No, no, no. He was on his way TO Alpha Centauri, along with Don, Judy, Will, Penny and The Robot, when their ship got knocked off course and they all ended up...
... well. You know. ;)
Posted on 02/09/2008 4:09:04 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In a message to supporters sent just before 11 p.m. Friday night, Representative Ron Paul, a long-shot G.O.P. candidate from Texas, basically conceded that he’s not going to win the party’s nomination. That said, he’s scaling back his campaign — but not entirely.
He said: With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get. But with so many primaries and caucuses now over, we do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter.
Mr. Paul clearly stated that he will not run as a third-party candidate. Right now, his priorities are serving the residents in his Texas congressional district and winning re-election.
If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. From what we can make of the letter, Mr. Paul is staying in the race on a peripheral level, just so he can keep participating in policy discussions (and maybe use up all that money he’s amassed?).
“In the presidential race and the congressional race, I need your support, as always,” Mr. Paul wrote. “And I have plans to continue fighting for our ideas in politics and education that I will share with you when I can, for I will need you at my side. In the meantime, onward and upward! The neocons, the warmongers, the socialists, the advocates of inflation will be hearing much from you and me.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
See? Toldja the meds would finally kick in, eventually. ;)
Ron Paul--all talk, all the time.
Truthers everywhere shed a tear.
Well howdy, Stranger. :-)
Yeah but... has he said anything definite about which planet he actually came from?
I’m in the betting pool for some place in the Alpha Centauri system.
It is close as stars go, and he does dang near pull off that whole “act human” thing.
PING!
Howdy yourself, hero! How's the night life way ver where you are, lately? They feedin' you right, an' stuff...? ;)
I’ll bet he won’t. His strategy was to win just enough delegates to be an influence at a brokered convention.
He is a Member of Congress, and has a handful of delegates, and thus will get time to speak at the convention.
The RNC should treat him with respect and schedule his speech as they would any other GOP candidate who has made it this far.
But they probably won’t, which goes to show you just how narrow the window of acceptable political discourse has become.
No, no, no. He was on his way TO Alpha Centauri, along with Don, Judy, Will, Penny and The Robot, when their ship got knocked off course and they all ended up...
... well. You know. ;)
I think an interesting thing will be seen, and confirm what I've been saying all along. There were really only 7-12 actual Wrong Paul supporters who stay up all night on Red Bull and Mt. Dew binges FReeping polls.
I guess I can spill it now. Selling secrets is trendy enough. Just tell me you work for the NYT and it should all be ok.
Now, the truth, finally, after all these years.
He was actually trying to return home to AC. That ship got knocked off course because the good and decent folk of AC did not want him back.
When they banish someone, they tend to mean it. You ever notice how many bizarros there are around our little planet?
yeah, well, we do not have representation at the Galactic Conference of Civilized Worlds, so guess where all the undesirables and unwanteds get sent?
Absolutely. Right between the opening dedication by Michael Moore and the party mission statement by Cindy Sheehan.
wait, he’s crazier than mccain?
I don't doubt it. He's in it for the money.
I'll take that action and even give you eight to five odds.... virtually. LOL
Paul is a patriot. He's a loon, but he is definitely OUR loon. He's had in mind, all along, running for re-election in his district, hence the fund raising online. He knew he'd never win the GOP nomination for POTUS, but now he has one heckuva large war chest for what is essentially a local race. There has always been a method to the madness.
No extraordinary rendition without representation!!
Too close to call. Like trying to decide which one you'd rather see naked on a hot summer's day: Tor Johnson or William Conrad. ;)
He was also supported by many conscientious conservatives and libertarians in the GOP who found his anti-statist message a refreshing contrast to the socialist Dems and the “tax collectors for the welfare state” in the GOP race.
What about the troofers, neo-nazis, and KKK members that support McCain, Huckabee, or Hillary? Certainly there are some.
If he agrees to endorse the nominee and to explain why that nominee is better per Ron Paul’s issues than the Democratic alternative. they should let him speak at the convention.
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