elections.foxnews.com— U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is considering using $4 million left over from his presidential campaign to start a for-profit publishing company that would reflect his views.
Apr 27, 2008View in Crawl 4
As a four-digit Ron Paul donor, I'd like to see him run as an independent or third party candidate, the Libertarian Party being the best choice in my opinion. If that's not going to happen, I'd very much like to see Ron Paul throw all of his weight behind a third party candidate, perhaps the LP nominee who'll be announced at the end of May (see lpconvention.org and lp.org/libertydecides). I prefer Mary Ruwart personally, but it'll likely be Bob Barr or Wayne Allyn Root - both flawed candidates but still far better than anyone else who'll be on the ballot in November.The difference between LP getting 1% and 3% this year is far, FAR more important to people like me than the difference between the three candidates of the two-headed Collectivist Party (McCain, Clinton, Obama). We all know that it's a closed system and LP would have no chance of winning, but gradually gaining ground is what it's all about.Getting a candidate into the debates would be a great victory, and if we could turn even one state (i.e. Alaska, Wyoming, or most likely New Hampshire) a color other than Red or Blue by 2020 then American politics will be changed forever! There'd be a mass migration of libertarians to that state, a (voluntary and peaceful) mass migration of theocrats and welfare junkies out of that state, and some strong negotiations with the Federal government on the issue of "state's rights" - and, if those fail, a likely secession movement. But America is a great country, and it is my hope that secession will not be necessary - a special semi-sovereign state like Hong Kong could come about, and it would be in America's best interest because without it there'd be a "Galt's Gulch" that is entirely outside this country.This is the long term vision that inspired some of those "160,000 idiots" (as someone called Ron Paul's donors in the article's comments section) to sow the seeds of free-market minarchism with Ron Paul, and it will continue to inspire us further in the future, within this country or outside it, within this planet or outside it. (Yes, there is a good chance that the first space colonies will be privately-funded libertarian communities seeking to escape the grip of the U.N.)The expansion of state power we are seeing in our times will not go unpunished! Sooner or later, Atlas will shrug!
alexlibmanApr 28, 2008
As a four-digit Ron Paul donor, I'd like to see him run as an independent or third party candidate, the Libertarian Party being the best choice in my opinion. If that's not going to happen, I'd very much like to see Ron Paul throw all of his weight behind a third party candidate, perhaps the LP nominee who'll be announced at the end of May (see lpconvention.org and lp.org/libertydecides). I prefer Mary Ruwart personally, but it'll likely be Bob Barr or Wayne Allyn Root - both flawed candidates but still far better than anyone else who'll be on the ballot in November.The difference between LP getting 1% and 3% this year is far, FAR more important to people like me than the difference between the three candidates of the two-headed Collectivist Party (McCain, Clinton, Obama). We all know that it's a closed system and LP would have no chance of winning, but gradually gaining ground is what it's all about.Getting a candidate into the debates would be a great victory, and if we could turn even one state (i.e. Alaska, Wyoming, or most likely New Hampshire) a color other than Red or Blue by 2020 then American politics will be changed forever! There'd be a mass migration of libertarians to that state, a (voluntary and peaceful) mass migration of theocrats and welfare junkies out of that state, and some strong negotiations with the Federal government on the issue of "state's rights" - and, if those fail, a likely secession movement. But America is a great country, and it is my hope that secession will not be necessary - a special semi-sovereign state like Hong Kong could come about, and it would be in America's best interest because without it there'd be a "Galt's Gulch" that is entirely outside this country.This is the long term vision that inspired some of those "160,000 idiots" (as someone called Ron Paul's donors in the article's comments section) to sow the seeds of free-market minarchism with Ron Paul, and it will continue to inspire us further in the future, within this country or outside it, within this planet or outside it. (Yes, there is a good chance that the first space colonies will be privately-funded libertarian communities seeking to escape the grip of the U.N.)The expansion of state power we are seeing in our times will not go unpunished! Sooner or later, Atlas will shrug!
alexlibmanMay 1, 2008
OK, so looks like FoxNews.com mods deleted my comment, the same one I posted here. Not "fair and balanced" enough for them?