Earlier this month, the LA Times reported that Ron Paul supporters were planning a Republican National Convention revolt against John McCain and the GOP establishment. MinnMon's Tom Elko has a new roundup of the coming Ron Paul Revolt, which is coming soon to a message board -- and possibly a city -- near you.

Why is this happening? What inspires this fervor? Some say it's politics. But we've found the real reason. It's this card:

Just when you thought it was safe, Pennsylvania. Just when you thought we had narrowed the field to three major-party candidates. Ron Paul is back! With a vengeance.

Well, not "Ron Paul," exactly. The Paulbots that stalk the Internet seeking heretic blood have created a golem in the man's image, a cybernetic libertarian warrior, a bizarre animatronic orator. A Paulbot that is almost literal.

Don't take my word for it. Watch this "High Tide" promo, which features a computer generated animation of Paul speaking while hilarity ensues all around him.

The Revolution will not use its rear-view mirrors.

Heard this one about the 18-year-old Ron Paul supporter whose fervor will cost him hundreds of dollars? An 18-year-old from Owatonna has had near-daily trouble with the law due to his oversized candidate sticker.

The gap between Ron Paul's political stances over the years and his supporter-chosen unofficial slogan, "Ron Paul Love Revolution," is hilarious in its incongruity. A paleoconservative coming with the hippie rhetoric? Fascinating.

Word on the blogosphere has it that Ron Paul's merry pranksters are planning to drop a "money bomb" tomorrow (Monday) to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Money bombs are days in which Paul supporters dump huge sums of cash into Paul's campaign coffers. Previous bombs were dropped on Guy Fawkes Day [Nov. 5] and the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party [Dec. 16], the latter being the largest single-day fundraising effort in U.S. political history).

This latest money dump comes at the heels of a January 8 New Republic article that uncovered racist and homophobic comments written in Paul's newsletter through the 70's, 80's, and 90's-- comments the Texas congressman claims were penned without his knowlege. (His full response can be found here.)

Earlier this month, Paul told Reason Magazine: "Martin Luther King is one of my heroes because he believed in nonviolence and that's a libertarian principle... So I believe in civil disobedience if you understand the consequences. Martin Luther King was a great person because he did that and he changed America for the better because of that."

This post on DailyKos nails something I've been thinking when I see Giuliani trailing Paul in each successive primary:

In case you're wondering how fringe candidate Ron Paul has fared against "front-runner" Rudy Giuliani, here are the approximate popular vote totals for both candidates so far this primary season (including 93% reporting from South Carolina):

Paul: 105,848 votes
Giuliani: 60,213 votes

The mainstream media is going to have to re-evaluate how it bestows "frontrunner" and "fringe" status on candidates from here on out.

Chess superhero, noted anti-Semite, and fugitive from the law Bobby Fischer was quoted, hours before his death, endorsing Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. "He is the only one who will take care of the Jews," Fischer reportedly mumbled to himself shortly before slipping into unconsciousness and meeting his maker.

Disclaimer: This isn't verifiably true, except for the Bobby Fischer dying part.

Ron Paul, the straight-shooting OB-GYN/republican representative of Texas' 22nd district might be the only candidate for either major party who can openly disparage a group of people, and bank on their support.

Ron Paul was excluded from the Fox News debates, and his supporters were ... nonplussed. Chanting "Fox News Sucks," their protests turned into a chase when Fox News Helmet Hair Issues Correspondent Sean Hannity was spotted walking to his car.