A Message from Ron - No 3P Run, we will continue the fight..

[Rob]

Well, it was nice knowing you guys here. I might drop in from time to time, to see if there are any major developments, but other than that, it's over for me.

It's been fun! Take care all.

Hey just stick with us and join the Republican Liberty Caucus. Did you get into this to support the Libertarian Party itself or be a part of the new libertarian movement?

 

[all J's in IL for RP]

2008, 2010, 2012; It's all about taking back the party. Look for good people to run as State Rep and start making the r3VOLution a reality.

And get all the delegates we can for the convention. With McCain the presumptive nominee, the pressure is off to choose between the lesser of two evils.

 

[Ixzion]

This has not and will not deter me from voting for Ron in VA.

 

[Karsten]

FUCK the GOP!!!!!

 

[beachmaster]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING... QFT +100000000


except the tinfoil bit.

Yeah I've been wondering if something like this would be how it would go for some time now as well. This thing reads like a solemn concession speech, and as someone else pointed out, no calls for donations.

 

[kaleidoscope eyes]

Well, it was nice knowing you guys here. I might drop in from time to time, to see if there are any major developments, but other than that, it's over for me.

It's been fun! Take care all.

see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!

This fight goes on... we will instill in our children the principles held dear to our one and only candidate... Ron Paul.

We must heed the clarion call! Keep the Revolution moving people!

 

[Freemason]

Damn, I will continue to fight but I feel like someone stuck a knife in my heart.

 

[Redcard]

FUCK loyalty to the goddamned Republican party. I've seen my buddies die and get all fucked up because of the mother fucking Republicans! Hundreds of thousands of us would donate tons and tons and canvass and do anything for him if he just ran iNDY!

Fuck you people who care about the GOP more than the country. End this goddamned fucking war now and restore honor and truth and gov't of the people to our government. We will become a war mongering nazi state if we do not elect Ron Paul

He is a republican.. and he did say that he was NOT going to do 3rd party. It sounds like it would have gotten him tossed from his congressional race.

Look, just come to grips with the fact that he probably never expected to come this far. He's got a good thing started here.

 

[tpreitzel]

Right wing talk radio's wet dream right there. Ann Coulter was on C-Span today gushing all over about Romney.

In any case, this letter changes nothing for me. I will keep up the good fight.

Right. I simply can not believe the dejected nature of many of these responses. Personally, I think most Americans have had it so easy that they simply cave when the going get rough. Although realism is important, simply work normally in fighting for his nomination. Ron hasn't formally dropped out of the race. He's simply injected his realistic assessment of the possibilities. Wow! Optimism before an e-mail. Despair after an e-mail which even reinforces his commitment to seeking the GOP nomination. Get a grip!

 

[Free McKilt]

Revenge on McCain

I say we take revenge on the Republican party (and McCain) and ensure that Obama wins. Keep RP in Congress (send him dough). Teach that bastard McCain a damn good lesson. And show the GOP we got muscle and are willing to use against their toady.

Plus the Democrats will completely mismanage the coming depression, they will completely mismanage the war (by trying to manage it instead of ending it), and in 4 years they will beg for Ron Paul and the Revolution (sounds like a rock band) to save their sorry asses.

 

[dima7b]

Guys he is NOT GIVING UP! This needed to be said and now we can move on with a clear goal...we are not going giving the nomination to McCain without a fight!

I am still voting for him here in Texas and will continue to spread his message and gather votes for him!

 

[nullvalu]

FUCK loyalty to the goddamned Republican party. I've seen my buddies die and get all fucked up because of the mother fucking Republicans! Hundreds of thousands of us would donate tons and tons and canvass and do anything for him if he just ran iNDY!

Fuck you people who care about the GOP more than the country. End this goddamned fucking war now and restore honor and truth and gov't of the people to our government. We will become a war mongering nazi state if we do not elect Ron Paul

If you thought this fight was against the "Republican Party" and that the "Republican Party" is responsible for the war, what were you doing here in the first place? There is NO DIFFERENCE between the Democrats & Republicans. Haven't you realized this yet?

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

Its ridiculous that so many people are taking this letter this way. He said we are gonna fight on! He did not say he's dropping out. He just made it clear that there will not be a 3rd party run. He feels Romney dropping out has made a brokered convention less likely but we are going to the convention as long as the support remains for him to do so. That means we have to destroy McCain and win some of the remaining primaries. What the hell is wrong with some you, or is it something wrong with me? Sheesh....

If the GOP nomination starts to look utterly hopeless and donations continue to dry up, it's going to be hard for even Ron Paul to soldier on in this fight. It feels like a crushing blow to non-Republicans to rule out the third party/independent thing at this point. It's the one spark that might've kept hope alive for a Ron Paul Presidency if McCain soon gets the roughly 1200 delegates needed.

 

[golf247]

We need to take over the GOP from within. It's time for the counter-coup. However, we cannot lose our voice in Congress because we blindly held out for a GOP nomination or a win as a third party candidate. The chances are slim at this point, but if we keep supporting Dr. Paul in both the Presidential and Congressional races, we will continue to spread the message.

Some of you are getting it...there has been over $4300 donated to the Congressional campaign since I donated at 9:45 PM CST. Way to go!!

 

[beachmaster]

FUCK loyalty to the goddamned Republican party. I've seen my buddies die and get all fucked up because of the mother fucking Republicans! Hundreds of thousands of us would donate tons and tons and canvass and do anything for him if he just ran iNDY!

Fuck you people who care about the GOP more than the country. End this goddamned fucking war now and restore honor and truth and gov't of the people to our government. We will become a war mongering nazi state if we do not elect Ron Paul

I hear ya. I was all set to work with my fellow local meetup people to take over the local GOP. One of us however decided she would go Libertarian instead.

I'm thinking now I will change my registration and join with the Libertarians myself, and if RP isn't on the ballot come November, I'll vote for the Libertarian guy, whoever the hell that might be.

 

[ProfNo]

I am not happy about the email. It is realistic, but pretty much an admission of defeat. I wish he would have saved this until after Washington.

I am also unhappy that he said he will not run as an independent. I would have loved to see this, and would have fully supported it.

That being said, I am with Ron tell the end. I have said this before, and I will say it again, I will write him in if I have to.

Choosing Hillary, Obama or McCain is just so obviously more of the same, it just makes me sick.

 

[Jim_Karr]

No.

No no no. Don't ruin this thing he's started. He's got a number of people moving politically now. [edit for quote]

This has NEVER been about the man, always about the message. Don't ruin it by making it about the man.

Now your saying a militia is not ok with you? Your saying that we have no need for a militia ? No it is not a stupid thing to do. It is an American thing to do. You are wrong and if anyone wants to start a forum for this I will join along with many others. I am actually in a militia here in my state for reasons that people don't understand or want to not accept. I guess you haven't heard about martial law before. The way this country is going we need this. We need people we can trust and count on to survive. There is nothing violence about forming a militia.
IT IS VERY AMERICAN TO DO SO.

 

[dima7b]

I am not happy about the email. It is realistic, but pretty much an admission of defeat. I wish he would have saved this until after Washington.

I am also unhappy that he said he will not run as an independent. I would have loved to see this, and would have fully supported it.

That being said, I am with Ron tell the end. I have said this before, and I will say it again, I will write him in if I have to.

Choosing Hillary, Obama or McCain is just so obviously more of the same, it just makes me sick.

This isn't defeat...he doesn't mean that.
read this from the campaign blog

Ron Paul is not going to surrender, and John McCain will not take the Republican nomination without the fight of his life. Your donations and work as Precinct Leaders are needed now more than ever. Thank you all for everything you’ve done so far — the revolution has just begun.

 

[Ex Post Facto]

He isn't quitting yet. He will stay for the meantime to the convention. It just means that he realizes the campaign needs to cut back a bit on spending, to sustain until that time. I actually think this is a plan B.

Do not let the revolution die after this. I for one will be writing in "Ron Paul" in November. The sheep will decide who the next president is. If I have learned anything this election cycle, it's my vote doesn't count, as it's drowned out by sheep.

 

[amy31416]

FUCK loyalty to the goddamned Republican party. I've seen my buddies die and get all fucked up because of the mother fucking Republicans! Hundreds of thousands of us would donate tons and tons and canvass and do anything for him if he just ran iNDY!

Fuck you people who care about the GOP more than the country. End this goddamned fucking war now and restore honor and truth and gov't of the people to our government. We will become a war mongering nazi state if we do not elect Ron Paul

I am fully willing to devote all my efforts to first ending this war and all hostilities against foreign nations. That is my number one issue.

I do not now, nor will I ever give a rat's ass about the GOP, I have always tried to vote for what is best for this country.

The only other leader in modern day that I can think of who has invaded countries that do not pose a threat is Adolf Hitler. We can NOT allow this country to become a Nazi state, no matter what. He who does not know history is doomed to repeat it.