Posted on 04/26/2011 4:22:54 AM PDT by quesney
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.
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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.
Paul took 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and 8 percent in New Hampshire’s primary. He finished second, with 14 percent of the vote, in the Nevada caucuses, and eventually finished fourth in the Republican nominating process with 5.6 percent of the total vote. Paul’s campaign book, The Revolution: A Manifesto also reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list in 2008.
This would seem to be an ideal year for Paul: Since the last election, the Republican Party has moved much closer to his view on deficit reduction, which made him an early tea party favorite. All of the party's top-tier presidential hopefuls are focusing on lowering debt, government spending, and tax rates, issues Paul has long advocated.
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I’d for sure vote for Ron Paul over antigun Romney.
Of all the dumb posts on this thread, this is the dumbest.
You keep spamming this as if it matters, hardly noticing that John Kerry, Mike Dukakis, Bill Clinton and a host of others who have run for office were natural born citizens.
Just because they qualified like 150+ million other Americans over 35 doesnt make them good Presidents!
Please, lets get back to calling Ron Paul an anti-semite/ the One True Liberator, etc.
What happens if after time and time again the two year old just keeps on breaking the vases? Doesn't matter if you swat him, lock him up, restrain him, starve him, whatever...every chance he gets he just keeps breaking vases? Do you just kill him because he is defective and seemingly evil?
Or just deal with it and keep the vases away as best you can?
I'm not being flippant, just conversation.
Probably the ultimate question really when you boil it down...do you let something bad exist? Or do you try to destroy it at all cost? at what cost? Should be a movie plot in there somewhere :)
It's not like RP is SuperRINO Mitt—who,if given any positive space on a popular forum like FR,may actually endanger America's chances of stopping the Marxist.
RINOs and Leftists definitely want guaranteed losers like Mitt to be the GOP nominee and they will get no help here.
Ron? Well he is both brilliantly prescient on some issues and blindingly benighted on others.
Fits right in here.
Just to keep the record straight here's Herman Cain talking about the Fed and economy:
On the Rusty Humphries show, March 19, 2011
Talking about Ron Paul and the Fed, January 26, 2011
"That's why I'm thankful to Representative Ron Paul for his consistent and steady pressure on the Federal Reserve and as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy he will have the oversight of the activities of the Federal Reserve including the ability to require an audit of the Federal Reserve Bank. Congressional oversight, and not more commissions appointed by the President, will bring more accountability to the Federal Reserve on behalf of the American people."
-Herman Cain
Good article here Why The Ron Paul Presidential Run Will Be A MUCH Bigger Deal This Time Around
Great more yuck factor in the GOP field.
Seems like Herman Cain has changed his tune since Iowa.
Ron Paul is a nut!
Ron Paul will not reach the promised land but his prophetic voice on foreign spending needs to be heard.
Thanks for posting that. That reminds me why The American Thinker is not to be trusted. I basically searched the internet and found postings from Stormfront which exonerated Paul, and forwarded them to Thomas Lifson, the editor. Once faced with the truth, Mr. Lifson hemmed and hawed and changed the subject to Paul’s foreign policy views. I’ve already sent $20 to Paul’s campaign, and I cannot wait to support him this election.
Other than his reference to Iowa at the beginning of the second video I’m not sure what you’re referring to. Is there a video out there of the event in question?
Lame. He’s a fruitcake.
Seriously?!
Crazy Ron Paul Still Blames the US for Islamic Extremism (Video)
Hey ‘gunner. You’re from Texas. Set us all straight on L Ron Paul.
He’s a freakin’ kook.
Nor does your juvenile graphic.
Are you a juvenile? Did you watch the hannity show? If so you'd know that Paul never said any such thing.
At least be factual if you have differences with him.
He said that the extremists are there regardless, but that some things we do probably add to their numbers.
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