Posted on 12/20/2010 4:00:38 PM PST by speciallybland
On Sunday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, a libertarian favorite, addressed his 2012 prospects. He told NPR’s Guy Raz that a presidential run is still a possibility.
“Well, it’s possible and I haven’t ruled it out, so I’ll probably be deciding at the beginning of the year,” Paul said. “And people ask me if I think about it a lot and I do because a lot of people ask me about it.”
Dating back to 2007, the Texas congressman has garnered a lot of support from a devoted following. Paul explained it is his ideas that have earned him his reputation.
“Sometimes I am very surprised about it because I have been doing the same thing for a good many years and I have frequently said I have never expected to get hardly any attention,” he said. “And I always assumed that my role would be to try to set a record and say what I thought was right and how I took my oath of office seriously, and how I understood sound economics, and maybe somebody would look at it. So I was surprised in the last two years that people have gotten interested. And I think it is the views. I think ideas are the most important and its one of these things ideas of whose time has come.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Ron Paul is senile if he tries it.
Paul`s a head-in-the-sand nutjob.
Save your money Ron, you got no chance.
But look at who's president now. If a community organizer with minimal executive experience can be elected, I guess anybody figures they can too.
Yep, he will be. Who wants to vote for that kook?
His purpose would be to separate off the flakey part of the libertarian who would vote for the conservative. Ross Perot, anyone?
Ron Paul is 85% spot on! It’s that 15% that make him look like a kook and will keep him from having any chance.
Merry Christmas, Jim. May the new year be the best one yet.
Can you have John install the “like” button on the software cause I think I’m on Facebook and I really like your comment? lol
lol... please remember to use a sarcasm tag on these kind of posts in the future. Most of us can’t tell that you’re kidding.
Umm... never mind. Ignore my smart@ss remark. I didn’t understand your comment at first.
“Sometimes you feel like a nut”...
LLS
Merry Christmas... loved your last rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LLS
However, he needs to step aside and let a new generation of conservative thinkers step up and assume command. His time has passed.
Words have consequences you old fool.
He voted for the “repeal”.
Go Ron. Americas best hope.
The Kooks are being proven absolutely correct every day.
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