Posted on 04/25/2011 6:04:34 PM PDT by mandaladon
According to National Journal, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas will be running for president in 2012:
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he’s going to try a third time.
Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term in the House, said he will unveil an exploratory presidential committee, a key step in gearing up for a White House race. He will also unveil the campaign’s leadership team in Iowa, where the first votes of the presidential election will be cast in caucuses next year.
Paul, 75, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, finishing with less than one half a percent of the vote. After more than a decade as a Republican congressman, Paul gave it another shot in the 2008 presidential election, gaining attention for being the only Republican candidate calling for the end to the war in Iraq and for his “money bomb” fundraising strategy, which brought in millions of dollars from online donors in single-day pushes.
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Did he say they were similar? Is he insane?
I know far too many leftists who tout Ron Paul to ever give him consideration in any vote.
I heard you the first time. I’m not voting for Obama nor am I enabling him to win in any way. period. If you want to, go ahead. I served too btw.
If Ron’s a kook then we need 535 kooks in congress.
Ah. So it’s safe to assume you support Trump?
Not voting for Obama does not require voting for a different whackjob or liberal.
He seemed to be trying to explain his support for the ground zero mosque. Ie, opposing the ground zero mosque is ‘guilt by association’ blah blah blah...
Him standing on a podium next to Douglas Kucinich was his “jump the shark” moment for me.
According to the Holographic Journal, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas will be running for president in 2028:
Rep. Ron Paul, (Ayn Rand Alliance-Tejas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during the 1988, 2008, 2012, 2020, and 2024 campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he’s going to try a sixth time.
Sources close to Paul, who although bedridden, blind, and deaf, is now in his 20th term in the House, said he will unveil an cybernetic leadership team in Iowa, and campaign via projecting his image and voice into voters through a special occular implant chip available at the Ron Paul for President online store.
Paul, 93, will now set the record for oldest major party primary hopeful, beating out Harold Stassen who ran for a final time in 2000 at age 92. Although Paul always finishes in single digits, supporters remain euthesiastic that Paul will finally enter the White House at age 94 next year. Paul fired up the crowd at his campaign kick off speech, telling a reporter who questioned why he had been in Congress for 20 terms that “term limits are unconstitutional!” to a round of thunderous applause. When further questioned, he then added “Hell, the whole dang constitution itself is unconstitutional!” Paul clarified by stating the Constitution is only constitutional when people interpret it the way he does. Paul's campaign manager, Peaches Geldof, who at age 39 wasn't even born when Paul made his first Presidential run, defended his unique take on the constitution. “Dr. Paul is the one who invented the constitution, of course, he told the founding fathers what to write. He gets to decide what's constitutional and what's not. If you disagree with that method of determining the constitutional status of anything, then you're also unconstitutional!”
Great summary. I agree.
Always thought of him as a kook! Today, not so sure... He seems to have been right on many economic strategies...
Have to say that today - might just give him a look unless serious candidates actually emerge. Does NOT seem likely since they are mostly non confrontational assholes...
Yeah, that does enclose almost all of them... a real shame isn’t it? I do exclude Cain, Watts, and a very few others...
Isn’t it a shame that the only reliable contestants are black? Seems that the whities have withdrawn into their shells and won’t say anything bad about Obama...
Yeah, the world is going to hell in your handbasket and we are just worried about how much it will hold...
Don’t forget that Paul is loopy enough that Jesse Ventura endorsed him and offered to run as his VP. Is there any ticket which could be formed with a weaker grasp on reality?
I seriously doubt he will get the nomination anyways so it really isn’t worth getting worked up over. If it happens, we’ll all have to deal with it however we feel best represents us. personally, I find Mitt “draft dodging chickenhawk” Romney more offensive than Paul. Missionary work my a**.
I’m at the even as I type at webster hall in nyc. Peter schiff rocked the house.
“If he gets the nomination,...”
Good lord we will be in a pickle if it comes to that!
Paul won’t get the nomination, our hero Romney will!
Wonderful!
Four more years of Obama. :-(
Paul and his followers are kooks that will split the vote again, if not actively campaign against whoever the GOP nominee is out of spite.
okay, here is the RonPaul thread.
1. Come in with your obligatory negative message.
2. How does this effect the race?
Is he really draining away votes from anybody else? Would his supporters go for Sarah? Maybe some of them.
Obviously, Gov Johnson is undermined.
Should we expect his movement will be half of what it was last time because the novelty wore off? And the dreamers who thought he could do well .... half of them have sobered up? Too bad the debates will give the wretch a platform.
How does it effect it ? It doesn’t. The “High Times” wing of the GOP ain’t exactly an overwhelming percentage.
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