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Exclusive: Ron Paul to make third party run on Constitution Party ticket
Modern Conservative ^ | Christopher Cook

Posted on 12/27/2007 6:02:59 AM PST by connell

ModernConservative.com has received a tip from a reliable source that may have election-shattering implications.

According to our source, an activist here in Arizona has been approached by the Ron Paul campaign; the campaign has requested that he run the Arizona effort to get Ron Paul on the general election ballot as a candidate of the Constitution Party.

Our source has requested anonymity, and we have agreed. We can, however, vouch for his/her general reliability. Our source also provided us with details that added credibility to the account. (Unfortunately, disclosure of those details would put at risk our promise of anonymity. We apologize for the unnamed sourcing and lack of further details, but those were the requirements that accompanied this revelation.)

We will keep you apprised of any new developments.

There has been a lot of analysis on the impact that Ron Paul has already had, and on the impact that he might...

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
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To: connell

If Ron Paul runs for the Constitution Party, and Cynthia McKinney or some other moonbat lib runs for the Green Party, they will surely mix it up with the GOP and the RAT candidates. Might get interesting.


101 posted on 12/27/2007 7:01:43 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: RKV
I’m invoking the 24 hour rule.

I absolutely agree. While plausible, I strongly doubt the credibility of the source here.

Besides, I don't think this is of any great moment. Even if he gets the nomination or endorsement of both the Constitution and Libertarian Parties, he won't get any more support than a third-party Howard Dean run would have in 2004.
102 posted on 12/27/2007 7:01:52 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: connell
"We can, however, vouch for his/her general reliability"

LOL, ya gotta love this statement. I always thought a person was either reliable or wasn't. This is sort of like being "a little bit pregnant"

103 posted on 12/27/2007 7:01:54 AM PST by aroundabout
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To: connell

The Clinton’s always pick a kook from Texas to spike the election. All it takes is 3 or 4% to give them the win. No Clinton has ever won with a majority on their own. There’s enough contrarian Paulites out there to hand this one to Hillary as well. When will they ever learn?


104 posted on 12/27/2007 7:02:41 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Grampa Dave
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105 posted on 12/27/2007 7:02:52 AM PST by pookie18
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Ok...so let’s change the direction of the discussion. How about you demonstrate you have thoughts of your own. Don’t tell me about what other Freepers have said. You tell me what impact Ron Paul’s running as a third party candidate will have on the election. Will Ron Paul win? Will Ron Paul draw his support (votes, not financial) from libertarians and conservatives or liberals?


106 posted on 12/27/2007 7:03:29 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: skipper18

“He’d do it for the same reason anyone does it ... to spark a viable 3rd party in the US to break up the stranglehold the 2 parties have on our electoral system.”

I don’t think he thinks that way. I think he and his supporters are so convinced that the Republican Party has become an evil thing that they believe they are doing historic, divine work in bringing it down. I don’t think they really think a viable third party is possible. They are just so enraged at the RINO wing of the Republican party. They believe that the Republicans have to be destroyed for the good of the country. For an interim, they fully realize, the Dhimmis will then be in charge, but they think in the long run, the destruction of the counterweight to the Dhimmis opens up possibilities for a “true conservative” party.

They are fools to think that, but they think it. They are fueled by the same revolutionary rage that brought down other wobbly systems—e.g., the French and Russian revolutions. So far, our system has not been wobbly enough to fall victim to them and it may well survive this attempt to destroy it. But as the populace becomes more and most sheeplistic and prone to demagogery, one of these election cycles the ragers may succeed.

I’m enraged at the RINOing of the Pubbies too, but I also understand that we have a two-party system, for good or ill. There was a time I hoped for a realignment that would create a different two parties (one truly liberal, one truly conservative), but I’ve given up on that. Both parties have, so far, successfully managed to straddle the libera/conservative lines—at least in public perception, though not in reality.


107 posted on 12/27/2007 7:05:29 AM PST by Dionysiusdecordealcis
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Paul haters

I don't hate Ron Paul. I just think voting for a guy who hangs with, helps and encourages Truthers has as much to do with conservatism aand libertarianism as socialized medicine does.

108 posted on 12/27/2007 7:06:05 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

109 posted on 12/27/2007 7:06:16 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: connell
Looks like Lt. Hikaru Sulu is going to have to move over the the Constitution Party.



110 posted on 12/27/2007 7:07:35 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: prairiebreeze

If these gullible holier-than-thous would forget their pie-in-the-sky dreams and join the rest of us, together we might be able to stop this creeping liberalism. The fact is, we must remain united. The numbers are not there, otherwise.


111 posted on 12/27/2007 7:08:43 AM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Badeye
This isn’t surprising to anyone with an interest in politics. IN fact its been predicted for months now.

Yes it has. And unlike the Libertarian Party (both could run him as a candidate) the CP has enough nutball positions, the Constitution is based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we're a Christian country which in the past and present (no mention of future) has granted asylum to non-Christians, to keep his nutball supporters happy. And they're overtly anti-war, bring the troops home from everywhere now.

112 posted on 12/27/2007 7:10:10 AM PST by SJackson (America...thru dissent and protest lost the ability to mobilize a will to win, Col Bui Tin, PAVN)
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To: big'ol_freeper

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113 posted on 12/27/2007 7:14:19 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
...a Third Party candidate is exactly what is needed to ensure Sen Clinton the White House.

A POPULAR third party candidate is needed for that to happen. The actual number of people that support him is inconsequential. He's not going to draw large numbers from the Republican party.

114 posted on 12/27/2007 7:15:38 AM PST by BubbaBasher (WWW.TWFRED08.COM)
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To: connell

He and his 27 followers will make no difference.


115 posted on 12/27/2007 7:15:57 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Better prepare, come Nov 08, we have a Marxist Commissar President and Marxist Congress.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

“”I’m all ears.””

If Paul’s support is mostly from the left, as the supporters of most country-club candidates believe, then how can you, at the same time, call him a Perot like 3rd party candidacy?

In my opinion - Paul actually looks good against the top 3 candidate, Julie-annie, Flipp Romney, and the Huckster.

Flipp, Julie, and Snake Oil don’t deserve my unconditional vote! That attitude is what’s killed the party and gotten us crappy choices.


116 posted on 12/27/2007 7:16:18 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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To: Brilliant

Yeah, the “anti-Paul forces” are really terrified of that...what is it, 3, 4% now?


117 posted on 12/27/2007 7:17:10 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: connell

My guess is that this article will get more posts than Ron gets votes. lol


118 posted on 12/27/2007 7:17:29 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: SJackson
And they're overtly anti-war, bring the troops home from everywhere now.

Right! And I'm awaiting for Ron Paul's statement on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

I guess Ron Paul would do nothing while Pakistan's nukes get transferred to Al Qaeda.

119 posted on 12/27/2007 7:17:47 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
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To: connell

Both supporters will probably vote for him.


120 posted on 12/27/2007 7:19:33 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Officially Fredbacker1 but don't know how to change my name)
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