Barr asks Ron Paul to run as his VP

[slacker921]

I'd call it a "hail mary" play if there ever was one. If Paul accepts (I don't think he will.. I think he's done for the year) then it's game ON. If he doesn't accept it's the end of any hope Barr had for large scale support from Paul supporters.

... edited to add... but I bet this makes the news..

 

[revolutionary8]

RP is asked at every single press conference, every single interview, every single opportunity if he will run third party, and the answer has been a resounding NO. In fact, those questions were meant to throw doubt upon his status as a TWENTY PLUS YEAR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM THE RED STATE OF TEXAS.

Ron Paul is not veep material, he is presidential material, and every single time he is asked it is a slap in the face.

Moreover, if RP switched to the LP he would most likely lose much of his heavily REPUBLICAN base in his district.

IMO one of the reasons he was asked because they knew he would say no.

To add- he has already turned the offer down (shocker)

 

[rockandrollsouls]

I don't pay any attention to Bob Barr. None at all. I've heard the same thing. The same sort of stuff. We gotta move beyond that. I mean there are real problems facing us and the world that we can actually do something about without worrying about Bob Barr


Glenn Beck: "When Ron Paul was running I had several run-ins with these people called the 9-11 Truthers. They say we blew up the World Trade Center. You?"

Bob Barr:"I don't pay any attention to that. None at all. I've heard the same thing. We heard it when we did some investigations of Waco, the same sort of stuff. We gotta move beyond that. I mean there are real problems facing us and the world that we can actually do something about without worrying about conspira[cies] of times past.

Because he doesn't support 9/11 truthers like you?

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

This is a trick and confirms my suspicions that Barr is designed to kill this movement. They want Dr Paul out of the Republican party. IMO that's all this is designed to do. Barr is bought and paid for.

 

[kathy88]

Holy shit. What is going on today? I went to work and missed all the shenannigans. This world is going crazy today. I don't know what to believe.

 

[Kludge]

I have no fucking idea what is going on anymore.


I'm going to make dinner.

...

 

[ClayTrainor]

This is a trick and confirms my suspicions that Barr is designed to kill this movement. They want Dr Paul out of the Republican party. IMO that's all this is designed to do. Barr is bought and paid for.

Possible...

Paul shoudl flip this around and say he'll run if Barr takes the VP slot

 

[Matt Collins]

will not be changed from within, it will implode into oblivion first.

Not true. Several local GOPs are being changed by RP supporters. Orlando and Nevada are two that I know of. In Nashville the other night we had about 13 Ron Paul people show up to our local GOP meeting out of maybe total 30-35 in attendance. The chairman even told one RP supporter that he would help him run for office.

 

[werdd]

Im voting for barr, but Paul will turn this down and rightly so. He should never give up his place in the RP, it is the best vehicle for the liberty movement right now.

 

[Ninja Homer]

"Barr cited Paul's 1987 letter to then-GOP Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf, in which Paul stated that, "after years of trying to work through the Republican Party both in and out of government. . . concluded that efforts must be carried on outside the Republican Party.""

The ONLY reason to include something like that publicly is to minimize Ron Paul's efforts of changing the Republican party.

 

[SnappleLlama]

Im voting for barr, but Paul will turn this down and rightly so. He should never give up his place in the RP, it is the best vehicle for the liberty movement right now.

Why are you voting for barr?

 

[Drknows]

welcome to bizarro world

 

[Rangeley]

What an idiot.

 

[revolutionary8]

That jackass CATOman David Wiegel is already reporting that Ron Paul turned it down.

Update:

Weigel continues his report after Barr’s press conference with Barr’s reason for not appearing and reaction from the crowd gathered-

Yesterday Barr sent Paul a letter (which I have a copy of, and I’ll scan in a bit) asking Paul to run as Barr’s vice presidential nominee. Wayne Allyn Root agreed to step aside if Paul wanted the job. Paul turned this down.

and

Update:

Reason’s Dave Weigel at Hit and Run is now reporting this-

Barr pulled out of the conference this morning, but the LP’s Austin Petersen hadn’t been told. He showed up with campaign literature and was kicked out of the hallway by Paul spokesman Jesse Benton. “He was extremely angry,” Petersen said. “I feel like the fall guy.”

http://www.unitedliberty.org/
God I hate that scumbag Weigel. He has been writing hit pieces about Ron Paul in the name of the Libertarian Party since the revolution began. He makes me sick.

 

[RoamZero]

The most important reason why Ron Paul would not be Bob Barr's vice presidential candidate is that....

Bob Barr voted for the Patriot Act.
Bob Barr voted for the War in Iraq.
Bob Barr supported the War on Drugs.

There is no way that Ron Paul would be the VP of someone with that kind of voting record.

I disagree. Ron Paul won't be his VP only because he's a Republican first. Paul has stated on MANY occasions that he would support McCain if McCain changed his positions. I don't think voting record matters as much to Paul as to so many of us. As long as the person in question is sincere in their ideological shifts it's probably ok in Paul's view.

 

[BarryDonegan]

if ron paul accepted as bob barr's VP, this would go down as the most brilliant move in the history of american politics.

 

[brunner]

Guys, don't you realize that if Ron Paul had wanted, he could have been the presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party? If he wanted it, he could have been the Constitutionalist candidate as well. If he wanted, he could have been both at the same time. I'm being completely serious.

He chose not to.

With that in mind, why the hell would he suddenly want to accept an offer to be VP?

This is obviously not a real offer, but a scheme to trick uninformed Ron Paul fans into thinking that Barr is an okay guy.

Barr knows very well that Paul would have been the LP candidate for president if he had wanted. If you think this is an act of good faith on Barr's part, you've been had.

 

[acptulsa]

if ron paul accepted as bob barr's VP, this would go down as the most brilliant move in the history of american politics.

Call that bluff!

Call that bluff!

Call that bluff!

 

[Kludge]

Guys, don't you realize that if Ron Paul had wanted, he could have been the presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party? If he wanted it, he could have been the Constitutionalist candidate as well. If he wanted, he could have been both at the same time. I'm being completely serious.

No, he couldn't. He signed pledges saying he would not, less he be excommunicated by the Republicans.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

This is a trick and confirms my suspicions that Barr is designed to kill this movement. They want Dr Paul out of the Republican party. IMO that's all this is designed to do. Barr is bought and paid for.

This was fairly obvious all along. At this point, I'd pretty much call it undeniable.