A Ron Paul Supporter Reaction to FDT

There is a post at Lew Rockwell that includes a video which is primarily a mix of a couple of news reports and video of Ron Paul protesters at Fred's reception in Austin. The video is a call to action for Paul advocates.

There are two messages. One from the video which is that Fred wants to finish the job in Iraq and Paul wants to bring 'em home quick. From my point of view, this is siding with the enemy, whether you consider that to be militant Islamic terrorists or the Democrats.

The second message is in the text of the post which critiques Fred for his role in campaign finance reform. Specifically the critique is:

Fred Thompson was instrumental in the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, which abridges free speech by setting strict limits on how much an individual can spend in support of a candidate.

Now I think there are valid things to bring up regarding FDT's support of McCain Feingold, but the limit on individual contributions is not it. Before McCain Feingold there was already a limit on what an individual could contribute to a candidate and it was $1,000! The piece that Fred takes credit for was doubling that and providing for indexing it so that it would increase (this year it is $2,300 for the primary and $2,300 for the general election). In that area, they should be happy that FDT has increased their freedom.