Ron Paul on Militant Tax Holdouts Ed & Elaine Brown

[ellisonz]

I paid some attention to Paul's 2008 campaign, because at the time I was assigned by my newspaper to cover two of his biggest fans: Ed and Elaine Brown, a pair of New Hampshire tax cheats who engaged in a months-long standoff with the U.S. Marshals Service over the couple's refusal to pay federal income taxes. The Browns believed they lived on a sovereign enclave atop a hill in rural Plainfield, N.H., stockpiled scary weapons, and threatened violence against any federal agents who came on their property.

You would think a presidential aspirant would want to distance himself from such wackos. Not Paul, who declared in a videotaped interview that the Browns were "heroes":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L1RQkhjV85M

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/12/ron_paul_is_crazy_admit_it.php

[MADem]

1. I remember those nuts. They're in jail now, likely forever.

I am pretty sure that federal judge in their case was Christa McAuliffe's husband.

History here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_and_Elaine_Brown

Not surprised that nutjob Paul would support those wackadoodles.

[ellisonz]

2. Nope.

His supporters scare the shit out of me; being ignorant is one thing, but being blind to reality is quite another. I think they aim to drag us back to the Age of Serfdom...

[asjr]

3. What is really creepy are the Iowans who have put him at the top

of the list of Republicans camping out in their state.