Political Cartoon 1/8

1. This cartoon is by Bob Englehart.
2. Ron Paul rides what appears to be a flying saucer toward the South Carolina primary.
3. Paul seeks to follow up an impressive showing in the Iowa caucuses and possibly in the New Hampshire primary with success in South Carolina. The flying saucer most likely references some of Paul's more outlandish policy positions.
4. The cartoon references the presidential campaign of Texas Representative Ron Paul (R).
5. My opinions of Ron Paul are mixed. Though he supports a foreign policy of non-intervention and a libertarian social policy including support for gay marriage and opposition to the death penalty, all of which I agree with, his strict Constitutionalism, belief in total economic deregulation, and rabid opposition to taxes do not sit well with me. I admire his record of voting on principle, sometimes against his own party, but the principle has often been, in my humble opinion, flawed.
6. The cartoonist holds the view that Ron Paul is on some crazy ganja, man.