MN Patriot
12-11-2007, 07:07 AM
I know Ron has repeatedly stated that he has no intention of running as a third party candidate, but maybe he could be pursuaded into being the Libertarian candidate if every Congressional race also had a Libertarian candidate. There will be 435 House campaigns and 35 Senate campaigns in 2008.
The Libertarian Party sounds like they would welcome Paul as a candidate again. And I am sure the Libertarian Party would gladly accept an influx of several hundred thousand new members in their ranks of Ron Paul supporters.
Imagine the publicity Ron would get as a third party candidate; the big issue would be how many races would the Republicans lose to the Democrats? This time around he wouldn't be treated as an unknown, running by himself in a quixotic campaign. There would also be at least one other Libertarian running with him in every congressional district. A third of the states would have a statewide Senate campandidate on the ballot, too. Plus the states with a gubernatorial race would have a Libertarian on the ballot for that race, too. So the mainstream media might actually give attention to the Libertarians, and more importantly, THE IDEAS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND FREEDOM WOULD ACTUALLY GET ADDRESSED.
Then we would have a situation that would force the Republican Party to decide where they stand, on the side of liberty, or the side of big government. Their talking heads, like Rush, Hannity, Levin would be livid. ( I just heard Rush the other day poo-pooing the idea of getting rid of the IRS, says it will never happen so we might as well accept it.)
And if most Republicans lose their races, then what? Oh well, the Democrat socialists will take over, and the Republican corporatists will have to retreat to their boardrooms and plan how to take over Congress again in 2010. But hopefully there will be enough Americans who have woken up and are immune to the mainstream propaganda. Then we would have an organization that can effectively challenge the statists on both the left and the right.
And for the record, I am not a member of the Libertarian Party. I did run about 10 years ago for congress in the LP. I got 4% of the vote, the Democrat got 50% and the Republican got 46%. They were pretty angry at me, but oh well. I was disillusioned at the LP by this time, it is mostly a debate society, most life members just wanted to sit around and prove their ideological purity and not actually DO anything. The platform is a joke for any serious candidate seeking office. So I decided to wait and see if anything comes of the LP. I see there is some efforts to get them back to reality. Maybe a Ron Paul candidacy in 2008 could attract enough real doers into the party to make it a real factor in American politics.
The Government Levethian keeps growing, libertarian/conservatives keep talking about doing something about. This is where to start doing something, the Ron Paul momentum is growing. It would be a shame to let it fizzle out if he doesn't get the Republican nomination.
The Libertarian Party sounds like they would welcome Paul as a candidate again. And I am sure the Libertarian Party would gladly accept an influx of several hundred thousand new members in their ranks of Ron Paul supporters.
Imagine the publicity Ron would get as a third party candidate; the big issue would be how many races would the Republicans lose to the Democrats? This time around he wouldn't be treated as an unknown, running by himself in a quixotic campaign. There would also be at least one other Libertarian running with him in every congressional district. A third of the states would have a statewide Senate campandidate on the ballot, too. Plus the states with a gubernatorial race would have a Libertarian on the ballot for that race, too. So the mainstream media might actually give attention to the Libertarians, and more importantly, THE IDEAS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND FREEDOM WOULD ACTUALLY GET ADDRESSED.
Then we would have a situation that would force the Republican Party to decide where they stand, on the side of liberty, or the side of big government. Their talking heads, like Rush, Hannity, Levin would be livid. ( I just heard Rush the other day poo-pooing the idea of getting rid of the IRS, says it will never happen so we might as well accept it.)
And if most Republicans lose their races, then what? Oh well, the Democrat socialists will take over, and the Republican corporatists will have to retreat to their boardrooms and plan how to take over Congress again in 2010. But hopefully there will be enough Americans who have woken up and are immune to the mainstream propaganda. Then we would have an organization that can effectively challenge the statists on both the left and the right.
And for the record, I am not a member of the Libertarian Party. I did run about 10 years ago for congress in the LP. I got 4% of the vote, the Democrat got 50% and the Republican got 46%. They were pretty angry at me, but oh well. I was disillusioned at the LP by this time, it is mostly a debate society, most life members just wanted to sit around and prove their ideological purity and not actually DO anything. The platform is a joke for any serious candidate seeking office. So I decided to wait and see if anything comes of the LP. I see there is some efforts to get them back to reality. Maybe a Ron Paul candidacy in 2008 could attract enough real doers into the party to make it a real factor in American politics.
The Government Levethian keeps growing, libertarian/conservatives keep talking about doing something about. This is where to start doing something, the Ron Paul momentum is growing. It would be a shame to let it fizzle out if he doesn't get the Republican nomination.