about voting for Ron Paul. But I felt all icky about voting as a fucking Republican. I hope I never have to do that again. Blech!

Anyway, one of my longest time dearest friends asked me how my politics had become so eccentric. Eccentric? Fuck yeah. From the point of view of the left-liberal orthodoxy I had clung to for so many years I had become as eccentric as hell. Personal liberty, inalienable rights, small government, enumerated powers, free markets and a constrained view of what a national government can accomplish. Woohoo. So, why not become a Republican? Um, perhaps you missed that earlier sentence fragment: Personal liberty, inalienable rights, small government, enumerated powers, free markets and a constrained view of what a national government can accomplish. What the fuck does any of that have to do with being a Republican? Oh, yeah, they put that stuff in their platform every four years and hope you don't notice that they're a bunch of fucking big government statists in real life. Fuck the Republicans. Except Ron Paul. Wish he'd ditch those bastards, but that's his business. He says he couldn't get elected in his congressional district if he weren't a Republican. Fine. That's up to him. But I'm sure as fuck not going to become a goddamn Republican. I may have gotten eccentric, but I haven't lost my fucking mind.

Well, the fine folks who gave us the Ron Paul money bombs have given the idea a new twist: The Ron Paul Book Bomb. Cool. I'll spring thirteen bucks for the book at Amazon.com and see if I can't help give it a boost up the charts. Based on other things I've read by Ron Paul, I expect the compositional style will be mediocre. But the ideas will have me wallowing in my eccentricity. Should be a fun read. If you wanna get politically eccentric, I expect this book will make a good place to start.