I may get stuck voting for Ron Paul. I voted for his son last year when he was elected to the senate. I just don't see anyone that brings tears to my eyes and makes me think, yesssss!There is plenty of research that supports my claim not just racist intuition like what you suggest. It is at the least arguable- any historian or political academic will tell you that- including conservatives. Furthermore, Ron Paul is a believer in this view as well and he is arguably the most conservative guy in Congress depending on how you define the word. Oh and "blowback" is a term recognized and used a lot in intelligence- it was coined by the CIA and is an accepted phenomena.