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Is True conservatism Anti-War, Anti-Nafta and Anti-Patriot Act?
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ABCNews' Z. Byron Wolf and Tahman Bradley Report: The ranks of Republicans competing for the mantle of "true conservative" in the coming presidential race grew by one on Monday. And its not the kind of true conservative you might think.
The Libertarian-leaning Republican congressman from Texas Ron Paul, a former OB-GYN, stepped up his bid for the 2008 Republican nomination for president, announcing on Monday that he would setup a presidential committee with the Federal Election Commission.
Paul, who has been raising campaign coin through a Texas-based presidential committee, made his announcement during an interview on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal", saying his reception on a campaign trip to New Hampshire recently convinced him to officially enter the race.
"The American people now have a real conservative in the race for president they can support," said Kent Snyder, chairman of the Ron Paul 2008 committee. Paul is running as a Republican instead of a libertarian this go-around, said Snyder, because "Dr. Paul thinks the Republican party has veered away from Republican roots. Those arguments needs to be made again," Snyder said. "Dr. Paul believes there is a core group not happy with any of the groups out there."
Paul's version of true conservatism is different than President Bush's (or most all other conservatives in the Presidential field). Paul, for instance, was one of six Republicans to oppose the 2002 Iraq War authorization, a position he has maintained ever since. Paul is anti-Iraq War, anti-NAFTA, anti-CAFTA, and anti-Patriot Act.
Plans for a trip to Iowa in the coming week were scrubbed because of bad weather, but Snyder said Paul will be campaigning in Arizona, another early primary state, at the end of March.
Paul was the Libertarian Party's nominee for president in 1988.
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