Even though Ron Paul continued his losing streak of 0 primary wins in his third time running for president, the soon to be ex-congressman from Texas still vows to continue his futile efforts to the GOP convention: Posted on 04/25/2012 6:35:21 AM PDT by alan8228
Even though Ron Paul continued his losing streak of 0 primary wins in his third time running for president, the soon to be ex-congressman from Texas still vows to continue his futile efforts to the GOP convention:
Rep. Ron Paul will not step aside even if Mitt Romney soon clinches the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination, the candidate said Monday.
"If tomorrow, Romney had the absolute number, I would probably continue in a modified way to maximize the number of delegates to go to the convention," Paul said on CNBC's "Squawk Box," adding that his supporters insist he stay in the running.
A couple of takeaways:
1. If you are still sending Ron Paul money then go into your kitchen, grab a frying pan, and hit yourself square in the face. Then go to your toilet, take out your wallet, empty it into said toilet and flush. You will have made a more worthwhile investment.
2. Now that there is zero chance of Ron Paul ever becoming president, the Paul campaign has shifted their focus to getting as many delegates as possible to the RNC convention in order to influence the Republican Party platform:
[Paul campaign manager Jesse] Benton acknowledged the increasing possibility that Paul would not be the GOP nominee, but made clear that the “secondary goal of all of our political action [has been] getting limited-government, libertarian-leaning folks involved and taking over the party apparatus.”
Part of the plan for doing that is accumulating enough delegates to give the Texas congressman the necessary leverage in Tampa to mold the GOP platform to his taste. By finishing second in the delegate tally Tuesday night, Paul kept his hopes for doing so alive.
This is about the dumbest political goal I've ever heard. The party platform? That's the end-all-be-all for the Ron Paul campaign? Send me a check for $1000 if you think the party platform means anything, anything at all. Assuming these libertarians hijack the party platform and fill it with isolationism, anti-semitism, and a cowardly foreign policy do you think if Mitt Romney is elected president he's going to be bound by that? Do you think ANY candidate will be bound by the party platform?
The platform is a stated set of nonbinding policy positions. It has little to no consequence on any election in the United States and would be changed by a Mitt Romney Administration at the next convention if they couldn't do it sooner. Not that it would even matter but just for the sake of de-crazying (Not a word, I know. Please don't be a nerd and correct my grammar) it they would.
3. There are not as many Ron Paul supporters as his votes would indicate. For instance, in Virginia you could only vote for Ron Paul or Mitt Romney. At that point Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich still had somewhat of a chance left and their supporters voted AGAINST Ron Paul. Mitt Romney still hasn't won over every Republican and there are still protest votes against him in these nominating contests. If Ron Paul went third party most of those votes would disappear immediately.
4. Ron Paul tried this delegate stealing strategy in 2008 and guess what, he did not become the GOP nominee or president.
5. If you actually think Ron Paul will get enough delegates to somehow steal the RNC convention and become the GOP nominee then please reread point #1 and follow through.
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Uh, because he’s a little crazy?
Nah, it’s strictly financial.
He’s made about $500,000 from this campaign. He’ll run until he starts to lose money.
How can you say—3rd Party? Paid for by Soros and the DNC—to make sure he takes 10% off the Republican vote. Watch—they will try to get him in the Debates, Romney, Obama and Paul—to deflect all the negatives Obama has collected. Its a dream—but Maybe Ron Paul will wake up and find he’s being used. We can but hope. The DNC will seek out some clown to run on a 3rd Party ticket —who and if they will have enough juice to make a difference—thats the question.
Just read a bunch of stuff this morning (written by alterPaulbots) “he still has a chance, there are caucus states to go”, “the election is rigged to keep him out”, “young people are supporting him and they will write his name in if he doesn’t get the nomination”, “voting machines have been fixed to not allow Ron Paul’s votes to register, we have proof”, “he is the only one who understands the constitution, he will prevail”...........and on and on........(I yawn and drink another cup of coffee)
Newt might not win the primary and looks as though there's no way, however if conservatives can keep Romney from obtaining the 1144 of PLEDGED delegates we may have a chance to take down this horrible rino establishment!
His minions have staged a wholesale take over of the Republican Party of Iowa...
Ron Paul is not being used. He is doing what his ego wants.......me me me me look at me.........He is using kids old and young) and Soros to feed that monster ego of his.
Well. When he stops running somebody throw a tarp over him before he starts to stink.
Maybe he really wants to be President. Or maybe he wants the exposure for his cause because he is a true bleiever. Or maybe he just has a giant ego and wont let go of it. There are lots of reasons. But I guess it’s easier to make silly pictures and joke about him than actually write a thoughtful article. In that list of 5, all but number 4 apply to Newt as well. Where is the piece on Newt?
Maybe he really wants to be President. Or maybe he wants the exposure for his cause because he is a true bleiever. Or maybe he just has a giant ego and wont let go of it. There are lots of reasons. But I guess it’s easier to make silly pictures and joke about him than actually write a thoughtful article. In that list of 5, all but number 4 apply to Newt as well. Where is the piece on Newt?
Its a cult thing.
Yep, cult thing indeed. He’ll run til the kool aid runs out. And it never does.
Crazy like a fox. He is still getting donations from the idiots that support him.
I expect he will run third party, and collect even more.
Paul has a very good ground game and feels that the election is not over until the delegates to the convention are selected. While others moved on to the next primary Paul is still at work here in Maine. The state convention is next weekend. No doubt he is at work everywhere that delegates are in play whether the election is over or not. I am a delegate to the state convention, I did not vote for Romney. The Paul campaign has contacted me once so far. In our state delegates to the National Convention are voted at the state convention.
It should be interesting.
Paul is a kook, but he did beat Gingrich is like 3 or 4 states last night I think. This primary has long since been over. RuPaul is trying to build a movement, but it won’t work since few of his supporters are going to vote for the eventual GOP nominee (no matter who it was) anyway. The Republican party knows this and will never take him seriously because of it.
The GOP should ignore Ron Paul and his supporters, There is no evidence his supporters will support the candidate of the party even if he gets a part in the convention!!
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