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Ron Paul hints that he’s voting for Gary Johnson
Mon, 10/08/2012 - 3:01pm | posted by Jason Pye
It’s no surprise that Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who is retiring from elected office at the beginning of the year, isn’t a fan of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The two seemed friendly during the race for the GOP nomination as Paul defended Romney when other candidates were attacking his tenure at Bain Capital. There was even speculation that a deal was in the works between the two campaigns.
While his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), endorsed Romney, the elder Paul made it clear during the summer that he was unlikely to do the same. The treatment endured by Paul supporters at the Republican National Conventon may have sent Paul over the edge, as he recently hinted that he may vote for Gary Johnson, via Buzz Feed:
In a Fox Business interview Wednesday, Rep. Ron Paul refused to say who he was planning on voting for — but ruled out voting for Mitt Romney or President Obama, leaving only one plausible option.
“I obviously haven’t announced in support for Romney, so that means that’s very unlikely,” Paul said. “And I don’t think anybody think’s I’m going to vote for Obama. So it’s back to that frustration level in not seeing a dramatic choice in how the system works.”
“Tonight there’s a debate going on,” Paul said. “And if you come to the conclusion that the candidates aren’t all that different, why do we have to just listen to two of them?”
“There are other people who are technically capable of winning because they’re on a lot of ballots,” Paul said, to which his interviewer said “Like Gary Johnson, for example.”
You can watch the interview here. It should be noted, as BuzzFeed points out, that Paul hasn’t confirmed anything, at least as of Friday.
A couple of things about this. If Paul, who ran as the Libertarian Party’s nominee in 1988, were to endorse Johnson, it wouldn’t be the first time he’s backed a third-party bid. In 2008, Paul endorsed Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin.
On the other hand, if Paul does really intend to vote for Johnson, and express that sentiment publicly, the younger Paul could be put in the doghouse by figures in the conservative movement and Republican leaders in the Senate. That is a troubling prospect, not just for Ron Paul supporters and the Campaign for Liberty crowd, but also the broader Tea Party movement.
Ron Paul would vote for Virgil Goode before he would vote for gary johnson. Im amazed at how misleading the title of this article is.
Virgil Goode is a social conservative who voted for the wars.
Not likely, considering how well he speaks of Gary Johnson. They hold many of the same principles. Both want an end to foreign wars. Both want an end to the Federal Reserve. Both want a balanced budget (which is what we all want). Both want a return to civil liberties. Both want tax reform and an end to crony capitalism.
As near as I can tell Paul was more fixated on the Fed while Johnson is more fixated on prohibition. Both are great, but tbh I like Johnson just because he puts the war on drugs front and center. I know too many people with ruined lives BECAUSE of the law to treat it like a joke.
no, looks like we don’t all want these things….look who the Majority of Americans voted in…unbelievable!
Uhm… no. Virgil Goode is a prohibitionist.
Ron Paul hinted nothing of the sort, only that he was unlikely to vote for Romney or Obama. The interview is on youtube with Fox, you can watch it yourself.
What do you think of Gary Johnson’s zombie ad? http://ow.ly/e5bCw
I’m one Paul supporter that’ll be voting Johnson.. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4LjtN22GEg
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