Ron Paul Moves on From Presidential Campaign
ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf reports: "Elections are short-term efforts," Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, told supporters in a Web video tonight. "Revolutions are long-term projects."
Paul indicated that the 2008 presidential campaign portion of his revolution is over.
An earlier version of this report indicated that Paul would "drop out" of the race. In the video, Paul did not use the words "drop out," opting instead to say the campaign is "winding down," and he encourages supporters to still cast votes for him. But he referred to his campaign in the past tense.
"We are still in the early stages of bringing about the changes that this revolution is all about," Paul said in the video. "Let us hope that we can one day look back and say that this campaign was a significant first step that signaled a change in direction for our country. Our job now is to plan for the next phase."
For Paul, that phase will mean spreading his message beyond the campaign trail. He hopes to create an umbrella organization to stoke some of the grassroots support that made his presidential campaign notable.
The video was briefly available on Paul’s Web site and YouTube before being pulled for what the campaign termed "technical difficulties." Officials promised it would be reposted on YouTube. In the meantime, the video could be seen by clicking HERE.
Paul said his revolution is about more than his campaign and more than just him. He also put in a plug for his forthcoming book — "The Revolution: A Manifesto."
It was a spirited run for Paul, whose followers called their support for him a "revolution" of non-interventionism and small government.
In recent weeks, Paul’s campaign had already taken a back seat to his simultaneous bid for re-election to his congressional seat.
Despite a concerned-seeming fundraising blitz toward the end of the Republican primary in Texas, Paul won the party primary for the 14th Texas congressional district by more than 2 to 1. He did not fare so well in the Republican presidential primary in Texas, getting less than 5 percent of the vote and no delegates.
Paul has amassed 14 delegates that he can take to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in September — miles short of what was needed to be seen as a contender for the nomination.
Paul ran well outside his party on issues as central as the war in Iraq and civil liberties. His contention that his views were closer to the roots of the Republican Party got some people thinking, but ultimately did not get enough votes.
The Texas congressman, an OB-GYN by trade, can rightly claim his presidential bid, which enjoyed a visible — if apparently non-voting — following, and enjoyed several quarters of impressive fundraising, was successful at giving Republicans some pause.
Echoes of his pledge to shut down the IRS could be heard in the campaign of Mike Huckabee, who ran closer to the Republican mainstream on other issues. And as the U.S. economy dips, some may see new light in Paul’s criticism of the Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve for the role they play in inflation.
Ultimately, however, Paul wanted to campaign as a Republican and be, as one aide put it recently, "not entirely quixotic."
Paul has shied away from calls by supporters to run a third party campaign for the presidency. He mounted such a campaign in 1988 when he left the Republican Party to run for president as a Libertarian. But this time, Paul has said that the U.S. political system is too tough a nut to crack for third parties. It takes too much money and organization, he has said, to get on the ballot.
Plus, as he wrote to supporters after trouncing his congressional primary opponent, his job in the Congress is a pretty good one and allows him a soap box from which to preach his small government, libertarian gospel.
"The message of freedom is popular," he wrote on Tuesday night. "And I will continue to trumpet it in Congress and across America as I fight on behalf of the conservative, common-sense values which made our country so great. In conclusion, I would like to offer my thanks and gratitude to all of the wonderful people who supported me in this campaign. I look forward to representing all of the good people of the 14th District of Texas in Congress in the years to come."

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Unfortunately, he’s right. As an avid R.P. supporter, it’s hard saying this, but the two-party system is so heavily entreanched in America. It’s a shame that all the parties promising actual change are shafted through the political process. Ralph Nader, on the Daily Show mentioned that one needs 5,000 signatures of Texans who did NOT vote in the primary to be put on the ballot.
Posted by: Mike | March 6, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
Let’s see: He was against the Civil War, Against WWII, about time to drop! Good riddance!
Posted by: plainsm | March 6, 2008, 8:06 pm 8:06 pm
Paul Supporters, you should be congratulated for your passion and your spirit. Let’s not give up the fight for restoring core constitutional values in America.All of the superdelegates that are currently pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton are doing so out of gratitude for the political favors that they received from Bill Clinton’s Administration some 16 years ago. This is not what an election is supposed to be. Notice that Hillary has lost dozens of superdelegates in recent months while Obama has gained dozens. Why? Because Barack Obama has built his name from scratch; and that is a very honorable thing.
In the minds of many Hillary supporters, they feel as if they are voting for a third term of William Jefferson Clinton, which is unconstitutional. They are translating their perceptions of Bill’s Administration into what they feel will happen with Hillary as President. However, the differences between the early 90’s and 2008 alone are enormous.
Posted by: Emanuel | March 6, 2008, 8:07 pm 8:07 pm
Thank the lord! he is 72 turning 73 in August. He will be freakin 73 when he enters office. Same with Mccain. That is why i am being smart and want OBAMA 08!!!!!!! YEAH!!!! THATS THE WAY TO DO IT NOW!!!! WE NEED A SMART, YOUNG PRESIDENT LIKE OBAMA!! THANK YOU EVERYONE.
Posted by: Caroline | March 6, 2008, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm
After Hilliary, Barack or Insane McCain get us into World War III by invading Iran… I will see all of you in the place that will ultimately send us. Then perhaps finally we will be “eternally safe.” Enjoy your vote. And remember the role you played in your demise. Let it not be said that you were not warned. Blame not the politicians, for the fault lies with yourselves. Nothing more can be said.
Posted by: cba | March 6, 2008, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm
Who on earth wrote this?
Obviously not somebody who understands the rules, or the campaign.
I’ll just add this to the long list of reports of the campaign’s death.
Posted by: Ball | March 6, 2008, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm
Byron Wolf…”Ron Paul is more like a liberal Democrat”…..HA HA HA! That is a public display of ignorance.
Posted by: Liberty | March 6, 2008, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm
This really should be filed under “bad reporting”. All the crap about Ron Paul sounding like a “liberal democrat” or “member of the ACLU” just because he believes in the constitution. Also I call B.S. on the premise of the whole article. So far Ron Paul has never leaked what he was about to do to the MSM. Why on earth would he start now?
And for the idiot that claimed Ron Paul was “against the civil war” so was LINCOLN! Lincoln didn’t want to go to war and his letters revealed that he wanted to try the same “compensated emancipation” plan Dr. Paul talked about on Meet The Press.
Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate that could possibly save this country from imminent economic meltdown. Barack is freaking clueless and the media sucks for fawning over him when he blows his nose or when some lovesick college tramp faints at one of his rallies.
Posted by: TheTruth | March 6, 2008, 8:30 pm 8:30 pm
America thought he dropped out months ago!!? He was still in the race? Seriously? LOL That is HILARIOUS!!! I GUESS HE CAN NOW GO BACK TO BEING THE NOBODY HE ALWAYS WAS!! LMAO!! …and his legions of political stalkers can go back to their video games full time now….
Posted by: cheesetopping69 | March 6, 2008, 8:32 pm 8:32 pm
The military/industrial/complex owns the mainstraem media and they were ordered by the ‘Establishment Elite’ to not let the second tier candidates like Paul, Gravel etc. have a voice in their publications. This was very evident during the debates. It’s no wonder they have to bow out. The ‘EE’s main candidate, ‘Closet Republican’ Hillary Clinton is still in the running and splitting the Democrat Party as she was ordered to do, so the Military/Industrial/Complex can continue on their goal of right-wing world domination.
Posted by: steve | March 6, 2008, 8:34 pm 8:34 pm
Ron Paul – some of his policy ideas were batty, but any time I hear a republican talk about the Constitution with reverence, earns respect.
I’m also hoping that since so many new fresh voters have come on the scene, that the chances of at least a third party developing are good. The two party system is broken.
Posted by: NeoFeminist | March 6, 2008, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm
I hate to tell you Cheesetoppings, but you really need to keep yourself informed. Oh, by the way John McCain is the Republican nominee, in case you didn’t know!
Posted by: steve | March 6, 2008, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm
I’m still going to write in Ron Paul on my ballot for the general election. I can’t in good conscience vote for anyone else.
GO RON PAUL!!!!
Posted by: dan | March 6, 2008, 8:46 pm 8:46 pm
The only revolutionary thing about Ron Paul is that his ideas were all of the pre-industrial revolution era. Such a joke.
And all that granddaddy talk about the Constitution. In compqrison, Obama taught constitutional law for 10 years or so, but he’s at least aware that we’re living amidst 21st century problems and possibilities.
John McCain won’t miss this silly flea, I guess.
Posted by: Linsey Paul | March 6, 2008, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm
I am an registered Independant from Arizona and a Vietnam vet. John McCain
scares the bejesus out of me. I can see him squatting on the Iraq war for four more long,costly years. If that happens we will be back in the sixties again. With nobody to blame but ourselves, again.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 6, 2008, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
This is a rumor. He is not dropping out.
Posted by: dfw | March 6, 2008, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
What’s this? Another media report of Ron Paul dropping out of the race before any official mention from his headquarters. Seems like this has happens a dozen times already. Isn’t the MSM supposed to report the news not make it. ABC didn’t you say Al Gore was elected president once, or didn’t you learn something from that? It’s official when it’s official.
Posted by: Down with MSM | March 6, 2008, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
Ron Paul seems to me to be one the the very last representatives of the TRUE GOP (pre-Nixon era) left in this country. It is sad that the only thing that remains of the GOP are those who embrace a hard military mindset and divisive pro-corporate eco-unfriendly policies that see income and prosperity as paramount to even the protection of that which sustains life on earth.
Posted by: RW | March 6, 2008, 9:11 pm 9:11 pm
To the people who criticize Ron Paul supporters by sarcastically commenting how writing him in “will be one powerful vote” just don’t get how the Democratic system works. Are responsibility as Americans when it comes to voting is to vote for the candidate we think would be best in office, not whoever we think is going to win. That’s foolish and immature.
Posted by: Wes | March 6, 2008, 9:13 pm 9:13 pm
Ron Paul should be commended for making at least part of the electorate think about what is really going on, i.e. what are the root causes of our most serious problems. There are very few honest politicians in our government, but Paul is certainly one of them.
Posted by: Ben Straub | March 6, 2008, 9:13 pm 9:13 pm
Look people, ABC has to report the news the Pentagon tells them to report! Nothing more, nothing less!
Posted by: steve | March 6, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
Yawn. 98.5 per cent of Americans could care less about this story. The guy raised a lot of money one day, now all wasted. His candidacy never stood a chance, he should never run again, and he was less interesting than Ross Perot. He makes Ralph Nader look exciting. Let’s move on.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | March 6, 2008, 9:16 pm 9:16 pm
ABC News LIES. Flat out LIES. I have seen the video and he does NOT say that he is dropping out of the race. Please do not believe this garbage.
Posted by: Joe D. | March 6, 2008, 9:19 pm 9:19 pm
Mr Byron Wolf,
Please post the video link or some other credible source for your story otherwise retract your unsubstantiated comments on Dr. Paul’s campaign.
Posted by: Canadian | March 6, 2008, 9:20 pm 9:20 pm
Ron Paul supporters should unite in demanding the FCC investigate ABC for mis information, censorship and leading this election instead of reporting the news.
I will be very disappointed in Ron Paul if he drops out. but more disappointed that it came from ABC first.
Posted by: Jeanette Doney | March 6, 2008, 9:21 pm 9:21 pm
Im not sure how you got that he was quitting out of that video ABC but he clearly never mentioned quitting at all. Please dont lie
Posted by: Kirk Saunders | March 6, 2008, 9:30 pm 9:30 pm
Um, he didn’t say he was dropping out…
Posted by: Dan | March 6, 2008, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm
This is the clumsiest rush to judgment that ABC has had since the DC Madam case. Two names? You wonder how they can stand on a rug that has had so many things swept under it.
Posted by: PC | March 6, 2008, 9:55 pm 9:55 pm
Wrong! Ron Paul is not dropping out. ABC is just trying to get a jump on a what they think is a “big story” but what will turn out to be a dud. Ron Paul is in this for the long haul, no matter what thought the so-called reporters wish to impose upon everyone. Believe their article if you wish. But you’ll be believing a lie. The truth will be known soon enough, though ABC won’t be brave enough to let you know it.
Posted by: Brandynn Stanford | March 6, 2008, 9:56 pm 9:56 pm
Harvardian, Obama voted for the Patriot act after he ran on a platform vowing to vote against it. Now who is it again that sees the Constitution is a mere memory?
Posted by: Rangeley | March 6, 2008, 9:57 pm 9:57 pm
He said he was gonna fight for as many delegates as possible at the convention. What is up with the spin from ABC? My god… and people think the media just reports…
Posted by: CJ | March 6, 2008, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm
He never said he was dropping out!!! He is simply continuing a fight for freedom. He did not accept the endorsements of the white supremesists. He was endorsed as one of the last true conservatives by our own glorious Ronald Reagan before he died. And if the Constitution is SO outdated than lets destroy it and put something else in its place. Not claim to follow it and not.
Posted by: Butler | March 6, 2008, 10:01 pm 10:01 pm
What is funny in the extreme is that all the derogatory comments are purely ad homeniem attacks – none of these brilliant fools have even attempted a decent refuatation. They are driven mainly by emotion. And I won’t engage in any flattery that either we or Dr. Paul are brilliant (we’re not…)but rather that we are thoughtful, and these critics are thoughtless. They’re the kind of mocking fools – see Proverbs chapter 1 – who see those who approach life in a humble, thoughtful manner, with a moral basis & expectation that we all must obey and honor a cultural & trancendent standard – Constitutional Law rooted in Biblical norms . Yet these emotionally driven mocking fools love only their appetite; hearing a humble, yet thougthful and moral man ask searching questions, exposes their sinful shallowness; and it enrages them. Not having the stomach, humility or moral courage to even begin to think things through – they just savagely attack using false logic, and expletive driven emotional rhetoric. Dr. Paul is not magic, he’s simply a Christian Statesman – so few of which have been seen of late, that they stand out starkly – Ronald Reagan being the last prominent one, too. Funny thing is, both these great men would have been another face in the crowded room that drafted the Declaration in 1775 – which is why they birthed such great & inspired Principles found in our Declaration of Independence & Constitution. Here’s a challenge, take a look at this course on learning & teaching the Constitution to others: http://www.IOTConline.com . I’ve done so and it’s awesome – you’ll never regret becoming more Constitutionally literate. God bless Dr. Paul & America !
“Samuel Adams” / David Alan
Posted by: David A. | March 6, 2008, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm
HEY ABC -
WAY TO NOT REPORT THE FACTS>
He’s not dropping out OR suspending.
Thanks for your stellar reporting once again.
Posted by: James | March 6, 2008, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm
I looked all over and havent found anything regarding RP dropping out??? Anybody else? I dont buy anything ABC says…
Posted by: Patriot | March 6, 2008, 10:06 pm 10:06 pm
The US National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.67 billion per day since September 29, 2006.
Ron Paul: “YEAH! NO TAXES!”
Posted by: Taxi! | March 6, 2008, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm
This is complete BS. Paul is NOT dropping out. More lies and disinformation from the “old media”. Mr. Wolf you should be ashamed of yourself.
Posted by: dennis | March 6, 2008, 10:14 pm 10:14 pm
Why would he drop out?
I don’t get it.
He already won 14 delegates!
Posted by: Paulette | March 6, 2008, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm
If Obama knows the constitution so well why does he not follow it?
Paul > Obama anydebate, anywhere, anytime ….
Posted by: Cez | March 6, 2008, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm
Sometimes the dragon wins, it does not belittle the effort of the knight. The most you can do is try. Ron Paul has been fighting for 30 years, his message is now out and substantiated more and more each day. His supporters are taking charge everywhere.
Posted by: Benevolent | March 6, 2008, 10:19 pm 10:19 pm
Harvardian, anyone who has studied the Constitution, knows that it serves two functions: 1) establishes how the federal government is to be constructed and 2) the rights of the people. These “rights” are either positive (enumeration of personal liberty – free speech, assembly, etc.) or negative (individual protections from government intrusion – search and seizure, self-incrimination, etc.)
Constitutional scholars are either Originalists (the text as written) or Evolutionists (the text as a living, changing document). Obama believes the Constitution is a living document, something not founded in any pre-Constitution writings by the Founders. If, indeed, he knew the Constitution, then he wouldn’t be promoting policies that run contrary to it.
READ THE DOCUMENT. It is quite clear. I assure you that Antonin Scalia would make Obama look like the amateur, flavor-of-the-moment punk that he is…
Posted by: rickman454 | March 6, 2008, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
How can you call yourselfs the AMERICAN Broadcasting Co.? This is pure and simple propaganda.Something like Russian Broadcasting sounds more inline I just hate the fact that this is happening to our country. I’ll NEVER watch your B.S. programs!
Posted by: ROBO | March 6, 2008, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
Ron Paul isn’t dropping out.
Who knew that ABC printed blatant lies?
Posted by: Anwarnova | March 6, 2008, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
If this reporter comes from the “government public school system” we are in serious trouble. How can anyone view the video and come to think that Ron Paul is dropping out?
Posted by: chuck | March 6, 2008, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
What a bunch of trash. He didn’t drop out, and is still in the race until the convention. Stop spewing the lies, or hire another editor.
Posted by: Martin | March 6, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm
Isn’t this a bucket load of disinformation! The video simply says that the Revolution will be a long process. He doesn’t specifically say anything about dropping out or suspending the campaign. The closest thing he says to this is that the presidential campaign will be winding down soon. ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf is simply jumping the gun with what sounds to be an overly eager attempt to discredit Ron Paul with comments like “Paul sounds more like a liberal Democrat or a member of the ACLU”.
Shenanigans!
http://www.ronpaul2008.com
Posted by: Jeff | March 6, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm
Rickman… let me just give you one Ron Paul quote:
“Well, amending the Constitution is constitutional. What’s the contradiction there?”
And Paul is right on this. The so called ‘originalists’ normally fail to see this and remind us of fundamentalists in religion.
Btw, LAW is about interpretation in the first place.
Posted by: Harvardian | March 6, 2008, 10:33 pm 10:33 pm
i am still going to write ron paul in on the presidential ticket.
Posted by: Brian Douglas | March 6, 2008, 10:34 pm 10:34 pm
The names of the posters are UNDER the comment they leave!
it’s sort of confusing i suppose
Posted by: niki | March 6, 2008, 10:34 pm 10:34 pm
It’s so fun to read the useless article put out by ABC and to see how many freaking clueless Americans there really are.
Your country is in meltdown mode. Negative household savings. Washington Beltway insiders.
The Bushes endorsing McCain who fought hard again the Bush regime years back. The Bush Jr. saying Clinton is cool but doesn’t know what Obama is about. Nice – good CFR membership talk there.
What a joke — the world is watching. America could just implode…the empire is coming to an end and the ONLY PERSON who was prepared to turn it around – Ron Paul.
Hahah – Russia and China are gonna pull the wool over your eyes. This is great entertainment. Better than the corn-fed reality junk your entire society has been fed to BLIND YOU and ENSLAVE YOU. Man, the Matrix was one educational tour de force and slap in your face.
BOOH YAH!
Posted by: Alex | March 6, 2008, 10:34 pm 10:34 pm
LAGUY- You care enough to read all these comments and post on them.
I wouldn’t mind buying you a mirror so you can see the loser behind the keyboard.
Posted by: Brent Sanders | March 6, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
No ABC, it is only the beginning!!
Ron Paul for President!!
Posted by: Paula | March 6, 2008, 10:38 pm 10:38 pm
Let’s see. There are only a few states left to have their primaries. Does one try to ramp up their campaign or wind it down? Come on, ABC. If Paul was going to drop out, he would have been quite clear about it. He’s still in the race to give the remaining states their say.
Posted by: Victor | March 6, 2008, 10:41 pm 10:41 pm
1st, I doubt the validity of this article, as Ron Paul has not once announced something to the MSM before directly announcing on his web site. Let alone to a ABC Blog….
As for all of the people who have posted here praising Obama. You all will not have change. Obama, Clinton, and McCain all represent more spending, more illegal immigration, more welfare to big business, more foreign arrogance, more devaluing of the dollar….
To the NeoCons who posted negative comments about Paul…. How much of your money will you have to pay in taxes before you realize that the GOP has lost its way, with their little cuts here and there that are just a joke and are meaningless when we still pay in nearly 1/3. How broke will our country have to be before you realize you are scared of some pansy central asian countries that have no real military and are no real threat. You are scared of some people in a cave who can do nothing truly damaging to the long term existence of the USA. At least during the Cold War we were up against a real threat and many Americans showed some guts. You weak kneed Neo Con wimps! Get some guts! Stop being scared into flushing the Constitution down the toilet and start realizing the only way this country is going down is if we crumble economically. If G. Bush is such a great protector explain the southern boarder to yourself along with the fact that over 90% of the cargo that comes into the country is still not inspected 7 years after 911. WAKE UP!
When will America, WAKE UP! I hope it is before it is no longer called America and we are spending the Amero.
Posted by: Noah | March 6, 2008, 10:41 pm 10:41 pm
Lie! Lie! Lie! Just like McNut having the nomination wrapped up. Please. Our County Convention will be filled with RP delegates. And Ron Paul a “liberal democrat”, that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard today. I think you meant to say McCain, not Ron Paul.
Posted by: Texas | March 6, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
This is BOGUS people. Thank you MAINSTREAM Media for trying to manipulate the Ron Paul supporters.
Posted by: Keith | March 6, 2008, 10:47 pm 10:47 pm
Ron Paul is a constitutionalist.
Ron has never voted to raise taxes.
Ron has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
Ron has never voted for the Iraq War.
Ron has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
Ron has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
Ron has never voted to raise congressional pay.
Ron has never taken a government-paid junket.
Ron voted against the Patriot Act.
Ron votes against regulating the Internet.
Ron voted against NAFTA and CAFTA.
Ron votes against the United Nations.
Ron votes against the welfare state.
Ron votes against reinstating a military draft.
Ron votes to preserve the constitution.
Ron votes to cut government spending.
Ron votes to lower healthcare costs.
Ron votes to end the war on drugs.
Ron votes to protect civil liberties.
Ron votes to secure our borders with real immigration reform
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.
Listen To Ron Paul Speeches: http://www.ronpaulaudio.com
Review over 100 Articles Ron Paul Authored by Subject:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul-arch.html
How can you not love this guy listen to him he is truly a man who
tells the truth “We The People” are taking our country back and
restoring the original Constitutional Republic and returning Amerika
back to America not the “United States of Surveillance”
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot
survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor
moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling
through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents
familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and
he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He
rots the soul of a nation—he works secretly and unknown in the night
to undermine the pillars of a city—he infects the body politic so
that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.
— Cicero: orator, statesman, political theorist, lawyer and
philosopher of Ancient Rome.
“In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth
is a revolutionary act” GEORGE ORWELL
“None are more enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
– Goethe
Posted by: CHRIS LAWTON | March 6, 2008, 10:47 pm 10:47 pm
The people will get the government they deserve to get, not the government that is best. Enjoy getting what we deserve.
Posted by: badmedia | March 6, 2008, 10:50 pm 10:50 pm
Hello!
Well, you can call us Paulbots, but those of you who want to have no financial future, stay in war & keep on giving the government all of your money, be my guest! You are blind sheep giving your money away! I am not a rich white person, because the government is taking all of our money away & going out to dinner on our taxes.
You go right ahead & vote McCain, or whoever, because they are ALL the same. In the end we will fall like Rome & when everyone is standing in line at the unemployment office fighting for handouts because no one can afford the gas, the government or should I say dictators of this country will be the only ones with a bank account.
What is wrong with you people, geez, wake the freak up! Geez, people you all are insane if you think any of them are going to improve the economy. You laugh at Ron Paul, & what for, he is much smarter than you are & he tells you the truth. You are unwise to trust the government. Funny, Ronald Reagan went through the same ridicule, & he went on to be one of the best presidents in History. I do not think anyone was laughing at him then.
Posted by: Tracie & James Kretzschmar | March 6, 2008, 10:51 pm 10:51 pm
MSM stops at nothing in spreading lies, do they.
RON PAUL IS NOT DROPPING OUT
Posted by: Hannah | March 6, 2008, 10:51 pm 10:51 pm
This is a lie.
Posted by: Name | March 6, 2008, 10:51 pm 10:51 pm
Havardian, I agree with you. Amending the Constitution is constitutional because the document allows such. That is fact. I also agree with you that the FORMATION OF LAW is the interpretation and application of constitutional principles. For example, whether or not the establishment clause allows for nativity displays on public property. That is a valid discussion.
Obama/Clinton, however, are tying to insert powers into the Constitution where none exist. Such as with centralized health care. No enumerated power exists authorizing the federal government to create and/or regulate such. If they want to include centralized health care, for example, as a “right”, then the Constitution needs to be amended.
You simply cannot interpret a constitutional principle if it doesn’t exist to begin with…
Posted by: rickman454 | March 6, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm
This wont end with Ron Paul…Dr.Paul brought light to the situation…woke alot of america up…its only the beggining for his supporters. We will have our revolution. DOWN WITH THE New World Order…DOWN with open borders and NAU..and DOWN with the fake 2 party system. We will prevail.Goodness always prevails. But not w/o a fight..a revolution. God Bless Dr.Paul..he cured my apathy. WE FIGHT ON! VIVA The Republic of LAKOTAH! IF U dont know…U’d better ask somebody!!! its all over foreign press…
Posted by: samantha | March 6, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm
WHAT THE is goin on here!!! i know-is somebody out there intimidated of ron pauls support? i think so…do not worry he is going to save our country!!!!! well sorry abc but it is only a dream you will wake up to reality soon.. we can only hope right ha ha ron paul and all his supporters are not going anywhere we are here to stay like it or not so do us a favor and report real news
Posted by: mike | March 6, 2008, 10:57 pm 10:57 pm
To everyone who keeps calling RP a loser… which candidate did YOU support before there were only two men standing? Looks to me like Ron Paul has done quite well. Who would have suspected he’d make it this far? Doesn’t sound like much of a loser to me.
Posted by: Gio | March 6, 2008, 10:57 pm 10:57 pm
I must say I am a bit disturbed at all of the malicious racial slander against Ron Paul in many of the comments. I think it is a sign of the times in regards to the rude callous populous of this country. I appreciate Paul’s contributions to the issues debate during this campaign. I didn’t expect him to win the republican nomination, but I will still write him in. I don’t trust the others to do what is right for the people. Of course I don’t even think the people of this country have a clue of what is best for them either so who gives a ****.
Posted by: antenian | March 6, 2008, 11:01 pm 11:01 pm
ABC changed their announcement.
Paul should be grateful for all the attention he never deserved.
Now let’s return to the political race.
Posted by: Druid | March 6, 2008, 11:01 pm 11:01 pm
plainsm,
He did oppose the Civil War, so did many other people. A lot of people died during that war and instead of states’ rights to leave the union Lincoln created a powerful central government, contrary to what the founders wanted (at least the Jeffersonian founders).
He did not oppose WW2. He opposed WW1 which led to WW2.
Caroline,
Obama is a good speaker, writer, and good natured, but if you look at his policies, he’s a global socialist who believes in wars (just not the Iraq war). Oh, and age shouldn’t have much to do with it if a man is as healthy as he.
Saint Paul,
He believed evolution isn’t 100%, nor creationism. He doesn’t believe in exacts. No one mentions the second part.
Paulites,
He’s not going to win the Republican nomination. Blame it on his own campaign.
Anti-Paulites,
Calm the hell down. I believe Goldwater lost to, but 16 years later we saw Reagan.
Posted by: Brent | March 6, 2008, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
Well, at least the news article has more facts in it this time.
Posted by: chuck | March 6, 2008, 11:05 pm 11:05 pm
Typical of the lamestream media to post lies about the RP campaign. RON IS NOT DROPPING OUT!! Is that plain enough?? Get it through your socialist neo-cons heads! He has no intention of running on a 3rd party ticket, of quitting, or letting petty little posts like these discourage him. RP people in Texas are more fired up than ever. If you folks actually believe this drivel, go to his website. NO DELEGATES?? Hmm…I guess I just THOUGHT I was a precinct chairman in Wise County along with 4 other RP getting elected in their precincts. Tarrant County had over 100, and Denton County had over 60!
We know the truth because we spoke with his wife Carol earlier. This is just another pathetic try to get RP supporters discouraged. But, what would one expect from the media that ALWAYS either treated RP as a leper at best or just plain blacked him out altogether?
Posted by: David | March 6, 2008, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm
I’m very disappointed in Dr. Paul.
He sould have run as a Libertarian, not as a Republican. He’s a coward doing. In many respects he’s closer to liberals than to Republicans; Bush is much more about state control than Obama will ever be.
Posted by: Gerald | March 6, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm
He has NOT dropped out. MSM gets it WRONG yet again.
Sad really.
Posted by: Donna Matrix | March 6, 2008, 11:12 pm 11:12 pm
Are you going to change the title again? Just wondering?
Posted by: Ted Smith | March 6, 2008, 11:13 pm 11:13 pm
This ‘revised’ ABC news report is jaded, if not flat out incorrect.
The first report stated Dr. Paul dropped out of the race….which is blantly false.
This ‘revised’ one is written to suggest the same.
Ron Paul is still in the presidential race.
Posted by: Gerl | March 6, 2008, 11:16 pm 11:16 pm
Be honest! How many of you have read the Constitution. None? I thought not. Ron Paul is correct.
Posted by: Stitch | March 6, 2008, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm
Gerald, I partly agree. What I like in Obama is that he will be looking across the aisle when building his government (like Sarkozy did in France). He should be interested in having Dr. Paul on board. Obama’s economic advisors are not those traditional leftist heralds of spending. And I do think they both sincerely care about the Constitution; it is Obama’s ‘holy secular text’ after all.
Non-intervention btw can never be a principle of a powerful country with a conscience and a plight. We don’t simply care about our OWN freedom, or do we? The world we live is in many respects the opposite of the 18th century, if we like it or not. Isolationism would be the end of the USA.
Posted by: Peter Z | March 6, 2008, 11:25 pm 11:25 pm
I would not support any other candidate other then Ron Paul for each of the candidates have violated their Oath of Office by allowing the states they represent to violate Article I, Section 10 of the US Constitution and except something other then Gold or Silver which the US Constitution which is the Supreme Law of the Land Mandates shall be the only tender in the payment of debts..
Obama, Clinton and McCain has each violated their Oath of Offices none of them are calling for an amendment to change from what the Constitution say “Shall” be such..
We the People will not stand for our so-called elected public servant to violate their Oaths and the US Constitution…
Posted by: Jared Held | March 6, 2008, 11:34 pm 11:34 pm
xrazorwirex, there’s little use in claiming that Republican politics are in fact not what they are today. Republicanism is an evolving set of ideas, policies and politicians; what it means today is defined by what is today: the Bush/Cheney government. There is no fixed definition of a Republican; our most prominent Republicans in today’s politics tell us more however than any Republican ideal or ideology. Ron Paul should have jumped from the Republican now that it has steered away so far from what HE thinks being a Republican is about.
Posted by: Gerald | March 6, 2008, 11:35 pm 11:35 pm
Peter Z – Non-intervention does not equate to isolationism. Non-intervention means that we respect other nations to conduct their own affairs while remaining in constant contact with them. None of our so called interventions have been good for us, i.e. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and so on. As far as other folk’s freedom goes, how about freedom in this country, We have been moving in the opposite direction. It is also important to note that no matter how noble you think spreading democracy is, we are flat out broke. Also keep in mind that we execute 1.5 million babies every year, so fighting for other people’s freedoms in other countries who probably don’t want to emulate our whoreish ways is ludicrous. In my opinion Paul is correct on foreign policy.
Posted by: antenian | March 6, 2008, 11:37 pm 11:37 pm
LAGuy – I am glad you are amused. I wouldn’t take too lightly the situation that we find ourselves in. America on this path will ultimately fail economically. How long – good question. Maybe we can become America II and beg other countries to forgive our debt much like many of the impoverished African nations do. Our whole system is now run on borrowed money from overseas. Does that sound like a joke to you? I know you like to bait so maybe my response is fruitless.
Posted by: Ben Straub | March 6, 2008, 11:46 pm 11:46 pm
Ron Paul is NOT quitting the presidential campaign! He states in the video he will continue to campaign and continues to encourage voters to vote for him in the primaries left. Ron Paul 2008!!!!
Posted by: sarah | March 6, 2008, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
All the people who talk about us wasting our money on a Presidential campaign by contributing to a person who is actually telling the truth should know that their own Presidential candidates are financed by the huge companies that get special privileges from the government. The Walt Disney company, who owns ABC, has given over $100,000 dollars in corporate funds to John McCain through a practice known as campaign “bundling.” McCain has over 480 corporate lobby groups that have contributed to his campaign, while the Democrats are each in the 300-360 range. On the contrary, every single dollar that Ron Paul got for his campaign came from us, the people, who are sick and tired of being lied to and are rallying behind someone who will actually make a real change in our political and social environment. The most amount of money an individual person can give to any campaign is $2,100 dollars, yet these companies can funnel thousands of dollars to anybody they want to see win.
So, remember who financed your candidate come November, and realize how you have been duped by the same companies that reap the benefits of being in the entire crooked establishment’s good graces. They give the Presidential candidates who they want to win the most money so they can reap the benefits of monopoly over competition due to special privileges bestowed upon them by the Candidate they financed. It’s all just a fixed card game.
Then stop and think about all the Americans and people from other countries who donated 32 million dollars to a cause that they all believed in. Follow your mainstream media into the dark cave of ignorance and disinformation; everything will be just fine.
Ron Paul did not drop out and it wouldn’t matter if he had. We will never stop in our quest for freedom and liberty.
Posted by: Rakkur | March 6, 2008, 11:54 pm 11:54 pm
OK, Mr. Wolf got caught in his lie. Now the story has been rewritten to try to correct the blatant lie. However, his attempt to continue to play down Ron Paul’s campaign and its future suggests that it is winding down and taking on a new direction. He obviously did not watch the whole video. Ron Paul is not quitting. He is not “winding down” in the way Mr. Wolf is suggesting or putting the campaign in the “past tense.” This first phase of his campaign, yes, is past, but the future campaign is where it gets really interesting. Ron Paul fully expects to continue his campaign as promised to his supporters. As long as they back him, he is in for the long haul; regardless of the shoddy and misleading journalism coming out of this, and other MSM organizations.
Posted by: Richard | March 7, 2008, 12:12 am 12:12 am
He did not drop out at all. I don’t understand why ABC is posting this.
This could be why abc has far less viewers than cnn or msn.
The media lies all the time. They are private companies and have no obligation to tell people the truth. Which is fine, I believe in free markets with little restriction. People just need to understand that the news is not the truth.
“The man who reads nothing at all is better informed than the man who reads nothing but newspapers” Thomas Jefferson
Posted by: erin | March 7, 2008, 12:14 am 12:14 am
Ben Strau — you totally misinterpret my amusement. It’s focused solely on you Paulbots. I am not amused by the state of America — we are in awful shape. I would have impeached Bush several years ago if I had had the chance. But another tired old man loser from Texas with ideas from the nineteenth century aint it. In any event, I don’t find Paul amusing, just forgettable. It’s you guys and your paranoia about everything that cracks me up. But by no means change. It’s just too da*n amusing.
Posted by: LAGuy | March 7, 2008, 12:14 am 12:14 am
Hey ABC, next time get your facts straight first okay. I thank you for fixing your reporting errors on this. Ron Paul is in it for the long haul, and so are his supporters. John McBomb is toast btw. Wait until the FEC really puts the screws to McCain, and the people in Ohio realize that the only reason McCain was on the ballot was because he had accepted matching campaign funding, and now he doesn’t want it because he is over his spending budget, and in debt. McCain is what the corrupt part of Washington is, period.
Posted by: Tess | March 7, 2008, 12:15 am 12:15 am
The journalists who work for the MSM have a job to do. Their job is no longer reporting facts and stories backed by legitimate sources. Their job is to increase readership/viewership and unique page views. This is what sells advertising and allows them to increase the prices they charge for ads. It is common practice to come up with headlines that stir controversy for that reason. Sometimes they even report lies, who woulda thought? LOL Take it all with a grain of salt until the real truth is published on a facts-based source.
Posted by: DCVoter | March 7, 2008, 12:17 am 12:17 am
LAGuy – I am glad you are not amused at the state of America. That means you have a shred of sense in your head. I do not believe that most Paul supporters are paranoid. We just like to address the root causes of the problems that our nation faces. I happen to be picky on the health issues such as Monsanto splicing in Roundup pesticides into the DNA of crops, and the excessive sugars in our foods making everyone fat and sick requiring prescription drugs to make life bearable. This of course is the major stress on our health care system. One thing I have noticed in talking to other Paul supporters is that they are very well informed on a variety of issues, not paranoid, just very knowledgeable. I am sorry you are not intelligent enough to tell the difference, but as long as you can keep laughing, good for you.
Posted by: Ben Straub | March 7, 2008, 12:23 am 12:23 am
At no point did Paul say he was dropping out or suspending his campaign! ABC NEWS IS LYING! Why would he say he would visit the rest of the primary states and win as many delegates as possible and to keep donating? You cant donate to a suspended or ended campaign. ABC NEWS IS LYING!!! SHAME ON YOU!!
Posted by: JP | March 7, 2008, 12:23 am 12:23 am
At no point did Paul say he was dropping out or suspending his campaign! ABC NEWS IS LYING! Why would he say he would visit the rest of the primary states and win as many delegates as possible and to keep donating? You cant donate to a suspended or ended campaign. ABC NEWS IS LYING!!! SHAME ON YOU!!
Posted by: JP | March 7, 2008, 12:23 am 12:23 am
So, ABC is declaring that Ron Paul is dropping from the race… brilliant.
What he ACTUALLY said in the video, is that “the campaign will soon wind down”, but HE WILL CONTINUE to try and gain delegates at primaries and caucuses, and HE WILL CONTINUE to try and visit states to continue the “campaign for freedom”.
Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it Z Byron Wolf? To get the FACTS, all you would have had to do was watch the video you were reporting.
Posted by: Eric Dolive | March 7, 2008, 12:24 am 12:24 am
Mr Wolf reported, “It was a spirited run for Paul,” putting the race for President in the past tense. This is a deliberate attempt to tell us that Ron Paul is out of the race when he has not even suggested that to us. He has ALWAYS said that as long as the money comes in and he get new supporters he will continue forward. I see Ron Paul is simply concentrating his focus where it will most count. He is frugal with his money which tells us how he will spend the money he receives as President. He is cautious with his words and conservative in his approach to delicate and serious issues. This tells us how he will treat our constitutional liberties and how he will treat our national interests. The man is a man of principled dedication and determination. I would vote for him even if I was the only one and had to write his name in. Every constitutionalist would do the same. Ron Paul IS the revolution. Keep him going. Support liberty! Support Ron Paul. Down with the MSM and its deliberate attempt to discredit and villify the truth.
Posted by: Milton | March 7, 2008, 12:29 am 12:29 am
Where have the Frank Reynolds’ gone? Gee whiz!!
Posted by: Marcelo | March 7, 2008, 12:34 am 12:34 am
Chris: “The people will get the government they deserve to get, not the government that is best.”
Uh, no – The people will get the government Diebold (and the criminals behind Diebold) say we get.
The MSM (Mostly Slanderous Muck) & the establishment believe if they say often enough that Ron Paul has dropped out, it will make it true. Like voters were told in some states when they went to vote for Ron Paul. This is all so criminal.
Ron Paul for the Long Haul !!
Posted by: tquigly | March 7, 2008, 12:38 am 12:38 am
RON PAUL: GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE
Ron Paul has, at long last, decided to do the honorable thing: hes going to stop stinking up the presidential race.
We are still in the early stages of bringing about the changes that this revolution is all about Let us hope that we can …
Posted by: Health Care BS | March 7, 2008, 1:03 am 1:03 am
They change it specifically to say he hasn’t suspended or quit his race, and you are still ######. Get a life. I’m the biggest Ron Paul supporter too.
Sorry Z. Byron Wolf about all the whinos. I know you have done a great job covering Paul here on ABC. I <3 you for it.
Posted by: Brent | March 7, 2008, 1:12 am 1:12 am
How long can you fools obsess about whether ABC did or not corectly interpret an annuncement from a man who has 14 delegates and is in a campaign that has ended? What possible difference can this make and why are you all so frenzied? Look around you. There are far bigger things happening in the world for you to just get swallowed up by all this.
Posted by: LAGuy | March 7, 2008, 1:13 am 1:13 am
Umm… Where do they get their info? I watch his video he put out today, and in it he says he’s not quiting
Posted by: Austin | March 7, 2008, 1:31 am 1:31 am
Brent, this comment is addressed specifically to you. No offense, but the second paragraph of this article CURRENTLY reads:
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Paul indicated that the 2008 presidential campaign portion of his revolution is over.
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And it is false. Good night sir.
Posted by: Mike | March 7, 2008, 1:41 am 1:41 am
I saw Obama give a speech a few days ago. He stated that he taught constitutional law for 10 years. Is this the same constitution that Paul is advocating? I don’t get it.
Posted by: brimp | March 7, 2008, 1:50 am 1:50 am
While I don’t disagree that Ron Paul will not win the republican nomination, I hope that the author of this article will come to the republican national convention and report an honest account of how many delegates Dr. Paul has there. I’ll bet anyone a doughnut that it’s more than 14.
Posted by: the dude | March 7, 2008, 1:58 am 1:58 am
Thanks to ZERO coverage from the mainstream media even though he broke ALL financing records, the ONLY candidate who could have saved America from financial collapse is ‘winding down’
Thanks Mr. Wolf, keep reporting with integrity.
Posted by: James T | March 7, 2008, 2:47 am 2:47 am
Sure it was all the media. They also gave Huckabee zero coverage and he had almost no money and won several primaries. What’s Paul’s excuse?
Posted by: LAGuy | March 7, 2008, 3:08 am 3:08 am
For LAGuy:
It’s not Ron Paul’s excuse to look for. It’s the general ignorance and absolute refusal of the general population of America to listen to and accept the real truth that is the problem.
The American society is a sad, disappointing, ignorant, and completely pathetic society and no matter whether Clinton, Obama, or McCain becomes president, there will be no more true America. This is because the minority of the American people (the voters) are too gullible and are, sadly, so misguided and incapable of thinking for themselves, that there is no turning back.
We’re all screwed, and it’s the American people’s fault for following the wrong leaders off the cliff.
Posted by: Troy | March 7, 2008, 3:24 am 3:24 am
Regarding the constitutional points: read the constitution and compare that to the current federal government. They are completely different things. If we wanted a strong central government we should have legitimately ammended the constitution, not changed it by deception.
Posted by: Dallas | March 7, 2008, 3:27 am 3:27 am
“You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time”
But, Ron Paul supporters will never be fooled again! (by dishonest politicians and so called “news” organizations)
ABC lost all credibility with the first Stephanopolis interview with Ron Paul.
Posted by: AAAAANDRE | March 7, 2008, 4:53 am 4:53 am
RON PAUL IS STILL RUNNING AND IM STILL SUPPORTING HIM 100%!!!! if anybody has a problem with where ron paul stands on an issue, you should look into WHY he believes what he does. RON PAUL IDEALS FOR LIFE!!
Posted by: Dan B | March 7, 2008, 5:04 am 5:04 am
Even though he has no chance to win, I’m still voting for RP as a write-in candidate in the Nov. general election and I would advise others to do the same. A massive write-in campaign for RP on election day ’08 would send a serious message to DC!
Posted by: ghosttothepost77 | March 7, 2008, 5:14 am 5:14 am
I can’t remember the last time ABC News ran a positive story or, at the least, an unbiased article about Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. Look at the most recent Paul articles and summaries to get an idea of how they want you to think about him.
It’s already been pointed out here, but I find it interesting how the people who run this website changed the headline on this story. At least they did this and are acknowledging they went too far with their spin on the new video. Nevertheless, I’ve been overall disgusted with the coverage of the Presidential race. From now on, I’ll be getting my news from other sources, such as Reason magazine.
Maybe the strategy at ABC all along has been to alienate the libertarian-leaning readers/viewers so they’ll stop posting comments in the blogs and sending emails to the staff.
Posted by: jnice | March 7, 2008, 7:03 am 7:03 am
The Ron Paul type of constitutionalists are fundamentalists who cannot deal with the complexity of contemporary society and therefore embrace oldfashioned ideas that had a great value back in the 18th century.
If we like or not: The Times They Are A-Changin’. We need new anaylis, new approaches, new frontiers, new ideals and new solutions all the time to be able to cope with them. And granddad ain’t got them.
Posted by: Tricker | March 7, 2008, 8:13 am 8:13 am
Hello!
Remember that all of the news networks are paid by the government to report only certain things, period. Those people can’t even think for themselves, they are told not to think, just report what they are told, that is it.
Ron Paul has never gotten the media attention, or the respect that he deserves. If any of the other candidates had of been treated the way that he was treated during the fixed debates, they never would have stood for it. Ron Paul took it with grace & never stooped to their level. He is much more intelligent than most people give him credit for. Everyone is scared of him. He has been slow, steadfast, & consistent with his message & we should continue on the same path if we want our country back anytime soon.
McCain does not have this locked up like everyone wants his supporters to think. Bought & Paid for is all McCain & the others are, that is it. He could get the nomination through delegates. AT this point, they must be scrambling just simply due to the fact they are running scared. Ron Paul is winning & they don’t want him to. I don’t want this country to become more of a dictatorship than it already is as we have lost our right to vote. They cannot deny the delegates & it is whoever has the most bound ones at the end is what counts, not popular votes. Reagan lost in popular votes but won by delegate count at the convention.
The Diebold machines fixed the low percentage for Ron Paul & he was doomed from the first election count, done, it was already fixed. This is what this great country has done, cheated, lied, manipulated people into office for money. I am highly educated, but no amount of education alot of times gets you ahead in an economy like this. Not too many people are getting ahead unless you are taking blood money.
Let’s continue fighting for getting our country back.
Posted by: Tracie & James Kretzschmar | March 7, 2008, 8:19 am 8:19 am
Funny, ABC News knows something even Pauls own wife dosen’t know. She said he hasn’t dropped out. The media has no proof, they are just trying everything they can to derail his campaign. How come they don’t have him saying it’s over? Then and only then would they give him more than 2 minutes to speak. Well get ready to cover the Freedom March June 21, we will show you this is far from over!
Posted by: Libertystillexist | March 7, 2008, 8:53 am 8:53 am
Ron paul is getting cheated by the other candites.
Posted by: boat | March 7, 2008, 8:57 am 8:57 am
Mike,
You are right about Texas, except that you left off a zero. A new party or independent will need to get in the neighborhood of 50,000 signatures from folks who were not interested in politics enough to vote in the Texas primary. Nice, huh?
Posted by: Gary Odom | March 7, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am
I read alot of posts here of people saying that Ron did not get good press coverage or the press was paid to be negative on him. I beg to differ. It was not Ron Paul who turned me off to him it was his supporters. Some of you where the most radical people i ever talked too includeing the 1970 generation. Ron Pauls failure to get any further was no one else’s fault but his followers.
Posted by: Jim Rod | March 7, 2008, 9:28 am 9:28 am
“Ask not”… what your Union of States…err, United States can do for you mere members and dues-taxpayers…NO SIR….
Instead ask what more you can do for your Politicians.
You wanted Bush and Cheney and Rum-Dummy…well..YOU GOT’EM IN SPADES! Have a great day.
Posted by: Robert Anderson | March 7, 2008, 9:30 am 9:30 am
Have you ever notice in this blog and others blog sites, that those who speak ill toward Ron Paul have no real substances. They do attempt write what Ron Paul believes to only pervert his words or don’t seem to understand it, because they failed to do their research. Not only, the anti-Paul people don’t explain why big government, higher taxes, weaker dollar and fighting in foreign lands like Iraq is a good thing for the country.
Voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil. Also evil NEVER supports their own.
Posted by: Coowise | March 7, 2008, 9:45 am 9:45 am
Here are arguments that are NOT ad hominim, but are his words.
He wanted to eliminate the IRS, the FBI, the CIA, Department of Homeland Security, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and any other agency that is not mandated by the Constitution.
He would also eliminate the Amber Alert system that recovers missing children, eliminate AFIS, the national fingrprint database; CODIS, the national DNA database, the National Sexual Offender database, and any other databases belonging to the agencies he wants to eliminate.
In other words, there would be nothing to protect us from terrorists, serial killers, organized crime, child abductors and pedophiles, sex offenders, and all criminals that break national laws.
There would be no product safety protection, no protection from dangerous substances, no safety testing of consumer products, no testing of controlled and over-the-counter drugs, no prevention from air and water pollution, and the list goes no from there.
He said that America is at fault for 9/11, and that we need to understand the “motivations of terrorists” (as if that would stop the worldwide Islamic jihad that has already murdered tens of millions of Muslims and non-Muslims from Asia to Indonesia, to India to Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East).
He wants to remove all military personnel and weapons around the world, beginning with South Korea. Paul claims that we should encourage South Korea to merge with North Korea (country ruled by a maniacal dictator whose government recently shot to death 14 starving civilians for seeking to get food from their families in the South, and likewise murdered 11 fishermen who had accidentally strayed into South Korean waters).
I could go on, but I think you get the message.
Posted by: DrRJP | March 7, 2008, 9:49 am 9:49 am
cheesetoppings: not going away. ron paul’s resolutions will become a part of the GOP platform. Ten of them passed in my precinct.
Posted by: tsol | March 7, 2008, 9:59 am 9:59 am
The parties may be entrenched but that doesn’t stop anyone from voting for who they want to.
Posted by: Patriot2008 | March 7, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am
You have to admit that the two party systems has failed US over and over.. Our country has been using the two party system for 231 years.. Back when out population was only a fraction of what we have today (303 million) yet we still only have two parties (I know a third party has tried).. Do you honestly feel that either one of these parties represents your views on our Country? I KNOW IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE! However I do not see anyone that I will vote for on this up coming election.. But I will vote against some.. If they would do away with the Primary election this would allow US more choices.. It would also allow our congressmen and senators to work more at the job they were elected for instead of being out campaigning and wasting their time in office.. + it would save US tax $$$ that is wasted in the primary.. And these electoral votes are worthless, The election should be based on the choice of ALL the people instead of a select few.. DEMAND A CHANGE for the Better.. (Not Obama or Hillbillary)
There should also be a law that if a congressman or senator missed more then one voting cession that they are out of office.. That just goes to show that they do not care and are only in office for the free health care and retirement.
Posted by: Dan Fisher | March 7, 2008, 10:27 am 10:27 am
(scratches head) If RP currently has more money than McCain, why is he not broadcasting his name to the public at large? Ads in the papers, magazines, TV, etc.? All I see are these RP banners posted on highway overpasses which tells me nothing about the guy. The Net alone will not get him into the WH, for not everyone in America goes online anyway.
Posted by: GWP | March 7, 2008, 10:29 am 10:29 am
Dan RP doesn’t get the free publicity that the other candidates have been getting (ie Mike Huckabee was all over the news when he had less than a million in his coffers, Mccain also was out of money and yet was getting as much coverage as Romney who spent mindboggling amounts of his own money) Also RP got very little time during debates.
ABC is preempting decisions RP campaign has not made. When did Ron Paul hand over authority for his campaign to this behemoth. Clearly this dinosaur media does not report news it disotrts and here even manufactures news!
Posted by: C Kelly | March 7, 2008, 10:41 am 10:41 am
Its a sad day when a presidential candidate runs on the basis of using the constitution and that becomes detrimental to the campaign. We are completely off-track. Before the elections, 70% of Americans believed we were headed in the wrong direction….yet no one voted to bring about real change. The poeple get the govt they deserve.
Posted by: ken | March 7, 2008, 10:54 am 10:54 am
The media guided the whole thing in the direction it wanted it go….which is more of the same. Stupid Americans just followed along.
Posted by: kl | March 7, 2008, 10:57 am 10:57 am
Ha Ha! The constitution lost! Ha Ha! I’m glad. I want the Country broke and in a full scale war with Russia. I want communism where the great health care state takes care of me by FORCING me to go to a government doctor and take whatever treatment the government FORCES the doctor to do on me. Yey!
Posted by: Stinky | March 7, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am
The only thing funnier than Ron Paul hinting at dropping out of a race decided weeks ago is the anger with which his supporters argue that he might still be in it.
Dear Paul supporters, the Republican Party has no interest in your message. Dismiss the two-party system all you want, but your candidate chooses to remain within it by keeping his membership in the GOP so that he’ll have a seat in Congress.
Paul has raised many issues worthy of serious debate. But the steady stream of self-righteous venom and conspiracy theories from some of his more deranged followers must be a source of considerable embarrassment for him.
Posted by: LESD | March 7, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am
I’m glad McCain won, because I wanted amnesty for illegal aliens all along, just like him, and all the pro amnesty Democrat bills he voted for. Yey for amnesty, yey for big Government, yey for McAmnesty!
Posted by: John D. | March 7, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am
you “mainstream”Democrat & Republican voters better dig a little deeper for your information than corporate controlled alpaabet networks. look up ” prison planet” check out Arron Russo’s America freedom to fascism. find out how treasonous rats that have infested our government have been screwing us since 1913,wake up or keep voting for the controlled puppet of your choice from socialist party a or socialist party b otherwise we’ll all talk about it down at the FEMA camp after they call down martial law
Posted by: I.S. Northern | March 7, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am
CKelly, my name is not Dan. The name of the poster is *below* the message, not above it.
Posted by: GWP | March 7, 2008, 11:17 am 11:17 am
Ron Paul is NOT dropping out. The media spins and manipulates, trying now to break up the coalition of Liberty Lovers. Wake up America! Obama may teach constitutional law, but he does NOT defend the people’s rights.
Posted by: Margaret F | March 7, 2008, 11:33 am 11:33 am
Glad to see (and it’s pretty amazing!)that Ron Paul got as much support as he did given the fact that TV debates treated him like an outsider as they fawned over Giuliani, McCain and Romney-even after RP got more primaries votes than some of the others in the debates. It IS difficult to get any support if you’re not in favor with the press and your party.
Kudos Ron Paul for starting the revolution. Thanks for standing up for and reminding folks of the idealogical base of the Republican party. Hopefully the ideas he brought up will stay in the forefront of political discussions.
~peace~
Posted by: Plish | March 7, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am
Ron Paul believes in personal freedoms in a liberation manner which is good from my point of view. However, he offers little compassion for all of us from the top to the bottom. His adherence to the philosophies of the likes of Ayn Rand and the Austrian school really show him to be a hard a character as in any Dicken’s novel. Over the poor “Are there no workhouses are there no prisons?”…May be in the 19th century he would have been a great candidate, but now…
Posted by: Janet, NL | March 7, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am
Ron Paul can keep the money raised by his campaign now. Mission accomplished, Ron…to the tune of about 20 million dollars. No wonder he wants to do away with the IRS.
Posted by: bob | March 7, 2008, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
It’s funny speaking McCain as having all this support, I haven’t seen ONE John Mcain Bumper Sticker, or highway sign anywhere. The only thing I see still to this day is Ron Paul.
The Revolution Will Continue
Posted by: Vinadetta | March 7, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
I see a great opportunity here for the republicans in this election. If Hillary steals this election; by her any means necessary policy. The republicans should try to reach to all the African Americans and Obama supporters to support John McCain… Obama should not under any circumstances accept or align himself; in any way with the Clinton Campaign. He should go back to the Senate and get ready 2012. If all of us who support Obama should either vote for John McCain or sit this election out in protest of Hillary Clinton’s campaign tactics. Politically this will derail any hope for Hillary obtaining the White House in 2008.
Posted by: America | March 7, 2008, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
None of this ’08 presidential election stuff matters. There will be financial debacle in US, probably global, and sooner than expected. The powers are not informing the people about how serious is the mortgage crisis. Sub-prime are still stacking up…primes are just beginning to stack up. Home values are plunging. No equity left in homes to borrow against and spend at Walmart or Home Depot. Millions can’t make minimum payment on their credit cards. READ THIS: The American people are OUT of money, worse than broke, and with no credit left. With no money/credit left for consuming, the economy will continue to sink. The banks have tightened up. The house of cards is collapsing. Financial debacle in the US is coming soon. Bush will declare “national emergency’ and suspend elections and remain president. If not, whoever is elected will carry on with the same policies. The American people have no influence at all in the US government and so should be preparing for major lifestyle/standard of living changes. Ron Paul and 15 million supporters could have done nothing to stop what’s coming. Family and friends will become very important, which is a positive thing.
Posted by: B Wilson | March 7, 2008, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm
Wow, the mainstream media is terrified of Ron Paul! God Bless Ron Paul!
Posted by: Bill Hicks | March 7, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm
I am not a Ron Paul supporter; I disagree with him on too many issues, but he is the only one of all the presidential candidates who understands what the source of our conflicts are in the Middle-East. Without laying blame or saying who’s right or wrong, but rather in an effort to understand the enemy before you can take steps to deal with him, Paul said that U.S. behavior in that area is at the crux of our problems with the militant Islamists. That in simple terms, Osama bin Laden and his ilk want the U.S. out of what he considers to be holy ground – and he won’t rest until the governments or secular nations like Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia – and, of course Israel, are ousted as well. Paul understands that in order to deal with these people, we have to first understand where their coming from.
Posted by: Ronald Rubin | March 7, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
This is not true, we checked with Ron Paul HQ and he is not dropping out, he is still collecting delegates, of which I am one. Do not believe the lies
Posted by: Richard DeLozier | March 7, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm
I’d like to know who here wouldn’t like to bring our troops home from Iraq and everywhere else. There is not a single foreign country with a base in the U.S. ( we would never allow that crap ) so it’s not so hard to understand how other countries feel about us being in their country. Paul is correct. Who here wouldn’t like to do away with the income tax and actually keep all the money you earn? Paul is also correct about that. Who here wouldn’t like to have a strong dollar backed by gold like it was until 1973 so that even if you get to keep all your paycheck it doesn’t cost $5 for a loaf of bread? Ron Paul is also correct about that. Not only is he correct he’s not afraid to point out that the kind is naked and try to do what needs to be done to down size the government and the power they wield and give it back to the people. What’s so difficult to understand?
Posted by: Don | March 7, 2008, 4:16 pm 4:16 pm
Ron Paul is the only true candidate for CHANGE! Obama, Clinton, Mccain, all CFR, North American Union, Amero, globalist. Ron Paul wants to actually observer our Constitution and preserve our national sovereignty. Like the state of the economy? He’s the only one with the answer to inflation, get rid of the IRS and the Fed Reserve, which is a private bank, by the way. RP supporters aren’t going ANYWHERE! This revolution is here to stay. Wake up sheeple.
Posted by: patriotsrzing | March 7, 2008, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm
I have read all of the posts on this site, and I do have to wonder about the comments of some. Yes, I am a Pon Paul supporter, and the reason that I am, is that he is the only one that has spoken the truth about matters in America today as they really are. Factual REALITY, not wishful reality. And what is wrong with old fashioned solid traditions? Would you rather have some over medicated, functionally illiterate promiscuous teenage going around blowing away people, because they have NO values?
For me, Ron Paul is a figurehead or symbol for all the changes this country and people needs, to get back onto the correct path, that this country and people first started on. Ron Paul, CAN NOT bring about the needed changes by himself. That requires the support and concerted actions of all the people that believe in the same ideals that RP represents. The base truth is, if we do not make the changes that RP represents, then in ten years time or less, our country and society will be maybe equal to that of the worst third world country now in existence.
Posted by: Floyd Stillings | March 7, 2008, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm
Ron Paul or none at all. ABC is just that
the ABC. We know what they are. CFR from top to bottom. News???think not.
Posted by: Dino | March 7, 2008, 8:23 pm 8:23 pm
Will McCain, Hillary or Obama answer the question of why 80,000 veterans have died from the first Iraq War, and why 125 commit suicide on a weekly basis. Sure we’ll send them to war to fight for “freedom” (right), but who cares what happens to them when they come back. Ron Paul is the only candidate speaking up for those left behind and those returning today.
Anyone that doesn’t understand it yet, it isn’t what a candidate says, it’s all about their voting record, and what they’ve actually done. McCain and Feingold took care of hiding the voting records from public view with their “act”, and the major media hides what they have actually done.
Posted by: Kevin | March 7, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm
Ron Paul didn’t drop out; he’s planning for the GOP convention on sept 4. The media is scared, this is disinformation at it’s nastiest. They want you to BELIEVE he’s quiting. Read between the lines and stop being so damn gullible. Delegates and Super delegates will decide who receives the GOP nomination and trust me; it won’t be the warmonger John Mccain. Hope is not lost.
Posted by: jah | March 8, 2008, 12:56 am 12:56 am
To:Z brian (the boy who cryed) wolf
Since you mentioned Dr. Pauls (14th) Congressional Dist. win in Texas I’ll give you some facts.
Ron Paul received 37,220 votes in the 14th dist. of Texas for his congressional seat over Peden.
However, Ron Paul only received 6,697 votes in the 14th dist. of Texas for his Presidential Primary.
A GLARING oversight by the MACHINE MASTERS (programmers), the DEVIL is in the details.
Don’t take my word for it (as if you care). Go to the Texas Sec. of States web site and check, its all there, then ask your Masters if you can do an article on it. Good-bye job. Better to play it real safe and keep pleasing your Masters by producing that Propaganda Product that sells so well.
Posted by: Diebold Votes 4 me & you | March 8, 2008, 3:03 am 3:03 am
Obama’s “global poverty” initiative has the Global Carbon Tax/Global Tax hidden inside of it as a prerequisite so if it passes you will basically have the CFR’s dream a tax on the ability to breath and have children (who they say leave carbon “blue prints”) You think there are three choices for you to choose from to be president haha you are wrong. There actually is only one choice for you…. Council on Foreign Relations… the CFR. All three are members.
By the by if Obama wins he’s picking hillary as vice president, and if Clinton wins shes picking Obama as vice president. So no matter what you think you will be screwed. No matter what Democrat wins the nomination the Clintons will be in the white house along with the other CFR members doing what they do best, plotting an end run on America’s sovereignty. Regards,
T.L.
Posted by: T.L. | March 8, 2008, 7:34 am 7:34 am
If the American citizen were to take the time/make the effort to fight through each candidates BS rhetoric and the medias extreme bias you could only be left with one possible condidate, Ron Paul.
And, as I have said before, it seems that the final % that RP has finished with in each states primary is directly linked to the number of highly intelegent people within that specific state.
Posted by: Riff Raff | March 8, 2008, 4:19 pm 4:19 pm
Riff Raff – Well said!
Posted by: antenian | March 9, 2008, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
More lies and deception from mainstream media…that’s all.
They will not show you an interview of Congressman Dr. Ron Paul saying he is going to drop out of the race, because that is NOT what he said…at all.
The media has done everything they could to marginalize and destroy Ron Paul’s campaign from day one.
Sad.
The one honest candidate that has never flip-flopped on an issue in thirty years, and has done more to protect our constitution than any other member of congress or the senate, and he is treated like some newcomer with wild ideas on how to do right by We The People.
Look around.
Economy tanking…Iraq occupation that we can’t afford drags on and on…Jobs leaving the country by the day…Illegals on the verge of being granted amnesty…Border still wide open…Social Security about to go belly-up…and the list goes on.
One man that has real answers, hold a seat on the congressional finance commttee and hold the FED’s feet to the fire regularly over the “inflation tax” that is destroying our dollar, give back whatever is left of his office budget every year, and has run a clean respectable race from day one.
And what do we get from the media?
Lies and deception.
McCain does not have the delegates the media is reporting he has.
And we have a long way to go to the convention folks.
I voted for Ron Paul, and would do it again in a heartbeat.
I love my country.
What’s left of it anyway.
Besdies. This is about the message.
And you will be hearing it loud and clear, no matter if Ron Paul makes it or not. But those of us that DO support Ron Paul still hold on to HOPE!
Posted by: Steve | March 9, 2008, 10:24 pm 10:24 pm
You know what, this reporter has twisted Dr. Paul’s word so much it isn’t even funny. The press has been against him from the start, and this is just another attempt to make him look like a fool. It’s nice to see someone like Dr. Paul who sticks to the issues and his own beliefs instead of changing his mind every time the poles turn against him. You sure didn’t see the great presidents like Lincoln or Washington running like Clinton or Obama have.
Posted by: Steven | March 10, 2008, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm
Like he ever had a chance.
Posted by: Kevin | April 10, 2008, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm
We must remember that in order to restore the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution, we have to be of one voice. We have to stand united. Divided we will fall. This is our opportunity to show the media and this country once again what we can do!
Spread the word.
Post the petition on forums, forward it, print it out…How do we correct all the violations of law and deal with all the issues facing us? It takes only one document. The U.S. Constitution.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/USRC01/petition.html
Posted by: cindy Mulvey | April 28, 2008, 12:42 am 12:42 am
It is time that Ron Paul step out of this election. He can in no way win, now. I think it is great the excitement that he incites but it is time for him to move on.
Posted by: cindy | June 2, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm