If you were Ron Paul, what would it take to get your endorsement?

[IHaveaDream]

We all know that Ron Paul has a loyal following. We believe he is a man of wisdom and sincerity. I suspect that this following numbers in the millions and could provide a sizable voting bloc and a huge warchest of campaign funding to any candidate that can earn the endorsement of our spokesman.

If you were Ron Paul, what benchmark would you be using to determine whether any of the current candidates measures up to the expectations of this movement?

 

[UnReconstructed]

See, that's where people screw up... they think that we all follow Paul blindly. They have no idea what is behind this movement.

 

[born2drv]

We all know that Ron Paul has a loyal following. We believe he is a man of wisdom and sincerity. I suspect that this following numbers in the millions and could provide a sizable voting bloc and a huge warchest of campaign funding to any candidate that can earn the endorsement of our spokesman.

If you were Ron Paul, what benchmark would you be using to determine whether any of the current candidates measures up to the expectations of this movement?

I'm sure he will endorse someone when the time is right. If I had to bet money on it, it would probably be Barr even though he is close to the CP candidate. He has said many times he wants to build up the libertarian wing of the republican party. What better way to do that then have republicans vote libertarian, thus forcing republicans to move back to the ideals they were founded upon.

 

[nate895]

I'm sure he will endorse someone when the time is right. If I had to bet money on it, it would probably be Barr even though he is close to the CP candidate. He has said many times he wants to build up the libertarian wing of the republican party. What better way to do that then have republicans vote libertarian, thus forcing republicans to move back to the ideals they were founded upon.

The GOP was founded upon the ideals of white supremacy and centralized government, so it would be a bad thing to return to them.

 

[born2drv]

The GOP was founded upon the ideals of white supremacy and centralized government, so it would be a bad thing to return to them.

Republican founders didn't believe in a Republic? I find that hard to believe, but I don't doubt you're correct either....

 

[nate895]

Republican founders didn't believe in a Republic? I find that hard to believe, but I don't doubt you're correct either....

Read The Real Lincoln by Thomas DiLorenzo, it is on the reading list in the Manifesto, and it provides a good early history of the GOP.

 

[CzargwaR]

Baldwin probably,

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

I wonder if he will endorse anyone. He says no one right now...so maybe he will later on. He says nice things about both Barr and Baldwin. I think he knows the movement is split. TONES

 

[amy31416]

The GOP was founded upon the ideals of white supremacy and centralized government, so it would be a bad thing to return to them.

Source?

 

[nate895]

Source?

Go down a couple of posts and you will find it.

 

[familydog]

Go down a couple of posts and you will find it.

For those of us who don't have the book, could you provide his sources? Pretty please

 

[G-Wohl]

The GOP was founded upon the ideals of white supremacy and centralized government, so it would be a bad thing to return to them.

What? The Republicans were primarily abolitionists.

 

[hillbilly123069]

A patriot

 

[revolutionman]

If you were Ron Paul, what benchmark would you be using to determine whether any of the current candidates measures up to the expectations of this movement?

Dr. Paul tells everyone what they would need to earn his endorsement every time someone in the MSM asks him if he will endorse McCain or Obama.

Non interventionist Foreign Policy
Balanced Buget
Sound Money

are among the biggest and most frequently recited requisites.

there is nothing hidden away or secrative about how to earn an endorsement from Dr Paul.

 

[pcosmar]

If you were Ron Paul, what benchmark would you be using to determine whether any of the current candidates measures up to the expectations of this movement?

The Constitution.
And a history of honesty.

 

[NoMoreApathy]

If I'm Paul, and you want my endorsement, you better have a proven track record of supporting and/or voting for legislation/resolutions that favor humble foreign policy and fiscal responsibility.

It would be nice to see a few positions taken that challenge the status quo in the face of adversity.

 

[SLSteven]

At a minimum I would wait till after the national convention.

 

[nate895]

What? The Republicans were primarily abolitionists.

They weren't abolitionists. There weren't enough abolitionists in the north to even compete in elections, they have about the numbers of the average LP nominee in our day.

Sources:

For centralization, read Lincoln's first speech when running for office, if you can find it. I'll try to find it and report back.

For white supremacy, look at the anti-black immigration laws passed in the Northern states when the Southern slaves were freed. These laws were passed primarily in GOP states.

 

[familydog]

They weren't abolitionists. There weren't enough abolitionists in the north to even compete in elections, they have about the numbers of the average LP nominee in our day.

Sources:

For centralization, read Lincoln's first speech when running for office, if you can find it. I'll try to find it and report back.

For white supremacy, look at the anti-black immigration laws passed in the Northern states when the Southern slaves were freed. These laws were passed primarily in GOP states.

I don't know if those immigration laws would make them "white supremists" necessarily. Are there many sources on why the state legislatures voted the way they did? Like I said, I don't have Dilorenzo's book so I don't have access to this information. I put off buying it or even reading it because of the many factual and bibliographical errors in the book.

I'm curious is all.

 

[nate895]

I don't know if those immigration laws would make them "white supremists" necessarily. Are there many sources on why the state legislatures voted the way they did? Like I said, I don't have Dilorenzo's book so I don't have access to this information. I put off buying it or even reading it because of the many factual and bibliographical errors in the book.

I'm curious is all.

The reason they put restrictions on black immigration (and on the expansion of slavery to the territories) was because the labor of blacks was an "insult" to white workers, who they believed were superior workers and therefore should be the ones who worked, and that blacks shouldn't have jobs. That is also the reason why many free Northern blacks went South in the period before the war, because in the South there was always someone there to hire them and white people didn't care that they worked alongside blacks, while Northerners refused to work with blacks, believing them to be inferior. Also read de Toqueville On Democracy in America about his observations that racism was more noticeable in the North than in the South, and the GOP was originally the Northern sectional party.