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Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign, Forms New Org
JoeKuboj writes "Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Thursday he is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to focus his time on building an organization to help recruit and elect 'limited government Republicans.' Paul's decision to leave the race is an acknowledgment he had no chance of winning the GOP nomination. But even in loss, Paul is one of a handful of candidates who walked away from this presidential contest a winner. His presidential campaign had a broad base of support that included traditionally fiscal and socially conservative Republicans to young people who were angry about the U.S. decision to wage war against Iraq."
Ron Paul Libertarian == Bob Barr Libertarian.
"Limited government ... except when it comes to what you do in your bedroom or what you learn in science class."
If you haven't been down-modded lately, you aren't trying.
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
"Many Slashdotters are strongly freedom-oriented."
For their own personal definition of "freedom." Freedom for whom? Freedom from what?
"Ron Paul was the freedom-oriented candidate. How is this confusing?
Because Ron Paul wants to eliminate many, perhaps most, of the protections of aforementioned civil liberties.
I was goping to rebut your comment, until I remembered both the illegal Rastafarians and the illegal indigineous American religions.
Like the Rastafari, I see marijuana as a religious sacrament (although that's about all I agree with them on)
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest