Is anyone else relieved that the campaign has officially ended?

[RonPaulFever]

After Super Tuesday, many of us were still holding on to a faint glimmer of hope that Ron Paul could somehow get the nomination and ultimately, the Presidency. Despite all the glaring evidence that this was not to be, we love our guy SO MUCH that it was hard to let go. That's not a bad thing; in fact, it speaks volumes about Ron Paul's character and the strength of the message. And now we can let go and move to the next phase.

The end of the campaign is truly a phoenix rising from the ashes, and I for one am excited about this Campaign for Liberty. This has the potential to produce meaningful results at the local level for those that choose to be involved. I can only speculate what the CFL has planned, but if the money and enthusiasm is there we could really accomplish a lot in educating the public.

[Kludge]

No... I've never been more stressed out. Time is running short and we need something to unify us again. CFL isn't enough.

[RonPaulFever]

No... I've never been more stressed out. Time is running short and we need something to unify us again. CFL isn't enough.

Things are never as bad as what they seem. The sky isn't going to fall tomorrow or next week, and the more we educate people the better equipped we will be as a society to deal with a potential economic crash or similar catastrophe - and by that I mean encouraging people to look to something else besides government for a solution.

As far as unity goes, read the last paragraph of the "Thank You" message at the campaign website. Ron isn't going away anytime soon. He'll still be here to encourage us, but ultimately we have to take it upon ourselves to secure the blessings of liberty. He has told us this all along.

[Bruno]

No... I've never been more stressed out. Time is running short and we need something to unify us again. CFL isn't enough.

I think the Campaign for Liberty could unify even more than Ron Paul as a candidate did. He certainly sounded engergized and ready to come out with an announcement and agenda in September to me.

It is the supporters of Ron Paul, the average freedom-loving citizens that rally around this message, that inspire me the most. Inspiration came from Ron Paul. The Grassroots took over from there. And we are going to see that same energy applied in many different ways in this next stage.

[Primbs]

If we become a potent enough political force, future presidential candidates will have to seek the endorsement of us. It could be the start of something big.

[Paulitical Correctness]

Maybe all the idiots will stfu about an indy run, or super secret stealth delegates stealing the nomination, or McCain dying, or *insert preposterous scenario* now. :rolleyes:

ooby ooby doo, we g'ot some work ta do now.

[UtahApocalypse]

I only hope that everyone will get fired up about the new phase in the revolution.

[pacelli]

Look, anyone with half a brain still tuned in to the mainstream media knew that they were chomping at the bit for this day. We'll see more Ron Paul coverage in the next week then we've seen all year.

Yeah, I'm upset that he's officially suspending the campaign, it is saddening for me because I still had a glimmer of hope that he would take the fight all the way to the convention. At the same time, because of the controlled media, I knew all along that he would never get the coverage he deserved during the campaign. We did our protests against the blackouts, we rallied behind this man, this grandfather figure. But it goes beyond him, it has to. I don't know any true Ron Paul supporter alive that can just turn it off now that he's suspended the campaign. Let's be real-- our passion has always been more for Ron's principles, rather than his run for the presidency. In interviews, he himself admitted that there was very little chance that as president he would be able to get us back to the gold standard. This has been about the United States Constitution. Many of Ron's principles are our principles-- we just woke up to it.

Just look at a snapshot of the United States in 20 years. Will people even remember what in the hell a civil liberty is?? This is the reason it is important to me, personally, to get behind the Campaign for Liberty. To construct a solid building that will stand for hundreds of years, a solid foundation is absolutely critical. Our principles and our enthusiasm in supporting his presidential campaign exist as that foundation. Yet, McShame's ridiculous campaign reform law (which he himself has violated), stood in Ron's way the entire time. No more.

Now that Ron is officially no longer a threat to the establishment-chosen candidates for president, he is free to do and say whatever he wants in interviews. I just hope that the campaign for liberty will create it's own media. God knows FoxNews can kiss our collective ass.

[runningdiz]

Maybe all the idiots will stfu about an indy run, or super secret stealth delegates stealing the nomination, or McCain dying, or *insert preposterous scenario* now. :rolleyes:

ooby ooby doo, we g'ot some work ta do now.

This is partialy why i feel relieved. We can put it all behind us and focus on the realistic future. Hopefully others will begin to give up on the 2008 Presidential elections (Barr Baldwin and so on) and focus on educating and electing Ron Paul like candidates who have a chance!! YEAH!

[pinkmandy]

Maybe all the idiots will stfu about an indy run, or super secret stealth delegates stealing the nomination, or McCain dying, or *insert preposterous scenario* now. :rolleyes:

ooby ooby doo, we g'ot some work ta do now.

Well McCain doesn't exactly resemble the picture of health you know. :D

[SLSteven]

No... I've never been more stressed out.

+1

[Paulitical Correctness]

Well McCain doesn't exactly resemble the picture of health you know. :D

Ok, that one's not necessarily preposterous, but it was getting creepy how everyone was openly wishing the man would kill over.

[SLSteven]

Ok, that one's not necessarily preposterous, but it was getting creepy how everyone was openly wishing the man would kill over.

Yes. We should continue to be positive and spread our message of freedom. Better to spend the energy wishing for the death of McCain's ideas.

[tangent4ronpaul]

Not really - I'd have rather seen it to the end and gone down fighting tooth and nail - that is if we didn't WIN!

-n

[Primbs]

Ending in July would have been better.

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

No. I'm not happy he suspended his campaign. The timing makes no sense either. It would've made sense to keep it going through the Revolution March in July, or even all the way up 'till the convention. What do we have to unify us and keep momentum through the summer now? The official kickoff of the CFL isn't until Sept. 2nd. This isn't going to be easy.

The abruptness of this decision is very worrisome. I can only wonder if Ron Paul was threatened behind the scenes into ending any slim chance he had at becoming President. I have no idea, but it's something to consider.

[Allen72289]

No... I've never been more stressed out. Time is running short and we need something to unify us again. CFL isn't enough.

We have meetups for that.

The NWO will fail.

[WRellim]

Ok, that one's not necessarily preposterous, but it was getting creepy how everyone was openly wishing the man would kill over.


Not only do I think it is NOT preposterous, I think it is very likely. I doubt John McCain will still be alive or "kicking" by the end of another four years. (If he retired and took it easy, maybe... trying to be "King of the World" will do him in, one way or another.)

This part year's PRIMARY campaign has been VERY HARD on the McCain -- (go look at some of his recent videos and compare them to one's from a year ago... he is a pale shadow of what he was then, he is "pasty white" has a much weaker voice, stumbles in his speech, etc. And he has been very "cagey" with his health files recently... something major is already wrong, and I believe he KNOWS about it, but his ego will not allow him to step down.)

The upcoming GENERAL election campaign will be shorter, but much more intense. I really don't think he is up to it physically. If he DOES manage to get elected, and actually BECOMES President (inauguration is 2-1/2 months of HARD WORK following immediately AFTER the election) then he steps into a VERY DIFFICULT job -- one that is known to "age" the officeholders at about twice the rate of a normal human. End result, I doubt he makes it through even 1/2 of his full term... whoever is VP ends up in the oval office. (Can we pray to GOD it is someone like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin! -- and NOT some neocon like Condi Rice!)

Anyway, remember he would be the OLDEST man ever to take that office.

Personally, I think THAT alone should have been reason enough for the GOP establishment to reject him. He's just not up to it.

[newyearsrevolution08]

The one thing I am happy about is that now people can STOP focusing on one man and start working towards our task at hand which is "educating those around us".

Get to reading the manifesto, setup a local book club and get others discussing the manifesto with you. All you need to do is get people to at least read 1 chapter of the book and they will be hooked for good.

I think Ron is better in the educational part of things versus the political side of things. I think he will help the revolution much more by teaching the next generation or two what a proper ron paul candidate should be from start to finish.

He really is the only congressman who has such an amazing voting record and that in itself cannot be looked at lightly.

He is the real deal that we all wish to be but the great thing is, we can local new candidates for local level campaigns, state and federal as well.

Get active, get educating and get the manifesto into everyones hands you can. We need to keep this revolution going strong for the next election cycle to not be so easy to take us with.

Imagine what we can generate with 4 years of "grassroots marketing" put to good use. Ron Paul needs to focus on writing more educational pieces for us to learn from. I think he will be ale to spread this message better as an educator versus a politician.

Fight for liberty,

[Conza88]

Ok, that one's not necessarily preposterous, but it was getting creepy how everyone was openly wishing the man would kill over.

Personally, I would have hoped Hitler died before he got power.. :rolleyes:

[RonPaulVolunteer]

I am glad it is over as now it should clear out all the trolls and agent provocateurs from our ranks and we'll have a smaller, tighter, more serious group of people that will get more things done with less wasted time.

[newyearsrevolution08]

I am still hoping Mccain ends up not making it in the end. Make it even easier for the dems to take it in the end. Let them show how all of their government socialism is a TERRIBLE idea and then we can retake the gop and FOR GOOD.

Mccain needs to retire or fall off a cliff or something

[dsentell]

No, I am not relieved . . . .

[Sandra]

We have some local Constitutional candidates running that are more accessible and would benefit from what I'm able to do. As it was looking less likely Dr Paul would get the nomination, I thought about how a Congressional takeover would be a better goal. Now I can concentrate on getting these two guys in office from our state.

[IRO-bot]

I don't understand how people think we still have/had a chance to win the nomination.

[hrdman2luv]

I am still hoping Mccain ends up not making it in the end. Make it even easier for the dems to take it in the end. Let them show how all of their government socialism is a TERRIBLE idea and then we can retake the gop and FOR GOOD.

Mccain needs to retire or fall off a cliff or something

Have no fear. My Ron Paul co-supporting friend. According to the actual primary and caucus votes that were take for Obama vs. every republican, (check and do the math on CNN/politics). Obama will win by a landslide and the GOP will get the spankin they have deserved for a long long time.

[IRO-bot]

Have no fear. My Ron Paul co-supporting friend. According to the actual primary and caucus votes that were take for Obama vs. every republican, (check and do the math on CNN/politics). Obama will win by a landslide and the GOP will get the spankin they have deserved for a long long time.

Think of the record number of people who voted in the Dem primays this year. Statisticly primarys are a low percentage of total votes. Think of the total number who will be voted Dems. Juan has no chance to win at all.

[acptulsa]

Is anyone else relieved that the campaign has officially ended?

No, I was actually relieved when such a campaign finally got somewhere. Not completely relieved, but relieved.

Completely relieved when my daughter's freedom is secure for her lifetime. And my nephews'. Not before.