Go, Ron Paul, Go!
I may not agree with a lot of what Ron Paul has to say, but I respect him. And while his considerable momentum is likely to fall well short of garnering the Republican nomination, even if he were to catch absolute fire, the Grand Old Party would almost certainly sabotage his efforts, ala what the Dems did to Howard Dean in '04 (although Dean himself has a lot to do with that).
So why am I hoping Paul's visit to Seattle tomorrow is a raging success? Simple: He's already exhibited a willingness to desert his party and fly the Libertarian flag if it means advancing his own platform (see: the 1988 Presidential race). He's got far more momentum now than he did back then, so it stands to reason that if (more like when) he's denied his current party's nomination, there's a very, very good chance Ron Paul will run as the most credible third party candidate since Ross Perot in '92. And what's that mean for whoever the Democratic candidate is? Overwhelmingly certain victory in a race that's already looking like theirs to lose.
5 comment(s)
Don Ward says:
Har, har. That\'s pretty funny. And I thought that I wrote good political humor.
Wot? You say you\'re s\'nerious?
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 13 2007 @ 5:34PM
Dave says:
Ron has already said he won\'t run as a Lib. You should support him NOT because he may insure a Dem victory, but because (unlike the Dems) he actually voted AGAINST the war.
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 13 2007 @ 9:24PM
gj says:
Ron Paul is going to be the next president of the united states because, if he is not: we are never going to know peace again, and we are going to collapse under the weight of our Federal Goverment\'s corruption. A strong federal government served us well under the New Deal, and to end segregation, but now all it does is pay for and perpetrate war. The Dems are as guilty as the Repugs.
Posted On: Friday, Sep. 14 2007 @ 12:17PM
Seely says:
Paul voted to invade Afghanistan, so he\'s not against war in any and all instances.
Posted On: Friday, Sep. 14 2007 @ 2:10PM
Austin says:
Wrong...if you watch the interview with Ron Paul and Bill O\'Reilly, he claims he voted for the \"war\" in Afganistan because he was giving the President authorization to go into Afganistan to search and capture/kill Osama bin Ladin. Since Bush failed and bin Ladin escaped, we should have left Afganistan, but have been there ever since, continuing to \"nation build\"
Posted On: Friday, Sep. 14 2007 @ 10:54PM