Looks like Ron Paul got his libertarian hand caught in the cookie jar of energy subsidies, while Rick Perry, who eats voraciously from the cookie jar of pay-for-play pork, stood alongside Paul seeking energy subsidies they both claim to oppose. They are in good Republican company. Many congressional Republicans who raise holy Cain (pun intended) against Solyndra and energy subsidies have left a paper trail of lobbying for their own favorite energy subsidies. Shame on Paul, shame on Perry, shame on them all.



Republicans are setting new records for hypocrisy, though Ron Paul surprises me. When The Washington Post reported that both Paul and Perry had pushed for energy subsidies for their favored firm, Dr. Paul's staff gave the lamest excuse on earth, that he thought the program was waste, but giving the waste to Paul's project would be less wasteful than others. Doesn't Ron Paul sound like Mitt Romney with this?



Meanwhile, Rick Perry, under attack for a program conservatives believe is a $100,000 incentive for illegal aliens to come to Texas, attacks Mitt Romney for hiring a firm that hired an illegal alien. While a flustered Romney replied that while he may not have been Sherlock Holmes uncovering the crime, he told his contractor that he was running for office and did not want to be caught!



So Rick Perry acts like Rick Perry (pay for play as always). Ron Paul acts like Mitt Romney, saying he was for the waste before was against the waste, because Paul's waste is less waste than other waste. While Mitt Romney acts like Mitt Romney, saying he strongly opposes illegal immigration when he is running for office because he would be caught, which he was.



Perhaps Ron Paul and Rick Perry would agree with this: They have met the enemy, and they are all Solyndra.



Perhaps Ayn Rand would say that libertarians aren't what they used to be, though more likely she would say go for the gold, and never give a sucker an even break, which is the story of Republicans today.

