I respect Ron Paul's honesty. I think he sincerely believes in what he says, and too few politicians are willing to stand for their principles these days, especially when those principles contradict the status quo. I even agree with most of what i've read of his views.

I just wish some of what else he appears to believe didn't seem so batshit crazy to me, otherwise I would decamp from the Democrats in a heartbeat. He seems to want to turn us into 50 semi-autonomous laissez-faire oligarchies. I don't actually hate the entire government and I do believe certain things like the FDA, Federal Reserve, Department of Labor, and FEMA serve a valuable purpose.