Independent or 3rd Party?

[Madison]

Which shall it be?

We also need to tell Ron Paul to save the money he has for the new campaign, not continue to waste it on a party who rejects him, and frankly doesn't deserve him.

 

[free.alive]

Republican. We have to stay until the end. Fight it all the way out.

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

I voted indy for sure. We'll get 90% of the 3rd party votes anyway and we won't alienate large blocks of voters. I like the libertarian, reform, constitution parties, but we'll get better results at this point with an indy run.

 

[Gustogus]

neither

 

[SovereignMN]

I'm a member of the Constitution Party. While I would LOVE for Dr. Paul to run under our banner I voted Independent. There is less "negative stigma" and baggage with running independent.

 

[AlexMerced]

Which shall it be?

We also need to tell Ron Paul to save the money he has for the new campaign, not continue to waste it on a party who rejects him, and frankly doesn't deserve him.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=113160 <---- there's the answer

 

[boethius27]

Attn Mods, please pull this crap down. thanks.

 

[Madison]

Attn Mods, please pull this crap down. thanks.

Put me on ignore if you don't like it but don't go complaining to mods to get my thread deleted or moved. I agreed with the consensus to hold off on this until after Super Tuesday. Now the time to discuss it has come.

 

[boethius27]

Put me on ignore if you don't like it but don't go complaining to mods to get my thread deleted or moved. I agreed with the consensus to hold off on this until after Super Tuesday. Now the time to discuss it has come.

Be quiet and lend your help to the campaign for Republican president or go to bed.

 

[Jae0]

I just want the rest of us states to get a say! I dont care what party he runs after that. But these people who have already voted suddenly feel like they have all the say and us other states dont mean shit.

 

[TNFreedom]

Republican. We have to stay until the end. Fight it all the way out.

???????WHY???????????

Please provide logical reasons. Please start by stating what you think our goals are....eg. win the whitehouse or just have an impact on the party.

 

[colecrowe]

Yeah--we couldn't get on the ballots WITH SEVEN MONTHS TO DO SO?! Whatever. What a bunch of crap. How the F did Perot do it? We have way more grassroots than he did. And DON'T SAY, "With his billions." He spent 65 million--look on wikipedia. What cost $65000000 in 1990 would cost $107,402,877.98 in 2007. source: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi


You know what's really "never gonna happen"? The Republican nomination. So for people that want ONE THING and one thing only--Ron Paul to be in the whitehouse--an iNDY run must be discussed. For all you that care more about "changing the GOP", fine--you can continue to argue your point that that would be better than a Ron Paul win in the General.

An independent run is virtually impossible.
The ballot access battle is ridiculously difficult and would never happen
if Ron Paul tried to go independent.

With the sheer numbers of grassroots supporters already keyed in
the feasibility of undercutting the MSM stranglehold in the general election exists.
The organization does not cease to exist - who wants to abandon hope?
Not while we are still organized - that would be nuts.
Let us keep this thing together - no matter what.

The biggest part of making a third-party run is already in place.

The only realistic choice is to go with the Libertarian Party.

I won't vote for anyone but Ron Paul, no matter what happens.

But all this is still premature - let's wait for the results.
It is only a few hours until all the rest of the cards are on the table.

 

[colecrowe]

SPREAD IT FAR AND WIDE (indy run bomb) - www.ronpaulwhitehouse.com: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=113132

 

[Jae0]

No.

 

[colecrowe]

I just want the rest of us states to get a say! I dont care what party he runs after that. But these people who have already voted suddenly feel like they have all the say and us other states dont mean shit.

Primary Calendar: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/calendar.asp

Month

Date​

Feb.

9
​

Kansas Republican caucus
Louisiana

12​

District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia

19​

Washington
Wisconsin

March

4​

Ohio
Rhode Island
Texas
Vermont

11​

Mississippi
April

22
​

Pennsylvania
May

6​

Indiana
North Carolina

13​

Nebraska
West Virginia primary

20​

Kentucky
Oregon

27​

Idaho Republican primary
June

3​

Montana primary
New Mexico Republican primary
South Dakota
August

Aug. 25-28​

Democratic National Convention — Denver, CO
September

Sept. 1-4​

Republican National Convention — Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

 

[Jae0]

exactly.

 

[flames2dust77]

none of the above.

 

[Perry]

This poll sucks and Ron is too smart to do either.

 

[cindy25]

Libertarian

time to be practical, they have ballot access in 50 states

 

[Jae0]

Libertarian

time to be practical, they have ballot access in 50 states

No third party run till the rest of us get our say.