Ron Paul up for a feature article from the ever-so-accurate NYT. Worse, they got Kate Zernicke to write the article - she is their go-to hit piece girl.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/us/politics/13paul.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
During his 20 years in Congress, Mr. Paul has staked out the lonely end of 434-to-1 votes against legislation that he considers unconstitutional, even on issues as ceremonial as granting Mother Teresa a Congressional Gold Medal.
… but Kate cannot be bothered to give Ron’s reasoning.
He has written a book called “End the Fed”; he embraces Austrian economic thought, which holds that the government has no role in regulating the economy; and he advocates a return to the gold standard.
… Except Ron favors competing currencies, not a government-instituted gold standard. And the way she writes about “no regulation”, it makes it seem like RP wouldn’t be for government - if it exists- protecting private property and enforcing contracts.
The walls of Mr. Paul’s Congressional office are devoid of the usual pictures with presidents and other dignitaries. Instead, there are portraits of Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard, titans of the Austrian school. For years, Mr. Paul would talk about their ideas and eyes would glaze over. But during his presidential campaign, he said he began to notice a glimmer of recognition among those who attended his events, particularly on college campuses.
Good. Rothbard and Mises get name-dropped in the Times.
He is pondering another presidential run on his own. “I’d say it’s at least 50-50 that I’ll run again,” he said, adding that he would look at where the economy is. (Aides add that it would depend a lot on what his wife, Carol, says.)
Overall, good article for a trash rag like the NYT. Zernicke probably went easy on him because he’s anti-war.