Posted on 10/12/2012 3:00:10 PM PDT by kingattax
Ron Paul, the maverick Texas congressman who has twice run for the Republican presidential nomination, won't endorse the nominee of his party. Though Paul said last week it was "very unlikely" he would endorse former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, he made it definitive in an interview October 12 on the CNBC program Futures Now.
"No," he said, plainly and unequivocally, when asked about an endorsement. Neither the GOP challenger nor President Obama will change the course of fiscal and monetary policy that is leading to what has been called the "fiscal cliff," Paul said, because both are captive of special interests.
And neither will act to stop the Federal Reserve from papering over the growing chasm of debt by inflating the money supply in a policy called "quantitative easing."
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
That’s what happens when people stop thinking with their heads and start letting their wish list become their reality.
We can only hope the little roach gets stepped on in the near future. Rand needs to learn from this. He is not bigger than his supporters and he is relevant only so long as his message is coherent.
My next choice is to stay home...NOT going to happen, cast my vote for someone other than Obama and Romney...NOT going to happen, vote Obama..Not in this lifetime OR any other, or vote for Romney..yeah, I can and will do that.
I’m not a purist .. I’m not close-minded..I want the best for my country. Paul is acting like the kid that takes his ball and goes home..and so are SOME of his supporters.
This is the old “paint ‘em all with a broad brush” crap. Just because I like the fiscal policies that Paul put forth, I can’t justify staying home or voting for Paul. How does that change the mess we’re in?
I guess I just want to make it clear that there are plenty of people that had their eye on Palin, Paul and others that are indeed voting for Mr. Romney.
I’ll also go as far as saying that I really had to hold my nose and vote for McCain last time around. The only reason that I could do it at all was because of Palin. I don’t have that negative feeling with the Romney/Ryan ticket.
Just wanted to vent a wee bit.
As Herman Cain says, "C. Edmund Wright's sharp wit has been a must-read on the web for years, and now you must read this book!"
Called "rocking great fun that hits liberals in their weak spot, reality,” by Mary Matalin
If I were Mitt, I’d be greatly relieved. LOL
My first reaction upon reading the headline what "What a jackass!" - which is exactly what Judge Napolitano said today about Biden. We agree.
Cong. Paul is leaving public life.
He won't be missed...
You are correct, sir.
Isn’t Ron Paul part of the reason Romney is the nominee? And now he has the nerve not to endorse him.
Ron Paul likes Obama stance against Israel too much. Maybe Pres. Hussein can invite Iranian press tv to interview him as Ron Paul did.
Ron, yuh big dummy! The ain’t the same! Romney’s the white guy with the sane VP.
Further proof that Paul is mentally deficient.
Paul exhibits the same kind of political xenophobia that made Birchers conclude Eisenhower was a communist. He might have some legitimate points to make about spending and a few other areas, but overall he comes off as a nut.
No need for me to add anything, you pretty much laid down the landscape.
Is reassuring Obama’s re-election the best scenario for the USA?
Voting is a civic duty is it not? How does throwing a tantrum and taking your ball and going home because you didn’t get your way beneficial to the country? I thought that part of being an adult or a good citizen was sometimes having to make decisions out of less than perfect options.
Yes, I have heard all of the arguments. NO MORE!! blah, blah blah. Or the better one, someone Romney will make things worse and then it will get blamed on the GOP.
Those are all strawman arguments. One, I do not think that Romney could be worse than Zero. I definitely didn’t support him in the primaries. But if given the choice between him and Zero, I choose Romney. At least with him there is a snowball’s chance of getting something done to fix this mess, even more so with a GOP House and Senate. With Zero, there is no chance, no matter who controls the House and Senate. Not to mention the fact the we WILL lose the SCOTUS for a generation or two. And we know that Romney is a US citizen and does not hate this country. And to think that he and Obama are the same in their views of how to run an economy and their qualifications is ignorant at best.
Obviously, we all needed to support our candidate in the primaries. But in the general election, we MUST be rid of Obama. If not, we can all pat ourselves on the back and gloat about how “principled” we are as the country we love circles the drain.
Besides, I do not know why sitting out the election because the “right” candidate (whatever that is)was not nominated is considered the only position of principle. My position is also one of principle, defeat Obama. When I vote against Obama, I will be doing so with just as much principle as the person who withholds their vote because they didn’t get their way.
This is nothing personal towards you, it is just so frustrating to see this sentiment so prevalent on this site. Do you think the average voter thinks this way? They will vote one way or the other. If true blue Conservatives won’t support the GOP candidate, why should they? In the end, politics is the art of the possible.
You have to hand it to liberals and Fabian Socialists for one thing. They understand incrementalism. They seem to be smart enough to understand that in the real world you usually don’t get everything that you want in one fell swoop. Why can’t Conservatives understand this?
Does Ron Paul endorse anyone but himself and his “traitorous” son who obviously has a slightly different world-view?
No essential difference. Not voting for Romney. Like RP.
No essential difference. Not voting for Romney. Like RP.
Buh-bye, Paul.
Just Uncle Crazy being Uncle Crazy.
bttt
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