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My impression is that they like him because of his loony libertarian views (which contrast oddly with his fanatical anti-choice position, but the teabaggers would like that, too). It's kind of like some DUers who liked Paul because he opposed the Iraq war, and they weren't aware of how wingnutty he is on other issues.
I really wonder whether the teabaggers' fondness for Paul reflects much on how the general public would respond to a troop withdrawal. The reality is that those characters are opposed to everything Obama does, no matter what it is. If he withdrew the troops they'd object and if he kept them there they'd object. The teabaggers at CPAC aren't ordinary people; they are crackpots and racists and greedy fuckwits who hate taxes, liberals, minorities and poor people. I think the reason Timmy the Tool didn't do better in the straw poll is that he still isn't crazy enough for them (though not for want of trying).
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