Michael Badnarik, the 2004 Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States, has endorsed Republican Congressman Ron Paul (Texas) for President.
“My short term goal for the next two years is to make sure that Ron Paul is elected president in 2008,” Badnarik said Friday night at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, a pro-liberty conference hosted by the Free State Project.
Free State Project members pledge to move to New Hampshire to work toward greater freedom, within five years of 20,000 others making the same pledge. Of 7,500 members who have signed up to date, almost 500 already live in New Hampshire.
Ron Paul, who is known as “Dr. No” on Capitol Hill because he is willing to break with the Republican Party and vote no on any bill he believes is unconstitutional, has not officially announced his candidacy, though he is expected to do so later in the weekend at the Liberty Forum in Concord, N.H.
In his Friday night keynote address, Badnarik, who is also a member of the Free State Project and plans to move to New Hampshire by the end of 2008, urged over 200 attendees to support Ron Paul for president by making campaign contributions and activating grassroots support.
“You cannot do it yourself,” he said. “You have to have wide, wide grassroots support.”
Badnarik also urged the Libertarian Party to nominate Ron Paul as well. “I hope the Libertarian Party is smart enough to say, ‘Oh ho, somebody we can trust!’ and nominate Ron Paul as our nominee,” he said. “We should set the Republican, Democrat, Libertarian labels aside, and vote for Ron Paul the person.”
Badnarik said that a large campaign war chest would be required to “scare everything out of the Republicans” vying for the Presidential nomination, especially with the media trying to close Paul out of the race and deny him coverage.
“He may be a Republican, but there’s already a news blackout on Ron Paul,” he said. “We are going to have to get that information out to our friends and neighbors without the media.”
Badnarik spoke about how our founding fathers knew, when they signed the Declaration of Independence, “that they were signing their own death warrants.” He asked the audience how many people would be willing to do the same, and nearly everyone raised their hands.
“If we had one last chance to restore liberty without bloodshed, how many of us would jump at the chance?” Badnarik asked. “That is why I’m asking you to dedicate your lives, your fortunes, and your sacred honor to Ron Paul’s campaign, because this may be our second to last option, and none of us want to go to the point where we face the last option.”
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Cyphase
Feb 23, 2007
Awesome. I’ve been listening to FTL.. heard your name mentioned. Have fun at the forum. I wish I was there :(.
disinter
Feb 24, 2007
While you are there, ask Badnarik if he regrets hiring Lord Hacker to ruin his campaign.
Eric Dondero
Feb 24, 2007
Two Top Libertarians endorse Rudy Giuliani within the last two weeks:
Dennis Miller & California Congressman David Dreier.
Michael Hampton
Feb 24, 2007
Giuliani? What the hell is wrong with them?
Rob
Feb 24, 2007
I have to agree with Badnarik – if the LPers are smart, they’ll throw their support to Dr. Paul.
That’s exactly what I was going to say. How in the world could a libertarian support Rudy Giuliani? That seems even more absurd than calling Bush a “conservative.”
disinter
Feb 24, 2007
The Dondero kind…
Feb 24, 2007
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Osborn F. Enready
Feb 24, 2007
Great article.
Glad to see Badnarik jumping behind Paul, with full support.
I wouldn’t support another Republican out of the lot that are in office right now, but Pauls voting record speaks for itself.
Paul will get my vote, without question.
As a sidenote, I don’t see how any liberty respecting, individual rights respecting person could vote for Giuliani, since he doesn’t exhibit much from the perspective in actions. Hollow words are better unspoken, he should have learned by now.
Feb 24, 2007
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A Donderian
Feb 24, 2007
A lot of “libertarians” have been confused about Eric Dondero’s comments on supporting Rudy Giuliani. Clearly they have no understanding of what it means to be a libertarian and who REAL libertarian scholars are.
Forget about Rothbard, Mises, Friedman, and Rand…they are simply intellerectuals who use “reason” and “logic” to support their claims. Any systematic thinker is inherently unlibertarian because, as Dondero and other big government, libertarians understand, libertariansism is really a movement built up from the great scholar Dennis Miller.
Who needs to read Bastiat, Spencer, and Spooner when you can listen to Dennis Miller make a kind of funny joke.
No, to be a Donderian, you need to reject reality, and support Rudy. Paul obviously is not a libertarian because he stands for limited government, lower taxes, less war, and a gold standard.
Rudy IS a libertarian because he doesn’t stand for any libertarian values.
Signed,
A Donderian.
Feb 24, 2007
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Fred Mangels
Feb 25, 2007
Keep in mind that the two “libertarians” Dondero is referring to are Republican congressmen- very partisan Republican congressmen. Of course they’re going to back whoever the Republican powers- that- be decides to endorse.
I’m not going to quibble about how libertarian they are but, suffice it to say, Dondero takes the term “large tent libertarian” to a new level, or at least he has in the past, calling Bush a libertarian because he invaded Iraq.
Feb 25, 2007
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ThirdPartyNews.net
Feb 25, 2007
Here are some Ron Paul for President radio interviews to listen to:
On January 17, Ron Paul gave his first radio interview since the announcement of his bid for the 2008 presidency. He appeared on the Alex Jones show, interviewed by Jack Blood. Listen here:
Here is another 2 minute interview of Ron Paul on KUHF, Houston Public Radio by Jill Morrison.
The following link contains the audio interview and a text transcript of it:
On February 15 Ron Paul was interviewed again on the Alex Jones radio show to talk about his presidential bid. Some great news includes: Ron Paul will be in the first national presidential debate in New Hampshire on April 4, sponsored by CNN. It will be hosted by Wolf Blitzer and will be carried on CNN TV, radio, and cnn.com from 7-9 p.m. EST.
Listen here:
Check out my website www.ThirdPartyNews.net for all the latest Ron Paul for President news.
Neil Evangelista
Feb 25, 2007
I’ve never been registered as anything but a Libertarian since I was old enough to vote, starting in 1972. Screw the labels! Ron Paul’s as libertarian a pol as we have, and he has a better chance to win (and save this country) as any big L LPer. I’ll support him in any way I can, even to the extent that I’ll register Repub for the primary.
Feb 25, 2007
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Margie
Feb 26, 2007
I worked in the Republican Party from 1997, when my husband and I became campaign chairmen for Ron Paul for our county, until this past year when Congressman Paul was redistricted out of our county. This past year, I only voted for 1 Republican and that was to try and defeat our Democratic State Representative. My other votes were cast for Constitution Party or Libertarian candidates. It has been really nice to be able to say “I didn’t vote for Bush or Perry!” I have never felt like voting for a 3rd party was a wasted vote. It was a vote on principle, which is far more satisfying than voting for the least of two evils. However, when Congressman Paul declares as the presidential candidate for the Republican Party, you will not find anyone in the Republican Party working harder to get him elected than I will. I hope all of us who are totally disgused with the 2 party monoploy will understand that a vote for Ron Paul is a vote for personal libery and freedom and a vote for defending our Constitution. It is not a vote for party politics as usual. Thanks for the good work that is being done here!
Eric Dondero
Feb 28, 2007
My political resume:
1986/87, Ron Paul’s Travel Aide/Advance Man, Libertarian for President
1992, Ron Paul’s Presidential Exploratory Campaign Coordinator
1995/96, Ron Paul’s Congressional Campaign Coordinator
1997 – 2003, Senior Aide, US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
I’ve worked for Ron Paul on and off, mostly on for 12 years. And I’m enthusiastically backing Rudy Giuliani for President in 2008.
On the threat of Islamo-Fascism, Rudy gets it. Ron Paul wants us to surrender to the Islamo-Fascists.
In other words, Ron Paul wants your girlfriend to have to wear a burqa from head to toe, want you to kneel down to Allah five times a day at the point of a gun, wants to allow loose women to be stoned to death in your town squares, wants to allow the Radical Muslims to cut off the genitals of your gay friends, wants to allow them to outlaw booze and gambling and wants to let them jail your marijuana smoking buddy for life.
Think I’m paranoid? Just today we learn that the Muslim Cabbies at the Minneapolis Airport are now refusing service to not only Americans carrying alcohol, and Blind people with seeing eye dogs, but now Gays! That’s right, the famous Minneapolis Muslim Cabbies are now adding Gays to the List of those they refuse to serve out of the airport.
They are here, and they intend to march us all into the Gas Chambers. Fight back!!!
Eric Dondero
Feb 28, 2007
Margie, I too live in Ron Paul’s Congressional District, right smack dab in the middle of it, in Angleton.
It’s funny. Here in Ron’s District he’s Mr. Red, White and Blue/Support the Troops/Support the Veterans. He used to send me to every rinky dink Veterans function in the entire District, no matter how small, since I was the only Vet on his staff.
His Texas persona is nothing like his Leftist Anti-War/Anti-American National reputation.
It’s interesting to note, that Ron Paul has already drawn two likely GOP Primary candidates, both of whom are quite formindable. And a third, even more formidable is making noises of running too.
Republicans here in South Texas are finally realizing that RP is not quite the good fit for the District as he may have once been.
Eric Dondero, CEO
MainstreamLibertarian.com
Eric Dondero
Feb 28, 2007
Funny how some here think Rudy is no libertarian. Guess they never check the mainstream press. Rudy has been called a “libertarian” or “libertarian” by numerous media outlets in the last few weeks, including:
London Times-Herald, American Spectator, National Review, Insight Magazine, LA Times, and the NY Sun.
A few years ago, the NY Times said of Rudy Giuliani: He’s a “tax cutting, privatizing Ayn Randian.”
Perhaps some posters on this List are not really libertarians, but rather fringe Anarchists who think they are libertarians but are indeed in reality posers.
Michael Hampton
Feb 28, 2007
Yes, the mainstream press, not libertarian principle, is what determines whether someone is libertarian. You sure are making a lot of sense there.
Especially by supporting drug warrior, gun-grabbing Giuliani. Obviously, no candidate is perfect, but I won’t support somebody who wants to take my drugs and my guns.
Oh, and this isn’t a list, either.
Eric Dondero
Mar 02, 2007
The mainstream press is only part of the equation. I actually put more stock in the fact, that very well-known and respected Libertarians are now backing Rudy Guiliani. The List includes most prominently Dennis Miller (America’s Number One Libertarian Celebrity), but also Cong. David Dreier, CA State Senator Ken Pachoogian, CA State Assmb. Mark Villines, and Bill Simon.
Simon is the son of the famous Libertarian economist William E. Simon (close friend and ally of Ron Paul’s in the 1970s).
Breaking news… Rudy has just officially appointed Bill Simon as Policy Director for his Campaign.
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Daniel
Mar 23, 2007
Ron Paul is a far greater man than you will ever be in your wildest dreams. Your verbal disdain for your old boss is disgusting. This man represents everything that is good about America. I hope he gets elected.
Like the snake that you clearly presented yourself to be, I hope you disappear into the wild and not come back.
Rudy Guiliani
Apr 13, 2007
Eric “Islamo-Fascist” Dondero is not a libertarian, he is a neo-con just like Giuliani. Their are plenty of neo-con forums and blogs eric, why do you always have to crash the libertarian ones, especially since no one here agrees with you?
Chang Dow
Apr 16, 2007
Dennis Miller is not a libertarian as far as I’ve seen and heard…
Dennis Miller is a bit of an idot.
How or hy would anyone use him as any kind of example to influence your vote.
Mick Jagger at least has a background in economics…
I heard that Mick Jagger is backing Ron Paul…
Look on his message board. Even the dogs on Mick Jaggers site are backing Ron Paul…
Mick Jagger can fill up stadiums and charge alot of money doing it.
IF HE backs Ron Paul then Ron Paul has BACKING!!!
He won’t need Television any more than the Rolling Stones needed Television…
He can thumb his nose at it just like them…
I’ts only Polo Ticks…but I LIKE IT!!!
YEs I DOOO!
I LIKE IT>>>>
Chang Dow
Apr 16, 2007
YO To this Eric person…
You are forgeting one important thing…
Most libertarians are intelligent. They can read. some can spell…but all of them are void of studipity and would never consider for one second perhaps even being in the same room with someone who was so close to blowing up those buildings in New York…
And having a theatre built for the sole purpose of observing the catastrophy {i.e. building #7.}
Perhaps you could offer yourself up to volunteer for thier camaign becasue we don’t need you! I would gladly buy you a ticket (coach) to Tel Aviv if you promise not to come back.
This is a very real offer and stands to anyone persuing a neo-con agenda. The coming back part is also very real and serious…you take the ticket ~ you don’t come back..forever!
LINDA
May 02, 2007
It sounds like Eric was the Judas of Ron Paul’s campaign. I think that someone like you, Eric, is a most vile and despicable person in politics. Congressman Ron Paul is the only liberty loving American’s choice for President. Supporting the troops and supporting veterans is not endorsing war. What part of that do you not understand?
I live in Georgia, and I hope that by the time the primaries roll around that more voters have their eyes opened to the corruption taking place on the hill. Vote for Ron Paul for president is what I tell everyone I know, if you truly want a President that will work for Americans first and not have a loyalty to Israel above all to the point of destruction of our own Country.
LINDA
May 02, 2007
Our Republic was founded on a no intervention policy in the affairs of other nations. We were not to favor one nation over another nation. Neutrality would have allowed us to be strong and looked up to by other nations in the world. If we had elected leaders like Ron Paul to be Presidents in the past, we would not be near bankruptcy as a nation.
DonderoIsIdiot
May 05, 2007
Dondero, do us all a favor and keep your really dumb opinions to yourself. If Libertarians aren’t out there supporting Ron Paul with all they have, they’re shooting themselves in the foot.
He won the debate and he can win this election!
(According to the MSNBC.com poll after the debate, Ron Paul won with 43% of the vote.)
Go Ron Paul!
Thom Owens
May 08, 2007
GO RON
Curtis
Jun 18, 2007
Eric. I am also right in the middle of CD-14 and have voted and will again for the great man Ron Paul. I hope you do run because I would love to see you handily defeated and maybe then you will realize that us in the district love the man. Many have tried and have failed to unseat him.
You are clueless trying to think you can pull the Giuliani is a Libertarian on us. Hah. You are a chicken hawk.
Us in the district know you were fired and know why and we will enjoy seeing you defeated. So bring it on little boy and try and take it. I am chomping at the bit to see you stomped like the little snake you are.
Cody
Jun 22, 2007
I agree that Ron Paul is the best option in the next presidential campaign. But I wonder if that makes him the *right* choice. Here’s an interesting article that me wonder if Constitutionalism and Christianity are compatible.
anti-dondero
Jul 15, 2007
Here’s an interview regarding Ron Paul’s view of Eric
Dondero. He was FIRED from Ron Pauls campaign:
Reason: Your former staffer Eric Dondero is challenging you for your House seat in 2008.
Paul: He’s a disgruntled former employee who was fired.
Reason: But he says he’s running because of your debate performance. So is this presidential campaign weakening your standing in your district?
Paul: Well, if it affects my standing in my district then I wouldn’t be a very good candidate for the presidency. If these views are popular, and I think they’re popular enough, then they should be popular in my home district. They’ve been hearing me saying this for a lot of years and I keep getting re-elected rather easily. I think politicians are always concerned about how they’re doing in their district, but right now, if Eric Dondero is the only thing I have to worry about, then I don’t have a lot to worry about.
libertysilver
Jul 15, 2007
I cannot imagine any libertarian not backing Ron Paul at this
point.
Either they are being paid to slow the campaign down,
or they cannot see the future.
It is sooooo obvious that someone is trying to divide
the Liberatarian Party.
Wake up people, stick together.
Stay with Ron Paul.
If you want something better, it will not happen in 2008.
If Ron Paul gets in in 2008, he will open the doors
for the next election.
Personally, I am with Paul on almost all issues.
I am so excited he will be the next President.
Any Libertarian backing Guiliani, is ignorant of his history.
He is an authoritarian. Just check his record.
The Firemen at 911, just exposed a lot of dirt on rudyman
in their new video.
Ron Paul will wake up the American Spirit.
Please, get behind him now.
Jul 21, 2007
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KEITH
Oct 01, 2007
Rudy Giuliani is a crossdresser. Rudy Giuliani is unfaithful.
Rudy Giuliani eliminated forensic crime scene evidence at the WTC. Independent research has found high quantities of aluminum oxide and sulfur in iron sphericules consistent with a massive demolition, that said there are 3000 dead on your doorstep Mr Giuliani. We need an explanation? This as pretext for 1.2 million dead in Iraq not a burqua to be seen here except on a refugee lucky to get here..My guess is that we want to exterminate the Iraqi people and the Iranian as well. I’ve seen first hand what depleted uranium is doing to the people there. We want to irradiate the Iranian people by bombing nuclear faclities. That leagacy will be 50,000 years of radiation creating cancer,deformities and all the nice things therein. It seems that reading some of the posts here and on other sites that some of the posters are insane. There was a thing during the cold war with Russia called MAD.
It means mutually assured destruction. We bomb Iran, China bombs us, we bomb Russia (yes they’ve got lots of nukes) and so it goes. then the world isn’t as liveable place. Think about that when you start talkling about war. This planet doesn’t belong to a fucking politician, here or anywhere. The talk about nuking anyone is insane it is MAD!
KEITH
Oct 01, 2007
Another thing some of you pro war idiots ought to consider.
Take up an arm and go for it. I hope you take an IED up your backside for your trouble. I’ve been there done that. Its a racket you stupid fucks. It’s about the money, not respect for you or the Constitution or anything that has to do with respect for life, liberty or freedom. Why do you think that Ron Paul gets more than half of the military donations. thats HALF in an 8 man field..ought to tell you something.
Bottom line if your pro war enlist and do it otherwise shut the fuck up!
Anonymous
Oct 17, 2007
asekely@sbcglobal.net This afternoon I sent you my comments to Ron Paul as a presidental candidate. I was so excited about connecting with this web-site that I forgot post the notify box for followup comments via e-mail. PLease do so…Thank You…Arline D.Sekely, Salem, Ohio 44460
Patrick Lee
Nov 15, 2007
I agree with Keith’s post about Rudi Guiliani…everything!!
Rudy was complicite in the demolition of the WTCs….and the subsequent cover-up(probably at the behest of corporate mongrul government). The photographic evidence of a controlled implosion is highly disturbing…to say the least!! Rudy Guiliani is nothing more than a “Corporate Spineless Lackey”. It figures that Dennis Miller is backing Rudy…He is also a pathetic narrow-minded jellyfish. I can’t even stand to watch Fox News any more because they don’t stand for anything except the status-quo of the two party propagandist line!!
This country has been hi-jacked by the Democrats and the Republicans!! Ron Paul is the only candidate within these
two parties that has any thing relevant to say. The “others” are nothing more than “Corporate Mouthpieces”.
sweettruthseeker
Nov 24, 2007
dondero is an expert on nothing…dont respond to him because he likes it, however ron paul was a smart man to fire this little puke….it doesnt make a person anti semetic to not support US aid to israel…it makes a person wise to see how this continuing support makes us the most hated country in the middle east, let israel stand on its own feet and stop depending on our tax dollars to wage wars with its neighbors…bravo ron paul for speaking out against aid to ANY country that is politically motivated
Dec 18, 2007
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