Dr. Clark Carlton, an assistant professor of philosophy at Tennessee Technological University and graduate of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Catholic University of America, writes an open letter to Orthodox Christians about Ron Paul.

Now, by Orthodox, we mean the “Unto ages of ages and icons of icons” Orthodox, but the Orthodox and the Evangelical have been having lots of good conversations lately, and so I thought it might be a nice letter to read.  Dr. Carlton goes into why, exactly, real conservative Christians should support Ron Paul.  He says Dr. Paul understands that:

There is nothing conservative about an undeclared war against a country that has not threatened us.

There is nothing conservative about threatening other countries (Iran) with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.

There is nothing conservative about “spreading Democracy” at gunpoint.

There is nothing conservative about suspending or ignoring habeas corpus.

There is nothing conservative about warrantless searches.

On the contrary, these are all the actions of leftist, totalitarian governments. The failures of the Bush administration are not the result of traditional Republican principles; they are the result of the abandonment of traditional Republican principles. Quite frankly, Ron Paul is the only traditional Republican in the race.

This is all mostly true, I think.  But what the Ron Paul rhetoric does, rather than show conservatives why they should vote for him, is to show conservatives that they really aren’t conservatives at all.  But the truth will set you free, or at least put you on the right road.