Posted on 02/02/2008 9:16:07 AM PST by Stephen25
Senator Tom McClintock: "I'm not sure if Ron Paul is presidential Timber"
7 Days Before The Primary, McClintock Refuses To Endorse Ron Paul
By Martin Hill
LibertyFight.com:
As a former supporter of California State Senator Tom McClintock, I've been very disappointed in im in recent years, particularly after he endorsed gun-grabbing socialist Arnold Scwarzenegger in 2006. So last week I wrote and posted the article 'Which Big-Government Socialist Will Tom McClintock Endorse Next?' (I also posted it at RON PAUL WAR ROOM and DAILY PAUL). When I had started writing the article, Fred Thompson was still in the race for president. Then Fred abruptly dropped out, and I wanted to challenge Tom McClintock to offer his Ron Paul endorsement. I had heard McClintock interview Ron Paul last August, and Mcclintock was very favorable towards Paul.
With the neocon CFR actor Fred out of the race, I wrote a follow up letter to McClintock, entitled An Open Letter To Senator Tom McClintock, {Also at DailyPaul & Ron Paul War Room.. I e-mailed it to The Senator both at his office and to his website, CITIZENS FOR THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC; and posted it on his blog, HERE.. On his blog, you will see many people urging Tom to endorse Ron Paul, since he hinted at that possibility last week to the L.A. Times.
This afternoon While visiting McClintock's website I saw an announcement that he would be live on KOGO radio (600AM San Diego) at 5PM! I Immediately got on the line and was lucky enough to be one of two callers who got on the air to ask McClintock a question. Here is the transcript of that call. Audio to be posted soon.
| Call in to KOGO 600AM, Monday, January 28, 2008, ~5:24PM Roger Hedgecock: Tom McClintock, let's take a call from Martin, on a cell phone. Hi Martin. Martin: Hi Tom, Hi Roger. Hey Tom, a lot of people are eagerly awaiting to see if you're going to endorse Congressman Raul for president; or, do you have another favorite?? Tom McClintock:Well, my favorite was Fred Thompson, and you know what happened to him. Umm, I've been saying all along, I'm looking for, a presidential, uh, uh, candidate who I can trust to respect our Constitution, and defend our borders, and, reduce the burdons of government, uh, on our people. And I've got reservations about all of the, uh, candidates Republican and Democrat. I just got my ballot delivered to me today, I'm still not sure how I'm gonna cast that vote. Um, uh.. Ron Paul...uh, in fact, remember, uh, uh, Roger, that when I guest hosted for you that day, uh, Ron Paul was one of our guests. Roger: Yep. McClintock: Um, and, my my my read of him is, he is raising some awfully important questions that need to be raised; and he's got a very enthusiastic group of people behind him. And a very eclectic group spanning the entire political spectrum, who are responding to a basic message, and that is, 'we want our Constitution back', we want it all back. Uh, I'm not sure that Ron Paul is presidential timber. But I do believe he is raising some very important issues that are going to, uh, have to be addressed, uh, during the upcoming presidential campaign in the fall. Roger: All right. Tom McClintock, I've got to run, uh I appreciate the opportunity...
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Tom McClintock's Contact Info:
McClintock's Senate Website:
http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/mcclintock/
E-mail: senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office District Office
State Capitol, Room 3070
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-8873
Fax: (916) 324-7544
Local Office
223 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 400
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone: (805) 494-8808
Senator Tom McClintock's Citizens for the California Republic
1029 K Street, Suite 44
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 446-1246
Email: info@carepublic.com
Ya think?!?
If Tom is only ‘not sure’ then I have lost a lot of faith in Tom.
They do have a way of jumping the gun don't they?
McClintock’s a party insider anyway. He knows that if he endorses Paul, the CA GOP would work against his next election.
The only thing more wacko than Ron Paul are some of the people who support him.
Would you believe not Presidential Timber, but “nut root.”
I’m shocked, I tell you.
Shocked!
But those that wring their hands for the lesser of the 3 RINOs are not wackos, right.
I think Paul started out not so wacko, but since his supporters are so wacko, he’s gotten more and more wacko in his attempt to play up to them. He’s essentially whoring himself out to get the wackos and the Republican haters to throw money at him.
Well, he is the guy the conpiracy peeps make shrines to....
Ron Paul isn’t even a presidential TOOTHPICK.
Paul isn’t a leader. He isn’t capable of bringing about any of the changes in government he espouses.
The only thing about him timber-like is the wooden head.
Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy. A few have, and others will continue to do so, but too many—both in and out of government—close their eyes to the issue of personal liberty and ignore the fact that endless borrowing to finance endless demands cannot be sustained. True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society.
What tripe. If it’s one thing Paul isn’t, it’s a panderer.
Any with half of a brain can spout Constitutional ideas. That is what all the candidates do to make it sound good. But what have they done? The first job that a President must have is to protect the nation. Ron Paul will try to force our nation to withdraw from ever country an become isolationist. Cannot be done and be secure in this rapidly becoming smaller world.
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