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

[mstrmac1]

I Know he is running ... Trust me!

 

[rp08orbust]

I Know he is running ... Trust me!

Mmkay.

 

[MyLibertyStuff]

Ron Paul 2012

 

[mstrmac1]

Let It Be!

 

[Tom Holton]

Amen! We must hope hes still "around" in 2012

I also hoped we could unite around Barr, but it didn't happen.

We must get the message out to people new to Ron Paul as well so we can have twice the numbers as we started with in 08!

 

[ctiger2]

Ron Paul MUST run for 2012.

 

[kathy88]

3rd party should happen after he is in the White House.

HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE. Win as a pub and then be like.... ummm.... I'm switching my party affiliation kids.... LMAO.

 

[TortoiseDream]

This has to happen. A Paul vs. Obama debate would be laughable, popcorn worthy.

 

[scandinaviany3]

agreed..

I see that some here are considering starting over with a different candidate for 2012. To me, it put us right back to the "google ron paul" days.

Remember how hard it was to get Ron Pauls name out?
Remember the vetting that had to be done to get past the lies about him and the BS?
Remember all the videos and news paper adds and constant arguing we did to defend him and educate people?

Why go through all that again for someone new?????????????????????????????


We accomplished so much and to throw it away now is moronic. Ron gets on the news every week. He is a house hold name now. The news broadcasters who trashed him are now calling him for interviews regularly.

If we allow him to not run, we will have spent all that time and money for nothing. We know he allows people to visit him in his office, so go see him. Lets start a draft Ron Paul campaign now before he officially says he is not running.

We need to pressure him to run, and focus on the GOP as well as pointing out the destructive nature of the Obama administration. The Republican party is still strong and if they had honestly believed in McCain he would have won. We have the same weapon Obama had, and that is the youth vote.

Trevor where are you, this is the time to get the "draft Ron Paul" message cooking.

Agreed

 

[Flash]

Ron Paul + Gary Johnson is the obvious solution to me. Have them both running. When the time comes, either one will drop out and support each other.

 

[limequat]

No one can take up the torch at the moment:

Bob Barr? He's shown his true colors.
Sanford? Hahaha
Johnson? He too, cheated on his wife.

No one else has the integrity and experience.

 

[Nathan Hale]

Bob Barr? He's shown his true colors.

Which are? During the libertarian race, he always held a nice, libertarian, moderate platform. Has he changed since then?

Johnson? He too, cheated on his wife.

Could you please verify that Johnson cheated on his wife? The only thing I find is a news article that never actually says he cheated, it just said that they had separated and he took up with a new girlfriend. That's a far cry from cheating. So if you have a better link, could you please post it here?

 

[Andrew-Austin]

Which are? During the libertarian race, he always held a nice, libertarian, moderate platform. Has he changed since then?

People started accusing him of being satan after he ditched Ron Paul's party for the bipartisan pimpage of third parties.

 

[Imperial]

I would really like to see Gary Johnson as a VP at this point.

I like DeMint for president provided he took the right VP, like Johnson or Paul.

I'd like to see Paul run for president again, but I don't think he would win.

 

[Andrew-Austin]

oh and @ this entire thread: because putting all your eggs in one basket is always a good idea, and entrusting the future in the hands of one man always tends to work out well.

 

[Flash]

Which are? During the libertarian race, he always held a nice, libertarian, moderate platform. Has he changed since then?

He was caught licking whipcream off of women, denying 'racists' their right to support the bob barr campaign[/URL] (Ron Paul never dictated his supports political views & even had WNs donate to him without him returning it), not showing up to Ron Paul's conference with Nader & Baldwin. Never to mind the stunts he pulled in office.

Sounds like the perfect guy! Never to mind there was a creepy cult-following here on RPF around this deformed rev. wright look-a-like, they believe Barr could absolutely do no wrong.

 

[Nathan Hale]

He was caught licking whipcream off of women

For charity.

denying 'racists' their right to support the bob barr campaign[/URL] (Ron Paul never dictated his supports political views & even had WNs donate to him without him returning it)

A difference of opinion on an issue where one could argue for either position and be in the moral right.

not showing up to Ron Paul's conference with Nader & Baldwin

He had other things to do.

Never to mind the stunts he pulled in office

People change.

Sounds like the perfect guy! Never to mind there was a creepy cult-following here on RPF around this they believe Barr could absolutely do no wrong.

Seen the same thing for Ron Paul. Shall we throw him under a bus as well?

 

[Matthew Zak]

This time he shouldn't rule out running as a 3rd party, should he fail to get the GOP nomination. And during his campaign I'd like to see him say, "Well, I am a libertarian republican, that's no secret. The country needs to hear this message. So I will take whatever road necessary to get on stage and deliver this message, whether it's as a republican, democrat, libertarian, what have you."

 

[Dorfsmith]

Unless somebody I can support steps up soon I will be putting a Ron Paul 2012 bumper sticker on my car.

 

[AbolishTheGovt]

If Ron Paul decides to run again, I will support him wholeheartedly, but there is a VERY good chance--especially considering his age and his wife's poor health--that he will not run again. Given that great possibility, we need to be prepared with another candidate waiting in the wings, and we need to make sure that that backup candidate has the name recognition and the electability and the support to win.

We also need to keep in mind that running another, younger presidential candidate in 2012 does not mean abandoning Ron Paul altogether--Ron Paul, with his newfound fame and nationwide respect, will obviously have to play a large part in promoting whichever candidate we support in 2012 (perhaps even as Vice Presidential candidate).

I love Ron Paul, and he will always get my vote before anyone else, but it would be irresponsible to just sit back and not promote any other potential candidates and hope for the maybe-10-20% chance that Ron Paul will actually run again.

Personally, I think Gary Johnson would be a fantastic choice (and the whispers going around are, Ron Paul thinks so too).