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Title: Message from Ron [he's a GOP through and through, will ease on prez campaigning]
Source: Ron Paul 2008
URL Source: http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_ ... 8/2008/02/message-from-ro.html
Published: Feb 9, 2008
Author: Ron Paul
Post Date: 2008-02-09 08:26:19 by a vast rightwing conspirator
Keywords: None
Views: 7513
Comments: 315

Message from Ron

Whoa! What a year this has been. And what achievements we have had. If I may quote Trotsky of all people, this Revolution is permanent. It will not end at the Republican convention. It will not end in November. It will not end until we have won the great battle on which we have embarked. Not because of me, but because of you. Millions of Americans -- and friends in many other countries -- have dedicated themselves to the principles of liberty: to free enterprise, limited government, sound money, no income tax, and peace. We will not falter so long as there is one restriction on our persons, our property, our civil liberties. How much I owe you. I can never possibly repay your generous donations, hard work, whole-hearted dedication and love of freedom. How blessed I am to be associated with you. Carol, of course, sends her love as well.

Let me tell you my thoughts. With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get. But with so many primaries and caucuses now over, we do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter. Of course, I am committed to fighting for our ideas within the Republican party, so there will be no third party run. I do not denigrate third parties -- just the opposite, and I have long worked to remove the ballot-access restrictions on them. But I am a Republican, and I will remain a Republican.

I also have another priority. I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will not let them down. And I have another battle I must face here as well. If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. I cannot and will not let that happen.

In the presidential race and the congressional race, I need your support, as always. And I have plans to continue fighting for our ideas in politics and education that I will share with you when I can, for I will need you at my side. In the meantime, onward and upward! The neocons, the warmongers, the socialists, the advocates of inflation will be hearing much from you and me.

Sincerely,

Ron

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#28. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#0) (Edited)

I heard about this on ABC radio this morning, however, they are reporting that Ron Paul has dropped out of the race. I have no doubt the rest of the media is saying the same thing. I find the reporting on Ron Paul by the mainstream media to be completely disgusting. They act as if he's not there while he's actively running, yet the minute he puts out this statement they jump on the news as if 9/11 happened all over again.

I don't know what his true intensions were in releasing the above correspondance, but he should have just dropped out instead of this half-assed bullshit.

He must be in real trouble in his district. I have no doubt that the Republicratic Party has put millions of dollars into ensuring Dr. Paul is defeated. Personally, I would like him in the House rather than out. Everytime one of his demonstrable small government/pro-individual liberty bills is completley ignored by the supposed "party of small government," that same party is shown to be liars and hypocrites they are.

I never believed Dr. Paul had a snowballs chance in hell of winning the nomination, but that did not stop me from donating both time and money to his cause. Now that it appears to be over, if Dr. Paul wins his Congressional seat, lovers of liberty may be in the best position we've been in years. I say this because if Dr. Paul wins his seat, he will continue to introduce the same type of small government/pro liberty bills he's always introduced.

It's up to his supporters to ensure that the public is made away of these bills by e-mailing everyone they know about their existence and asking the simple question, "why is the Republican Party ignoring this legislation?" It's a simple question which I believe will result in millions of people demanding that their representatives explain why they are not cosigning his legislation or why they are actively fighting against it.

Dr. Paul has never had this sort of visibility before, regardless of the media, nor has he ever had the support network he now has. It's up to us to ensure that we use this visibilty and support to our advantage.

of course you could just get cynical and say, "fuck him, he's just another government shill," because he has deciced to go in a direction you disagree with. That's your perogitive. However, I believe this to be immature and short- sighted. He has twenty years of writing and introducing small government and individual liberty legislation which backs up his rhetoric. With the exception of illegal immigration, the message he preaches today is the same message he preached as long as thirty years ago. Just because you disagree with his decision does not make him a "traitor to the cause," a "Republican shill" or whatever other stupid fucking phrase is being thrown around. Of course, this is just MHO. Your mileage may vary.

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2008-02-09   10:24:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I agree with much of your statement. RP's message is this: "there is no doubt that I will not going to win the GOP nomination for US prez and it would be stupid for me to risk losing my congressional seat while fighting windmills". I always wondered why he doesn't spend more effort in the Congress to turn the few libertarian-leaning fellow congressmen into a small, distinct 'third party'. If it was enough of them to tilt the majority one way or the other, they would have the ability to make themselves heard on some marginal issues where there is 'partisanship'. Of course, on most issues, those that really matter, there is perfect bi-partisanship so their influence would be small.

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-02-09   10:31:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I always wondered why he doesn't spend more effort in the Congress to turn the few libertarian-leaning fellow congressmen into a small, distinct 'third party'.

Actually, he did. It's called the Liberty Committee.

There is also another one that he started but for the life of me I cannot remember it.

The Liberty Committee, unfortunatley, ended up being nothing more than an organization that Republican Congressmen could join in order to make the claim that they were for "small government." Most of them were lairs and frauds because most of them never cosigned the bill backed by the Liberty Committee. But kudo's to Paul for trying.

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2008-02-09   10:37:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I am aware of the LC. He should now show leadership and call for the establishment of an entity separate from the GOP. If there's enough of them to decide which party gets to nominate the speaker, they are going to do quite well with committee membership and whatever other perks they are getting there.

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-02-09   10:46:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I am aware of the LC. He should now show leadership and call for the establishment of an entity separate from the GOP. If there's enough of them to decide which party gets to nominate the speaker, they are going to do quite well with committee membership and whatever other perks they are getting there.

They have something like that as well called the Republican Liberty Caucus.

I'm not sure what else he can do within the party to rally dedicated, like- minded individuals. The problem is that there are no dedicated, like-minded individuals in Congress. This isn't Paul's fault, it's the fasult of the American people who appear to want big government Representatives and Senators.

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2008-02-09   10:52:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm not sure what else he can do within the party to rally dedicated, like- minded individuals. The problem is that there are no dedicated, like-minded individuals in Congress. This isn't Paul's fault, it's the fasult of the American people who appear to want big government Representatives and Senators.

A lot of Americans haven't even heard of Ron Paul. This is partly due to the mass media blackout, but ultimately the blame falls on the voters for not seeking out alternatives to candidates approved by the mass media and political establishment. Whose fault is it if millions of voters are happy enough with John McCain and Hillary Clinton to not bother doing the legwork and find somebody else?

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2008-02-09   12:04:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

The mass media blackout is the major reason that most Americans have never even heard of Ron Paul.

It is sad, but the radio networks, the newspapers, the television networks, and other media still control the masses.

TwentyTwelve  posted on  2008-02-09   12:13:17 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

The mass media blackout is the major reason that most Americans have never even heard of Ron Paul.

It is sad, but the radio networks, the newspapers, the television networks, and other media still control the masses.

That's a very safe conclusion to make.

Pinguinite  posted on  2008-02-09   13:41:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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