Is Everyone Tired of Ron Paul Yet?

There's a 'silly' factor attached to most of the Republican presidential candidates this time around. You respected Mitt Romney until you heard that he had strapped his family pet to the roof of his car when embarking on a family vacation. Now I think of Chevy Chase more than I do of Mitt as President. What ISN'T silly about Michelle Bachman, Newt Gingrich, and Sarah Palin?
Until today, Ron Paul was an interesting, well meaning, iconoclastic man with views out of the mainstream but at least well thought out and consistant. Then came his pronouncement that we are 'assasinating' Al Queda operatives 'without a trial'. Perhaps Ron missed school on 9/11 when we were attacked by these people. Perhaps he missed the memo that we declared war on Al Queda and all that war involves. Perhaps he forgot that the attacks and the war declaration came with Republicans in office. Perhaps he wasn't there the day in history class whyen we learned that in the early days of out country Thomas Jefferson declared war of the pirates that were threatening the USA - this establishing the precedent of declaring war against an organization as opposed to a soverign country. We ask our government foremost to protect us from enemies and it is most assuring to see President Obama be so successful in helping to keep us safe. Ron Paul as our President? No thanks....we have enough to worry about without wondering if our government is going to come up with rationalizations that put our safety in peril.