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 Ron Paul to Leave Congress, Stage RightPosted on Jul 12, 2011
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is streamlining his professional plans. Yes, he’s still running for president, and it looks as though his supporters haven’t deserted him since the last election cycle, but he won’t be seeking to reclaim his House seat after 2012. That said, the self-styled renegade Republican won’t be abandoning the political scene if he doesn’t make it all the way to the White House—far from it. —KA
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By dgbjpn, July 13, 2011 at 4:38 pm Link to this comment
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Kjeld, want to cite any of those gun nut, anti abortion, prayer in school cracker claims?
Report thisBy omop, July 13, 2011 at 11:33 am Link to this comment
This is to second the comments made by PatrickHenry.
Report thisThe socalled Republican party has become ossified with the likes MCain,
MacConnell, Cantor, Bachamnn. Santorum, Perry, Huckabee, the off/on Ms.
Sarah, Cain etc,.
By Hulk2008, July 13, 2011 at 7:46 am Link to this comment
Sen. Paul appears to be a genuinely likeable honest citizen. Many of his tenets appear as logical and straightforward as he is. However, most of his ideas have the depth of a parking lot puddle - they don’t survive close analysis. His basic idea is that government is totally unnecessary.
Under his aegis, civil rights for minorities of any kind would evaporate. e.g. White-only lunch counters would still exist in most places in spite of his belief that such businesses would not be able to compete.
The most likeable candidate for Indiana governor in years was a Libertarian fellow a while back - an advocate of many of Sen. Paul’s precepts. He won every debate hands down. Of course, Indiana is a slam-dunk 3-pointer Republican state; so he had little chance from the outset of his campaign.
Basically the problem for Libertarians is that they cannot honestly accept an office for which they are elected. One cannot serve in a government that should never have existed in the first place.
Report thisBy Kjeld, July 13, 2011 at 7:27 am Link to this comment
The man has a position for everyone to love and to hate. Unfortunately, he has a much
better chance of being successful with the issues I hate. He will Ayn Rand the Country
away from what little social safety net we have left. As essentially an old old school
repub, the legacy of FDR will be buried. He is a gun nut, anti abortion, prayer in schools
cracker from the fly over. And you can believe there will be white only lunch rooms
again, even if it was only his son that had the guts to say it. State’s rights, don’t you
know?
As for the issues the Left would support. Curtailing the military, not likely. Ending the
Report thisdrug wars by legalization? Even less likely.
By Rodney, July 12, 2011 at 10:27 pm Link to this comment
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He is going to lose anyway. Just wish he could take his racist son with him.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, July 12, 2011 at 4:09 pm Link to this comment
This guy is the real deal and would clean house, which, whether or not you like Ron Paul or not, is long overdue.
Paul and Kucinich in my opinion are the most morally qualified to lead the U.S. Government.
Report thisBy Potent_Placebo, July 12, 2011 at 3:21 pm Link to this comment
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See what happens when one does not “fit in” in the Republican party…. they’re gerrymandered out.
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