One of the most common refrains in American political discourse is that the older you get and the more money you make, the more conservative you become. Well, this hasn’t worked out so well for us because of our irritating adherance to rational social politics, but lately, we’re starting to hear the siren call just a little bit.

So far we’ve heard little more than pandering and evasive talking points  from the Democratic presidential hopefuls. On the other side of the fence, Ron Paul has emerged as the first prominent politician to start to tear down some of our most long standing and ill-conceived policies. Paul first became our hero when he enraged Rudi Guiliani by suggesting that Americans were somewhat complicit in the attacks of September 11th. And now, in the most recent debate, he declared the Drug War a failed policy which has wasted billions and accomplished nothing. These and others are exactly the variety of issues that should be getting aired during a presidential election cycle.

With the above said, we’re still never gonna endorse the guy. Check out Paul’s Wikipedia page and you’ll find a hard-lined, states rights Republican who is a self proclaimed “unshakeable foe of abortion”. Still, even if we don’t always agree with him, we find Paul’s honesty incredibly refreshing and we’re really happy to see him shed some light on issues no other politician — on either side of the aisle — seems willing to touch.

Then again, such is the freedom of the candidate with no chance in hell of ever actually getting elected.