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KW: I fear that I had taken Ron Paul off our Prez ’08 page already, weeks ago. But, I will check again. I think I heard he was running as a Republican, and that John McCain was the Republican nominee, and I thought that was it. Gotta catch up with that People’s Prez page. So much to do in this world.
Ron Paul is an anti-war Libertarian. He will launch a campaign called “Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty.”
Story at: Reuters UK: Republican Ron Paul drops White House bid, Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:33pm BST
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KW: This just in from Politics 1: Ron Paul to run a shadow convention to the Republican Convention. Now that is cool!!!!
“Paul announced a goal of 100,000 members by September 2 — the day he plans to open his alternative Republican convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, just across town from the official GOP convo going on there at the same time.”
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I think Ralph Nader is a fine alternative for Ron Paul supporters.
Paul speaks against BIG GOVERNMENT. And contrary to what news bites and propaganda would have you believe, Nader is also against big government. Consider the enormously bloated military budget which accounts for nearly half of the government’s total operating budget. This is a tremendous waste of taxpayer money going to imperial wars based on lies.
And as part of this war, we have more BIG GOVERNMENT in the form of citizen surveillance. The PATRIOT Act (which Barr VOTED FOR) grants the government unprecedented powers to watch over American citizens without the need to prove probable cause in the court system.
Nader is against big government when it is fraudulent, wasteful or illegal. He calls for end to the intrusive PATRIOT Act and a massive reduction in the military budget. He wants to put an end to the excess of corporate welfare and put and end to the intrusive, failing drug war.
Nader is against maximizing government and sees its role as simply protecting the rights and interests of citizens and society as a whole.