Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) was the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1988, and appeared on the 2008 general election presidential ballot as a Taxpayers and Constitution Party in Louisiana and Montana, in addition to running in the Republican primary. He is a life member of the Libertarian Party, and has spoken at numerous Libertarian Party and Constitution Party events over the course of many years. He has many supporters in the Libertarian and Constitution Parties, and has endorsed many of their candidates, including Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik in 2004 and Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin in 2008.
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Ron Paul isn’t an anarchist. So, naturally, he sucks.
Oh geezus. Nevermind, I withdraw my criticism on Druckenmiller’s statements.
On what basis? Clearly, there are some Ron Paul supporters who are afraid of black helicopters and the NWO. You already knew that. All Ron Paul supporters? Of course not. Most? I don’t think so.
And yes, there are some racists who support Ron Paul. Once again, a minority. Guess what – there were racists who supported all the other candidates. There were black racists who supported Obama. There were also, ironically, white racists who supported Obama, because they hope his presidency will bring on their wet dream of a race war.
@6 I know Ron personally. I’ve attended his birthday gatherings since the late 1990s. Had lunch with him and Doug Casey one time, much fun. He’s a genuine and decent man. He works hard. He believes in liberty. And he has written many books on a variety of important public policy issues.
He isn’t a racist. He is genuinely concerned about abuse of power and corruption in government, which I think Drunkenmiller actually prefers in place of liberty or limited government.
Most of Ron Paul’s support is from people who oppose the wars on drugs, on terror, and the related occupations of Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Japan, Korea, etc. Obviously, Drunkenmiller supports all war and all effusion of blood, especially the massacres of young children in, e.g., Indonesia under LBJ’s CIA.
Oh geezus. Nevermind, I withdraw my criticism on Druckenmiller’s statements.
“Steven Druckenmiller // Dec 13, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Most support for RP is code for ‘I’m afraid of black people, black helicopters and the New World Order.'”
I’ve attended a bunch of Ron Paul meetings and events and I’ve seen black people there who were supporters.
Also, there are good reasons to fear “black helicopters” and the New World Order in spite of whatever propaganda that you’ve obviously been sold.
Steven,
Thats the stupidest crap i’ve ever heard. I was involved in the Ron Paul campaign and of the 200+ members of our campus group, only 2 (a couple) were conspiracy-theory types. None were racist. A large chunk were self-identified Libertarians—so when you criticize RP’s base of support, you criticize your own party.
Most support for RP is code for “I’m afraid of black people, black helicopters and the New World Order.”
Yes Ron Paul is a decent man. A understatment supreme. Please read “The Revolution A Manifesto”. Such a mis-represented individual. Dr. Paul is my President. Well I guesse you know how I feel. See ya in the breadline.
@1 Any such wedding was a shotgun wedding. Ron couldn’t run as a candidate in the primaries of several states without pledging not to run as an independent or third party. The fact that he has honored his commitments is a good thing, I think, as it speaks to his character.
Ron Paul is a decent man. I like him personally.
Plural marriage? You go RP!
I wouldn’t say wedded. If he was “wedded” to the NSGOP only, he wouldn’t be endorsing candidates from other parties, speaking at their events or allowing his name to appear as a presidential candidate on at least one state ballot (he only voiced his opposition to one of the two ).
He’s also a Republican and is wedded to the Republican Party.