Ron Paul's biggest problem in this primary race so far is something I call the Moron Perspective. There are a whole lot of Republican primary voters too dull-witted to realize that what he espouses in both domestic and foreign policy represents the traditional conservative position in America.

Many are so dumb they think he's a liberal.

Or at least they did until the New York Times came along to set them straight.

How many liberals get the privilege of having the New York Times devote an entire editorial to denouncing them?

You can't buy that sort of publicity.

If you doubt that, read the first paragraph of that editorial:

Have you ever seen a more impressive list of conservative credentials crammed into such a short space?

Me neither.

And then there are all the TV talking heads and talk-radio Trotskyites who unite as one to denounce Ron Paul.

Again, there's no better conservative credential. If everyone in the electronic media hates you, then you must be doing something right.

The TV people tried their best to ignore Paul before they discovered him and then engaged in character assassination that's bound to spark resentment among Republicans.

As for the radio ranters, they're showing their true colors. These guys have made fortunes posing as conservatives to sell steaks and mattresses. But let a real conservative emerge on the scene and they all resort to the sort of liberal whining you'd read in Ms. Magazine.

Ron Paul has supporters who are right-wingers!

Ron Paul had a publication in which some writer said something you're not supposed to say about minorities!

Why he even gets support from the John Birch Society!

No, no, no.

The message you're sending the voters is that this guy is to the right of Rush Limbaugh. Well, the typical Republican primary voter is to the right of that Beltway brown-noser as well.

You guys are getting it all wrong.

If you want to destroy Ron Paul's candidacy, do what he did to Newt Gingrich. Point out the liberal positions he used to hold that he dropped the minute he decided to drop to run for president.

One problem. Ron Paul never had any liberal positions.

Well maybe you can find some ultra-liberal pressure group that funds him, the Spartacist League or the Sierra Club or something. Good luck.

Maybe you can find papers showing that his philosophy derives from the philosophy of a bunch of Trotskyites who decided to seek power inside the Republican Party.

Nope. That's the neocons. Paul is a traditional conservative.

So are the bulk of Republican primary voters. Many just don't know it yet.

But keep it up. You're helping them find out.

ADD: For an excellent analysis of the history of conservative foreign policy in America, read Justin Raimondo here.