We must draft Ron Paul, starting over, not an option

[LibertyEagle]

I think a large part of the issue is that this "movement" is made up of different factions. Ron Paul is unique in that he brings us all together and it allows us to put our differences aside. It is true that he will be very hard to replace; he is one of a kind. Personally, I'm hoping that Rand is willing to make a try of it in 2016.

Note: I would have supported Sanborn, but now he is political toast. There is no way that he would win the Republican nomination. The media would destroy him.

 

[LibertyMage]

Imagine that Ron Paul died tomorrow. I am sorry, but it has to be said! Forgive me.

The entire movement would evaporate. He is the keystone that holds us all together. Without him on our banner, all of our supporters would go their separate ways, and the system would remain.

I say we bring in new people. Let a new generation of freedom lovers ride the wave of liberty into office. I will be glad if Ron Paul runs for president, but the OP seems to suggest that there will never be another as well known and respected as Ron Paul is, and we should stake all our hopes on him. Even going so far as to pressure him to run! Say it isn't so!

Ron deserves a rest.

If you believe this than you don't understand the movement. There are a lot of people out there building teams that are going to last decades. If you aren't doing that then what are you doing?

 

[Imperial]

I don't think Dr. Paul can actually win the nomination, but I want him to run nonetheless.

Let us be realistic. While you hear more about libertarianism than you probably have since the early 1980s, our movement is nascent. The growing

Probably more significantly, in American politics if you say the word "libertarian", the first person you think of is Ron Paul.

It isn't that Gary Johnson, Peter Schiff, or Rand Paul would not be better or worse nominees. It is that Ron Paul has become a name-brand for an idea. It is silly to change the wrapping now when we are on the verge of penetrating the consumer culture.

In 2016 we can have the debate over Rand Paul versus Gary Johnson for President. Right now there are less than 10 people solidly on our side in the US House; in the Senate, we have Rand Paul and Mike Lee and sometimes Jim DeMint.

We need Ron Paul to keep an idea in the public's mind. We need Ron Paul to shock the world in Iowa, to keep libertarianism in the public discussion through Super Tuesday, and we need people courting Ron Paul's endorsement. We need to make it where people say, after Paul almost wins or wins Iowa, that his runs and ideas are no longer quixotic, but mainstream.

If Ron Paul has a strong run in 2012, no matter what happens next the GOP will never be the same. We need to make it so that we are a constituency of the party to be courted; until we turn more heads our way, we will not have the mass strength to change this country.

 

[robertwerden]

Look, Obama was clearly not qualified, and neither was Mccain. Most presidents probably should not have been elected, but one thing they all had in common was they managed to rally the voters to liking them.

The key here is to play to the voters who either want something for free or are so fucking scared of terrorists they will vote for the guy who will stop them.

So in the liberal areas of the country you run commercials saying Ron Paul will buy everyone a mercedes benz and in the redneck areas of the country you say ron has matrix like reflexes and can kill terrorists like a ninja.

The bottom line is you have your core supporters (us) and then you lie to the rest of the country and get fucking elected. Thats all that matters when election day comes.

So instead of going out and screaming Ron Paul will end the Fed. You go up to a potential voter and ask them what they want in a president, and no matter what they say, you tell them Ron Paul will do it. I don't care if you have to tell them something as stupid as Ron Paul will pay off their mortgage, just get them to vote for him.