This is part of the new media narrative: suggesting that Paul is only in the race to build a libertarian movement and have some influence on the GOP platform...it is being driven by the facts that Ron Paul is doing well in the primaries and likely to remain in the race until the very end. It not something we should embrace NOW...we are in this to win the nomination.
Yea, there's used to be no way to get away from it. If you're using XP, you're still required to hit the 3 finger solute in order to get the login prompt.