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Ron Paul: 50-50 Chance I'll Run for President
CBS News ^ | 12-13-2010 | Stephanie Condon

Posted on 12/13/2010 8:21:59 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

Republican Rep. Ron Paul, known for bucking his party in favor of his libertarian principles, says there's a chance he'll make another run for the presidency.

"I'd say it's at least 50-50 that I'll run again," Paul told the New York Times in a profile of the 75-year-old congressman. His decision will reportedly hinge in part on how the economy fares.

Paul won less than 2 percent of the vote in his 2008 Republican primary presidential bid, but he won a dedicated fan base that supported him strongly online and financially. He is often credited for spawning the Tea Party movement, which swept into office this year more congressmen that hold his stringent libertarian views on issues like fiscal policy, including his son, Sen.-elect Rand Paul of Kentucky. (The Times notes that Ron Paul and Rand Paul will be roommates in Ron Paul's Virginia condo while they serve in Congress together.)

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Libertarians are wetting themselves with delight at this very moment.
1 posted on 12/13/2010 8:22:02 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
He is often credited for spawning the Tea Party movement

What a joke.

2 posted on 12/13/2010 8:23:24 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Responsibility2nd

100% chance your supporters will again be potheads.


3 posted on 12/13/2010 8:23:53 AM PST by RockinRight (if the choice is between Crazy and Commie, I choose Crazy.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

There is also a 90-10 chance he will fail in his bid for the GOP nomination.


4 posted on 12/13/2010 8:24:18 AM PST by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: RockinRight

Ron, save your money.


5 posted on 12/13/2010 8:24:53 AM PST by JPG (Sarah dedicated her new book to Trig: "I'm glad you're here.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Oh goodie /s


6 posted on 12/13/2010 8:26:03 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: JPG

are you kidding? he makes more money doing this then anything else.


7 posted on 12/13/2010 8:26:50 AM PST by KOZ.
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To: Responsibility2nd
Vote-splitting, Ross Perot-esque selfish losertarian pig.

(Obama's best 2010 hope.)

8 posted on 12/13/2010 8:27:17 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Stick to busting the Fed Ron. We don't need you to run again even though it was good for a laugh.


9 posted on 12/13/2010 8:31:58 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: dirtboy

This buffoon doesnt go away


10 posted on 12/13/2010 8:33:34 AM PST by italianquaker ( teabag the vote!!)
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To: RockinRight
100% chance your supporters will again be potheads.

I have to tell you, I know a lot of college aged and kids in their 20s who were raised in conservative homes who are Ron Paul supporters. These kids are NOT pot heads. Two of them are my boys. They are both smart kids--engineers both of them. They don't do drugs and they follow politics closely. One of their friends ran the Ron Paul campaign in Iowa this year. I know several other young people who like Ron Paul, too. It's bizarre. I keep trying to point out how weird this guy is, but they won't see it. I think that the thing that draws these kids to him is the fact that they see the Republican party as being almost as bad as the Democratic party.

11 posted on 12/13/2010 8:34:29 AM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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As a libertarian there is a 100% chance that I won't vote for him if the GOP puts a real conservative on their ticket.

Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Mike Pence... I vote GOP.

If Huckabee, Romney, or some other RINO gasbag designed to specifically leave Zero in office for four more years... We're pretty much f*cked anyway.

12 posted on 12/13/2010 8:37:14 AM PST by Dead Corpse (III%. The last line in the sand)
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To: Responsibility2nd

90/10 chance I’ll vote against ya


13 posted on 12/13/2010 8:39:44 AM PST by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Please spare us Ron.


14 posted on 12/13/2010 8:42:56 AM PST by Hattie
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To: Responsibility2nd

There may be a 50-50 chance that he’ll attempt to run, but there is less than 1% chance that he gets the nomination of any legitimate party.


15 posted on 12/13/2010 8:44:23 AM PST by VRWCmember
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I think that the thing that draws these kids to him is the fact that they see the Republican party as being almost as bad as the Democratic party.

I think they also see him as some kind of deep thinker, a philosophical genius if you will. His recent remarks though concerning Julian Assange shows what an idiot he and his followers are. He may have some valid points with fiscal issues, but when it comes to security, the military, and pretty much everything else, he's a nutcase.

16 posted on 12/13/2010 8:45:38 AM PST by csense
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To: Responsibility2nd

He’s a right-wing Leftist.


17 posted on 12/13/2010 8:46:31 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

WGAF.


18 posted on 12/13/2010 8:47:32 AM PST by traderrob6
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Ron Paul: 50-50 Chance I'll Run for President

(yawn....) That's like saying there's a 50-50 chance that water is wet.

19 posted on 12/13/2010 8:48:16 AM PST by r9etb
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[ He is often credited for spawning the Tea Party movement ]

The Tea Party is NOT a party.. it is a Caucus..
it was not formed it just.... WAS!... and coalesced together..

20 posted on 12/13/2010 8:48:22 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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