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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:50 PM Sep 2012

Hee Hee- Ron Paul says Republican Party is not my party

By ALEX YAP
Hearst Washington Bureau

Last week, Mitt Romney wowed conservatives at the Republican National Convention, but one Texas representative remains unimpressed.

Former presidential candidate Ron Paul, who was described by the master of ceremonies at his Tampa campaign rally last Sunday as a “clean boat in a sea of garbage,” still has not endorsed the Republican presidential candidate.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Paul even went so far as to say the Republican Party was not his party — and is, in many ways, irrelevant.

“I do not like politics at all. I think both parties are Keynesian economists, and support positions that I do not like,” said Paul.

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/09/04/ron-paul-says-republican-party-is-not-my-party/

C'mon Ron, run 3rd party. You know you want to do it!
(Please do not take this as an endorsement of Paul. I just am salivating at the thought of all those paulites voting 3rd party and not mittbot)

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Hee Hee- Ron Paul says Republican Party is not my party (Original Post) n2doc Sep 2012 OP

I would love to see RP start a third party, followed by Palin. ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #1

Isn't he going to be on Leno tonight? I wonder... Ellipsis Sep 2012 #2

FrAcTuRe!! nt nc4bo Sep 2012 #3

I bet he does it Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #4

That would be a nice boost for Obama if quinnox Sep 2012 #5

I take it he is a follower of Milton Friedman? redgreenandblue Sep 2012 #6

Yeah he's standingtall Sep 2012 #7

Up until this year, he voted 60 - 77% of the time with his rethug party BumRushDaShow Sep 2012 #8

too late for Paul to jump on the Libertarian ticket nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #9

Pass the popcorn!!! Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #10

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

1. I would love to see RP start a third party, followed by Palin.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:52 PM

Sep 2012

Divide the Republicans into three parties.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)

2. Isn't he going to be on Leno tonight? I wonder...

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:53 PM

Sep 2012

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

3. FrAcTuRe!! nt

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:53 PM

Sep 2012

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

4. I bet he does it

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:54 PM

Sep 2012

LOL

quinnox

(20,600 posts)

5. That would be a nice boost for Obama if

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:57 PM

Sep 2012

Ron Paul ran. On the topic, I'd love to see more choices than just two parties in America. If the Libertarians and the Greens could both get real support and be legitimately viable, that would be a great way to have more choices other than just two parties to choose from.

redgreenandblue

(2,088 posts)

6. I take it he is a follower of Milton Friedman?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:00 PM

Sep 2012

Where does Ron Paul stand economically?

standingtall

(2,786 posts)

7. Yeah he's

Reply to redgreenandblue (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:03 PM

Sep 2012

a wet dream for the 1%. Favors abolishing social security and medicare. Believes there should be no minimum age laws, or any of those pesky regulations on business. Hates the right organize, and right to strike.

BumRushDaShow

(129,240 posts)

8. Up until this year, he voted 60 - 77% of the time with his rethug party

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:11 PM

Sep 2012

http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/House/Texas/Ron_Paul/VotingStatistics/

He is a rethug and that is his party unless he intends to become an independent.

I'll wait.

I thought so.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

9. too late for Paul to jump on the Libertarian ticket

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:18 PM

Sep 2012

they already have a candidate. And he did not, due to Rand... I suspect. If nothing else, blood was indeed thicker than politics this year.

What I would love to ask Ron is, if he hates SS and Medicare so much, let alone government run health care, why exactly does he partake on any of them? (And he does)

As to the Paulist, many will be voting for Gary Johnson who has been courting them HARD.

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

10. Pass the popcorn!!!

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 06:53 PM

Sep 2012

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