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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?


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KEYWORDS: 2008veep; donquixote; fantasyisland; ronpaul; voteforpedro
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To: lormand
"Is it a Paulrhoid trait to fall back to Bush Derangement Syndrome.."

Read you own post #53, where YOU brought up the GWB reference.

61 posted on 01/22/2008 9:21:53 AM PST by Designer
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To: Nephi

***Paint dries faster than JC Watts speaks.***

Well, I guess he doesn’t add value. LOL


62 posted on 01/22/2008 9:23:42 AM PST by rineaux ( Make fun buddy-The Patriot Paul)
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To: lormand
Bush Derangement Syndrome

I don't think I've heard that term since Jim did the ol' bot-boot of '07.

63 posted on 01/22/2008 9:24:29 AM PST by jmc813 (Don't screw this up, vote for Thompson.)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
Mark Sanford, Gary Johnson, Judge Andrew Napolitano, John Stossel

Unfortunately, I don't know enough about any of these men to form an opinion.

I do recognize that the choice of VP running mate will have an effect, so he'd better pick well.

64 posted on 01/22/2008 9:26:13 AM PST by Designer
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To: Designer
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about any of these men to form an opinion.

Sanford and Napolitano are both outstanding. Sanford is one of the few potential running mates which might cause me to cast a vote for one of the three remaining schmucks left on the GOP side.

65 posted on 01/22/2008 9:29:01 AM PST by jmc813 (Don't screw this up, vote for Thompson.)
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To: Revelation 911


Here's a good VP pick for Paul

Ron Paul's Photo-Op with Stormfront
66 posted on 01/22/2008 9:35:18 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: johnpannell
The premise is silly. Why would ANYone announce their VP pick “soon”?

So was Ronald Reagan "silly" back in 76 when he named Sen. Richard Schweiker as his running mate when he ran for the GOP nomination?

67 posted on 01/22/2008 9:41:53 AM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
Word is that Paul fellar was down toward New Awlins way. Maybe he is scouring around the Florida Parishes looking for this fellar for his running mate.... Reckon?


68 posted on 01/22/2008 9:43:27 AM PST by deport (Go Florida... --13 days Super Tuesday -- [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: deport

No, I think it will be Judge Napolitano, a great patriot.


69 posted on 01/22/2008 9:49:49 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem (We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

Probably Walter Williams.

While they disagree on Iraq and some aspects of the so-called war on terror, they are in agreement on economics.

Williams is a good balance to Paul. Ron Paul has a tendency to lecture, much like a college professor, while Williams, who IS a college professor, better relates principles to the guy on the street, and he’s a bit more polished than is Ron Paul.


70 posted on 01/22/2008 9:52:06 AM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: deport
does posting crap like this make you feel better for losing Iowa, NH, Nev,SC and pretty soon florida

you fredtards are a gas LOL

71 posted on 01/22/2008 10:04:08 AM PST by Revelation 911
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

Willaims would be fantastic - I love the guy...very well reasoned


72 posted on 01/22/2008 10:04:59 AM PST by Revelation 911
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To: Kozak

your family members dont count


73 posted on 01/22/2008 10:05:49 AM PST by Revelation 911
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To: humblegunner; LIBERTARIAN JOE
Libertarian Joe: "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."

humblegunner: Yeah, lots of folks think that.

Thank you, humblegunner, for making a very simple point that so many people don't seem to get. They hide their heads in the sand. Even Ron Paul thinks Iran isn't a threat.

That's the sort of thinking that brings us things like 9/11.

No, thanks. Ron Paul and his cult seem clueless.

74 posted on 01/22/2008 10:17:45 AM PST by Allegra (It'll be a cold day in Hell when it snows in Baghdad.)
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To: Revelation 911

You shouldn’t talk that way to your daddy.


75 posted on 01/22/2008 10:18:53 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: Kozak

just yer momma


76 posted on 01/22/2008 10:22:27 AM PST by Revelation 911
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77 posted on 01/22/2008 10:25:07 AM PST by Allegra (It'll be a cold day in Hell when it snows in Baghdad.)
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To: Revelation 911
you fredtards are a gas LOL

Please realize thaat most Thompson guys (myself included) don't have this cognitive-dissonance-fueled hate for Paul, and many of us are looking for a new candidate now that it appears that Fred is dunzo. Honey, vinegar, etc.

78 posted on 01/22/2008 10:26:41 AM PST by jmc813 (Don't screw this up, vote for Thompson.)
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To: jmc813; Revelation 911
Please realize thaat most Thompson guys (myself included) don't have this cognitive-dissonance-fueled hate for Paul, and many of us are looking for a new candidate now that it appears that Fred is dunzo.

No more than any of us Paul supporters have any animosity for Fred Thompson.

Let's face this issue: People will look back on the 2008 Republican Party Nomination (all candidates) and say "Whaaa??"

Honey, vinegar, etc.

Flies are dirty, and people only catch them to kill them.

Nobody is looking for flies here. We're looking for voters, and if we can't do that on the issues, then why bother playing "how to win friends and influence people"?

79 posted on 01/22/2008 10:36:08 AM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
We're looking for voters, and if we can't do that on the issues, then why bother playing "how to win friends and influence people"?

You can do it on the issues. Look at how many freepers have come to appreciate Paul after reading about him here on FR. Conversely, I can not recall any freeper going from liking Paul to disliking Paul as a result of the race-baiting and gay graphics by the Paul bashers.

Face it, a lot of Thompson supporters are in the same boat as me. Annoyed that Republicans are so stupid that they'd keep the four bums currently surviving in the race in longer than Fred, and ready willing and able to cast a f$%&-you-GOP-establishment vote. If y'all were smart, you'd be courting us.

80 posted on 01/22/2008 11:12:08 AM PST by jmc813 (Don't screw this up, vote for Thompson.)
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