** ABC News: Ron Paul Launching Campaign for Liberty **
Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign, which was a pugnacious, ideological crusade against big government and interventionist leanings in the Republican party, will officially end Thursday at a rally outside the Texas GOP's convention, ABC News has learned.
Paul told supporters back in March, in a video posted on his website, that he was "winding down" his campaign and planning a new phase to what he and fans call their "revolution."
The new phase of the revolution officially begins with a speech tonight in Houston and a web video to be posted on his website, officially ending Paul's presidential campaign and freeing up the more than $4.7 million in campaign cash for investment in a new advocacy group, The Campaign for Liberty.
The new entity will be used to push a slate of libertarian-minded Republican candidates for public office in local districts nationwide, according to a description provided to ABC News by the Paul campaign. Paul also recently published a new book on his political philosophy, The Revolution: A Manifesto.
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"How can we justify to the unemployed and underemployed in the United States the incredible cost of maintaining a global empire?" - Dr. Ron Paul
At least he didn't
drop us like a hot potato like the huckster,romney and Juliugly
did to their supporters!Ron Paul will still help us take this country back.We still have our convention to look foreward to.
We have made a lot of good friends.People who will continue
the fight on a local level.Just because Ron Paul isn't going to be the legal president doesn't mean he can't be our president.
If we can have our own convention,we can have our own president!Lets elect him at our convention!
Im
I dont care if Ron Paul quit. Im writing in Ron Paul whether he likes it or not.
You are wasting your vote and gas driving to the polls then
Lets say you were to convince 100 Million of your fellow Americans to "write in" Ron Paul. How many write in votes do you think will be reported? Zero. Unless he was a "certified write in candidate" your vote goes into a black hole and counts as nothing. Why not use your vote and vote for a small goverment candidate? I am sure your answer will be that if a candidate does not have an R after his name, you are genetically incapable of voting for a given candidate.
Write in as you wish, write off the detractors
Sorry, there's no "none of the above" option. But waste your breath on me "wasting my vote." The whole anti-write-in league thing is psychological collectivism.
"In questions of power...let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." -Thomas Jefferson
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"...a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." -John F. Kennedy
e-voting ?
Is it possible to "write in" with these stinking e-vote machines ?
Ramblin Randy
Ramblin Randy
Vote absentee
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Lisa C.
“Elections are short term efforts; revolutions are long term projects.”
--Ron Paul
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Time For Bed Children
I only read a few of the post..and the few I read..it seemed like half where nothing more than bickering children.
We are THE PEOPLE..we are suppose to be spreading THE MESSAGE..not a bunch of back biting boocrap.....as they..the NeoCons, count on us to do.
We need to show up, and question, not just federal levels, but state, county, and city/town levels of our government. We need to be ready to demand they be tossed out of office the 1st time ANY of them go against the Constitution.
They should ALL know we're watching...No set time should be given to them..no warning..no anything...A recorded phone call..a recorded face to face , a fax, anything, should face them around every single corner...a billboard near their office reminding them...t-shirts that read Government:We're Watching You On ALL Levels.
For parents of children under 18...would you like to see another branch of 'non' government that can come in..they go against the Constitution...they even go against the law...and the ones that pay the price..YOUR CHILDREN...I suggest you read..learn...and fight on every level.
http://www.thecourtwatcher.com/
http://www.fightcps.com/
http://fightcps.blogspot.com/2005/05/family-court-not-innoce...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IfY_xlYtrww&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qfeX1nczCC8
Stop the fighting please...if we cant stand together now...How can we later?
Freedom is another way to God...A corrupt government is a straight way to hell.
I believe in Hope & Change..I Hope the government will Change
Spindale-Rutherford County-North Carolina
WHAT IF!!!!!!!!!!!
What if Ron Paul is going to use this "Major Announcement" tonight and announce that he is challenging John McCain to a 1 on 1 debate! and that he was going to donate say $1-200,000 to McCains favorite charity???
I've seen this idea floating around lately and HOPE TO GOD he does something like this...
I just feel like we have all put so much into this campaign and for RP to "suspend" his campaign without swinging for the fences I just feel like he could have "gone for broke." He has NOTHING to lose and EVERYTHING to gain!
And for those who will say "There is NO WAY McCain will debate RP on the issues 1 on 1" I say too that WHO CARES!!! Think about it, if McCain didn't take him up on the challenge then 1 he looks scared and 2 he is neglecting some random charity out there!
I think the Campaign for Liberty idea is great, I just wish he would take this PERFECT opportunity (MSM is finally talking about this BIG ANNOUNCEMENT) to launch a debate challenge to McCain and see him back peddle...
Can you imagine Ron Paul 1 on 1 against McCain!? hahahah
~Ron Paul Supporter for LIFE!
not trying to be a dink but i always have been offended when
i was exculed from the fun! Was it because i was not a laywer or palarmentairian? I am the MOST FEARLESS PERSON TO LEAD ALASKA RP MOVEMENT and NEVER got 1 f*cking call from any of you Snoody cowards ,that by the way laid down to the machine and got pummeled by the AK GOP even with all your experts on hand the bravest kid there was about 21 years old and you all poopooed him when he was the way of the truth and liberty ! So besides him and me and a few others with me, all you other sweet folks got railed willingly while we got RIPPED so I am RPG (gorillas)and some' are rps (sweeties)sorry to be so rude but there are other factions that are still non-violent but have a very aggesive mannerisms when armed with the facts together is a massive weapon combined,because of my level of denial is far less then some in AK! I have a child to protect and if i must resort to verbal aggression in times of infomation/misinfo campaigns like the RP movement debacle then so be it!
RP movement debacle??????????
"RP movement debacle"
you must be referring to AK? not in general,right?
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Ron Paul Supporter Since 1997
“We have allowed our nation to be over taxed and over regulated and over run by bureaucrats, the founders would be ashamed of us for what were putting up with” Ron Paul
“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
YES YOU ARE CORRECT WE IN AK ARE STILL VERY STRONG
JUST VERY LIMITED IN OPTIONS BEING THERE IS RELATIVELY FEW PEOPLE AND A FEW MEETUPS IN MY AREA ALONG WITH THE TERRORISM EXPERT STUFF, PRICE OF FUEL WE HAVE ALOT OF MILITARY IND COMPLEX(HALLABURTON RIGHT DOWN THE STREET !ALOT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WITH ALOT TO GAIN!WE NEED A FEW MORE DIE HARD PEOPLE HERE JUST THINK IF THEY START REALLY PUMPING OIL WE WOULD BE LOOKING GREAT DIVIDEND LAST YEAR WAS 1600 OR SO BASED ON A 5 YEAR AVERAGE THEY ARE SAYING 2500 THIS YEAR MAYBE LOOK UP THE PFD,ALONG WITH DID I MENTION ALASKA?
That has always freaked me out...
the AK government plunders from companies to cut checks for their citizens, so everybody who cashes those checks are on welfare.
To consider AK, I would need to see this government cheese program go away!
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE MORE I LOVE MY GUNS
FourWindsTradingPost
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE MORE I LOVE MY GUNS
FourWindsTradingPost
Wrong you are sir
No one plunders from anyone.
The Alaska Constitution defines the people of Alaska as the owners of the natural resources of the state of Alaska. Therefore, the people of Alaska allow the oil companies to pump their (the people's) resources, in exchange for payment. It is not welfare; it is a business deal, and the oil companies agree to it by virtue of doing business with us, the people of Alaska.
Please read up before you get "freaked out" about what we have going here. You may not like it for your state, but that is why the U.S. Constitution leaves these issues to the states to decide upon. Our state decided that the resources belong to the people. Do you have a problem with that? If so, why?
RP2012!
If you're writin'...
I'm reading.
Does the state collect any form of tax? What I'm asking, are the resources generating so much revenue that it runs the 'essential' government and has some left to spare for residents?
If not, it seems to me some sort of transfer payment hokey crap. Therein lies the problem.
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE MORE I LOVE MY GUNS
FourWindsTradingPost
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE MORE I LOVE MY GUNS
FourWindsTradingPost
pain
being a Canadian...suffering leads us toward victory some day.
be patient.
and continue to work from your very inside.
love always wins.
RP08 to restore the Constitution
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deepcover
I dont know what this is all about..I know there were problems in Alaska... but your passion for it leads me to believe that you have stood up when you could! Let go of the frustration and anger...we all share that with you ....but we must stay united!
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
yes united in the cause of freedom but there is not a concensus
on how to achieve this!my way is with strenth and facts! the other way in my opinion is not as effective i.e AK del count to nationals?IF I we had it our way we would be still fighting for whats rightfully ours!!! thats all next time dont get caught off gaurd or think you guys run the show this is a group effort and my phone never rang!not once! for me i will carve my own trail to freedom!education education education! ps you really think theres time fr change?next time(2012) is too late and WE(AK RPers) got bent over and had by these fools this is a corrupt gop up here and manners might not work with the troskiites/straussian neo-con entrenched establishment!
Okay
Please share with us/me what happened ...as you see it?! I hear the passion and frustration but dont understand your experience. I am sorry if you needed us and we let you down. Please explain?
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Wow.
Wow.
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Just started on facebook...
Dr. Paul did not say he quit.
Dr. Paul did not say he quit.
He did not say he is filing paperwork to that effect.
Just like he didn't say that a few months ago when he said the campaigning was "winding down," and the NYT and major TV networks lied with headlines saying he was out.
His "Campaign" is a political organization registered with the FEC--by closing it, he can redirect his $5,000,000+ into other things.
We will still go to Saint Paul (I'm a national alternate from Alaska) and still mingle with all the other delegates. We are still free to choose a different candidate than McCain.
Ron Paul will still be registered with them, I believe, as a candidate, and we can still make it happen--if we move the mountains that are minds and show them how he really is the Best Choice.
Simultaneous to the Convention, Dr. Paul will be within a few miles, ready to show up at a moments notice to speak, should we manage a floor resolution to have him speak.
Don't give up! Hope for America -- We are all part of it!
Join our campaign to educate and lead the minds that lead the party!
Evan Cutler,
National DVDs for Delegates Project, Organizer
www.dvds4delegates.com and
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1873/
Alaska Ron Paul Delegates, Organizer
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1826/
Alaska DVD for Delegates, Organizer
Evan Cutler,
National DVDs for Delegates Project, Organizer -- www.dvds4delegates.com and htttp://ronpaul.meetup.com/1873/
Alaska Ron Paul Delegates, Organizer -- http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1826/
Alaska DVD for Delegates, Organizer -- http://www.ronpa
What I don't understand
is if he is not quitting, why didn't Manystrom voice frustration with the article. He said his comments were taken out of context but that it was a good article. He should know what Dr. Paul's intentions are or at least think he is quitting himself, or he would have been ticked with ABC for saying that.
hey evan could you answer me 1 thing???
This is TZ i was a state con. and a delegate that was cheated out of the national con. because of the bull about the electorial vote % with huck rommney debacle that we laid down and accepted do you know who i am maybe you will remember that it was me to expose your buddy the military terrorism official implanted in the anchorage alaska chapter RP meetup! I put him on blast in front of G D and every body on the conerence call that all you guys love this guy ?how is it that the REP party still has my check and will not return it ? ps your boy is a terrorism expert with a buisness card stating so from the army and you dont trust me?? if he was down with RP then would he really have that sort of job?????????????????see ya next time maybe ,maybe this time all you guys from gird,fairbanks can let some of us into the loop please???sincerly Tom Zanino
Ron Paul/Jesse Ventura2008 for Liberty
wait...........it is only to spread the message.........
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"How can we justify to the unemployed and underemployed in the United States the incredible cost of maintaining a global empire?" - Dr. Ron Paul
from Ron?
Ron Paul will end his Presidential campaign tonight in a live video broadcast.
Tune in at 10 p.m. EST at http://www.justin.tv/ronpaul2008
Jesus is King
Jesus is King
It's sad but we need a much
It's sad but we need a much better educated country if we're going to win. Hopefully, this is what the liberty initative will be about. More people can tell you about Brittney Spears and Kevin Federline than can about the Patriot Act.
We need to start a massive education effort that is understanding of our fellow citizens who we are educating.
Keep the faith, fellow Patriots!
pugnacious my ass!
This is yet another reason why I cannot tolerate mainstream news media with their agenda-setting biased reporting of the candidates. I've ignited a great deal of heart and patriotism for this country through the Ron Paul libertarian movement. There's no way I'm shifting gears from now through November. The old media is wrong if they think they can attempt to write him off again.
The freedom message must continue!
I have cycled through several emotions since the beginning of this campaign: sadness, laughter, anger, and elation. I would not trade this experience for anything. I have joined the Campaign for Liberty. I WILL be in St. Paul come September. I WILL continue to educate others. I WILL continue to be involved in the political process. This is just another chapter on my journey. Hope that many of you stay the course.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
got this from my meet up group, in his own words...
Dear Supporter,
These past 17 months have been among the most exciting and eventful of my life. Together you and I delivered a message of freedom the likes of which American politics had not seen in decades. I wasn’t sure the country was ready for it. But it was a message, I discovered, that many Americans had been waiting for a long time to hear.
I have been blessed with the most informed, well read, and enthusiastic supporters of any presidential campaign. Your extraordinary efforts in organizing and fundraising grabbed the attention of millions of Americans and shocked just about everyone in politics and the media. I still cannot get over all the fantastic work you did.
Something of great significance has just occurred in our country’s history.
With the primary season now over, the presidential campaign is at an end. But the larger campaign for freedom is just getting started. Therefore, I am happy to announce the official launch of the Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty.
The work of the Campaign for Liberty will take many forms. We will educate our fellow Americans in freedom, sound money, non-interventionism, and free markets. We’ll have our own commentaries and videos on the news of the day. I’ll work with friends I respect to design materials for homeschoolers.
Politically, we’ll expand the great work of our precinct leader program. We’ll make our presence felt at every level of government, where just a few people with our level of enthusiasm can make a world of difference. We’ll keep an eye on Congress and lobby against legislation that threatens us. We’ll identify and support political candidates who champion our great ideas against the empty suits the party establishments offer the public.
We will be a permanent presence on the American political landscape. That I promise you. We’re not about to let all this good work die. To the contrary, with your help we’re going to make it grow – by leaps and bounds.
This is the most ambitious venture of my political career, and I think it can achieve great things. But I can’t do this alone. I need you to help me. I need your energy, your creativity, your ideas, and your dedication.
People frustrated with our political system often wonder what they can do. I have founded this organization to answer that question, to give people the opportunity to do something that really makes a difference in the fight for freedom. Please join me by becoming a member of the Campaign for Liberty. Our goal is 100,000 members by September. Can we reach it?
Our campaign netted 1.1 million votes in the primaries of a shrinking Republican Party. Millions more support us. I need you to help me reach them – and to keep making new converts to the cause. What a force we can be, if only we rise to the occasion.
Now what about the Republican Convention in St. Paul? Our delegates will attend, of course, and I expect our contingent to have a visible presence there. Without disruption, we will do whatever we can to influence the party and its platform, and return the GOP to its limited-government roots. This is very important.
This brings me to my second announcement. I invite you to join us at Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday, September 2nd, for a grand rally. We intend to draw over 11,000 people. We’ll have live music and entertainment, and special guests. I’ll address you all as well. A massive rally will generate still more interest in our ideas. And what a great time it will be.
Remember that it was Senator Robert Taft, who shared our views, who was called Mr. Republican. But we are not merely the Republican Party’s past. If the enthusiasm of young people for our campaign is any indication, we are also its future.
Right now I will need your patience and input as we develop our program and assemble just the right team of individuals. But it is my intention to launch the Campaign for Liberty in its full capacity at our rally in Minneapolis this September.
Over the past week we’ve learned that the Democratic presidential nominee, supposedly an antiwar candidate, is committed to the same rhetoric, the same propaganda, and the same aggressive intentions toward Iran as the Bush administration. As usual, the major parties refuse to offer Americans a real choice.
The Campaign for Liberty will lay the groundwork for a different America, the kind of America you and I, and millions of our fellow countrymen, want to inhabit.
“Dr. Paul cured my apathy,” a popular campaign sign read. Others said our campaign cured their cynicism. We have now reached a moment of great moral decision: will we let ourselves retreat into apathy and cynicism once again, or will we dig in for the long haul and fight all the harder? Will we retire from the scene quietly, or will we give the establishment the fight of its life?
“In the final analysis,” I wrote in my new book The Revolution: A Manifesto, “the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to be free, if they want to lift themselves out from underneath a state apparatus that threatens their liberties, squanders their resources on needless wars, destroys the value of their dollar, and spews forth endless propaganda about how indispensable it is and how lost we would all be without it, there is no force that can stop them.”
The time has come to act on these words. May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to the politicians, the opinion-molders, and the establishment, and saved their country.
Join us, and be a part of it.
For liberty,
of course it is signed with ron pauls signature but didn't paste
~peace
~peace