Ron Paul, the libertarian that sparked a massive grassroots campaign by arguing for a utopian world not restricted by an overprotective government, is now the only Republican candidate still in the race with John McCain.

Why? Because he is leading a revolution, his supporters are fanatics, and man actually did land on the moon.

You need to go no farther than your computer to see the effects his fanatics have had [and some are still having] all over the internet. Many can simply drive down the road and see his face on a poster or bumper sticker.

An insightful article on an LA Times blog reveals much about the Ron Paul campaign. For starters, the pure biting satirical sarcasm used in the article went undetected by at least half of the hundreds of ardent supporters who took the time to comment on the article. The others noted it, but were undeterred.

A few gems from the article.

“But just Paul’s powerful presence, eloquence and outspoken defense of the Constitution has forced every other Republican party luminary out of the 2007-08 race, including Rudy Giuliani, who’s now reduced to doing bit parts on “Saturday Night Live,” Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Sam who’s-its from Kansas and that grumpy guy from Virginia. Tuesday night, faced with the prospect of a hard-charging Paul on his tail, even former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gave up, although he directed his concession speech at McCain to save face.”

“Paul’s supporters will explain below that if it wasn’t for a vast media conspiracy, led by Fox News in cahoots with big banks and oil companies who tell newspapers what to print, their candidate might very well be the one celebrating 1,191 GOP delegates today. How Paul supporters know their candidate has been ignored when they claim to no longer read newspapers is unexplained.

Anyway, a few blogs such as The Ticket have explained Dr. Paul’s plans to drastically downsize the federal government, bring all overseas American troops home and abolish the Federal Reserve because it does bad things. But apparently few voters read blogs or they don’t care about Ron Paul.”

Update: To clarify some confusion, yes, Ron Paul finally dropped out of the presidential campaign 2008. But The Revolution continues.