What the hell is going on in the Republican Party?

The Fox News Republican Debate was the last straw for me. I’ve seen presidential debates before, but I have never seen moderators arguing with the candidates. I have never seen moderators antagonizing the candidates. I have never seen moderators laughing at the candidates. Well, it was really just one candidate. Ron Paul. Paul is the one candidate that believes we should completely pull out of Iraq. Not many Democrats even believe this, but Paul has a lot of Republican supporters. Now, don’t get confused. Paul is a Libertarian. Paul believes in free trade and isolationism in foreign policy. He wants to abolish federal income taxes and the IRS along with it. He wants to abolish the CIA. He is pro-life. He values state’s rights over the Federal government (remember Reconstruction from high school?). But he also has sharp criticism for the President.

For the Republican Party, a party that has so many problems with “Hollyweird,” this debate was pure show. It was brought about solely to discredit Paul. Yet it was Paul who was voted the winner by the Republicans in the audience. Sean Hannity could even be heard saying, "I don't believe it" when Paul was announced as winner. Sure, the Democrats always pick on Dennis Kucinich, but they don’t resort to staging entire debates in the attempt to show how crazy he is. Maybe the Republican Party should open its eyes and see what Republicans really believe these days.