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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Oops, make that NOT NOT NOT vote for him.
“And 1 Trillion to 1 odds that you would ever get nominated.
Why waste the time and money?”
It’s his gig. He makes money doing this.
I think he is talking about the general election. Libertarian party nominee had that quote according to Wikipedia (look up 1980 Presidential Election).
Thanks Chipper. I was 22 years old in 1980 and it was the second time I voted for Reagan. I remember John Anderson - went to a campaign speech he gave. Was unimpressed.
I remember the slugfest between Teddy and Jimmy. But I can not recall Edward Clark.
Gee whiz, what a treat.
IMO, Paul runs to get his message out. He and Bolton will be good for the discussion.
Can you back this statement up, or is it just more Paul-bashing?
Isn't this just another take on the "racist newsletter monthly" that was used to smear him during the 2008 primaries, and later shown to be untrue?
“Isn’t this just another take on the “racist newsletter monthly” that was used to smear him during the 2008 primaries, and later shown to be untrue?”
They weren’t “shown to be untrue.”
The best Paul came up with was admitting it was anti-semetic garbage in his newsletters for years-and-years, but claiming he didn’t write the newsletter that went out under his name, nor read it.
Sorry, one article, maybe. Years and years of anti-semetic tripe? No excuse.
And, yes, I have confirmed by reading the newsletters myself.
In a vacuum? Maybe.
Coupled with the fact that Paul is also a non-interventionist-of-convenience (only when it harms Israel), it’s apparent what Paul is.
Paul is a slightly-more-subtle version of his friend David Duke.
Point taken - I believe it was shown that not only was he not the author, he wasn't even involved in the day-to-day operations of the newsletter at the time the articles (racist ones) were published.
Sorry, one article, maybe. Years and years of anti-semetic tripe? No excuse
Source? I'd like to read them for myself.
Coupled with the fact that Paul is also a non-interventionist-of-convenience (only when it harms Israel), it’s apparent what Paul is
Complete BS - I've got the text of a speech he gave on the floor of the House of Reps back in the '80s, condemning the US & French gov'ts for brokering the deal that let the PLO escape from Beirut when the Israelis were about to exterminate them - yasser arafat should have died a violent, painful death at the hands of Israeli soldiers but didn't because of Ronald Reagan... does that make RR a jooo-hater too?
...his friend David Duke
Quickly prove they've ever even met or you've lost all credibility...
Wow, losing credibility to a Paultard. Oh noes!
Google is your friend. Start with “David Duke Ron Paul”
Or start here:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_ron_paul_campaign_and_its.html
I guess the “American Thinker” is all part of the liberal media, now.
Nowhere "here" is it said they met, not to mention stated they are friends, which is what you posted.
...to a Paultard
You know, I've found that keeping my positions on the issues based on fact and common sense, I never have to signal intellectual defeat by resorting to personal insults.
Bye!
If you can’t see a problem with Paul’s base of support being neo-nazis and fellow travelers, then there is something wrong with you.
President of what?? The Washington National Zoo ???
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