Posted on 05/16/2007 11:35:36 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Eric Dondero, a former Ron Paul staffer, is declaring against his former boss after last night's debate embarrassment, where Mr. Paul appeared to blame 9/11 on U.S. foreign policy.
Good morning,
I am making this announcement on my favorite website RedState.com. Many of you here have urged me to take this course. And now, after last night's GOP Presidential debate, I've decided to move ahead with my plans.
I have spent the early morning scanning the major political blogs, and news sites. It's unanimous. Ron Paul got slammed by Rudy Giuliani last night for suggesting that we - the United States of America - are to blame for the attacks on 9/11. He even had the audacity to cite Osama bin Laden.
While everyone is hailing this as a "Great moment" for Rudy Giuliani, I think just as importantly, it was a horrible moment for Ron Paul. My former boss looked like a complete nutcase. He looked frail. His hands shaked. He showed his age. He was completely unprepared for Giuliani's romping response.
Is this the man that should be representing South Texas Congressional District 14 in the US Congress?
I think not.
I am calling on Ron Paul to resign his seat, sooner rather than later. Otherwise Congressional District 14 voters from Victoria to Galveston will appear to be endorsing his treachorous, and near treasonous views on foreign policy.
I am sure I speak for many CD 14 voters, and certainly the vast majority of CD 14 Republicans, when I say, Ron Paul, it's time for you to exit the stage.
I am calling on the three to four Republican individuals who have expressed an interest in this Congressional seat, and challenging Ron Paul in the primary, to now enter the race.
Many are aware that libertarian conservative Friendswood Councilman Peden has suggested he would run. Bobby Eberle of GOPUSA, and former Texas YR Chairman also has been mentioned. Even former Congressman Steve Stockman now lives in this CD.
I would back any of the three, particularly Bobby.
But if any of them hesitates to come out in the coming weeks, I will officially declare against my former boss. I will not have nearly the amount of money that Ron Paul will have for the primary challenge. But I do have the most kick-ass grass roots experience and resume of any Republican political activist in the country. I am the very person who got Ron Paul elected to Congress in 1996 as his Campaign Coordinator. I know what it takes. I know every inch of Texas CD 14 like the back of my hand.
Some other resume highlights:
Fluent in Spanish (our Distict is fully 40% Hispanic)
I speak 10 to 15 other languages
US Navy Veteran, (hon.)
20-year Federal Appointee, Selective Service Board, Houston Region
VFW & American Legion Member
Author of two books on World Travel
Traveled to 30 nations on 5 continents
Founder, Republican Liberty Caucus
Fmr. Libertarian Party National Committeeman
FSU Graduate (Political Science)
Homeowner and 12-year resident of Angleton, Texas in the heart of CD 14 (Brazoria County seat 40 miles south of Houston)
I am this morning, declaring my candidacy for Congress in the GOP primaries against Ron Paul. If he does not resign his seat, and if another Republican candidate does not declare against him, I will run a balls-to-the-wall campaign for Congress in Texas CD 14.
I am the guy that got Ron Paul elected to Congress in 1996. I can and will defeat him in 2008.
Eric Dondero, Fmr. Senior Aide
US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
1997-2003
Ron Paul for Congress Campaign Coordinator, 1995/96
Travel Aide, Ron Paul, Libertarian for President, 1987/88
It seems he simply has decided what ever he feels is reality and any and all facts that do not conform to his rabidly ignorant world view he simply ignores.
He is our version of Al Sharpton or Dennis Kucinich. He has NO business running for President or even being in the US Congress.
Isn’t it too late for him to enter the primary? I’m afraid he’s going to need an effective write-in campaign.
The destruction of RuPaul’s political career is beginning.
This guy is known in Texas RLC circles to be a blowhard fool.
People there will not pay him any attention as I understand.
I can’t wait until the Paul bearers come out on this thread!
And he's running against Ron Paul? How will anyone tell the difference?
It's like the Iran-Iraq war: Is there a way they both can lose?
Interesting.
LOL.
Ron Paul is a necessary antidote to both the Trent Lotts on one side, and the Lieberman/Giussolini types on the other. I may not agree with him on foreign policy but view Ron Paul as essential to domestic policy as Tancredo is on immigration policy.
I agree.
I’m a Mitt supporter (I really believe he can win).
And I am so disappointed I missed the debate last night. Can someone clear it up for me?
What reason did Ron Paul give for Al Qaeda attacking the World Trade Center?
And what is the correct answer?
LOL
Dondero is a hack who has been peddling “Libertarians for Giuliani” for quite some time now. Libertarians for Giuliani is an oxymoron.
Apparently, Giuliani never read it. He was too busy funding Planned Parenthood, seizing private firearms, cheating on his wife, and hitting the town in drag.
God help us.
RP: "They attack us because we've been over there. We've
been bombing Iraq for 10 years. ... We've been in the
Middle East..."
RP: "I'm suggesting that we listen to the people who attacked
us and the reason they did it..."
Where's the "lie?" If Y occurs in the presence of X, and Y does not occur in the absence of X, THEN X CAUSES Y. If Paul says Jihadis attacked the US on 9/11 because of US actions, and they would not have attacked the US on 9/11 in the absence of these actions, then he is saying US (actions) caused 9/11. Seems simple enough - but then Isolationism, like Pacifism, is a delusion disorder. Its symptoms are pointless distinctions and meaningless nuances, all as a substitute for action and a rational for inaction in the face of imminent life threatening danger.
And if you checked my posts you'd see I've only said unfavorable things about Giuliani and have not posted on Paul at all until now (8/15/07). The picture merely made the point that Paul's position put him in agreement with Chavez and Ahmadinejad - which is a fact.
Now seeing that Paul and many of his supporters think and talk like Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore and Bill Maher, and especially seeing the mindless Democrat-like attacks any criticism of him provokes from those same supporters, I'll have to make a point of posting against him as much as possible.
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