Ron Paul's Mini-Me

08-24-2009 • Daily Beast

The diehard supporters of GOP maverick Ron Paul are back in campaign mode. But they’re not backing another presidential run by America’s favorite libertarian. Paul's son, Dr. Rand Paul, is running for a 2010 U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky. To hear the other Dr. Paul’s take on one-world government and abolishing the Federal Reserve, you’d swear you were listening to his dad. I called Rand Paul at his medical office in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In a drawling voice, Paul echoed his father’s strong isolationist streak. He brought up fears of a united North American government, including Mexico and Canada, that would replace American currency, an idea he said was being actively promoted by David Rockefeller. Rand Paul doesn’t discount all conspiracy theories. “Some of the fears of world government are legitimate,” he said. “When you hear about the 'Amero,' a new North American money,” he said, “you might say that those people are just conspiracy theorists. But if you said the sa