Posted on 12/23/2007 7:36:15 PM PST by melt
WASHINGTON (CNN) Texas Rep. Ron Paul refused to rule out a third party bid Sunday if he fails to win the Republican Party presidential nomination.
When Tim Russert of NBCs 'Meet the Press' asked the Texas congressman if hed consider an independent bid, he replied: "I have no intention of doing that."
When pressed by Russert to state unequivocally that he would not, Paul demurred. "I deserve one weasel wiggle now and then, Tim!"
Paul lost to Phil Gramm in the 1984 Texas Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. Four years later, he ran for president as the Libertarian Party nominee.
The Republican presidential contender who has an intensely loyal national following is pulling in record fundraising sums, prompting speculation that he may continue his White House bid even if he does not fare well among Republican primary voters.
Paul is currently averaging single-digit showings in most recent surveys of GOP voters nationally and in early-voting states.
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I disagree with that but you might be right. Obama is anti-war though too, keep in mind.
The impulse to get ourselves into permanent foreign entaglements should be resisted.
Yes, I’m aware Obama is also anti-war .. but he’s a much milder candidate whereas Ron is a radical anti-war and therefore suits the radical anti-war crowd.
Still .. Ron will be lucky if he pulls 5% .. because the right wing of the “right” is not going to be allowed to govern the “majority” of the right; unlike the left.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942125/posts
This sort of supports my allegations about the Paul campaign.
Ron already said he’d take money from anyone and everyone. That amounts to probably a few thousand out of 8 digits he’s received. Soros I’m sure only sees this as a chance to break up the Republican base no doubt but I think that will fail. Only if the nominee is Huckabee or Guiliani will that happen.
I agree .. Soros has evil intent - while Ron is just accepting money from anybody.
The only problem I have with that .. when you accept donations from just “anybody” - you can often obligate yourself to people who you would not normally associate with. And .. if you don’t listen to their ideas, etc., you risk them withholding any further funds.
It’s a slippery slope!
It shows me that Ron is only interested in winning .. but not for the right reasons.
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