Rep. Ron Paul (D-TX 14) files Exploratory Comm. papers for 2008

[meuniermr]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/10732457/detail.html

Ron Paul, the iconoclastic nine-term congressman from southeast Texas, took the first step Thursday toward launching a second presidential bid in 2008, this time as a Republican. Paul filed incorporation papers in Texas on Thursday to create a presidential exploratory committee that allows him and his supporters to collect money on behalf of his bid. This will be Paul's second try for the White House; he was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988.
Kent Snyder, the chairman of Paul's exploratory committee and a former staffer on Paul's Libertarian campaign, said the congressman knows he's a long shot.

"There's no question that it's an uphill battle, and that Dr. Paul is an underdog," Snyder said. "But we think it's well worth doing and we'll let the voters decide."
Paul, of Lake Jackson, acknowledges that the national GOP has never fully embraced him despite his nine terms in office under its banner. He gets little money from the GOP's large traditional donors, but benefits from individual conservative and Libertarian donors outside Texas. He bills himself as "The Taxpayers' Best Friend," and is routinely ranked either first or second in the House of Representatives by the National Taxpayers Union, a national group advocating low taxes and limited government.

[snowbear]

1. Isn't he a chef or something?

[librechik]

12. I think he's an MD n/t

[Botany]

2. I never knew RuPaul was a repug .... go figure

[snowbear]

6. Maybe they meant Rue?

That woman on Golden Girls..

[ProudDad]

3. Not a chef

He IS a died-in-the-wool, full blown libertarian though.

Bad News!!!

[SanCristobal]

10. More like inconsequential news,

Libertarians are a weaker political force then Greens.

[esvhicl]

4. I'm very progressive and Ron Paul appeals to me in many ways

In 2002, he opposed the invasion of Iraq. I've been quoting him for years to my conservative friends. He is not one of Bush's lap dogs and never has been.

You really should read this:

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr091002.htm

[stevedeshazer]

5. Fox News - Is that you?

[madrchsod]

7. ron paul is a neo nazi in nice clothes

i`ll sum up ron paul this way-the aryan nations love this guy because he`s anti federal government and he`s a rabid anti -jew. i would post articles and responses from several aryan/neo nazi sites i read but i am not allowed to on du.

[rurallib]

9. Agreed. We hear about his views when they mirror ours

but not so much when he's way out on such things as domestic policies. He's fun to listen to when he rips W, though.

[Idioteque]

8. Man it would be awesome if Ron Paul got the nomination.

My two favorite Democratic prospects are Obama and Richardson. For Republicans I like Paul and Hagel.

If any of these candidates got their party's nomination, I wouldn't have to worry about the lesser of evils.

However with my luck we are gonna get stuck with something like Clinton vs. Romney. *barf*

[Bullet1987]

11. What evidence is there that this guy is racist?

I'm talking about a credible source. Not some blog or webpage that could have been written up by me. I've looked, and so far...I have YET to find anything worthy of my time. If you can't prove what you're saying...then they're simply baseless accusations.