Posted on 09/07/2008 12:36:06 AM PDT by robert david
Congressman Ron Paul will make a major announcement next week in Washington D.C. at the National Press Club.
Both Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin are expected at the news conference. Barr is the Libertarian presidential nominee and Baldwin is the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party.
Speculation is that that Baldwin and Barr are stepping aside so that Paul can become the nominee of both the Constitution and Libertarian Parties The Montana Constitution Party has removed Chuck Baldwin from the ballot and is putting the ticket of Ron Paul for President and Michael Peroutka on the ballot for Vice-President.
UPDATE: Eric Garris reports: Ron Paul was aware that the party planned to do this, and has said that as long as he can remain passive and silent about the development, and as long as he need not sign any declaration of candidacy, that he does not object.
Strategically giving the election to Marxist Obama in some sort of temper tantrum payback, makes Paul/Baldwin/Barr an enemy of the Constitution of the United States of America!
You can add Art Bell, Jessie Ventura, and Bob Barr to this turd pile as well.
The unifying factor is belief in banking and government conspiracies run by Neocons (see Jews).
It depends, do you believe the US is a factor for good or evil in the world?
Do you believe that wars and conflicts around the world are a direct result of America's actions?
Do you believe that there is a secret cabal of 'neocons' running the government and banking systems?
Do you believe that several amendments to the US Constitution are unConstitutional?
Do you believe that Abraham Lincoln was one of the best presidents in this country or worst?
A lot of folks like to join the Libertarian party because they believe in libertarian (small l) ideals. There is very little 'libertarian' about the modern Libertarian party just as there is very little Constitutional about the Constitution party.
Triple ditto. John will be a good guy to keep the seat warm, introduce her to his pals over at the NSA and Pentagon, and get coffee for her.
Ron Paul is a strict literalist of the Constitution in the same way Fred Phelps is a strict literalist of the Bible.
You mean He's not?
:-)
Firepower and accuracy.
Is he that unpatriotic and that much of a self absorbed dirty b@st@rd?
Probably so.
Zing!
He was leaving the country if Ron Paul did not win....I am still waiting....
Oops that was playing with the rock band not laying.
Paul is a pro-life reformer. Maybe he’s behind this GOP ticket.
This is my fear as well- the anti-American trifecta. They all have the egos to do it. Damn them if they do.
They won't notice, they're busy getting ready to overthrow the government.
I presume if he accepts either or both nominations, he'll be open to donations again. With new $2,300 limits.
Yeah, the race was decided at that point, but he didn’t do as well in earlier and later primaries elsewhere. I would not have thought of Pennsylvania, and south central PA as particularly Ron Paul areas, but PA did go extremely well for Ron Paul.
I was citing the numbers for PA to argue in part that there were parts of the country where Ron Paul’s support was not inconsquential, and that it would be a mistake to think that McCain should not have to work for Ron Paul’s support in PA.
I definitely was not arguing that McCain couldn’t get the support of people who voted for Ron Paul in the primary.
Absolutely not!
Contributions are to be made to Ron Paul for President, not the Obama campaign.
Why would a pro-life Republican want a pro-choice Republican to speak? Etc.
Because McCain wants the votes of their supporters, maybe? In Pennsylvania, Ron Paul got 120k or so votes.
Giuliani, who is completely pro-choice, got very few votes in the primaries and got to speak at the convention.
Treating Ron Paul badly might come back to bite McCain in the ass.
The most likely scenario, though, is Ron Paul doesn’t run, McCain kicks Obama big, and disgruntled Ron Paul supporters aren’t a relevant factor.
Their shared belief that American foreign policy is run by and for the benefit of Israel is probably their main reason for supporting Paul.
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