To understand Paul's philosophy, the best place to start is probably the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Auburn, Alabama.

Haha, oh wow. Think-tank based in Auburn. Hm. And they're racist? Racist people at a University surrounded by a trailer park in Alabama? Boy howdy.

Martin Luther King Jr. earned special ire from Paul's newsletters, which attacked the civil rights leader frequently, often to justify opposition to the federal holiday named after him. ("What an infamy Ronald Reagan approved it!" one newsletter complained in 1990. "We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day.") In the early 1990s, a newsletter attacked the "X-Rated Martin Luther King" as a "world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours," "seduced underage girls and boys," and "made a pass at" fellow civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy. One newsletter ridiculed black activists who wanted to rename New York City after King, suggesting that "Welfaria," "Zooville," "Rapetown," "Dirtburg," and "Lazyopolis" were better alternatives. The same year, King was described as "a comsymp, if not an actual party member, and the man who replaced the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced integration."

You know what's kinda funny? The von Mises Institute is like, three streets over from Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. I'll be they had a conniption about that.

RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION!

RON PAUL REVOLUTION!!

You mean RON PAUL REVOLUTION.

Haha, awesome.

Question for you guys. I've only recently started paying more attention to politics so I'm not as educated on the subject as the rest of you are. How soon after voting do we find out the results? NH votes today but how long will it be before the results are released?

Also, I just found out I can't vote...which kind of sucks. I always thought that as long as you were naturalized, you could vote, but it turns out you have to be a citizen as well. I felt like I was being denied something everyone else had when I found out, but I was mostly pissed off because I knew I couldn't gain citizenship in time (February 5th). One vote less for Obama from Illinois (not like he'll lose Illinois anyways).

Candidate                Votes    % of votes     
Hillary Clinton          16,739         40%                 
Barack Obama         14,829         35%                   
John Edwards          6,993           17%               
Bill Richardson          1,817            4% 
Dennis Kucinich         798              2% 
Joe Biden                   74              0% 
Mike Gravel                57              0%   
Chris Dodd                 35              0%

(13% of precincts reporting )

Shit. Obama's trailing.


EDIT: Link if the rest of you want to check on it every now and again: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21229220

Also, I like the projected Democratic winner. I chuckled (yeah, I'm childish).

Damn it. He starts to close the gap and then she pulls ahead again. So gay.

I've also heard that no Democrat has ever won both Iowa and New Hampshire and not gotten the party's nomination. That's probably why I place so much importance on this.

He seems to be pulling a consistent comeback looking at the raw numbers. According to the exit polls, he's the likely winner.