Thread: What's the dealio with GOP candidate Ron Paul?

Hes not, and theres no reason for him to. He has enough money to keep going while the others are suffering.

lol. When did Ron Paul say that? Especially considering his campaign keeps getting better each day.

Originally Posted by SolSkye

lol. When did Ron Paul say that? Especially considering his campaign keeps getting better each day.

Originally Posted by Grod

Didn't Ron Paul say he wasn't going to drop out..?

Argh. lol

Do you guys think he's still a strong candidate considering the outcome of the primaries so far?

Originally Posted by Grod

Do you guys think he's still a strong candidate considering the outcome of the primaries so far?

I think he's got it made.

Hes still the only real choice in the election. Which is why I am going to keep supporting him till the end. He has the money to keep going, and he is going to. His best chance at the moment is going into the convention with as many delegates as possible, and then using that influence.

Hes likely going to have enough delegates to make a impact though I am not sure if its going to be enough to win. I am not sure what else he wants though, he could make a deal to help get his message out, or he could make a deal to be vice president or something. I am not sure if he would go for that though.

Of course it doesn't help that the media is still making up crap. A good example is what happened in west virgina. They made a big story about how Mccain supporters threw their support behind Huckablee so he could defeat Romney. They totally ignore the fact that Ron Paul supports did the same thing, and in exhange Hucklablee supporters pleaded 3 of the 18 delegates to Ron Paul. Which means Ron Paul won more deletages than either mccain or romney did in that state.

Its true Ron Paul isn't winning any big states, but hes slowly chipping away at them and theres still many states left.

I'd give him a snowball's chance in hell right now, but that's just me.

Super-Tuesday is over, and the Republican race has all but been decided. A simple majority wins all of the delegates, and Ron Paul hasn't won very many. The chances of him winning most of the remaining states is practically nil, from what I've seen of McCain's success (it's the war issue). I'm glad he ran, and will keep running, but he can't win by running for the Republican nomination. I'll still give him a conciliation vote, for what it's worth.

A McCain nomination, of course, practically settles the November election, at least once the Democrats have made their choice.

The most important thing in my mind is holding those who have broken the law accountable for their crimes. I don't think any of the front-runners want to touch that concept for fear of sounding vengeful, and I suspect the current mire of scandals will go the way of Iran-Contra and the Gulf of Tonkin incident: crimes happened, but no one is held responsible. Oh well.

Oh Romney is quitting. Just three left now.

Oh Romney is quitting. Just three left now.

WOW!

I must admit, after seeing no substantial progress with Ron Paul I just figured he'd basically get his name out there, maybe raise some awareness on issues. But now... things are getting rather interesting.

Still, the chances of Romney supporters to swing over to Paul? I never met one so I have no idea what their view would be - but I assume they're closer to McCain's than Paul's.

What happens to the delegates that the dropouts received?

Well actually he 'suspended' his campaign. Which basicly means he quits but he gets to keep all the delegates. Of course they can vote for whoever they want.

However, the fact that he's dropped out gives the feeling that he'll be a puss when anything big comes up and will hopefully sway some(or a lot, hopefully) away from him.

form thirdpartywatch.com

I’ll be writing an article on Ron Paul’s speech as I get the time, but thought I’d first provide a few quotes from the Ron Paul wing of CPAC about Mitt Romney’s suspended race. People who care about “fiscal issues should start looking at Ron,” said Lauren Drew, Arlington VA Ron Paul MeetUp coordinator.
Following his speech, I asked Ron Paul how he felt about Romney dropping out of the race.
“It narrows the field,” said the presidential contender, who added that we are “not disappointed on that.”
Former Paul National Field Director Dennis Fusaro said, “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”
There will be “lots of heartbroken virgins in Salt Lake City,” quipped Attention Deficit Democracy author Jim Bovard.
“[Romney’s] wife got tired of him writing so many checks,” responded former Congressman Bob Barr. He added, “A lack of substance cannot buy credibility.”
I was told by some local Paul supporters that Romney’s staff turned their table in the exhibit hall over for Ron Paul’s use. According to one of of these supporters (his name tag read Kevin O), the guys at the Romney booth, who only had ten minutes advance notice that Mitt Romney was going to drop, are now planning to vote for Ron Paul.
Photo of Ron Paul as I asked for his response to Romney dropping out of the race.
Posted by Stephen Gordon in News, Ron Paul, Presidential Race,

Originally Posted by ranma187

form thirdpartywatch.com

Direct link please? I want to show this to my Social and Political Philosophy professor.



This makes me smile if its true!
200+ possible delegates!
(Although probably not all of them)

Ron paul is winning!

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/36607

Don't listen to the bullshit straw poll-It's Meaningless
We won the most delegates.
We know it
The WSRP knows it (some of them might need to change their pants I'm making up a rumour that many of them shat themselves upon seeing the delegate totals and further defecated profusely in them upon realizing that they had elected our shadow delegates and it's too late to do anything about it).
CNN knows it.
But they are scared that if you come to know it the grassroots will experience a resurgence and rise from the ashes like a phoenix to lead this nation through the trying times ahead.
Prove them Wrong
Don't be scared be a delegate! Or organize something to help get the delegates the money and transportation they need to get to the next caucus

Originally Posted by ranma187

Ron paul is winning!

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/36607

No, he's really not.

Ron Paul

After NH and all the fraud that took place there and the media blackout that ensued, I knew that was just the tip of the iceberg of the shit to push Ron Paul down, so I stepped aside and let the chips fall where they may. Which in this case, isn't surprising.

I could rant and rave until I'm blue in the face, but instead here are some examples of blatant problems with our election system.

Ron Paul Missing from Ballot in Rockland County, NY
California Election Fraud
Faux News: Ron Paul Gets Unfair Coverage Nevada Caucuses (Ron Paul was #2 yet his name wasn't even mentioned)

In any event, I don't see anyone surpassing the will of the powers that be. It was a fun run while it lasted.

he's winning just nobody wants to prove it. He has the votes of romneys ex deligates.

That's not at all guaranteed, it's a possibility.

It's not going to be a brokered convention.

Whats a real joke is when they have large number of unaccounted for votes. Just the other night I was watching and every states had huge number of unreported votes. Theres only three people running, and 25% of the votes fall under someone else? Its ridiculous on places like CNN when they put their pie chart up and a quarter of the pie is blank.

Or fox reporting the results had something like 26% for one guy, 25% for someone else, then 23% for someone else. And thats the results. Some simple math shows that the numbers don't add up. Yet they never try to explain where the votes are going.

The Race is far from over: http://www.dailypaul.com/node/36910

There was a lot of confusion this weekend over Ron Paul’s Friday message. The old media and many supporters took his note to mean that he’d thrown in the towel and quit the race, but nothing could be further from the truth!
You wouldn’t know it from the old media, but the GOP race is far from settled. They’re trying to paint John McCain as the guaranteed nominee, but we know that the media doesn’t have as much control as they’d like to pretend. Remember? Last summer they painted Rudy G as the frontrunner, but his campaign died with a barely a whimper. His main problem was that no one voted for him. Now McCain is in a similar position: He’s so popular that nobody votes for him. This weekend McCain got trounced in – of all places – Kansas, by – of all people – Mike Huckabee. He lost Louisiana, and at last count he’s in a virtual three-way tie with Huck and Ron Paul in Washington State’s straw poll.
Not only is McCain disliked by voters, he’s positively hated by the conservative neocon spinmeisters. Ann Coulter ravaged him in a blistering attack last week on Hannity & Colmes (must see video here). Hannity didn’t put up much of a fight defending him. Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh is also having second thoughts about McCain. This neocon revolt has the Wall Street Journal mounting its own weak attempt at defending him in an editorial in this Saturday’s edition. (The Right is Wrong on McCain. But Saturday? Does anyone read the Saturday edition of the Wall Street Journal?
The real problem with McCain is that he has all the appeal Y2K’s leftovers, which is what he is. Who wants the guy who lost to Bush in 2000 to be the next president of the United States? Should he win the nomination, it is pretty widely suspected that he’ll be 2008’s version of Bob Dole.
Now turn your attention to Mitt Romney. If you’ll recall, Romney did not quit the race, he merely suspended his campaign. This seemingly subtle distinction is of great importance, as suspension means that he holds onto his delegates and could, should he so desire, reanimate his campaign. Importantly, for all his high and flowery language about standing aside “for our party and our country in this time of war,” he rather stingily (don’t you think?) refused to hand over his delegates to McCain. Nor did he lavish on McCain a fawning endorsement the way Rudy G did when he quit the race.
Meanwhile Huckabee, who’s central campaign strategy seems to be to copy everything that Ron Paul does (now he wants to abolish the IRS, too – sound familiar?), has no doubt read us Paulites talking about going all the way to the brokered convention. No doubt he thought to himself, “Self, that is a great idea! I’m going all the way to the brokered convention!” So he copied us again. Big deal. You know what they say about imitation. And if he manages to help block McCain from winning enough delegates to clinch the nomination…well, so be it. That’s good for us because it ensures the outcome we want – the brokered convention! The increasing possibility of a brokered convention means that Mitt “I hate to lose” Romney might also be tempted to jump back into the race. Good! Welcome back, Mitt! They don’t call you Flip Romney for nothing! We’ve got a job for you, too. You can help dilute the pro-war vote, bicker with the other two over technicalities, and open up a nice big hole for Ron Paul to run through and grab the nomination!
We all have a job to do, too. What we need to do is help ensure that Ron Paul has as strong a showing as possible in the eighteen (as I count them) remaining state contests. Forget the idea of a third party run. If you thought the old media ignored him in the debates as a Republican, just remember this: 1) At least he was on the stage, 2) Good luck getting anywhere near this kind of exposure as a third party, and 3) Best of luck trying to avoid becoming the GOP’s scapegoat when their ultimate nominee loses in a landslide.
Ron Paul is a Republican. This is what he’s said, and if you respect him you’ll respect his decision. He’s been at this game much longer than any of us, so let’s trust that he knows what he’s doing. If you don’t like it, just remember this:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Dr. Paul is our man in the arena. This race is still far from over and new developments are changing it every day. What Dr. Paul needs now more than ever is our trust and our support. Forget the third party, let’s take over the Republican party! The infrastructure is already there, but the rats are abandoning ship. We Paulites are the ones with the passion and the energy to reshape it. It has already begun happening in Alaska. As Ron Paul has said myriad times, the Republican base is shrinking. Now Coulter, Hannity, Limbaugh and Co. are helping to lead the exodus of the remaining rats.
Beyond this presidential election, this is a huge opportunity for all of us – together – to rebuild the Republican party into something that represents us all. A new generation is rising. The fight for liberty is never ending.
Welcome to the most important seven months of this campaign.
Mark your calendars accordingly:
Maryland - Feb 12
Virginia - Feb 12
DC - Feb 12
Washington - Feb 19
Rhode Island - March 4
Ohio - March 4
Texas - March 4
Vermont - March 4
Mississippi - Mar 11
Pennsylvania - April 22
Indiana - May 6
Nebraska - May 13
North Carolina - May 6
Kentucky - May 20
Oregon - May 20
Oregon - May 20
Idaho - May 27
New Mexico - June 3

To all whom say mccain leads with delegates heres an interesting tidbit of information the MEDIA never tells you.

of 80% of these delegates, they aren't commited to mccain, or huckabee

at the republican convention in september, those delegates, most of them, DO NOT have to vote for who they did back in the primaries and caucuses

which means, if ron paul could convince those delegates, he COULD snatch mccains, romneys, and huckabees and win the damn thing

the chances are LOW, but its better trying then giving up

the next person to be negative gets a slap upside their head from me

I don't know about all that but here's some light-hearted fun...

RON PAUL AND FOX NEW'S

New from MSNBC:

Originally Posted by NBC's Domenico Montanaro

Ron Paul has scaled back his presidential run and is focusing on his congressional primary race, Paul spokesman Jesse Benton acknowledged.

Paul is being challenged by Republican Galveston City Councilman Chris Peden in the 14th congressional district for the March 4th Republican primary, the same day as the Texas presidential primary. Paul's name will appear on the ballot for both races in that district.

Paul has raised $400,000 for the TX-14 race, Benton said. Paul cannot use his presidential funds for congressional primary, since he has not withdrawn. The campaign has about $5 million on hand for the presidential race, Benton said.

Paul's goal, Benton added, is to get a substantial delegation to convention (they estimate they'll have about 42 delegates) get a good speaking spot, and "spread the conservative message."

On the $5 million, Benton said, "We're not looking to take any with us. We're going to spend it on what donors contributed it for." Even though he said they're "looking to spend every dime on the presidential race," he acknowledged that there is certainly an "organization that has been built out of this campaign" that they will use after the presidential race, including their more than 300,000-person e-mail list.

ron paul announced a monumentally large protest in washington for june 7th 2008, it SHOULD be the largest protest EVER STAGED IN AMERICAN HISTORY

lets see the media try to ignore that story.

I got this in my email this morning:

RTR Washington, DC - In a recent video posted by the Ron Paul Campaign, Presidential front runner Ron Paul calls on his supporters for a full scale march on Washington. Reinforcing his presidential bid he instructed his base "...Stay engaged, stay active and do not be disillusioned... we can't drop the ball right now."

His proposal for a march on Washington began, "There is something we ought to do, I think we ought to have a grand display... we should have a true march...", Paul stated before cautioning his supporters about the risks of such an action. The leading contender for the White House alluded that a march on Washington could send as powerful a message as the money bombs forcing the media to take notice once again. Paul cautioned, "...at the same time if nobody shows up... it might mean that there are not enough of us, that we don't have the energy... maybe we didn't want to go to Washington."

Full Story: http://www.restoretherepublic.com/content/view/260/71/

A message from Ron paul. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMliyeIDp4

I've had 3 comments deleted from this video.