Ron Paul discusses Mitt Romney

[muh_roads]

I have had this weird feeling since the beginning of December. Romney wants him for VP (as does the establishment to try and appease us and not cause a brokered convention) and Paul must now actually be considering it. Calls him a good guy on Leno. Doesn't attack him at all in ads. Attacking him 2 weeks ago in NH would've been so effective.

Romney hardly goes after Paul at all in Iowa.

Something is fishy. I don't like the smell of it.

 

[DinahWest]

I wish some people would stop taking this for more than what it is.

I know some are just wired that way, but is it not exhausting to constantly be in that mode?
Ron has found something complimentary about all of them to a degree. Take it for what
it is and let it go.

 

[lucent]

You should edit your OP with the full discussion on Romney.

Paul offered limited approval for Romney in the interview, yet he wouldn’t commit to supporting him as the 2012 Republican candidate.

“I think he probably understands how the market works as a businessman a little bit better than a guy like Gingrich does and the people who have never been in business,” he said of Romney.

Paul also suggested that he sees Romney as being more presidential than some of the other candidates.

“I think he has a decorum that’s different,” he said. “He’s a little bit more diplomatic, I think, in the way he handles things.”

Still, Paul said he doesn’t think Romney has “convictions that come close to mine,” and that he views all of his rivals as being political insiders.

“I put them all in the same category,” he said. “They all are part of the status quo.”

'Serial Flip-Flopper’

Asked why he has been less critical of Romney than some of the other candidates, Paul said he’s targeted his fellow Iowa front-runner for attacks on occasion.

“We’ve accused him of this vicious term that he flip- flops,” he said. “We could call him a serial flip flopper.”

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...iowa-finish-while-wary-of-backing-rivals.html

 

[Sola_Fide]

I have had this weird feeling since the beginning of December. Romney wants him for VP and Paul must now actually be considering it. Calls him a good guy on Leno. Doesn't attack him at all in ads. Attacking him 2 weeks ago in NH would've been so effective.

Romney hardly goes after Paul at all in Iowa.

Something is fishy. I don't like the smell of it.

Hmmm. You think Romney wants Ron as VP? No way bro.

 

[Agorism]

There is an advantage to Romney and Paul getting along well in that they are the only two candidates who have money to actually run ads so have a truce maybe was good....kinda

 

[DinahWest]

Romney is not attacking Paul because all the others can do it and are doing it for him.
When Romney sees Paul as a real threat the foreign policy choir will be singing with
knives out for Ron.

Lighten up! lol

 

[69360]

It's simple and not confusing at all. Ron or mittens is getting the nomination. Neither will get the white house without some of the others supporters so they can't burn bridges with each others support right now. The others in the race are just fluff, they are going nowhere.

 

[blazeKing]

Maybe Romney would take Rand as VP? Doubt it but he needs Tea Party enthusiasm.

 

[lucent]

Calling Romney status quo and serial flip-flopper is attacking him.

 

[Schiff_FTW]

I'm telling you guys. Vice President.

Think Reagan/Bush.

How would that be good? The VP has almost no official responsibilities.

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

How would that be good? The VP has almost no official responsibilities.

I was actually thinking Romney as VP. It guarantees us establishment Republicans, but it does put Ron Paul at risk.

 

[RickyJ]

I was actually thinking Romney as VP. It guarantees us establishment Republicans, but it does put Ron Paul at risk.

I don't think it would guarantee establishment Republicans would vote for Paul, unless of course Romney could persuade them to. I don't really see them working together and to be running mates they would have to.

 

[PhineasFinn]

I don't know if a Paul/Romney \ Romney/Paul ticket would be something to look forward to.... If Paul were to be chosen as a VP, you have to understand the VP has very limited power and only acts as a back up.

 

[Sal Featherstone]

Willard is definitely better than that psychopathic lobbyist Gingrich.

I seriously, seriously doubt that Willard will attack Iran. He's just talking tough now to appease the NeoCon masters in the GOP, but Willard is too level-headed to rush into a war with Iran.

 

[TheDrakeMan]

How would that be good? The VP has almost no official responsibilities.

But everyone knows who the VP is. Rand Paul could run one day and already have a huge advantage due to the fact that his father was Vice President. Plus Paul being VP would HAVE to push Romney further to the right. Otherwise Romney's campaign wouldn't work.

 

[RickyJ]

But everyone knows who the VP is. Rand Paul could run one day and already have a huge advantage due to the fact that his father was Vice President. Plus Paul being VP would HAVE to push Romney further to the right. Otherwise Romney's campaign wouldn't work.

Nope, I wouldn’t even vote for Ron Paul as VP. He wouldn't do it anyway, no way. Forget about it, it won't ever happen. Now Romney as VP, that is a possibility.

 

[sparebulb]

Now Romney as VP, that is a possibility.

The only problem is that the powers that be would be guaranteed to give the VP a promotion, Dallas style.

 

[cdc482]

Paul being Vice President gives him no practical power, but I GUESS he could use the position to educate people...

Doesn't matter anyway because we're gonna win. HIT THE PHONES PEOPLE. I'm on Google voice as I'm typing this.

 

[Number19]

Two years ago in our district convention, the question was raised that the Party was not attracting a new generation of activists. This statement was made after some protracted debate between the old-guard neocons who had controlled the Party since Reagan and the much younger Ron Paul Republicans. This older member of the Party said that the Ron Paul Republicans should be welcomed into the Party because we represented the future.

This years election is a watershed election between the old-guard neocons and a new generation of libertarian republicans. RP has never lost his belief that this is a political battle over ideals; and he obviously believes that he and Romney can wage this fight for the future of the Republican Party solely on the merits of these ideals. I think that Romney, being who he is - a member of old school eastern establishment - is a bit of a throwback - a gentleman - and that this campaign may be something rare these days, a campaign free of the mud slinging by the two principals- and it will be up to the citizens to decide between the two.

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

If Ron Paul is president and we get a good VP, whats to stop TPTB from taking both out and make John Boehner president?