Ron Paul announces

Griff · 01-17-2007, 09:15 AM

HOUSTON - Ron Paul, the iconoclastic nine-term congressman from southeast Texas, took the first step Thursday toward launching a second presidential bid in 2008, this time as a Republican.

A guy might consider registering Republican for an actual anti-war candidate who voted against the war.

The vote against the defense appropriations bill, he said, was because of his opposition to the war in Iraq, which he said was "not necessary for our actual security."

Pete · 01-18-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

A guy might consider registering Republican for an actual anti-war candidate who voted against the war.

Hell, Griff. For a real anti-war candidate I might even consider dropping my born and bred democratic party.
I need a candidate I can get excited about. Is he it? Or will he come with some of that right wing, moral majority baggage?

Undertoad · 01-18-2007, 09:10 AM

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rati...an_id=BC031929

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2007, 08:55 PM

Jeez, he looks pretty good , from UT's link.

Griff · 01-19-2007, 06:23 AM

He's the kind of guy I'd like to see wield a line item veto. He doesn't stand a chance though, since he has often said what he meant.

yesman065 · 01-19-2007, 08:14 AM

Yeah really a guy who says what he thinks (is honest) has no chance - that sucks!

Griff · 01-19-2007, 08:25 AM

If he could energize the libertarians in the GOP and get the national party would throw them a bone it will have been worth the run. The neo-cons are killing the grassroots of the party so it might be possible to jettison them.

deadbeater · 01-29-2007, 10:41 PM

The only chance he got is to go total Bullworth style.

Uncas · 02-19-2007, 01:18 PM

This is my first post on this site, so I hope I'm following the rules. Ron Paul has been my only hero in both houses of Congress for years. His example prompted me to move back to the Republican Party after a decade in the Libertarian Party. He said to me that it is easier to move the Republican Party to the right than to make the Libertarian Party viable (i.e., a winner). I agreed, so here I am. Ironically, I'm more angry with the Republican leadership and Bush than ever before. Seems they were trying to beat the Democrats at their own game, increasing both spending and the burden of government. They deserved to lose this past election. I don't think Ron Paul has a chance of winning, but I'll vote for him given the chance--and with the enthusiasm I had way back in 1964.

Undertoad · 02-19-2007, 02:26 PM

When I was a hardass Libertarian, it was a remarkable education about politics to look at ten of Mr Paul's votes and find that I disagreed with four of them.

Uncas · 02-19-2007, 05:23 PM

Undertoad,

Will you describe those 4? I might agree with you on some.

Undertoad · 02-19-2007, 05:41 PM

Can't remember, it was some years ago. I know one of the questions was abortion related, probably on partial-birth abortion. (Paul's against abortion in all forms)

Griff · 03-16-2007, 08:01 AM

I guess if you're gonna run you have to crank out a book. Lew Rockwell wrote the foreward.

Ron Paul has always believed that foreign and domestic policy should be conducted according to the same principles. Government should be restrained from intervening at home or abroad because its actions fail to achieve their stated aims, create more harm than good, shrink the liberty of the people, and violate rights.

Griff · 04-06-2007, 06:53 AM

Dr. Paul got some nice play on Bill Mahr(sp?) the other night. Bill was being a smart ass but never chinked his armor. Do they always wait for the guy to leave before they ask the DNC talking point questions?

piercehawkeye45 · 04-06-2007, 02:56 PM

Ron Paul is probably my favorite guy for the Republican party followed by Hagel.

01-17-2007, 09:15 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ron Paul announces HOUSTON - Ron Paul, the iconoclastic nine-term congressman from southeast Texas, took the first step Thursday toward launching a second presidential bid in 2008, this time as a Republican. A guy might consider registering Republican for an actual anti-war candidate who voted against the war. The vote against the defense appropriations bill, he said, was because of his opposition to the war in Iraq, which he said was "not necessary for our actual security." __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-18-2007, 08:55 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Jeez, he looks pretty good , from UT's link. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-19-2007, 06:23 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	He's the kind of guy I'd like to see wield a line item veto. He doesn't stand a chance though, since he has often said what he meant. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-19-2007, 08:25 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	If he could energize the libertarians in the GOP and get the national party would throw them a bone it will have been worth the run. The neo-cons are killing the grassroots of the party so it might be possible to jettison them. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-16-2007, 08:01 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I guess if you're gonna run you have to crank out a book. Lew Rockwell wrote the foreward. Ron Paul has always believed that foreign and domestic policy should be conducted according to the same principles. Government should be restrained from intervening at home or abroad because its actions fail to achieve their stated aims, create more harm than good, shrink the liberty of the people, and violate rights. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-18-2007, 09:10 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rati...an_id=BC031929

01-19-2007, 08:14 AM	#6
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Yeah really a guy who says what he thinks (is honest) has no chance - that sucks!

01-29-2007, 10:41 PM	#8
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	The only chance he got is to go total Bullworth style.

02-19-2007, 01:18 PM	#9
Uncas Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Picture Rocks, PA Posts: 2	This is my first post on this site, so I hope I'm following the rules. Ron Paul has been my only hero in both houses of Congress for years. His example prompted me to move back to the Republican Party after a decade in the Libertarian Party. He said to me that it is easier to move the Republican Party to the right than to make the Libertarian Party viable (i.e., a winner). I agreed, so here I am. Ironically, I'm more angry with the Republican leadership and Bush than ever before. Seems they were trying to beat the Democrats at their own game, increasing both spending and the burden of government. They deserved to lose this past election. I don't think Ron Paul has a chance of winning, but I'll vote for him given the chance--and with the enthusiasm I had way back in 1964.

02-19-2007, 02:26 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When I was a hardass Libertarian, it was a remarkable education about politics to look at ten of Mr Paul's votes and find that I disagreed with four of them.

02-19-2007, 05:23 PM	#11
Uncas Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Picture Rocks, PA Posts: 2	Undertoad, Will you describe those 4? I might agree with you on some.

02-19-2007, 05:41 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Can't remember, it was some years ago. I know one of the questions was abortion related, probably on partial-birth abortion. (Paul's against abortion in all forms)

04-06-2007, 06:53 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Dr. Paul got some nice play on Bill Mahr(sp?) the other night. Bill was being a smart ass but never chinked his armor. Do they always wait for the guy to leave before they ask the DNC talking point questions? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-06-2007, 02:56 PM	#15
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Ron Paul is probably my favorite guy for the Republican party followed by Hagel.

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