Posted on 04/26/2011 4:22:54 AM PDT by quesney
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he's going to try a third time.
Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term in the House, said he will unveil an exploratory presidential committee, a key step in gearing up for a White House race. He will also unveil the campaign’s leadership team in Iowa, where the first votes of the presidential election will be cast in caucuses next year.
Meet the GOP's Potential Candidates
Paul, 75, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, finishing with less than one half a percent of the vote. After more than a decade as a Republican congressman,
Paul gave it another shot in the 2008 presidential election, gaining attention for being the only Republican candidate calling for the end to the war in Iraq and for his “money bomb” fundraising strategy, which brought in millions of dollars from online donors in single-day pushes.
Paul took 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and 8 percent in New Hampshire’s primary. He finished second, with 14 percent of the vote, in the Nevada caucuses, and eventually finished fourth in the Republican nominating process with 5.6 percent of the total vote. Paul’s campaign book, The Revolution: A Manifesto also reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list in 2008.
This would seem to be an ideal year for Paul: Since the last election, the Republican Party has moved much closer to his view on deficit reduction, which made him an early tea party favorite. All of the party's top-tier presidential hopefuls are focusing on lowering debt, government spending, and tax rates, issues Paul has long advocated.
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ROFL. I those cute *thangs* are best reserved for his supporters Hurry, come and get ‘em before they’re sold out!!
The kids must be off school today. Who knew they liked to post to FR so much?
So, Palin is supporting McCain in Libya but attack Obama. Got it.
Well, I'm trying to impress Captain Kirk.
After all, he says I'm uncivil and stuff and we all know about how civility rocks.
{snicker!}
I created that graphic.
It’s since been rehosted and has traveled all over the place
since the Medina (funky & cold) campaign for Texas Governor.
That’s pretty gratifying actually.
You can say that again! [is that invisible ink?]
They both have the same idea concerning our war(s) against terrorism and involvement in other countries.
Yee-Haw!
Is the graphic not showing up? I can see it on this end.
There was actually a study released a few months ago on the causes of suicide bombers, looking at every instance over the course of decades, not all of which were Moslem perpetrators. The results: the prime cause of suicide terrorism is occupation. Suicide bombers are basically guerrillas, and guerrillas are only produced when a country is occupied. The ultimate advice was to offshore our military in a conflict.
So Ron Paul was actually proven correct when he said, "They are over here because we are over there". However, that won't stop the detractors.
What I think is truly funny is the idea that the same country who elected Obama a couple of years ago, is actually going to elect a Mitt Romney or a Mike Huckabee for president. Now that's a real joke! Just because somebody can win the Republican primary, doesn't mean that they can take votes away from the Democrats in any sort of meaningful way.
Did you READ the article by Sarah Palin? obeewon, either shat or get off the pot. Whole ‘nother thin’ from what you have extrapolated.
If Paul is 1/100th as successful, 100 years from now, as Debs has been, then our children still have a chance.
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