Forsaking All Others

Nov 21 by Roderick | 7 comments

First I’ve heard this: Ron Paul says he “signed legally binding agreements not [to] run third-party in 2008 if I failed to win the G.O.P. primary. That was the cost for ballot access in several states, 11 total I believe.”

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  1. Bob Kaercher’s avatar

    Bob Kaercher on November 21, 2008 at 10:53 am

    Yet another strike against libertarian activism in the electoral arena. The deck is stacked, guys! The sooner more libertarians recognize that and focus on non-electoral activism, the better.

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  2. jjensenii’s avatar

    jjensenii on November 21, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Hey, I hate to go off-topic, but your RSS and Atom feeds all seem to be down for the count. I was going to subscribe with Fastladder, but the feed links are giving me blank pages.

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  3. Administrator’s avatar

    Administrator on November 21, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    your RSS and Atom feeds all seem to be down for the count

    See this post.

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  4. Fester’s avatar

    Fester on November 21, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    I knew about this a long time ago. The thing is that I am not sure I wanted Ron Paul to run as a libertarian anyway. He spent far too much money during the primaries running anti-immigration ads and things like that for my tastes.

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  5. jjensenii’s avatar

    jjensenii on November 21, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Thanks very much.

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  6. Jeremy’s avatar

    Jeremy on November 30, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    It would have been really, really nice if Paul had been upfront about that from the get-go.

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  7. Chris’s avatar

    Chris on December 1, 2008 at 9:42 am

    While Roderick brings up a great quote, this is my favorite:

    Q: Do you think people who relate more to the libertarian ideals of the Republican Party have a role to play in the Republican Party of the moment, and do you see a role for them in the coming (hopeful) rebuilding of the Republican Party?

    A: I certainly hope so. The Republican Party has traditionally been the party of liberty and limited government. Republicans like Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan had very libertarian qualities. If the G.O.P. gets back to its roots, they can appeal once again to liberty-minded Americans.

    Reagan as libertarian leaning? I’ve never understood how people get away with this claim. From the union busting to his less than modest foreign policy. . .the guy was an interventionist.

    This interview is more proof that Paul is a conservative, not a libertarian.

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