Ron Paul Campaign Rejects Trump Iowa Debate

[TomtheTinker]

Trump is a joke and shouldnt be doing this...but not participating in the most watched debate wont do us any favors.

 

[Carole]

He already has talked down Dr. Paul as having no chance. So what?

 

[Carole]

So perhaps Dr. Paul should pick that time slot in which to hold a competing event across the hall?

 

[Cap]

Principled move by Dr. Paul.

 

[Carole]

Principled move by Dr. Paul.

Absolutely.

The short-lived elevation of Mr. Trump’s stature as a candidate put him on the radar of many organizations and we recall that last spring he was invited to keynote the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Reagan Dinner, yet at the last minute he left RPI holding the bag by canceling. In turn, RPI canceled its biggest fundraising gala of the year and suffered embarrassment and in addition RPI was required to engage in refunding measures. Our candidate will not even consider participating in the late-December debate until Mr. Trump publicly apologizes to Iowa party leaders and rectifies in full the situation.

 

[LisaNY]

Trump is a joke and shouldnt be doing this...but not participating in the most watched debate wont do us any favors.

Trump IS a joke, that's why participating in this debate will grant him legitimacy he doesn't deserve.

 

[puppetmaster]

would be great to get Ron to be on a news program right after to critique the circus and the circus animals

 

[matt0611]

So perhaps Dr. Paul should pick that time slot in which to hold a competing event across the hall?

Rally for the Republic 2?

 

[rprprs]

The proper decision and a perfectly worded rationale for it. Bravo to the campaign.

 

[Dianne]

Why dont we have a "Boycott Trump Debate Money Bomb" on that night.

 

[zerosdontcount]

Huntsman and Paul should have a Lincoln-Douglass debate the same night.

 

[matt0611]

Huntsman and Paul should have a Lincoln-Douglass debate the same night.

That also a good idea!

I would love to see Ron do one of those 1-1 debates, he comes across so much better without having to do 30 or 60 second sound bites.

Would be bad to give hunstman any publicity though, hmmm...

 

[PastaRocket848]

That's incredibly stupid. Were going to give up the stage just says before the caucus, in what will probably be the most watched debate of the whole campaign?

This is unbelievable. Why give the competition a stage to themselves at the most important moment in the whole campaign?

 

[teacherone]

That's incredibly stupid. Were going to give up the stage just says before the caucus, in what will probably be the most watched debate of the whole campaign?

This is unbelievable. Why give the competition a stage to themselves at the most important moment in the whole campaign?

this.

looks like we're in an educational campaign here people.

 

[EBounding]

That's incredibly stupid. Were going to give up the stage just says before the caucus, in what will probably be the most watched debate of the whole campaign?

This is unbelievable. Why give the competition a stage to themselves at the most important moment in the whole campaign?

Because the "stage" is going to be in a landfill. Doing this would be an even bigger waste of time than the CBS 89 second debate. It's obvious Trump would ignore Paul or ask him stupid questions. Paul would be more productive campaigning or doing interviews elsewhere.

 

[cornell]

Trump's reaction was to call Ron Paul a "clown-like candidate"

Based on that, I really think the Paul camp made the right decision here. It's clear Trump is already ridiculously biased against him.

 

[ZanZibar]

HERE IS MY PREDICTION:

This debate will now be perceived as Romney vs Newt. Romney doesn't want a one on one debate so he may drop. If that happens then it'll be the rest of the candidates vs Newt on stage which Newt doesn't want. This means that Newt may drop.

So my prediction is that this event won't happen at all, thanks to Ron Paul's fortitude.

 

[PastaRocket848]

A landfill with millions and millions of people who are about to vote in a few days watching. The media is going to make this the biggest debate event of the campaign, and we won't be there.

It's almost like Ron is trying to make sure this becomes a newt/mitt race. He's declining to even compete a week before the vote!

 

[Kords21]

He wouldn't get a fair shake in this "debate" at all. Rejecting it and doing more productive campaign things is the way to go. Besides this is on the 27th right? Between Christmas and before New Years, I highly doubt many people are in the mood to watch yet another Republican debate when a lot of people are on break or whatever it's being called these days. It'll be even funnier when Paul wins Iowa and finishes in the top tier in NH, Trump is going to be looking pretty stupid after his "He can't win" comment. Trump plays Checkers, Ron Paul plays Chess.

 

[Birdlady]

I don't know how I feel about this... We complain about Ron Paul not getting time in the debates and now the campaign backs out of a debate. While I agree it is ridiculous for Trump to be moderating one, it was a joke for Frank Luntz to moderate one as well and RP participated in that one.

In the end, this is the last debate before the caucus right? ...