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President Paul and Vice President Romney

The talk of a brokered convention has me thinking about the prospect.

Romney needs Paul and Paul needs Romney. They'd make a great economic team. I'd support the ticket in a heartbeat.

I would NOT support a Romney/Paul ticket. Romney can't beat Obama, Paul can and will beat Barack Obama.

If it does come down to a brokered convention:

Which of the two candidates can beat Barry in the 2012 election? THAT is the big question the delegates will be faced with.

Can Mitt win NY against Obama? No.
Can Mitt win CA against Obama? No.
Can Mitt win TX against Obama? No.
Can Mitt win in the South? No.

Can Ron win NY against Obama? Yes.
Can Ron win CA against Obama? Yes.
Can Ron win TX against Obama? Yes.
Can Ron win in the South? Yes.

Delegates are smart and savvy people. They will choose, and they will decide wisely because they will all have ONE common goal - send Obama packing.

The only way to get Obamao's Goldman Sachs rear end out of office is by choosing Ron Paul to become America's next great president.

Ron Paul needs Mitt's steady base of mainstream corporate support to help him beat Barry, and Mitt needs Ron's steady base of young republicans, fed up democrats, fed up republicans, and independents to help restore his image. Want to instantly become mega cool Mitt? Want a PR makeover? Dr. Paul is waiting.

The Vice President is NOT an irrelevant position. Just ask George Bush Sr., Gerald Ford, Dick Cheney, LBJ, Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt, Chester Arthur, Andrew Johnson, Millard Filmore, and John Tyler.

Is this 1980 all over again? Has Reagan's Revolution returned 32 years later?




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No Way

How would a system that steals votes from Ron Paul turn around and offer him VP? It's a trap... They are still trying to cheat him. I think he is much more wise than that. He will not compromise his integrity and what he believes in to go with VP. If for any reason he doesn't get the nomination( being cheated out of it) he could win a third party or write in against Obama. I am delegate for RON PAUL and no one else , I will not vote for anyone else. Period!!! The establishment is up to something to even suggest this. I do not get a good feeling about this at all. They are trying to defame him.

only if we were forced to

romney comes with a ton of baggage no pun intended. but yeah i guess i could live with it.
now that judge nap is freed up he would be my first choice but then he couldn't be a supreme court nominee. and we need rand right where he's at so i don't know. i like Jesse v but he's viewed by the gen pop as too radical unfortunately.

“We have allowed our nation to be over taxed and over regulated and overrun by bureaucrats, the founders would be ashamed of us for what we're putting up with.” Ron Paul

I would prefer a seasoned

I would prefer a seasoned Libertarian who has as much understanding of Austrian Economics as Ron Paul. And a long enough history to prove that he will not bend his principles under tremendous pressure.

Napolitano and Schiff would be good possibilities. However, I would still vote for Paul if he were to choose Romney as his VP running mate. I understand the practicalities of running to win. And we DO need a WIN, or the FED and the wars will continue, and the US Dollar will collapse in due time, making the Great Depression look like a Sunday picnic by comparison.

I disagree with Mitt on many issues, he's too liberal for me, but I have the gut feeling that he isn't a total sell-out like Santorum and especially Newt.

Perhaps Ron Paul has done some thinking along these lines already...he does seem to be sparing Romney on his attack ads, doesn't he? This may be for the possible purpose of future strategy. Hmmmm....

Forget JFK, remember Ronald Reagan?

John Hinckley was the son of George H. W. Bush's best friend in Colorado. Reagan never promoted the agenda of eliminating government agencies or de-fanging attempt after Hinckley nearly assassinated him.

michael moore once asked ralph nader to give up FL for gore

unequivocally, nader said no. it would defeat everything he set out to accomplish.

a polarized moore couldn't understand.

First off he has to become

First off he has to become President and with a brokered convention it might unfortunately be the only way. Which would you prefer in that situation a Paul/Romney ticket or no Paul ticket at all, or heck a Santorum/Gingrich ticket of some sort instead. Obviously Romney sucks for many of us but it might be our only ticket.

As for someone killing him for Romney that would be the end of Romney's career as well, he would never win reelection and it would destroy the Republican party if their was even a slight hint that they had a sitting President killed just so they could take over, the backlash would be more than they could ever fathom. I believe kennedy and MLK are so popular today not totally for how great they were in life but because their cause was strengthened in retaliation for them being killed.

Like I say I wouldn't even remotely consider Romney as Vp if I thought Ron Paul could win the nomination outright. but unless things make a huge drastic turn shortly on voting we are looking at a split convention, where its likely two out of the 4 will have to pair up in order to take the nomination and I personally would prefer the head of that group be Ron Paul and the least offensive, yes I still think offensive of the other 3 for me is Romney.

agreed; romney is the "least offensive"

but that's about all i can say for him. as offensive as flipper romney is, the other 2 are worse, to the extent of being repulsive.

nr

very very very very very very reluctantly i'd have to support it

having flipper romney be part of the ticket would certainly take a lot of the joy out of the victory, but if that were the only way to get dr. paul elected i'd have to go along with it. i think this scenerio is very unlikely and i'm glad i mostly likely won't have to face it in real life.

my dream is to see someone who has always been in the ron paul's camp go with him to the white house. not a unprincipled neocon.

nr

Are you kidding?

JFK was forced Lyndon Johnson and look where that got him.

NO!

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Give us clear vision, that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
~ Peter Marshall, US Senate Chaplain 1947

Ever heard of JFK?

Johnson REALLY wanted to be president.

You think Romney REALLY wants to be president?

STEAL THIS QUOTE -> "The foundation for a police state has been put in place and it's urgent we mobilize resistance, before it's too late." ~ Ron Paul 2007

http://www.pledgebank.com/OnlyRonPaul2012

Ditto

Dr. Paul will be JFK'd and Romney will pull a LBJ on us.

"Give me liberty or give me death" Patric Henry

Dr. Paul will not sell us out to a NeoCon tool like Romney.

Many of us Libertarians would abandon the ticket and return to our roots. Also, many of the 99% types would not vote for that ticket.

no, No NO

and again..Did I mention No!

Is that you, Romney?

(No offense, zooamerica - just a joke). But I heartily disagree.

CRAZY TALK STOP IT

STOP WITH THIS HORESCRAP ABOUT ASSINATIONS MY GOD.

onto the actual post - great observation ive said this since iowa.

ROMNEY CANNOT afford to lose 08 and 12. not only that the reps are already discussing christie, demint, palin and others. if romny were to lose to someone who didnt even run his campaign is over -

it is actually in romneys best interest to sit back - HES YOUNG - and take the vp spot - NOT LOSING AGAIN - and hed win out w/ fame being VP to the best pres in a century. romneys young, and this is politics. paul is old, and cares not about endorsing or being baught.... it will be paul/romney mark my words - excellent post. STOP W/ THE ASSASINATION TALK U SOUND LIKE LUNATICS.

Freedom.

RC Liberty's picture

4 of our 44

4 of our 44 Presidents have been assassinated. Two others were injured in an assassination attempt. It is not lunacy to discuss and debate these things. In fact, it is a legitimate concern that Paul could die, either naturally, accidentally, or maliciously, while in office. Therefore, it is important that the VP can at least be counted on to try and uphold the Constitution if the situation arises. We all know that Paul is fighting the status quo on many fronts, and we should not expect them all to play by the rules.

"Where liberty is, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

wow

i realize the numbers. you guys are ridiculous i wont fight with - sit here and predict a presidential assasination let alone any, before anything presidential has occured. wow. just wow. dont make it so easy to call you paranoid.

Freedom.

It's not crazy talk

Kennedy was assassinated and the first acts of Johnson pertained to stopping the systematic changes Kennedy would have achieved.

You are naive to think that assassination attempts would not be real. This is not about if Ron Paul got in the presidency, it is about anyone who challenged the powers who control the government.

And Romney is not young either, he is 65. Next elections he will be 69 and if a Republican is in power, he won't have a chance to run as president till 73. Think about that.

Agreed

Ron would make major changes and the banksters would do anything to get their golden goose back (the US presidency).

I shake my head at folks who don't research history and also seem to need some government panel to make up their minds for them. The evidence is overwhelming. Johnson was chomping at the bit to replace JFK:

I knew this WAY before the link below however new evidence was dragged out during the investigation - and an excellent job I might add:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1pinIxI71I

STEAL THIS QUOTE -> "The foundation for a police state has been put in place and it's urgent we mobilize resistance, before it's too late." ~ Ron Paul 2007

http://www.pledgebank.com/OnlyRonPaul2012

i posted this earlier

http://www.dailypaul.com/215644/mitt-romney-being-all-bff-wi...

A coalition is possible, Ron Paul serves as president with Romney as VP, that could win.

And then Ron Paul gets assassinated...

And Romney becomes the President.

Romney is a shill who is desperate to write his name in history and become the most powerful person on the planet. He will gladly be a sellout just like Johnson was to Kennedy.

This situation mirrors that situation in fact. I can just see it now:

Ron Paul puts in a bill to drastically curtail the powers of the Federal Reserve, he makes a motion to make a withdrawal from the middle east, and then he gets assassinated. Romney achieves his dream of becoming the 46th president of the United States and his first acts as president is to stop the the bills against the Federal Reserve and maintains military presence in the Middle East.

I would be very reluctant to get behind a Paul/Romney ticket.

RC Liberty's picture

I would Support

I would support a Paul/Romney ticket. They would almost certainly defeat Obama and Trump wouldn't jump in as a fake 3rd party if Romney was the veep. In an ideal world Schiff would be my first choice, Judge Nap 2nd, and Bruce Fein 3rd. But if we have a brokered convention I could live Romney. Not sure how long Paul would live with that VP though as others have said.

"Where liberty is, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

RC Liberty's picture

No, I said if Romney were

No, I said if Romney were Paul's VP I would support that ticket. You wouldn't?

"Where liberty is, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

RC Liberty's picture

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"Where liberty is, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

RC Liberty's picture

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"Where liberty is, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

Romney has spent his entire life....

...making money. He only wants to be president so he can make more. VP would be 4 wasted years of his life as he is getting older. I think Ron's gonna have to play ball with the VP slot, and throw in a Chris Christie or Bobby Jindal, and I'm okay with that, but I just don't see Romney settling for VP this late in his life. A Paul Presidency would ensure a Rand Presidency later, and would put off a neocon win for many years. Romney spent 45 mil of his own money on his run last time. You don't do that unless you know that being President is going to be a huge profit for you through the crony capitalistic system. I'd vote for a Paul/Romney ticket, but I just don't see Mitt going that rout. I see Grinch and Santorum bowing to their masters to get Christie, Jindal, or Rubio in as VP, but I just don't see Romney having any interest, or backing to fill that slot.

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Only if Paul is President.

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"Religious people fear hell...
...Spiritual people (including our Savior) have lived it." -my friend

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Thanks

I can appreciate the hope in your thoughts here!