Representative Ron Paul addresses his inconsistent colleagues. He is the only national politician in the two major parties for whom I have any respect.
And who gives a rat’s ass about what Emerson once said anyhow, especially in the ironic light of another, less famous of his sayings: “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” Random quotes from transcendentalists is no more a rational basis for a system of government than watery tarts lying in ponds distributing scimitars.