The Ron Paul (R) Presidential Campaign Thread

He's not going to win, but good luck to the man. I'm libertarian myself, and it seems that Republicans under George W. Bush have completely run over their "small government" motif with a bulldozer. "Don't tax and spend conservative" is no better than "Tax and spend liberal".

Some of the LP are trying to get him as their candidate, (he's a card-carrying member of both the Republican Party and Libertarian Party), so he might even be on the ballot in November.

 

You know if he did manage to win the primary, (albeit a longshot) its definately a plus for the Republican Party to automatically carry an extra 1-2%.

 

But losing the 48-50% would be a minus.

 

I think the Dems could win 50 states against Ron Paul.

 

Honestly, I'm happy you feel this way. I think he's the longest of longshots, but his candidacy is good for the democratic process.

 

Or Alaska, the most libertarian state in the country. A good number of the Rocky Mountain states are libertarian as far as the populace's statewide ideology.

 

Great news. He has my vote.

 

It's libertarian to get oil money checks from the state government? Heck in that case sign me up.

 

This is beyond silly. Howard Dean would top Ron Paul in any state. Please show me any evidence of a Libertarian garnering even 1/5th the vote of any dem in any statewide race. 1/10th even.

Guys, put the frigging bong down or wait until tomorrow morning before posting here.

 

He is officially a republican, so why are you posting in this thread since you have no idea what the hell you are talking about? Trying to compete with superdave and demosthenes for the itnernet's most clueless poster?

 

I hadn't been familiar with Paul, and after doing some reading have two big concerns with him:

a) he seems to want immediate withdrawal from Iraq, which IMO would be catastrophic (regarldess of whether or not you think we should've gone in in the first place)

b) he doesn't even want to consider the possibility of military force against Iran; this isn't something that we should do at any point in the near future IMO (if they get nukes, let the Israelis take them out) but it may be neccesary at some point in the next 7-11 years


Other than that, he seems great. I like virtually his entire domestic platform, particularly the fact that he seems staunchly pro-life. I'd still take McCain unless he addresses my concerns listed above, but would love to see a McCain/Paul ticket.

 

Ron Paul actually gives me something to do in this next election. Here is one candidate that I can actually support without holding my nose. I was involved a bit in Paul's campaign in 1988 and had the opportunity to meet him and became an acquantance with his son. In my mind he is genuine and a very unique politician and I hope that he can receive at least some coverage during his campaign. I have already volunteered to help with his campaign and look forward to helping out if needed. Will he win? Nope. But I dont give a rat's a$$...

 

I voted for Ron Paul in the 1988 general election.

Great to see him in the Republican primaries. We need an alternative to Bush's big government conservatism. At least his ideas need to be heard.

 

Whoa, easy fella. Mea cupla. I stand corrected about Paul being a Libertarian candidate - and wrote about Paul today in my blog.

 

Didn't Paul get nearly 1% in the last general election in which he ran as a Libertarian (2000, perhaps)? I'm hoping that he isn't ignored in the Republican primary debates this time around.

 

Oh my god. The problem with the internet. Anyone can publish. Nothing wrong with that, except it gives too many people a false sense of influence.