http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/ron-paul-launches-presidential-campaign-20110425 Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he's going to try a third time. Paul took 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and 8 percent in New Hampshire’s primary. He finished second, with 14 percent of the vote, in the Nevada caucuses, and eventually finished fourth in the Republican nominating process with 5.6 percent of the total vote. Paul’s campaign book, The Revolution: A Manifesto also reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list in 2008. This would seem to be an ideal year for Paul: Since the last election, the Republican Party has moved much closer to his view on deficit reduction, which made him an early tea party favorite. All of the party's top-tier presidential hopefuls are focusing on lowering debt, government spending, and tax rates, issues Paul has long advocated.
I will soon announce that I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. It's a game everyone can play. Fun for all ages, 35 and up. barfo
Could you or someone else that is interested enough find a link that provides a short summary of his views on the main things? Or just do it yourself.. I haven't had much interest in politics ever but from the little I've researched I think I'm a libertarian..
Trump has no idea how to be a president. Many of his views are not mainstream. I suppose you can say that is crazy. He is far more libertarian, I thought. But I can see the argument that he is a true conservative (unlike them now a days).
neither does Obama. He's basically learning on the job. Trump has had more leadership experience than Obama.
1) Obama has been president for 3 years, I think he has a little more experience than Trump. 2) Obama was at least a senator before his election.
Talking about before he got elected. Senators don't really do that much leading versus the CEO of a major multinational corporation.
So we should elect trump now because he almost had the same amount of government experience as Obama in 2008? Why are we talking about 2008? Trump wasn't even running then. Since Obama, according to yourself, did so poory in his first term in office, isn't that reason NOT to elect someone with such little experience?
I'm just saying that Trump is probably better right now than Obama, because Obama is an abject failure. Trump seems to have better ideas and less bullshit, at least to me.
2 words. "Bizarre combover". That alone and in itself disqualifies Trump from representing Americans. He seems British to me.
1) Apples and oranges. 2) I can't remember the last time I Okay'd something Obama did because Bush did it. I'm pretty critical of the president. And I'm just being realistic about Trump.
I'm registering as a Republican this year (in Idaho the assholes who run this state made it a closed primary system on the Republican side). Then I'm voting for Ron Paul. I finally realized that my Democratic vote in the general election is fucking worthless in this red state. It's the primaries that matter. Vote Paul. He's a candidate that almost certainly can't win a general presidential election. And even in the ridiculous outside chance he does win, well, I'll take a principled libertarian over a Republican corporate stooge any day. Side bonus: I'll now be on all the Republican mailing lists. If I'm getting a shit ton of political junk mail that I never read, I might as well get the party I'll never vote for to squander their money on me.
