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Viva Ron Paul Revolution (But With Fewer Staffers)

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February 09, 2008 12:31 PM

Late on a Friday night comes a tacit admission from Ron Paul that he will not be President. Sort of.

In an emailed message to supporters, Paul says, "Let me tell you my thoughts with Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero." From Paul this is about as close as we can get to an admission there there is no possible way he can get the nomination.

Indeed, Paul is not ending or suspending his campaign. The fact there won't be a brokered convention, "does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get," he declares.

He's just going to do it with even fewer resources than he already has. "With so many primaries and caucuses now over," writes Paul, "We do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter."

Paul also, for the umpteenth time, rules out a third party run and says he will refocus on keeping his Congressional seat. He faces a primary challenge in Texas.

"I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will not let them down. And I have another battle I must face here as well. If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. I cannot and will not let that happen," he says.

Paul's next campaign event comes this weekend and it is for his Congressional campaign in Lake Jackson, Texas. The next event listed on his website is not until Feb. 28th -- the next Republican Presidential debate, where there will already probably be a lonely stage.

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Yes colorado4obama, we DO remember when Bush won. We also remember the needless war he started. We remember the 4000+ American lives lost. We remember the thousands of innocent Iraqis lost. We remember the billions of dollars in debt he left us in. How's all of that working out for ya? Judging by your belief that all Ron Paul supporters are conspiracy nuts, it looks like you REALLY did your research on him. What do you do, listen to a 10 second sound bite from FOX news?

Posted by: kerrAvon | Feb 9, 2008 10:14:40 PM

Hey Ralph, sing along with me.. "We're poor little SHEEP who have lost their way, baaaa baaaa baaaa" The song really seems to fit America right now.

Posted by: kerrAvon | Feb 9, 2008 10:17:36 PM

The US is not being sold to any other country. Its national government was sold to country neutral corporations that have no concern for the populace of any nation other than the money it can get. More laws and actions are taken for their benefit than for the people of the nations. Wars are fought for their benefit not for the people of the nations. They have chosen the puppets you get to choose from and don't care which because they are in their pocket.

Posted by: Joe | Feb 10, 2008 10:51:36 AM

Ron Paul campaign isn't done, primary's aren't done. News media doesn't have a clue about him, or his people, so they don't understand his message. Stating life didn't change after Bush is right, it changed a long time ago before the Carters, Bushes and Clintons etc. If we really lived in the country that was formed by the Constitution there would be no "machine" running the country. To the majority of Americans the Constitution is such a dirty old word, so out of style, just like individualism & freedom. Which is why you're a kook if you support such unpopular ideas like that.

Posted by: cal | Feb 10, 2008 12:09:40 PM

If Ron Paul does not get the nomination for the republican party, and won't run as a third party, what stops me from giving a write in vote on an absentee ballot for Ron Paul?

Posted by: NOLA | Feb 10, 2008 4:10:23 PM

Good riddens to Paul. As far as I'm concerned no one from texas should be allowed to run for pres for at least the next 100 years. Bush loving freaks

Posted by: randy p | Feb 10, 2008 4:48:43 PM

Ron Paul never had a chance. I love his libertarian views especially with Wayne Allyn Root as the libertarian candidate. Root is a professional swindler who runs 'gambling picks' from a 1-900 line! So Paul's 10% were the libertarians siding with their old party as it used to be for small gov't. Now its time to be realistic. McCain, Hilly, Obama. Two are of the old guard. One is of the new guard. For college, he attended both Occidental (known as Oxy which Rush Limbaugh loves) and Columbia (so he should work on his NY advertising). For me, the only way to change from the old-guard high-spending dynasties is to vote for Obama. I suggest everyone do their own research and come to that conclusion. Do we want our kids or grandkids to keep going to Iraq when scammed by army recruiters? No. Billybob Clinton, the first black president, did some great things, but satan-forbid if his `93 health care plan would have gained backing. Obama in my mind hasn't been in the biz enough to maneuver backroom deals yet just long enough to know how to make correct decisions.

Posted by: CJericho | Feb 10, 2008 6:14:09 PM

I did not realize that I was a conspiracy nut. I thought that I was for Ron Paul for some simple reasons that I guess are no longer much believed in America. I wish for an American currency that is connected to precious metals rather than being continually devalued through monetary inflation. I wish for a nation where as a century ago, 90%of taxes were paid to county, cities, and townships and the other 10% went to state and federal government. I wish for an America where we would once more be the defenders of only our own liberty and that it could be truly said we did not go out into the world to seek out monsters to destroy. I wish for an America where large corporations did not write regulatory laws to restrict competition in the name of progress. I guess that makes me a conspiracy nut. I probably will never see anything like the America I would like. But for some of us, ron Paul was a nice breathe of fresh air.

Posted by: Dan McDonald | Feb 10, 2008 8:24:52 PM

Ron Paul is too good for the fools in the country.
When people resort to calling him and his supporters name it's only a sign that they are limited in their knowledge of Foreign Policy, Federal Reserve, the Media, Sound Money, Terrorism, Nation Building, Policing the World, and the Economy.

Those who laugh at him now, will be crying when, New Draft HR 393 is approved, we finally go bankrupt because we keep borrowing from China guess who pays that back with interest?, job keep leaving, Federal Reserve continues to devalue the dollar via runaway printing, guess who pays that back with interest?, we acquire new wars in Iran, Pakistan and run our troops to the ground, taxes go up to pay for these wars, I could go on and on but that would be only the beginning.

The Republican and Democrats are one in the same. Obama's TOP advisors are former BUSH/Clinton advisors. So a vote for Clinton is a vote for Obama and a vote for McCain (he won't win that's not in the plan) is a vote for driving this country down to the ground.

We don't deserve Ron Paul. And I for a moment will be cynical to say: I can't wait to see it all!!!!!

Posted by: Maria | Feb 10, 2008 8:28:01 PM

Rep. Murtha addressing

"“We are familiar with the visible costs associated with the war in Iraq and the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families are making. We have lost almost 4,000 troops, over 28,700 have been wounded and we have appropriated nearly $535 billion. American troop levels in Iraq have increased to 160,000 while coalition forces have decreased from 47,500 in 2003 to 10,600 today.

“We are less familiar with the hidden costs associated with the war in Iraq, and these will have long-term consequences. Every penny of the $535 billion appropriated thus far has been borrowed; this doesn’t even include over $300 billion for the rest of FY08 and FY09. I’ve been saying for years that you can’t fight an endless war AND cut taxes. You can’t put a trillion-dollar war on a credit card and leave the bills for our children to pay. The same Americans sacrificing in Iraq today will be paying for this borrowed war for the rest of their lives. "

Posted by: Maria | Feb 10, 2008 8:35:23 PM

Over 250 million people in this
country and this is supposed to
be the cream of the crop?

Posted by: mike | Feb 10, 2008 9:32:45 PM

Ron Paul never had a chance. I love his libertarian views especially with Wayne Allyn Root as the libertarian candidate. Root is a professional swindler who runs 'gambling picks' from a 1-900 line! So Paul's 10% were the libertarians siding with their old party as it used to be for small gov't. Now its time to be realistic. McCain, Hilly, Obama. Two are of the old guard. One is of the new guard. For college, he attended both Occidental (known as Oxy which Rush Limbaugh loves) and Columbia (so he should work on his NY advertising). Do we want our kids or grandkids to keep going to Iraq when scammed by army recruiters? No. Billybob Clinton, the first black president, did some great things, but satan-forbid if his `93 health care plan would have gained backing. Obama in my mind hasn't been in the biz enough to maneuver backroom deals yet just long enough to know how to make correct decisions.

Posted by: CJericho | Feb 11, 2008 5:42:41 PM

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