Question for all Ron Paul supporters about 1988?

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Why is it no one mentions that Ron Paul was the 1988 Libertarian Party candidate for President?  I mean, he got 431,750 popular votes.  He has experience in running for president.  Shouldn't that be a big plus to let Americans know that by voting for Ron Paul, you are voting for a former Presidential candidate?

Or would this minor detail simply haze things and make people ask themselves, "Why would he need to be the Republican nomination if he was already the nominee of another party?  I mean he still has Libertarian values, his supporters always talk about him as a Libertarian, so why doesn't he just run as a Libertarian?  Why is he calling himself a Republican if he was the FACE, the person up to win it ALL, for another party?  Did they kick him out, like the Dems did with Lieberman?"

Why is it that no one has mentioned that the 2004 Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik has endorsed him and asked other Libertarian Party members to do the same?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Paul got elected to the Senate in Texas as a Republican.  Republicans in Texas liked his opinions and positions and ideas.  I don't think most of them knew he had once been  Libertarian.  

Republicans in Texas are all very small-l libertarian, but regard the Libertarian Party as a fringe party populated by kooks.  I don't think emphasizing his previous party affiliation would help Paul.   Much of the trouble we're having today is because partisanship has become more important than actual ideas.  So Paul's best image is as a Republican with integrity--which is in itself an oxymoron. 8^)

ArRo · Answer

Just listening to the man makes one understand why he is a Libertarian, running as a Republican.  He knows he couldn't get any serious attention, running for a third party, so he is pretending to be a Republican.   He sounds and acts like a Libertarian, so he must be one!   And, he sure knows how to work the system, with his cult-like supporters.  What do you suppose happens to all of the campaign money you serfs are collecting that won't be spent?   What a fraud!  One thing, though, he will activate all of the druggies who want their weed legalized and get them to donate and to vote.  I guess the voting part is a plus, anyway!

BrianthePigEatingInfidel · Answer

He explained this on a CSPAN interview once. He has always been a Republican, but ran as a libertarian in that election because he couldn't get the Republican nomination.

Now, keep in mind that libertarian values once had a home in teh Republican party. In fact, those were what energized the Republicans during the long dark days of democrat dominance.

qwert · Answer

"Shouldn't that be a big plus to let Americans know that by voting for Ron Paul, you are voting for a former Presidential candidate?"

No, anyone can run for president.

Anonymous · Answer

Well, that was only a small part of his political career, he has ran and been voted-in ten times as a republican. In fact he was one of only four republican congressmen to support Ronald Reagan when he ran against Ford.

Think 1st · Answer

Yes. it is a Question for all Ron Paul supporters about 1988.

Thanks, do not be so afraid.

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