12 June 2008
A Valient Run
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2008 .
Ron Paul to end campaign outside Texas convention
AUSTIN, Texas - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will end his campaign Thursday night and announce a new effort to help elect libertarian-leaning Republicans to public office around the country.
Campaign spokesman Jesse Benton said the announcement, expected during a rally coinciding with the Texas GOP State Convention in Houston, was “not a disappointment at all. I think this is really exciting.”
Paul’s announcement will be a formality.
The 72-year-old Texas congressman won few delegates during the Republican primaries. But he raised millions of dollars online and developed a large, grass-roots following among those who backed his call for ending the war in Iraq and smaller government at home.
Supporters have pushed for a speaking role for him at the Republican National Convention in September in St. Paul, Minn.
Paul has said he won’t endorse Sen. John McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee. Benton said that was unlikely to change.
3 Comments so far...
Concerned American Says:
12 June 2008 at 8:19 pm.
Ron Paul is a very sincere American who loves his country and tried hard to do what he believed was right. I respect him a lot. It makes me sad to see him going.
Jesse Says:
12 June 2008 at 8:48 pm.
Joy, thanks for putting this up. It makes me feel a little less alone. I know you are a Mitt girl but I also appreciate your respect for Ron. This isn’t an easy day for me even though I knew it would be coming. I worry about my country…a lot.
Sharon Anderson Says:
12 June 2008 at 11:44 pm.
Ron Paul was intentionally ignored by the mainstream media and others who refused to take him seriously. Too bad America as a whole hasn’t been listening to him, but at least those who have have learned about Constitutional principles of sound government.
I had planned to write in Paul’s name. Now I may vote for Bob Barr.
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