Posted on 03/12/2007 6:35:53 AM PDT by sdnet
Political maverick and Texas House member Ron Paul formally announced his candidacy for the president of the United States this morning during the “Washington Journal” call-in program on C-SPAN.
Paul stands as one of the last remaining believers in strict enforcement of the Constitution and a limited federal government in Washington D.C. Paul ran unsuccessfully for the White House in 1988 under the Libertarian ticket, but now caucuses with the Republican Party. His political platform includes low taxes, individual liberties and a principled belief in the right to life.
His presidential exploratory committee formed earlier this year stirred up his enormous grassroots support from heartland voters, small government believers and fed-up Republicans who believe current GOP candidates offer no real solutions to an expanding federal government and refuse to tackle America's important issues, such as illegal immigration and an erosion of American's civil liberties.
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Ron Paul is one of the "Gang of 17." His Presidential candidacy is DOA.
And this makes him a "nut job" how?
If Hagel announces today, he and Paul could make this one of the most insignificant days in political history!
It really is a question of priority. America contains a lot of shepple, those who will blindly follow with a Democrat or a Republican, without a care in the world about what our government is turning into, and how their very lives are effected by it.
We definitely need a new voice in the White House. Ron Paul is a Libertarian who caucuses with the GOP.
and voted with the Dems.
If you're using Paul's "dem votes" as your basis for your opposition, then you certainly also oppose virtually any other GOP candidate, right? Certainly the top three running (McCain, Guiliani and Romney)?
Here's the deal. Dems are generally big government economically and small government socially. Reps are generally big government socially and small government economically (by their words, not their actions). Libertarians are small government economically AND socially. So yes, Paul will certainly vote with the Dems on some issues, as he will with the Reps on some issues.
Paul supports making Bush's tax cuts permanent. He supports immigration control. He opposes most of our social programs. He wants the DOE abolished.
He's a breath of fresh air.
He is a nut job...
so is Hillary, Juliani, Obama, MC-lame...all nutters..
I call them "Paul Bearers"
LOL!
Not true. Dems/Liberals usually want government to push their agenda across the board.
Reps are generally big government socially and small government economically...
Not true. Reps/Conservatives usually want government to push their agenda across the board.
Libertarians are small government economically AND socially.
True.
In President Ron Paul’s cabinet — please hold that snicker — I see Justin Raimondo as Secretary of Defense.
He voted with the Dems to surrender.
I'm all for small government, but on defense he's with the Traitor Party.
For me that makes his campaign announcement DOA.
lol
He's my congressman, and he won't get mine. I hope he said he was going to resign his congressional seat for this run.
I'm officially announcing that I'm going to go register as a Republican so that I can support Dr. Paul in the primaries.
I would like to know more about his voting record and stand on Iraq and supporting our troops
LOL!
Are you kidding? Small government? In a Ron Paul administration, the printing costs for press releases alone would run into the billions!
Many here should probably pay attention to a guy named John Cox. He's another no-name candidate, but believes similarly to Ron Paul on domestic issues and doesn't want to pull out of Iraq so quickly.
Here's an interview with Cox:
http://www.smallgovtimes.com/story/07mar06.john.cox.interview/index.html
Hey, me too!
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