A Ron Paul truth spoken in jest

The Onion, as usual, is on it:

RICHMOND, IN—Self-proclaimed strict constitutionalist and freethinker Rick Crawford told reporters Monday he is supporting Ron Paul in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries because of the way the candidate looks people directly in the eye, doesn’t mince words, and tells it like it will never, ever be in a million years.

“Ron cuts right through the fat and doesn’t sugarcoat anything when he talks about policies that would be absolutely impossible to implement, like abolishing the federal income tax, eliminating Medicare, or putting the nation’s currency back on the gold standard,” Crawford said as he pounded a hand-painted “Ron Paul 2012” sign in his front lawn.

In other GOP news of the weird, we had Newt Gingrich last night calling for the Bay of Pigs, Part Deux, and Romney, despite seeking the presidency of a broke country, calling for massive reinvestment in the space program. It’s like the early 1960s all over again. Mad Men, indeed.