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’m sure he’s a nice guy, but he’s kinda nutty.
Juvenile? Hey, I resemble that remark. Seriously, I was not trying to impress you. I was trying to impress the ‘gunner though. Speaking of juvenile ....
Trust me this is a real long rabbithole.
I also found this link
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/06/01/david-dastych-the-case-of-ambassador-leo-wanta/
She's aligned with Governor Jan Brewer, not McCain.
Juvenile.
Then why does Palin keep praising McCain while he visits Al Queada in Libya?
Four seconds quicker! ;-)
He’s a crackpot. His candidacy is a joke and anyone falling for it....
The crackpot will be 78 in 2012 and folks thought McCain and our beloved Ronald Reagan were old?
*Keep praising*? A tweet? Ask her.
If Paul really thinks he has a chance to win why doesn't he resign his House seat to run? I don't consider him serious if he's running for two seats at once, like he did in 1988 and 2008.
So... you don’t think it’s a problem that Sarah Palin is supporting John McCain’s trip to Libya?
Great. Now my even more kookie neighbor will be looking to yack my ear off all summer long about how great Ron Paul is.
SMH
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