Ron Paul hints at Indie Run!

[ItsTime]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN9E3TIbRNU

Listen about 3mins in.

 

[qh4dotcom]

Ron Paul is saying the same thing Huckabee was saying in February...after Romney dropped out and Huckabee was pressured into dropping out, Huckabee said people who hadn't voted yet deserved to have a choice of candidates they could vote for...Ron Paul said he was the last conservative and people should be able to have a choice to vote for a conservative as McCain is identified as a liberal Democrat.

So that rules out any third party run...until all people who haven't voted yet in the upcoming primaries get a chance to vote for him (the last remaining conservative Republican) there's no hope for a third party run...by the time all people have been given that chance/choice to vote for him as a conservative Republican, it will be too late to launch a 3rd party run...too late to get on the ballots of all 50 states for the general election.

 

[teshuah]

"Still in the race... sort of...." (the comment at the very end by the interviewer)

ha!

 

[ItsTime]

He is not saying the same thing Huckabee said because Huckabee was never asked if he was going to run indie. Ron Paul did not say no to the indie run question. His answer was Reps deserve to vote for a conservative.

 

[TruthAtLast]

i don't think it was a hint at an indy run. but he clearly realizes that there is virtually no chance at winning the Nomination unless McCain self destructs.

The fact that he is mostly continuing out of obligation, concerns me. I'm sure he believes in the Movement and wants to move forward, but he has talked about the "next phase" of our Revolution and hasn't taken any leadership in it. His LPAC site sucks and in fact doesn't even work, he isn't really aggressively trying to win these remaining states.

Let's just say that Ron Paul is correct in that the only true goal now is to get our "message" out there. Wouldn't you be swinging for the fence? Wouldn't you do everything to AGGRESSIVELY attack the principals of John McCain? Even if he couldn't win, he could do a lot to make sure John loses.

In this interview he obviously doesn't think too much of the Democrats either, but which is worse? He is telling us, don't vote for the Democrats, and don't vote for McCain. So are we suppose to just not vote at all in the General Election?

Where is the leadership? Where are the enthusiastic and inspiring speeches not only telling all of his supporters and all of America that they still have a chance to make amends by supporting Freedom based candidates but also that he has a master plan in place for the next few years and here is what we need to do. He says that we should all buy his book and we should all support LPAC, but is it going to be mismanaged by the same Campaign staff who helped cause THEIR OWN Media blackout by not returning phone calls of reporters interested in doing stories, by not having quality campaign material ready, by not getting any speech writers, by not providing ANY central leadership or much information on how the delegate process actually works?

He might still be in the race... but he sounded like a man being FORCED to show up, as if he really didn't want to go.

 

[Edu]

"Still in the race... sort of...." (the comment at the very end by the interviewer)

After Ron answered the guy clearly THREE times, he's still confused? And people think they are getting intelligent news from these people?

Did you see how the guy kept looking off to his left? Was the director giving the sign for "get him the hell off of there"?

You can tell they were in a panic when he didn't say what they wanted. MSM idiots!

You can hear them now in the back rooms, "dammit, dammit, dammit!!! Now we have to put his face on the screen at the next primaries! Fsck!!!! Now everyone will wonder why we tried to blackout his campaign!! Dammit!!! Does anyone have anything on this guy? Anyone? Please!"

 

[nullvalu]

I don't understand why you morons keep insisting there's going to be a 3rd party run and grasping at straws to say he's hinting at it. How many times does Ron Paul have to say "it's impractical", "i have no intention", "there will be no 3rd party run", ......... until you accept the fact....... there will be no 3rd party run?

 

[amy31416]

i don't think it was a hint at an indy run. but he clearly realizes that there is virtually no chance at winning the Nomination unless McCain self destructs.

The fact that he is mostly continuing out of obligation, concerns me. I'm sure he believes in the Movement and wants to move forward, but he has talked about the "next phase" of our Revolution and hasn't taken any leadership in it. His LPAC site sucks and in fact doesn't even work, he isn't really aggressively trying to win these remaining states.

Let's just say that Ron Paul is correct in that the only true goal now is to get our "message" out there. Wouldn't you be swinging for the fence? Wouldn't you do everything to AGGRESSIVELY attack the principals of John McCain? Even if he couldn't win, he could do a lot to make sure John loses.

In this interview he obviously doesn't think too much of the Democrats either, but which is worse? He is telling us, don't vote for the Democrats, and don't vote for McCain. So are we suppose to just not vote at all in the General Election?

Where is the leadership? Where are the enthusiastic and inspiring speeches not only telling all of his supporters and all of America that they still have a chance to make amends by supporting Freedom based candidates but also that he has a master plan in place for the next few years and here is what we need to do. He says that we should all buy his book and we should all support LPAC, but is it going to be mismanaged by the same Campaign staff who helped cause THEIR OWN Media blackout by not returning phone calls of reporters interested in doing stories, by not having quality campaign material ready, by not getting any speech writers, by not providing ANY central leadership or much information on how the delegate process actually works?

He might still be in the race... but he sounded like a man being FORCED to show up, as if he really didn't want to go.

I understand your irritation about RP not being aggressive enough, but if you look at it from a different perspective, perhaps you'll understand it: I believe that RP ran for president as a way to get his message out, to inspire the next generation to inquire into the political process and create leaders who would enter the congress, the senate, hell--any political process, in order to get this country moving back into the right direction.

It is our obligation, as "revolutionaries" to support this process and be informed as to what is going on in this country. He has done his part in getting out the message and securing his seat in the house for another term. Ron Paul is the catalyst, and we are the elements to effect real change in this country. He's given us a view of how we should be, ethically and politically. Essentially, he's given us a standard to judge all other politicians by.

I will vote for Ron Paul, come hell or high water, no doubt about that. But will it get him the presidency--not very likely. Will I ever vote the same way I used to? No. I will study every single person running for office and vote my conscience.

We need true leaders to arise from the grassroots and take this movement to the next level. We need to stick together and stay informed.

 

[Tratzman]

What concerns me too is RP's lack of aggresively getting the message out. He needs to be hammering home his message right now in all remaining primary states but he's not giving anyone the impression that he wants to be president.

 

[SteveMartin]

An Independent run is not the same thing as a 3rd party run. We are urging the former.

 

[nullvalu]

An Independent run is not the same thing as a 3rd party run. We are urging the former.

Same thing to Ron Paul. There will be neither. Get your head out of the clouds.

 

[RollOn2day]

Same thing to Ron Paul. There will be neither. Get your head out of the clouds.

My head will stay in the clouds.

How else can I continue to talk with all my Ron Paul friends who think he can still win the Republican nomination?

Face it. Head in the clouds is a hallmark of this movement...one way or another.

What? You think stopping the military complex, the big pharma complex, the welfare state, the warfare state , reducing most of the federal government, returning to the Gold Standard etc etc etc. is considered "Grounded" thinking?

Why you guys have a problem with us is beyond me. We have done everything we can to get Ron Paul elected as a Republican. We have not taken any energy, time or money away from that strategy by asking for and talking about a third party run.

Third Parties don't win
Women don't get elected President
Black men don't get elected Predident

All three statements have historical weight behind them. Do you think all of these limitations still exist in this country? or just the statement about third parties?

It is Ron Pauls decision. I for one will continue to request his participation in November by being on the ballot in one form or another.

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

I will also continue to fight for an independent run. I'm not ready to allow myself to be sewn up in the rotting corpse of the GOP, which would rather kill us than allow us to ever influence it enough to even make it twitch.

 

[acptulsa]

The Republican Party was the third party when Lincoln won. So, you see, one of those three things has historical precedence.

Was anyone here really foolish enough to think this would be easy? Some, undoubtedly, but as for most--I doubt it. I think we are overrun with trolls trying to divide us just as we come into the critical phase. The NWO can afford to hire a whole lot of trolls. Conditions are ripe for us. People are disenfranchised and disaffected. The economy has gone to pot. The systematic destruction of the middle class is reaching a head. Short term thinking has come home to roost.

We can let things slip to the point where literally everyone but the top two percent has had enough, or we can fight harder and try to affect change while there's still something left to save. Right?

Or we can keep slipping down their slippery slope. The choice is ours to make. If drafted, Dr. Paul will serve.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Paul could have said no if he wasn't thinking about an independent run.

Run Ron run! Give us an option that doesn't completely suck.

Right now we're stuck with McCain, Clinton, Obama, Nader, the green party and whatever unknown the libertarian and constitution parties end up putting up.

 

[MikeStanart]

Wishful thinking.

 

[nullvalu]

Ron Paul is going to stick it out to the convention. He's said so. That's in September. So if, after the convention, Ron Paul wants to run 3rd party, he'd have like.. 1 month to run an independent campaign for president. Yep, that would make perfect sense.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Ron Paul is going to stick it out to the convention. He's said so. That's in September. So if, after the convention, Ron Paul wants to run 3rd party, he'd have like.. 1 month to run an independent campaign for president. Yep, that would make perfect sense.

Starting an independent run before September would not contradict his pledge to stick it out through the convention. An independent candidacy means just that---no party nomination behind you, but you are still a Republican on the ballot for President on Election day. He IS aware there is a difference between this scenario and running under a third party label.

 

[acptulsa]

Ron Paul is going to stick it out to the convention. He's said so. That's in September. So if, after the convention, Ron Paul wants to run 3rd party, he'd have like.. 1 month to run an independent campaign for president. Yep, that would make perfect sense.

Makes perfect sense if we can raise a sufficient stink at the convention to get conservatives' attention and sympathy.

P.S. Do you really think they'll black out the convention?

 

[yongrel]

And Elvis didn't die.