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Who will Ron Paul pick for his VP? (vanity)
1/22/08 | me

Posted on 01/22/2008 2:07:21 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem

Most of the other candidates are out of money.

Soon it will be only Romney, McCain, and Paul.

The time is coming for them to pick their VP picks. I am willing to bet the first might happen before Super Tuesday in an attempt to get a bump.

The buzz I have heard is around the following potential picks

Mark Sanford, Gary Johnson, Judge Andrew Napolitano, John Stossel

Of them all, I think that Judge Napolitano would be the best pick, from a pure ticket perspective.

I know his foreign policy isn't popular on FR and this post will likely attract a lot of noise from a handful of people dedicated to shouting the Doctor down.

However - he is a Republican candidate, he has the funds to go until the RNC, and it will be time to announce his VP pick soon. Before anyone suggests it, it's not going to be Kucinich. ;)

So think about this - he is the only candidate left in the race (assuming Fred drops out later today, which he likely is doing), Paul is the only candidate left that is anti-amnesty, pro-2nd amendment, anti-abortion, and for limiting the size and scope of government.

Like I said - I'm hoping it's the Doctor and the Judge.

Anyone else hearing any noise?


TOPICS: Candidates
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; donquixote; fantasyisland; ronpaul; voteforpedro
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To: humblegunner

And you served when and where?


21 posted on 01/22/2008 4:27:45 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

It doesn’t matter. TehRon doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in the hot spot of winning.


22 posted on 01/22/2008 4:41:44 AM PST by End Times Crusader (The Comeback Candidate: John McCain - Leadership for America)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
And you served when and where?

Men's room attendant at Disneyland.

I note you ignore Paul's cut-n-run remarks.

23 posted on 01/22/2008 4:45:29 AM PST by humblegunner (My KungFu is ten times power.©)
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To: humblegunner
I take exception to a person that has never
served calling one who served a coward!

So you were too much of a coward to serve?

24 posted on 01/22/2008 4:54:54 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

I guess Matt Hale’s not available?


25 posted on 01/22/2008 4:55:54 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Not to discount the sexual prowess of the rabbit, BUT, there's a reason it's not called BUNNY STYLE.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
So you were too much of a coward to serve?

No, just really busy with attending the men's room at Disneyland.

Take exception all you want, Paul's remarks are those of a coward.

26 posted on 01/22/2008 4:59:24 AM PST by humblegunner (My KungFu is ten times power.©)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
I would say Ralph Nader, But if he wanted the evangelical vote he could pick Mike Huckabee.
27 posted on 01/22/2008 5:03:52 AM PST by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran; humblegunner

Ron Paul was drafted...and never went to Vietnam...He was a flight surgeon and served until 1964...


28 posted on 01/22/2008 5:11:49 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran; humblegunner
Kind of hard to call a flight surgeon in the Air Force during the sixties a coward!

Oh I don't know. I was a Flight Surgeon in the Air Force from 1978-1991. It didn't take alot of courage to get through Medical School, join the USAF and go to Flight School in Texas. Depending upon what type of aircraft Dr. Paul flew in, it was no more hair-raising than flying Delta.

Precisely what did Dr. Paul do during his Air Force Career that was so courageous?

29 posted on 01/22/2008 5:15:51 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Not to discount the sexual prowess of the rabbit, BUT, there's a reason it's not called BUNNY STYLE.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
He served!

I take exception to a person that has not
served calling one who has a coward!

30 posted on 01/22/2008 5:16:42 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
So you back up Paul when he says this:

I believe our troops should be brought back to the United States without delay.

If so, you may be a coward too.

31 posted on 01/22/2008 5:22:47 AM PST by humblegunner (My KungFu is ten times power.©)
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To: humblegunner
It seems that coalitions of the willing that won both middle east wars are better than the treaties that have never won a war since WWII.
UN
SEATO
NATO and UN
32 posted on 01/22/2008 5:28:44 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: A Balrog of Morgoth
"Sancho Panza"

What? No love for Rocky Patel?!?!

33 posted on 01/22/2008 5:30:08 AM PST by Sam's Army
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

With all the republican candidates dropping out at such a fast pace, this vanity may have to be bumped to headline news in a few weeks.


34 posted on 01/22/2008 5:34:58 AM PST by rineaux ( Make fun buddy-The Patriot Paul)
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To: humblegunner
And a coward

I'm pretty sure that Dr. Paul is not a coward.

On the other hand, I'm just about positive that someone who posts slander and insults thru the anonymity of the internet is the very definition of one

35 posted on 01/22/2008 7:03:17 AM PST by LIBERTARIAN JOE (Ron Paul 2008 - (last) Hope for America!)
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To: LIBERTARIAN JOE
I'm pretty sure that Dr. Paul is not a coward

How do you explain this statement by Paul?

I believe our troops should be brought back to the United States without delay.

Seems pretty clear to me.

On the other hand, I'm just about positive that someone who posts slander and insults thru the anonymity of the internet is the very definition of one

Thats very sweet of you to say.

36 posted on 01/22/2008 7:22:19 AM PST by humblegunner (My KungFu is ten times power.©)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
The possibilities you listed are good ones. He needs to select someone young enough to run for prez 4-8 years from now, and someone that holds the same libertarian beliefs as he does, so we'll have a pro-freedom torch bearer when Dr. Paul goes into his well-deserved retirement.

On a related note, I'd like for him to start addressing some of the "important" cabinet positions. Maybe if he suggested appointing pro-empire type persons for State and Defense, he would ease the (small) minds of potential supporters who are wary of his non-interventionalist beliefs.

In general, I wish he'd stop campaigning like someone who doesn't have a shot at the nomination. I know he, and most of his supporters, didn't think we had a snowball's chance when this thing started, but we do now.

It's time to stop being as inflamitory as possible in his statements and time to start speaking like a politician - when you address a nation of gullible sheep, you want to use a soothing baaaaa-baaaaa instead of telling the bitter truth in the most clear and direct of terms.

I'm not saying that he should lie - he probably doesn't know how anyway. I'm just saying that he should tone it down some. We're going to find out soon enough, as a nation, that we're bankrupt and balkanized at home, and overextended overseas.

37 posted on 01/22/2008 7:33:06 AM PST by LIBERTARIAN JOE (Ron Paul 2008 - (last) Hope for America!)
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To: humblegunner
How do you explain this statement by Paul?

The explanation is very simple... he believes that our troops should be brought back to the United States without delay - a belief that I, and apparently the majority of my fellow Americans hold too.

38 posted on 01/22/2008 7:38:29 AM PST by LIBERTARIAN JOE (Ron Paul 2008 - (last) Hope for America!)
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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian; George W. Bush; Revelation 911; NapkinUser; DreamsofPolycarp; The_Eaglet; ...

Let Freedom Ping?

Question is who would make a good VP for Ron Paul


39 posted on 01/22/2008 8:39:10 AM PST by CJ Wolf (To Join or leave the offical Ron Paul 'let freedom' Ping, Freepmail me.)
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To: lormand

39 posts and no pic of Ahmanjinad holding the Revolution sign? You’re getting old man - OLD!


40 posted on 01/22/2008 8:41:22 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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