Filed under: 2008 elections, Feature, Ron Paul — Michael van der Galien on March 7, 2008 @ 2:01 pm CET
After winning his party’s primary for his Congress seat (and thus ensuring re-election) Ron Paul basically told his supporters that his campaign for the presidency is over (which would be logical considering that John McCain already won this thing). He did encourage them to vote for him in upcoming primaries, but he talked about his campaign in the past tense and said that the campaign is “winding down.”
There seems little use in continuing unless one is overly satisfied with oneself or if one believes that one has a message that needs to be shared with the American public. He said about this himself: “We are still in the early stages of bringing about the changes that this revolution is all about. Let us hope that we can one day look back and say that this campaign was a significant first step that signaled a change in direction for our country. Our job now is to plan for the next phase.”
In other words, for Congressman Paul this is about the ‘Revolution.’ And this revolution takes time… and different phases. Phase one has gone by, now it’s time for phase two: “He hopes to create an umbrella organization to stoke some of the grassroots support that made his presidential campaign notable.”
The Congressman is also working on a book: “The Revolution: A Manifesto.”
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1 Jay_C
March 7, 2008 @ 2:15 pm CETGood, fair writeup. Thanks!
But for some reason I think (that a few here, not the majority mind you will continue with their tiresome jabs in the comments below.
2 Ronnie
March 7, 2008 @ 4:24 pm CETHE HAS NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!!
3 brian
March 7, 2008 @ 5:30 pm CETUntil he says, "The campaign is over", then it is not over. He either is dropping out or he is not.
Printing that he "basically dropped out" you could have also said, he "is essentially continuing his campaign!" That would be a more fair representation of his words and what his actions will be.
4 Freddie L
March 8, 2008 @ 3:51 pm CETadmin: the usual Voldemort link spam deleted
5 Kevin Sullivan
March 8, 2008 @ 4:44 pm CETYeah, Freddie, yeah!
6 Ron Holland
March 9, 2008 @ 10:15 pm CETFreedomFest 2008 – Congressman Ron Paul and Bob Barr have been confirmed as a speakers and they will join our 100 plus speakers and 1,000 plus attendees in Las Vegas on July 10 -12 at Freedomfest 2008. We look forward to their thoughts and insight on the future of the Ron Paul Revolution and his Campaign For Freedom.
Also we will also have Richard Viguerie, often called the “funding father” of modern conservative strategy as his direct mail efforts started the modern conservative movement. 2008 will be a watershed year in American politics in our fight for a return to liberty and limited constitutional government. We must continue the campaign to promote the Ron Paul Revolution of liberty, a return to limited constitutional government and free markets to the American public.
See http://www.freedomfest.com
Thanks,
Ron Holland, Wolf Laurel, NC
http://www.ronaldholland.com