Posted on 03/06/2008 7:16:40 AM PST by jdm
The Austin American-Statesman notes that John McCain has clinched the GOP nomination and all the other GOP hopefuls have dropped out … except Ron Paul:
“President Bush welcomed John McCain to the White House today and hailed him as “the nominee of the Republican Party.”
But while that Rose Garden victory celebration was going on, Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul — who issued a statement Tuesday night saying he will return to the U.S. House next year — continued a presidential race he now seems to be conceding he cannot win.
“There were 11. Now there are two,” says a posting on Paul’s Web site that shows the crossed-out faces of nine Republican contenders who have dropped out of the presidential race.
In the Tuesday night statement after he won renomination for his U.S. House seat, Paul said, “I have no Democrat opponent in November and will serve another term in Congress where I will continue my battle on behalf of taxpayers.”
He’s not getting much press anymore but Paul’s spokesman vows that Paul will “remain in the (presidential) race and will do so as long as his supporters wish it.” At least one Paul supporter has hope:
“There is a very good chance that John McCain could drop out of the race when enough negative information hits the masses,” a Paul backer said in a Wednesday e-mail. “Ron Paul and his supporters are counting on this. Whether this is realistic or not, only time will tell.”
That’s positive thinking.
Actually, this election was a great illustration of the power of the media in shaping the perceptions of voters starting from the very beginning of the campaigns last year. Face it, voters are by and large ignorant of American civics - they are not taught ANYWHERE any more.
If we don’t realize this and do something about it fast, we can pretty much kiss the Republic goodbye.
“After all, he at least had more BALLS to publicly state his anti-semitic views”
This statement reminds me of some of the drivel I used to hear from college leftists.
Nobody who "really wants to know" lets someone else tell them.
ACU ratings are almost irrelevant, because they penalize for refusing to horse trade away constitutional rights and constitutional federalism.
NTU ratings and New American constitutional ratings are better indicators.
“Nobody who “really wants to know” lets someone else tell them.”
Sometimes you must enlighten the misguided.
Why, is it his birthday?
I've seen all of the pack of half-truths that passes for "enlightenment" from the anti-Paul camp I need to know it's not to be taken a face value.
“And when the Democrats embrace a foreign policy that actively colludes with and appeases our enemies instead of Paul’s hands-off policy, I trust you concerns with Paul’s anti-semitism will be a comfort.”
Yeah, stick your head in the sand policy.
Gimme a break. Good 9/10 mentality.
My point was, snicker all you want - were both stuck with an undie stain for a candidate now -
- well get used to him unfortunately - Ive got a feeling the repub party would screw up most anything at this point
Replace "blacks" with "illegal immigrants" and it reads like a lot of conservative sites now.
“Ron Paul was the only Congressperson to vote AGAINST”
Dr. No lives!
So tell me why Dr. Paul never votes to condemn Hamas or Hezbollah for attacks on our ally, Israel?
I see... The American Conservatives Union is a liberal front group? Their principles are not quite conservative enough for ya?
And I suppose that William Buckley was just a silver-tongued James Carville, too!
He has made his non-interventionist position pretty clear over the years.
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2008/cr030508h.htm
Please remember that Paul received only a fraction of the media coverage the other Republicans got, and all of his money came from ordinary Americans. Yet, he still beat Rudy and Fred in some states, came in 2nd in NV, and actually won Louisiana if it weren't for dirty tricks among McCain, Romney, Huckabee & Giuliani. He led the GOP in fundraising for the 4th quarter.
My take is that GOP primary voters were probably nervous over Paul's anti-war stand and the fact that some lunatics were exploiting his campaign. It probably turned them off and that's why Paul got the numbers he received. That said, Paul still arguably ran the greatest presidential grassroots campaign in modern political history.
I don’t have any problem with the ACU’s principles, and it doesn’t really matter whether I think that they are “conservative enough”. I really don’t pay much attention to the ACU at all.
The ACU ratings are suspect because a Congress composed of 535 Ron Paul republicans would propose to reduce the federal budget by at 50-75% (ie. within Art 1 Sect 8 constitutional limitations), while a Congress composed of 535 John McCain republicans would not.
Your last question is just goofy.
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