Posted on 05/30/2008 6:37:41 AM PDT by Salena Zito
Ron Paul 'revolution' to flex views at GOP convention By David Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Friday, May 30, 2008
Ron Paul and a legion of his die-hard supporters plan to descend on the Republican National Convention in September -- not to surrender to John McCain, but to begin the next phase of Paul's "revolution."
Paul, 72, a 10-term Texas congressman and Green Tree native, likely won't be allowed to speak at the convention, as many of his backers had hoped, because he refuses to endorse McCain, Paul spokesman Jesse Benton said Thursday.
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Good. However next time they might find someone sane to head their revolution if they wish to be taken seriously. They would of been better off putting their time and energy behind Duncan Hunter rather then wasting it on a nut case like Paul.
‘Ree-love-oo-shun.’
None for me thanks. I’m a counter-revolutionary.
EXACTLY!!
They will be a miserable failure. Everyone is on to them.
"It may not amount to much of anything, but it does reflect a constituency that has still not made up their minds about McCain," Rockman said.
There is no question the Paul supporters, like many others, have made up their mind about McCain, and it is not positive. If anything, you can't say Paul supporter's minds are made up. They are pretty much in lockstep. Those who haven't made up their mind about McCain I doubt are Paul supporters. Many, like me, are waiting to see who is tapped as VP.
Hopefully the aluminum foil industry can meet the demand in Minneapolis.
Nice! I hope they cause headaches for the GOP turds who go to these sort of things.
No way am I a Paul supporter but this will be fun to watch.
Hi. jmc813. Nice to meet you.
No way am I a Paul supporter but this will be fun to watch.
No way am I a Paul supporter but this will be fun to watch.
The Ron Paul supporters are running for precint chairperson’s. They are the voters that will go to the state conventions and vote for a delegate that will be a Ron Paul supporter. I have heard he already has 800+ state delegates that are going to surprise vote for him at the convention, it is very underground and the press is not covering it at all, they have blacked out his candidacy.
Paul’s message is premature. We don’t need wheelbarrows for our money yet nor started the draft. But wait until Obama invades Africa without Declaration of War and the GOP will get the Constitutional religion.
You always have to play exception to the rule don’t ya? :->
Got a link for this? Even the most deluded grassroots support sites I have feeds on aren't even predicting this (and these are the sites that at every primary predict a blowout), the best guesses I've read are just under 100.
Shouldn’t those anti-war libertarians be jumping in behind Bob Barr?
I'm not anti-war, but I'm going with Barr barring (no pun intended) an outstanding McCain running mate.
When you say you have heard this, was it the voices in your head?
Because if Paul scrapes together 80 it will be an accomplishment.
I voted for Ron Paul to show my extreme disgust with Juan McCain. I’m still praying for a miracle that will remove Juan as our candidate.
It’s not all underground. Here in Texas, we reported on local convention takeover attempts on our blog.
http://travismonitor.blogspot.com
In the end it will not amount to much.
It’s very disappointing that Ron Paul wont endorse McCain for President. That should be a given. He may a number of disagreements with McCain (heck, I do too) but McCain is a far far better man for President than Obama. Ron Paul should endorse and Ron Paul should get a speaking slot.
“But wait until Obama invades Africa without Declaration of War”
That will never happen. Obama will be invading our wallets with higher taxes and letting 3rd world illegals invade USA and turn them into socialist-voting citizens pronto - *that* is the problem. oh, and he will make our soldiers wear blue helmets and waste time on ‘peacekeeping’ while our national security is shot to h*ll because we wont stand up to rogue nations.
he must mean at the state level.
They should let him speak. It would be nice to hear someone talk about smaller government at the Republican convention before McCain spends half his acceptance speech talking about cap and trade and amnesty.
“Hopefully the aluminum foil industry can meet the demand in Minneapolis.”
The tin-foil hats should be for anyone who is voting for John McCain and thinks he’s anything more than your run-of-the-mill open-borders, nannystater, global warming truther Lib
(1) Do I vote for the least-liberal electable candidate or (2) do I stick to my values as a "protest" vote?
Yes, this is an oversimplification but it boils down to this painful fact: if you are conservative, you have no real "champion" in this race. So, do you keep the ultra-liberals out of the White House or vote to show the GOP they are wrong to nominate a liberal?
Personally . . . I'm torn.
Any influence Paul would have on domestic policy (on which he is spot on)would be a huge plus. Of Paul v McCain, who do you trust more to cut taxes and spending, protect gun ownership, etc.?
Fiscal conservatives have been usurped by ‘slop at the public trough’ kleptocrat types like Buch, McCain, etc. China is going to own us soon, unless we wake up and get our priorities straight!
Problem is that most of them were not libertarian leaning Republicans but rather they were these “9/11 truthers” that tend to be so insane and caustic on many forums that most could not bring themselves to vote for the candidate that the rabble was coalescing around. Throw in the fact that Paul appears to be at heart anti-war and in the Republican party, he stood no chance at all.
Hunter as well stood no chance in a Republican primary because he is too strong on the rule of law when it comes to illegal immigration issues and the powers that be in the Republican Party believe that illegal immigracion es muy bueno.
No surprise our resident DNC activist loves Paul.
“No surprise our resident DNC activist”
Hey, you are the one that said, “The GOP would be better off LOSING then electing McCain.”
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