“We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.” — Congressman Ron Paul
Ron Paul has now said he is focused on continuing to further the message of liberty rather than continuing his presidential campaign (although he will continue to contest primaries and collect delegates). Everyone is wondering what’s next– could Ron Paul’s supporters start a (more libertarian, of course) MoveOn-style organization, as Dean’s supporters did after his defeat?
Howard Dean already has some similarities to Ron Paul, besides each using the Internet to his advantage. Perhaps most importantly and unfortunately, just like Ron Paul vs. John McCain today, Howard Dean would have been a better candidate for the Dems than John Kerry in 2004, and the Dems now know it. When will the Republicans realize their huge 2008 mistake?
Dr. Paul had a great run. He brought libertarian ideas to a mass audience, taught Republicans about the 9/11 Commission Report, cured a lot of people’s apathy, raised $4 million for the Republican record and then $6 million for the all-time record of money raised in one day, beat Giuliani in the un-libertarian state of Iowa (with my help!), showed Nevada what a great candidate looks like, and inspired me to start this site. It ended too soon, with a loss of the antiwar voters to, of all people, John McCain, perhaps due to what many called an incompetent staff.
The ideas are fabulous, though, and it’s only a question now of how they will live on, not whether they will.
On that note, what can a true lover of liberty do?
Some, in true free market fashion, are starting their own media company, called Break the Matrix. I fully support them in this effort, and it’s certainly worth trying. Some of us are still becoming delegates to their local county, district, state and even the national convention, to remind the Republican Party what it used to stand for. Some are trying to become members of Congress themselves.
Tags: Ron Paul, Ron Paul dropping out
The sandbagging of Dr. Paul by the RNC and the malign neglect of the media show where the interests of the USA’s power elite are: with themselves.
Engineer-Poet
March 12th, 2008
I didn’t mention that, but he never did get a fair shake from the media, it’s true.
libertariangirl
March 12th, 2008
Still not over according to a life long Democrat Party leader who changed to Republican just to vote for Dr. Paul. We need to keep becoming Delegates and show them just how Lincoln WON going in with only 20 Delegates.
Freedom4America Group
March 18th, 2008