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I will never vote for a third party candidate that starts out as a candidate of another party.  If you want to run as an independent, START as an independent.  If you cant get your party's nomination why would you destroy your party's chances?  Out of spite, or were you working for the other party from the beginning? 

Ron Paul has lost any chance of getting my vote by using this threat -- or even implying that he might.  Same would go for Trump, not that he was ever a serious consideration for me.

 

Gordon2

Great Falls, MT

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She [Megyn Kelly] wouldn't have been picked for Fox in the first place had she the independent mindedness to press for that kind of answer. That's not necessarily on the assumption that, because she's a woman, she should habitually defer to men. That may indeed be her habit but Fox staff from on-air personnel down to maintenance crew dare not show independent thinking. Roger Ailes sees to that! They have to fall in line or fall out into the street. Ask them!

 

GimmeChocolate

Lafayette, LA Daily Advertiser

[What a crock! This particular instance and the left-wing attack dog tactics of Chris Wallace in this past debate and in every other interview of non-Democrat hopefuls are ample proof of the fallacy of your talking points nonsense. And who's a bigger lefty than Shep Smith, Alan Colmes, Juan Williams and a host of other liberal "analysts" who constantly appear on Fox. OTOH, name a conservative that doesn't get lambasted by the talking heads of MSNBC -- Main Stream Nothing But Commies. -ED

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I was for Herman Cain. Smart Guy knew how to work and get things done. I am sure he could have put out the fire of anger in this country. He just did too much thinking with little Hermy. Tell you truth, I don't know that much about Mr. Paul. I am sure he is a smart guy and has some great Ideas but everyone has got ideas . We need a person with a plan. To date I haven't heard one from either side. Merry Christmas Ed, Stay warm friend.

 

catmandu

Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun

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Sir, I had to read your 'rant' twice because initially I believed it was heading to a 'Rush Limbaugh' type of ending. Our dear leader sees Ron Paul as a 'spoiler' that will help him divide us even more so he can continue his march of slashing and burning our economy. Is there a real Boy Scout in sight to lead us?

 

boned

The Wild, Wild West

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He's already answered that question like a thousand times. It's not a real question anyway, it's a snide way of insinuating 'you're not gonna win, so will you endorse one our establishment favorite hack candidates?' ...and he's said many times that he'd consider it if they'd change their campaign platforms to something resembling sanity (I'm exaggerating just a little here), which is a polite and diplomatic way of saying 'no.'

 

Lysander

Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun

[It is a real question and, to date, he has never answered this simple 'yes or no' question with a simple yes or no.  We already have a president who bends the rhetoric to hide his intentions. - ED]

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Following your logic, since two other guys crashed their planes, the Wright brothers shouldn't have bothered to even try. But they did bother, didn't they? And good for all of us that they did.

I'm sick and tired of the fear and fear mongering. I'm also sick and tired of the idea that we can continue to vote the lesser of two evils in hope of defeating evil.

Whatever happens, this election, this time in my life, it is of utmost concern to me that I NOT vote a little evil in hope of defeating the evil taking down our country. We've done the same thing for forty years and doing the same thing over and over again, yet expecting different results, is outright insane.

Someday, Country has to become more important than Party. Constitution has to become more important than Party. Or you don't have a country anymore, just a Party that we and our children and our children' children pay for, but aren't invited to enjoy.

Again, I ask you, where in the hell do you draw the line on evil? When? And what kind of logic says supporting a little bit of evil can ever defeat evil itself?

A Christian said to me the other day that he was never told evil got a free pass. And I agreed, evil never gets a free pass, but there's herds of people swallowing the notion that voting the lesser of two evils will save us from such.

But hey, it's not my place to judge, is it? . . .

 

 . . . No, I have not picked as big a fearmonger as the oneS we've already got running around with the blessings of the media--both right and left wing.
 

It's not his fault that Ron Paul saw all these things coming toward us, and then they just happened to come to pass. Just like it's not my fault that in my book Party doesn't trump Country, never has and never will, as long as there's one American Patriot left on Earth. At least someone had the decency to tell you.

I don't see any difference between the Republican-approved candidates and the Dems. I don't. These are just the many faces of tyranny.

I suppose you're going to tell me next that Soros didn't steal the election in 2008, he didn't own both candidates, when anyone who's handy with a little research tool called Google can go find out in five minutes that he did. How's that for rigged? With the blessings of the Republican establishment no less.

What you don't seem to understand is that people, respectable people who've voted a straight R-ticket for the last forty years are now saying privately between themselves that we need a third party, a strong third party, because these two parties we've got now are nearly indistinguishable from one another.

I woke up this morning and realized we've had something bordering on a dictatorship for the last forty years. The only difference between the ever-changing faces of our dictatorship and a bona fide dictator like a Stalin or a Mao or a Pol Pot is that our many-faced dictator uses war to kill our people instead of ordering it done themselves. And whenever the People threaten to get wise to the whole scheme, then the war is ended and a series of distractions provided until a new war can be justified. Tell me, did the bankers who own the Federal Reserve play both sides of the wars we've not declared since they played both sides to fatten their own purses at our expense in World War II? And how many dead from the end of World War II until today, this very minute, and for what? Peace?

And funny how we've all been sold this one little contradiction over the years of the many faces of our dictatorship--that peace can only be achieved through war. Maybe we're starting to truly wake up to our slavery and some of us are ahead of you, and that scares you, too.

What was the justification for Korea? What was the justification for Vietnam (where 50,000 plus men died), for the Gulf Wars, for Bosnia, for Afghanistan, for (insert your favorite right AND left-wing cause to go to war in the blank).

What's really ironic is hearing Christians warn of the many faces of Satan, then cheering on the latest establishment-approved face of their own dictatorship. And no, don't bore me with the accusation that I'm calling America the great satan like the Muslims do. It's not the People that want these wars--if a national referendum was held tomorrow with one simple question, how many would choose war over peace? Would you? But your many-faced dictator will never ask you that.

Where does peace begin? Not with either head of the snake coiled in Washington DC or its many faces.

Me, I'm going to pursue something different than what we've been led by the all-knowing, all-seeing many faces of Party (R or D) over the past decades. I'm going refute lying, cheating, stealing, a lesser evil, all evil, in my politicians as I have done all my life, and may God judge between us. What scares you who place Party above Country, Constitution or even God is
that doing something different, voting for an honest man, voting to change the course of this country from endless war to actually seeking peace in more than name only might just be the right thing, it just might be what the world truly needs. And the growing majority of your countrymen might be on to something, if only you Party slaves would just get out of the way and let Good work a simple miracle for a change.

novelator
Sun River Valley, Montana

[It's odd that someone who is "sick and tired of fear mongering" has picked as big a fear monger as the one we've already got.  How "lesser of two evils" could you possibly hope to have an election rigged? In the sense that you believe Ron Paul is a prophet and/or messenger I bring you the message of reality -- that this guy can't win in 2012 HOWEVER he runs and that leaves us with four more years of your Dear Leader GUARANTEED. You are providing nothing but Pauline Party propaganda in your lengthy rants and not even staying on topic. In fairness, if you want to quote me going forward please include: 'By the same token, should Ron Paul legitimately win his designated party's nomination he must also be allowed to run unmolested by the unsuccessful Republican candidates.'  No mas por favor! -ED]

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On point as usual Ed. Great blog.

 

fuguestate

Montgomery, AL Advertiser

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Ron Paul said that he has no intention of running third party over and over.  That is a statement of intent.  Notice the word intention in the former statement.  By the way, Ron could never get me to vote for any other nutcase flip flopper on that stage.  They are all willing to pay higher gas prices and food prices in order to advance what ever cause they have.  They do not put the economy as top priority accept for maybe Huntsman.  What you all fail to realize is those of us who support Ron Paul are now too educated to just follow any pack.  We listen critically and think as a result.  Therefore, the cattle prod of the MSM and the old do what your told rhetoric would not work on us even if Ron Paul died today.

 

By the way, he gave the same answers last election and did not run third party.  He does not speak in absolutes because he is wiser then the average bear.  It is time the republican party realizes that we either quit this nation building (an idea once rejected by the republican party) or go broke. Every other candidate on that stage will increase spending.  All I hear from the rest of the field sounds like increasing spending to me.  None of them propose any real cuts and all of them want to escalate wars.  If I believe that we are in the middle of a major debt crisis, why would I vote for any of them.

 

Anonymous

Great Falls, MT

[In the absence of a link to a quote or a position statement I'm sticking to my guns vis a vis Paul's tap dancing around the simple 'yes or no question' of whether he wants to run as a Republican or a Spoiler.  By the way, not speaking in absolutes is a character flaw and certainly lumps one in with most other politicians. -ED]

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So screw the country, ignore the people the party comes first. The status quo must be maintained.  More wars, more bailouts, more taxes, more money for the military industrial complex and more of same from the 1 party system. Ron Paul is the only hope for this country no matter what the party affiliation. Put the people first not the party.

 

endthefed

St. Cloud, MN Times

[Who asked Ron Paul to seek the REPUBLICAN nomination?  Since he professes to be a GOP candidate, doesn't HIS chosen party deserve more honest answers from him?  BTW, it's not MY party and I have never commented otherwise, regardless of what you might want to believe you've read here.  IMO, if the guy can't be honest about his intentions I don't see how he's different from any other politician nor how he is putting "the people first". -ED]

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For more than 50 years, election after election I have watched R's & D's take our country toward socialism.  R's a little slower than D's, but toward socialism, nevertheless.  It shocks most when a true alternative threatens to change that direction.  Otherwise, look to Europe for guidance.  Fifteen or maybe twenty years ago,  some deep thinker wrote that the twenty-first century would be the libertarians' century.  Think about it.

 

GreyCaravel

Montgomery, AL

[You might want to think about the libertarian being a Congressman for half of those 50 years -- continuously for the last 15.  Has there been a time when he has shown the kind of leadership that our nation so desperately needs?  You might say "We're no better off and we're actually worse off since Obama showed up."  I can say the same thing about Ron Paul. -ED]