Ron Paul Is Telling You He’s Not Going
We here at Boston Daily deal with grief by withdrawing. (We washed the stink of loss and wings off our Patriots gear, then tucked it away until training camp.) In that vein, we haven’t really been paying attention to the presidential race since our handsome stud former governor Mitt Romney dropped out.
But at least we can rely on one man to stay with us. No, we’re not talking about Mike Huckabee. Ron Paul assures his supporters that he has no plans to give up.
His campaign issued a statement reminding voters that he’s still in it.
“As the results of this weekend have made clear, many Republican voters are not satisfied with our party’s likely candidate for president, John McCain. . . This is why my run for the Republican nomination will not end. . . As long as my supporters continue to support my campaign, I will not leave Republicans who have yet to vote without the ability to choose a candidate who holds these fundamental Republican values.”
The campaign also released a video featuring the Texas congressman sitting in a wood paneled office straight out of 1972. The decor isn’t the only old-school thing Paul brought to the video—instead of keeping it short and working in music or fast cuts to appeal to the YouTube viewer, he prattles on for what seems like hours.
The most noteworthy thing we heard in the video was that Paul is staying in the race partially because “Surprises do occur. . . There may be a lot of information on the other two candidates that will alter this election completely and totally.”
That sounds like you have some good gossip, Ron — so dish already.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:31 pm
“That sounds like you have some good gossip, Ron — so dish already.”
Indeed, but it could also just be hopeful thinking. The more significant things he said in the video in my mind were about his congressional race, the long term goals of the revolution, and the rally in D.C.
Ron Paul really doesn’t expect to win. He has said repeatedly that he is surprised he was able to get even as much support as he has. What’s important are the long term goals. His campaign combined with the march on D.C. and his book bomb and the Paulite takeover of YouTube, meetup.com, and the blogosphere are all parts of the big strategy to change politics in this country in a general sense toward Libertarianism and traditional Republican conservatism.
It’s not about just getting Ron Paul to be our president. It’s about getting all these Paulites n meetup.com to run for office themselves. It’s about bringing this country back to its roots overall, not just in the oval office.