Posted on 04/25/2011 6:04:34 PM PDT by mandaladon
According to National Journal, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas will be running for president in 2012:
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he’s going to try a third time.
Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term in the House, said he will unveil an exploratory presidential committee, a key step in gearing up for a White House race. He will also unveil the campaign’s leadership team in Iowa, where the first votes of the presidential election will be cast in caucuses next year.
Paul, 75, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, finishing with less than one half a percent of the vote. After more than a decade as a Republican congressman, Paul gave it another shot in the 2008 presidential election, gaining attention for being the only Republican candidate calling for the end to the war in Iraq and for his “money bomb” fundraising strategy, which brought in millions of dollars from online donors in single-day pushes.
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I can not come up with any circumstance under which I, or the men I served with in the 1990 - 1991 war would vote for this turd.
His attack on the troops at that time was over the top and unforgivable. We have not forgotten.
I’m here at webster hall in NYC at the event. We are waiting for schiff and ron paul to come out.
Place is mobbed.
Wrong Paul is way out in the hinterlands on 9-11, Israel and the repeal of DADT.
It’s fine having him in Congress, but for President...don’t think so.
I can not come up with any circumstance under which I, or the men I served with in the 1990 - 1991 war would vote for this turd.
His attack on the troops at that time was over the top and unforgivable. We have not forgotten.
I can not come up with any circumstance under which I, or the men I served with in the 1990 - 1991 war would vote for this turd.
His attack on the troops at that time was over the top and unforgivable. We have not forgotten.
Libertarians? They’re the ones who believe in open borders? Legalized narcotics? The right of women to murder their unborn children? Faggots as a legitimate (liberated?) lifestyle? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
The only kook I see is you posting a nutty post!
Given the economic state of our nation at this point in time, worrying about a war in Iraq ranks about number 835 on my priority list.
Our domestic affairs are so screwed up that the international ones hardly seem to matter at this point.
I would definiely consider voting for Paul, especially with our current crop of half-baked Republican candidates. Once Pence dropped to the side, it’s not looked good.
I agree about the old man, but what's your rationale for calling Rand a kook as well?
He's been ok on domestic issues, but his foreign policy and overt pacifism suck...
Er... No. Trump is a Democrat in a loose fitting GOP costume.
Ron Paul ran as an Republican so what are you talking about?
Ron Paul ran as an Republican so what are you talking about?
The Donald is wearing an elephant costume with donkey ears ... the hildebeast still has his ________.
Scroll on down, I amended my statement.
He's not qualified as a kook. He's just a geek yet.
I’m watching Paul on Hannity now. He just made an analogy of Muslims to Catholics.
That will go over well.
He’s a kook in a lot of ways, but he’s the closest thing we have to a Constitutional conservative, which, at the end of the day, I feel is the most important quality. He believes in a strong defense, not offense. He wants to audit the Fed. He wants to end the failed federal war on drugs, and leave it to the states. He personally is more conservative on social issues than people think, he just doesn’t believe it is the federal gubmint’s job to tell us how to behave.
Having said that, he is too old at 75, and carries the aura of failure having run twice already with miniscule results.
As always, we need people who are willing to cut government in the primaries, and support them. It keeps the bigger names (read Romney, Trump) honest, and at least forces them to make similar promises. Will Romney, et al shrink gubmint? No, they will grow it, just like any big name GOP hack that makes it out of the primaries.
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