Posted on 12/13/2010 8:21:59 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Republican Rep. Ron Paul, known for bucking his party in favor of his libertarian principles, says there's a chance he'll make another run for the presidency.
"I'd say it's at least 50-50 that I'll run again," Paul told the New York Times in a profile of the 75-year-old congressman. His decision will reportedly hinge in part on how the economy fares.
Paul won less than 2 percent of the vote in his 2008 Republican primary presidential bid, but he won a dedicated fan base that supported him strongly online and financially. He is often credited for spawning the Tea Party movement, which swept into office this year more congressmen that hold his stringent libertarian views on issues like fiscal policy, including his son, Sen.-elect Rand Paul of Kentucky. (The Times notes that Ron Paul and Rand Paul will be roommates in Ron Paul's Virginia condo while they serve in Congress together.)
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If you are a young person that believes in small government who would you vote for? Republicans who have never, ever cut the size of government or someone that you believe will cut government?
Well there goes another 2-3%.
What an anomaly. A contradtiction in terms. I’ve never heard that description before. But it fits. Describes Paul and all libertarians to a T.
Spot on. Ron Paul and I share the same alma mater. Every now and then he'll do or say something brilliant, but before before I have the chance to brag about it, he'll do or say something so embarrassing I have to quietly hang my head.
100% Paul will be 4 years older than McCain was last time around.
The most successful libertarian candidate in American politics ran against Ronald Reagan in 1980, he summed up libertarians as “low tax, liberals”
Paging GoldStandard...
Oh yeah you use that other name now.
Ron Paul appeals to an almost idealistic type of conservative, one that fails to realize that a conservative utopia is no more realistic than a leftist one.
Ron Paul’s a good man, but he’s WAY off on foreign policy, and although economically I can get on board with him on most issues, he is even a bit myopic on some domestic issues as well.
Point taken. It must be for the money then because in his heart of hearts he realizes his chances of winning are zero.
And technically, there's a 50-50 chance that if I run, I'll get elected (either I will, or I won't).
Barry Goldwater ran in 1980?
WHO are you talking about?
Look up who the libertarians ran in 1980.
And RINOs.
Congresssman Paul, before you throw your hat in, could you please explain to us clearly what your stance on National Defense is....
At what point will you be willing to use force ?
I did.
Republican Party nomination
Main article: Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1980
Republican candidates
Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California
Former CIA director and United States Representative George H. W. Bush of Texas
Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois
Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee
Representative Phil Crane of Illinois
Former Governor John Connally of Texas
Senator Bob Dole of Kansas
Former Special Ambassador to Paraguay Ben Fernandez of California
Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut
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The question is still on the table. WHO are you talking about?
“Ron Paul’s a good man”
Sorry, the Joooo conspiracy monthly he used to write takes him off the “good man” list.
Ron Paul: 50-50 Chance I’ll Run for President
And 1 Trillion to 1 odds that you would ever get nominated.
Why waste the time and money?
100 to 0 chance I’d vote for him.
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