I've been following Ron Paul closely since about 2002/2003. It's great that he was speaking out against the upcoming war with Iran way back then (www.newamericancentury.org), as was Kucinich, but Ron Paul is a racist and a homophobe. The Great Depression was brought on by all the governments of the world relying on unregulated capitalism (unlike the travesty of 'free market' capitalism we have now, which is actually really very protectionist... for corporations). These two short, old films highlight all the problems with Ron Paul's ideas: http://www.archive.org/details/Despotis1946 , http://www.archive.org/details/democracy_1945