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Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But . . .
The New York Sun ^ | April 26, 2011 | David Pietrusza

Posted on 04/26/2011 11:05:42 AM PDT by statestreet

NEW YORK — Congressman Ron Paul, en route to Iowa to announce the creation of the presidential campaign exploratory committee, told an editorial breakfast of The New York Sun that “it’s tempting to just walk away” from the presidential race “but if what we’re predicting happens, we’re going to have to step up.”

He was referring to the collapse of the dollar and the threat of wider inflation and the damage they are doing to ordinary Americans, who are suddenly facing soaring gasoline prices and grocery bills and an erosion of their savings and the value of their homes.

The Congressman said he was not concerned about the talk about how a vote against raising the debt ceiling would lead to a default, saying America is in “a slow motion default now.” He was referring to the collapse in the value of the dollar to below a 1,500th of an ounce of gold. The debt ceiling vote will come up in Congress shortly.

Dr. Paul, a physician by profession, voiced during the breakfast repeated frustration with the strictures of Congress, where he has for years found himself in what some have called “a party of one” because of his long commitment to sound money and opposition to even those government subsidies and interventions in the market that other Republicans are prepared to vote for.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brunosboytoy; daviddukespresident; heeeeeykoolaid; inflation; iowa; losertarian; paul; republican; ronaldapplewhite; ronpaul; tehronpaul; wrongpaul
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1 posted on 04/26/2011 11:05:46 AM PDT by statestreet
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To: statestreet

Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But . . .


Fill in the blank!


2 posted on 04/26/2011 11:07:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (0bamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

.....he forgot to take his meds.


3 posted on 04/26/2011 11:08:36 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (One of these days, Alice....one of these days.....POW!! Right in the kisser!!!!)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But . . .

... Intergalactic Commerce might have been adversely affected!


4 posted on 04/26/2011 11:09:45 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (0bamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But . . .

.... Then this cat and his owner wouldn't have had a candidate to vote for!


5 posted on 04/26/2011 11:11:50 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (0bamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I find him to be a kook. I wish he’d quit running for president, he doesn’t have a prayer of winning. Some of his fans are OTT too. A scary bunch.


6 posted on 04/26/2011 11:13:49 AM PDT by Catsrus
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To: statestreet

...at heart, every politician is an attention whore.


7 posted on 04/26/2011 11:13:57 AM PDT by twister881
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To: statestreet

... his shoes told him he owed it to the country.


8 posted on 04/26/2011 11:14:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Uncle Miltie

Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But . . .


Fill in the blank!

I wish he had.


9 posted on 04/26/2011 11:14:20 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, but
the orderlies at the lunatic asylum keep the doors locked.

“Back to your room, sir.. we can’t have you folks wandering around.”


10 posted on 04/26/2011 11:15:09 AM PDT by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: statestreet

...the ego trip is just too tempting.


11 posted on 04/26/2011 11:15:56 AM PDT by Antoninus (Fight the homosexual agenda. Support marriage -- www.nationformarriage.org)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But . . .

.... He can't disappoint his zombie constituency.


12 posted on 04/26/2011 11:17:35 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (0bamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty.)
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To: statestreet

Paul/Obama—2012......

Screw it. If we’re going to go down, let’s go down in flames.


13 posted on 04/26/2011 11:20:18 AM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: statestreet
...he has for years found himself in what some have called “a party of one”...

And for good reason.

14 posted on 04/26/2011 11:21:53 AM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

...but he forgot to take his med.”

DAMN. I was determined to fill in the blank with the funniest line of the day, but I can’t top that one. DAMN. Good one.


15 posted on 04/26/2011 11:22:39 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush contributor)
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To: statestreet

OK, now we reeeeeally need the “Aw Geez, Not This Sh** Again” graphic.


16 posted on 04/26/2011 11:23:41 AM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
"Fill in the blank!______________"

The Voices insisted that I RUN. . . . .

17 posted on 04/26/2011 11:23:52 AM PDT by DeaconRed (Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 At night? Joe Ely has)
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To: Uncle Miltie

. . . his ego wouldn’t let him.


18 posted on 04/26/2011 11:25:22 AM PDT by Cicero
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To: Allegra
Ask and ye shall receive...

I'm holding out for when the crappy bed sheet banners come out again.

19 posted on 04/26/2011 11:28:59 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Ron Paul Was Tempted To Walk Away From Presidential Race, But his ego and groupies were more important.
20 posted on 04/26/2011 11:31:46 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Jared Lee Loughner - Disciple of Michael Moore)
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