Reaping What We Sow?

A reader writes:

You know, reading some of the reactions that my fellow libertarians have had to the TNR piece about Paul's less-than-savory newsletters makes me wonder why so many of us are pretending that this is actually news. The Kirchick article doesn't tell us anything that we didn't already know about our candidate before. The newsletters were no secret before.

As a Paul supporter myself, I think there really isn't an excuse for not having made a bigger deal about it long ago. Paul was a refreshing candidate in many ways--especially for a movement sorely tired of the mainstream GOP. Too many of us (myself included) overlooked the newsletters because we were too excited about his anti-establishment platform and rhetoric. We were wrong to do that. Very, very wrong.

The backlash from all of this will be harsh, no doubt. It might even leave a long-lasting mark on libertarian conservatism. I think we deserve it.