GOP Strategist: Ron Paul Will Be on GOP Ticket

[PreDeadMan]

sorry i wont vote for romney for president even with ron paul in the VP spot it's paul as president or NOBODY.... no compromising!

 

[Narmical]

Fortuno already endorsed Romney.

You have to be kidding me. I though that guy was cool.

 

[TheCaliforniaLife]

Some of you guys are really living in LALA land. You wouldn't vote for Ron Paul as VP or want him there?

Do you mean to tell me that a person who is a FORMER Congressman is going to have more of an impact on national politics than the Vice President? He could easily persuade Romney to scale back our foreign alliances and military bases, as well as shutting down the Federal Reserve.

Let's be real here for a moment. Ron Paul as a VP would be much better than him not being on the ticket at all. Back in 2007 and '08 there wasn't a shot in hell of him getting close to being nominated for VP, let alone the Presidency. We should be happy to have some opportunity to spread the message of freedom and if the opportunity for VP comes up, he needs to take it.

I want him to be President just as much as anyone else on here, but we need to think in real terms. If we have an opportunity to get in to the White House as VP, we need to take it.

I agree. Politics is a dirty game. Sometimes we have to touch things we don't want to. Considering Romney is, in my opinion, a populist, he will go whatever way the people want him to go. To take the nomination, he could concede and endorse Ron Pauls economic policy (Trillion Dollar program) and work to severely limit the power of the fed. The reality is that Mitt might not be able to garner the nomination by himself if the election ends up in a brokered convention. Would you rather Mitt get a coalition going with Newt or Ron Paul?

 

[TIMB0B]

You're seeing the end result of it. By placing the man above his principles, people start compromising those principles, just to get their man into a token position.

I'm confused. Wouldn't you say he is above his principles by being a politician to begin with? And in a political party, no less, that isn't aligned with his positions. He's a congressman in a corrupt government already, but as the VP of it, he'd compromise all his positions?

 

[Indy Vidual]

Nice

 

[firemoth]

A chance to get our man into *any* position of power would be better than nothing at all.

 

[fj45lvr]

what a joke....do you really think paul would be on a ticket with another guy that he fundamentally disagrees with and then go campaign for such idiocy?? Not a chance in HeLL

 

[ProBlue33]

It would be worth it to have the Biden VS Paul debate, that would be an epic no holds barr fight.

Even you NOBP people would like to see it, admit it.

 

[Louis Vouid]

Both of em seem to be forgetting that delegates are only bound in most circumstances on the first pledge, and then there are some still bound on the 2nd, but not many, and then I don't think any bound on the third, so we may have a plurality of Paul delegates originally bound to the other three, but when become unbound give Paul the nomination. Likely-hood of this happening? No one can say, but it certainly is theoretically possible, and the chances go up even more when our movement realizes this and vigorously goes after ALL the delegate positions no matter what.

Who the fuck cares what anyone else says about 'unfair' or 'cheating', it's the damn rules they set up themselves. Let's beat them at their own game, a game which primarily benefits the establishment due to apathy and lethargy and downright confusing ruleset at times that screens out most challenging the establishment. We are unique. We know what we have to do -- will we do it is the question.

I can't count (even with a super computer) how many times I heard or read "Brokered conventions is the way we will win!" in 2008. Yes...I know it is EXTREMELY rare! But this time it will happen!

Do you not realize how bad that is to place your hope on that?

It is like being behind on your mortgage and taking your last $100 and placing it on a roulette number and planning on letting it ride in the hopes that it will hit 4 times in a row, all on the same number.

No matter what you want to think, after Super Tuesday, everyone will drop out except the front runner and Ron Paul. So it will be JUST like 2008 and there will be no brokered convention.

sorry i wont vote for romney for president even with ron paul in the VP spot it's paul as president or NOBODY.... no compromising!

Wow...that is the LAST thing the Ron Paul camp wants to hear. You want to be all or nothing, which is a TERRIBLE (and just plain stupid) approach for long term gains.

 

[Paul Or Nothing II]

I can't count (even with a super computer) how many times I heard or read "Brokered conventions is the way we will win!" in 2008. Yes...I know it is EXTREMELY rare! But this time it will happen!

Do you not realize how bad that is to place your hope on that?

No, we don't have to rely on brokered-convention necessarily, we just need to get the word out there that GOP can't beat Obama without Paul - http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?359384-When-are-we-going-to-play-3rd-party-card

Wow...that is the LAST thing the Ron Paul camp wants to hear. You want to be all or nothing, which is a TERRIBLE (and just plain stupid) approach for long term gains.

What is "stupid" is to waste 4 fricking years of hardwork on a "stupid" useless VP-position.

Firstly, Paul NEVER accept that sh!t, he even refused to endorse McCain last time because he obviously had very different policies & you expect him to stand side-by-side with one of the biggest flip-flopping politicians around? That's stupid!

This BS is going to fracture the liberty movement & that's what they want & people like you fawning over a useless position are playing right into their hands, pal! NOTHING WILL CHANGE if Paul doesn't win!

"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived"
- John Adams on vice-presidency

 

[j3nn]

I would not vote for Ron Paul as a VP to Romney or any of the other GOP candidates. They do not believe in individual liberty, they do not respect the Constitution, and I don't think the VP position is a position of power. Biden who? Ron Paul as VP would only silence him and his policies, he'd be forgotten by the media and the public within weeks. It wouldn't put him in a greater position of power, it would actually weaken him. As a civilian, he can still march on; as a VP he would be confined to his duty.

No one but Paul. It's not that we're saying "all or nothing," it's that a VP position virtually is nothing, but it's worse because it comes with a compromise to our principles. I will not settle for less than liberty. I will not support the continuation of an elite ruling class that wants to control our lives. Ron Paul as VP is a step backwards, we'd gain nothing and lose a lot more.