Ron Paul hasn’t announced a decision yet whether he is going to run for President in 2012. If he runs, who should he choose as his running mate?
This poll is now closed. It was open from Nov. 5 – Nov. 16, 2009 and attracted 9,425 voters who could select up to five options for Ron Paul’s running mate. The results are displayed below.
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If Ron Paul runs for President in 2012, who should be his running mate?
- Chuck Baldwin (29%, 2,715 Votes)
- Andrew Napolitano (27%, 2,589 Votes)
- Peter Schiff (21%, 1,984 Votes)
- Jesse Ventura (15%, 1,369 Votes)
- Rand Paul (12%, 1,135 Votes)
- Lew Rockwell (12%, 1,133 Votes)
- Sarah Palin (12%, 1,089 Votes)
- Dennis Kucinich (9%, 819 Votes)
- Michele Bachmann (8%, 785 Votes)
- Pat Buchanan (7%, 690 Votes)
- Glenn Beck (7%, 636 Votes)
- Mike Huckabee (6%, 605 Votes)
- Gary Johnson (5%, 471 Votes)
- Jim DeMint (4%, 423 Votes)
- Lou Dobbs (4%, 414 Votes)
- Alex Jones (4%, 411 Votes)
- Other (specify below) (4%, 410 Votes)
- Mitt Romney (4%, 366 Votes)
- Michael Badnarik (4%, 365 Votes)
- Adam Kokesh (3%, 301 Votes)
- Alan Grayson (3%, 265 Votes)
- Wayne Allyn Root (2%, 198 Votes)
- Michael Bloomberg (2%, 178 Votes)
- Cynthia McKinney (2%, 167 Votes)
- Mark Sanford (1%, 132 Votes)
- Chuck Hagel (1%, 127 Votes)
- John McCain (1%, 104 Votes)
- Mel Watt (0%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 9,425
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Perfect cabinet for Ron Paul:
Elizabeth Warren, VP
Andrew Napolitano, U.S. Attorney General / Chief Justice nominee
Peter Schiff, Treasury Secretary
Jesse Ventura, Secretary of Homeland Security
Alan Grayson and Nancy Kaptur would also be naturals to head a Cabinet Dept.
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it never ceases to amaze me how some cannot see the neocon agenda in trying to assume the guise of the ron paul revolution and the tea party movement–fiscal conservatism and personal responsibility are two tenets of our philosophy–not policing the world and tracking down imagined enemies while expanding america’s “domain” while bankrupting us–palin herself is a vacuous fool who’s programmed to spout slogans, other foxist neocons such as beck are in bed with the other side of the coin, the media liberals, in trying to steer us under their control towards an internationalist agenda–
peter schiff, jesse ventura, gary johnson, the judge and a number of others are true patriots who would be excellent independent teammates for resurrecting the american constitution and the blessings of liberty before we become simply one among any number of socialist states. it rests on our shoulders to choose wisely and insightfully, looking through the rhetoric and jargon of the deceivers–
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Very encouraging stats. I had not considered who mght be a good running mate for Dr. Paul and I think “The Judge” would be a great one. If Dr. Paul decided not to run, “The Judge” might be a good recruit if he would take on the task. I also like Gary Johnson. As much as I admire Jesse Ventura, I don’t think that is even a possibility. The disgusting media would have a field day with him and I am not sure he could hold his own with them in the same way that Dr. Paul and Judge Napolitano have become skilled in dealing with their nonsense. Jesse migh body slam one of them!!!!!! Seriously, keep spreading the word about the movement. A few years back I was one of the “party animals” who just kept believing that oen day “our guy” would get the job done and only after reading about and hearing about the comon sense approach to government as advocated by Dr. Paul did I beome a convert. We have to talk it up and use logic with people, every chance we get. Just keep asking people; “What have the two traditional parties gotten us so far?” Even if they don’t give you a good answer, and seem defensive, I promise you most reasonable people will start thinking. The unreasonable ones are beyond help so don’t waste too much time on them. Just wish them well and hope they don’t live in your neighborhood.
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Andrew Napolitano would be my selection for VP. He is a constitutional Judge, he knows how to handle the Media (which the Bible refers to as a Tell Bearer) and often times sturr up more trouble than they can report on, and he knows how the political system works, and or should work. He is for a fair or value tax and doing away with the IRS and the Federal unReserve, thereby reducing corruption almost to a stand still in D.C. … The problem I see as far as Paul running is he must come up with a plan to end the war that sounds reasonable. You can not just walk away from the tiger when you got him by the tail. He will follow you home and eat you there.. That thought scares people to death especially us older generation. Future wars should be done legally, and declared constitutionally, but there is something to be said for taking the war to a place where they will come to you on your terms. That is what President Bush did in Iraq. Ralph.
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I’d like to see Tim Pawlenty, governor of MN on the VP ticket. He’s a staunch Ron Paul supporter, like thinker, and is working hard to implement the ideals.
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Pawlenty is not a “staunch Ron Paul supporter”. Please provide some evidence before making such outlandish statements.
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Pawlenty has handlers and they aren’t his constituents.
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You have to look at a candidate’s voting record. Unfortunately nobody has a voting record that you can compare to Ron Paul’s. Then you have to look at basic principles like non-foreign interventionism and sound money. The people that I like don’t have a voting record in Congress. Right now I like James Traficant,Jesse Ventura and Peter Schiff. Demint and Bachmann are a couple of phonies trying to pass themselves off as Ron Paul republicans. Don’t be fooled by them. Instead check their voting records and make them accountable for what they say and how they vote.
http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm
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I think michelle bachmann would make a great VP. She would bring the same spark that palin brought in her run but I think michelle is more qualified than sarah.
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I’m not voting for someone like Glenn Beck who won’t run. That said, I like Lt. Col. Allen West, Pat Ryan, Michelle Bachman or DeMint.
Let’s hope that he runs this time – I think America is more ready for him now, since he was ahead of the crowd.
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I’m sorry
I talking about Chuck Norris, not Morris.
God bless
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Timothy Baldwin
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Hi all of you Ron Paul lovers,(I love him too)
He is the only one who speak clear and loud against our screw up goverment. Thanks to all of those foolish Americans who are year after year reelect all of those anti American democrats and republicans to the senate and congress.I don’t want to call them stupid becouse that is not nice. If any of you think the leaders of the republican party (they are same as the leaders of the democrats,anti Americans,that simple) going to stand behind Mr. Paul? People, It’s a bad dream. Only one way to make it with Mr.Ron Paul. Join together all of those so called thrue American third parties, and stand behind Mr. Paul.Put together all of those people who call them self true Americans(not thrue dem. or rep.) like Jim Trafficant, Chuck Baldwin, Chuck Morris, Ted Nugent,Lou
Dobbs, Mike Huckabee, Gleen Back, Pat Buchanan, Alan Keyes, Michel Bachmann, Sarah Palin and all of the others who wants to join. After somebody able to put together those third parties, and most of those people to stand behind Mr. Paul, that is going to be something. If this happen in the short time, in the congress Mr. Paul must start to talk to other members of congress to declare them self, they are a members of a True American Independent Party.
They are a lot of democrats who are not happy which way they party going. And also a few republicans are not so happy with they party.
I think so this is the only way to make it for Mr. Ron Paul.
God Bless you all
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Get Dr. Paul on CNBC for 2 hours, just like they said earlier today! Call up CNBC, email, tell your friends. Lets get some major exposure for Dr. Paul in the name of liberty!
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Jason,
This is a brilliant idea—-I too, saw that talk on CNBC.
Am working on getting in touch with them, including all
the rest, even ABC. Now that’s a challenge. But, oh how I love
a good challenge.
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Well, all you guys, why not Chuck for president and Ron for VICE?
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Because that will never happen.
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Mr Mckay,
I’m sorry but your response is one of the problems with our country. No one wants to put their money where their mouth is, so to speak. That defeatist mentality will only continue the downward trend of our country that we see happening at an alarming rate.
If we constantly look for justifications to continue what we are doing yet hoping for better results then we are the problem.
We as a nation need only to look at our history and recognize Gods’ hand on this country and again take hope and rededicate our efforts in the same vein that our founders did when they built this nation from the beginning and do it from a biblical basis.
I’m ashamedly a Christian and believe that we must get back to the foundations that made this nation what it was.
I believe that 2 Chronicles 7:14 is the stepping stone for ALL Christians to follow if we expect any hope for this beloved nation.
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Then prove me wrong. There are plenty of other candidates who have been elected to office before. That is why I like James Traficant, Jesse Ventura or Peter Schiff and Rand Paul is they are elected. This is all hypothetical anyway.
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Thought your perspective of ‘David and Goliath’ was good Barbara. We shouldn’t go down without a fight ~ many of us are on the side of the One who has ultimate control. The more I’ve read about Ron Paul (which has been only very recently) ~ the more I’m inclined to think his supporters will believe much as I do.
It does appear that things are going to get really bad, really fast ~ and that most people are not going to see or prepare for what’s coming. Yes, there is always Hope ~ and it’s good to see that Ron Paul and a few others of influence are still ‘fighting the good fight’. I’ve only started to have my ‘eyes opened’ to what and who is really behind what’s going on in the world ~ and what the motivation is. Started to get ‘feelings’ about what was coming a couple of years ago (lotta people did) ~ but didn’t have the kinda info like that I’ve found on this and other websites.
Something I want to read more about is the history of countries who collapsed and who’s people came under a One Leader Totalitarian Rule. What are the kinds of things one could expect to happen in such an event ~ and what if this became World-wide? From what I’ve read that seems reliable ~ this may be a course we’ve been on since well before any of us were ever born. Almost more a matter of when rather than if.
There are getting to be more and more ‘targets’ in our country (is it extreme to think German history?). But those that are considered less ‘desireable’ are getting more ‘expendable’, such as unborn babies and the disabled (remember Terri Schiavo?). Human/animal cross-breeding (we’ve gotten much better at it). Which is what made me think of the risk people like Ron Paul are knowingly taking, by exposing what powerful people don’t want widely known. James Dobson has also been a ‘voice’ of reason, for many years.
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I am happy to hear you are awake. It is never extreme to think about any world history. All of it applies to what is happening to our current system. If I were inclined to research past monetary collapses, I would study Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and last yeer’s collapse of Iceland for starters.
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http://www.vdare.com/lodge/091110_white_identity_politics.htm
Barbara!
Here’s a link to an article that does a great job of illustrating the factual reality of ethnic identity politics being here to stay, and as Peter Brimelow once said – in a nation which is increasingly governed by ethnic identity politics, those who refuse or who won’t play the same game, will get rolled by those who do.
I am tired of getting rolled. I am also tired of white candidates who beg for white votes and then, once elected, pander to non-whites and knife their base in the back by voting for policies which benefit minorities and which come at the expense of whites.
Such as amnesty for illegal aliens. Open borders. Bi-lingual education. Affirmative action and set-asides; government sanctioned deliberate discrimination against whites, etc.
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Hey Luke,
It is kind of you to send this information. I haven’t had a chance to check it all out, as I am tied up on a job, but plan on reading it soon.It is a wonderful experience to communicate with patriots
of like-minds. We have our work cut out for us.
I heard it said, “American’s will believe anything, provided it’s
not true”. We have become “deluded dimwits”.I do believe though,
we are starting to CIRCLE THE WAGONS.
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Luke,
Thanks again for sending this link. I have started reading
Pat Buchanan’s The American Cause. This is truly superb.
It is amazing how he always comes through. I know he has been beating the drums along time concerning the corruption in government. He made a statement that I loved. I will quote it.
“BY THE CHOICES WE MAKE, WE DEFINE OURSELVES, AND REVEAL WHAT WE
TRULY CARE ABOUT”
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I appreciate Rep. Ron Paul’s efforts in the previous campaign for president. I would have supported him, had he got the presidential nomination for the Republican party.
I think his age will work against him in the next election cycle, much as Sen. McCain’s age worked against him in the previous cycle. It is time to pass the baton to another individual of a similar mind set.
I ended up voting for the Constitution Party candidate last election. I’m not sure if they will have a worthy successor candidate in the next election, but their party principles are truly a “Change I can believe in!” There is not enough difference between a Republican and a Democrat these days.
There are far too many who vote with their historical party because they don’t want the other primary party to win, regardless of the quality of their candidate or how far their party ideals have drifted from when they originally joined. Until this is addressed, third party candidates have little hope for success. I knew that, but I still voted in a manner I could live with.
Let’s hope that enough young Republicans start to seriously examine what their party really does versus what it says it will do, actually read the Constitution and see just how over reaching the bureacracy has become, and start looking around for alternatives political parties or begin to change their party from within to make a difference in the next election. More of the same from either party will destroy whatever is left of the country.
Always remember that it is the Congress that originates the legislation. If you really want to fix the country, start with your own Representatives and Senators! We need more Congressmen like Ron Paul seated in the current Congress. If there were – we’d be less concerned with who was sitting in the Executive Office.
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Your opening statement causes me to wonder where your trust might be. It is God that uses men and women to do what He has already determined to do. God is in control. It is our duty to vote and do our best and leave the results up to God. If we look to the leadership of the Republican party we have our eyes on the wrong thing. We must first acknowledge our responsibility of making sure we are whole before the Lord and He will forgive and heal our land. God does not care how old we are or the color of our skin. He is interested in our hearts and if we are willing to follow Him. 2Chronicles 7:14
Remember to do your best and leave the results up to God. He is the one that puts men into power and He is the one that will take them out. I am praying that Obama and Pelosie and all the others in Washington DC will have their days numbered in the few as Psalms 109:8 states and we will get another in his place. God is still in control no matter what we might think.
Esther Mae:
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Devvy Kidd is the natural choice for a running mate, but she does not believe women should be president or vice president. Her nobility knows no bounds. She is the Betsy Ross of our Second American Revolution.
Devvy Kidd has the strength of character, commitment to the Constitution–and most importantly, awareness– required to be president of the United States of America.
Devvy Kidd is the greatest American woman, and Patrick J. Buchanan remains The Greatest American. His visage belongs on Mount Rushmore.
I am surprised Pastor Baldwin failed to mention His Excellency.
Ron Paul deserves the presidency, for the great work he is doing on behalf of destroying the power of the Federal Reserve.
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These three great Americans are Guardian Spirits of the United States of America. They work in concert with the heavenly host of our Founding Fathers, who still guide us from beyond the veil of death.
There is no need to lament the lack of great men–and women– in this time of our history. They abound.
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Thor H. Asgardson,
WOW!what an awe-inspiring way you have with words. It appears
that you have a formidable faith. I would love to read more about
what you have to say concerning our undertaking of the diabolical
course our nation is on. We have an incomprehensible job before us. I think it was Ben Franklin that said,” we mush all hang together, or we will all hang separately.”
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Correction on spelling—-”We must all hang together or
we will all hang separately” Ben Franklin
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Dear Barbara,
Thank you for the supreme compliment. Right now, I am having my morning coffee. You have made my day!
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Thor H. Asgardson,
Thanks for your very wise observations. I have always admired
Devvy Kidd. I remember years ago when she wrote the pamphlet on
Bankrupt America, I was so impressed, I passed out at least 100
of them. You and I are on the same page with these two great
Americans. I am from the oldest town in Texas—Nacogdoches, and when Pat Buchanan was campaigning for president there, I had the
pleasure of meeting him. There were some newspaper journalists
there at the time, and I was one of the people that was asked
what it was I liked about the guy. My comment was, “He comes closer than anyone to our Founding Fathers—-that said, it appeared the next day in The Daily Sentinel with me quoting it.
Boy! was I proud, and guess what? The news paper got it right. that time.
Thor H. Great minds think alike and with that, I will agree with
you that Ron Paul deserves the presidency.
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I think your thoughts are probably worth more than being quoted in a local-yokel newspaper. You impress me very much with your own wisdom.
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Thor,
I, too, cannot help but love Devvy Kidd.
Buchanan sounds better than I’d have imagined,
according to one Mr. Peter Johnston, who twice
inaccurately states “[...] he is the only Republican
candidate [...]” as quoted:
“Pat Buchanan is the only Republican candidate
who has spurned the blandishments of the
Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderberg Group
and the Trilateral Commission, and denounced
the New World Order a conspiracy to establish
‘World Government’. Pat Buchanan is the only
Republican candidate committed to reform of the
Federal Reserve ‘system’ the biggest and most far-
reaching fraud ever perpetrated on a free nation,
except for the Maastricht Treaty!”
All,
Welcomed is not only substantiation of Buchanan’s
being so anti-”World Government” and anti-Fed
but documentation of any leader’s being, thus,
commendable.
What’s more, it behooves us to base our preference
of a VP candidate on his/her principles/performance
together with a platform e.g. Chuck Baldwin shares
the Seven Principles of the Constitution Party together
with the CP’s full platform, which may be viewed @
http://www.constitutionparty.org/
MGby’all.
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Cat,
Thank you for your fine posting.
Yes, I trust Chuck Baldwin, as I have read his many writings and they are the real definition of what is and should be “politically correct.”
Your information about Buchanan was fascinating to me, including the language about his resisting the “blandishments” of the CFR. I must confess; I had to look that word up, as I have never heard it used before.
This is Homeric prose at its finest.
Yes, Patrick J. Buchanan is commendable, in the fine tradition of old Southern aristocracy. His natural luminosity cannot be concealed beneath the mud-slinging of partisan politics.
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Thor,
To be Homeric today is to be ahead of one’s time,
as we can but try to imagine the wanderings of a
futuristic Odysseus post Trojan War II.
Notwithstanding that I used to regularly read Buchanan’s articles,
I’d not previously investigated his being or not being part of the
the previously mentioned cabal. Since then, however, I have been
pleasantly surprised to happen upon, at seemingly every turn,
evidence of his opposition to such predatory groups. Because they
together with the U.N. but undermine the U.S.A., their advocates
and members need be black listed as enemies of the nation.
MGby.
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Can any of you on these postings still decipher what AMERICAN culture is? It’s very difficult…unless you are very well off and get to live in a nice secluded AMERICAN neighborhood and shop at stores that the “foreign” population can’t afford to shop at. THOSE people get to still feel like they live in America! It’s the rest of us poor sots who have to deal with predominantly foreign languages (yes, mostly spanish – but more are chiming in these days) being spoken around us everytime we go shopping. I’ve been out of the country on a few occasions and have attempted to speak THEIR language when we were there. But nowadays, I feel like I’m living in those foreign countries.
We need someone strong enough to run with Ron Paul who believes there is room for only ONE culture (the American culture), one language (the English language) and loyalty to AMERICA only. Now whether that’s a neocon or not, I DON’T CARE! I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!
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I think you are the Rosetta Stone.
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I see 4 possible choices for Ron Paul’s VP.
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Paul/Napolitano – Now THAT’S THE TICKET!!
And what EXPERIENCE! Ron Paul to keep the congresscritters in line from the Oval Office, and Andrew Napolitano to keep the courts in line as president of the Senate.
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My goodness, Doremus! For a minute there, I thought you were referring good ol’ JANET!!
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Or if Ron Paul refuses to leave the GOP and loses in the rigged primary again, a VENTURA/NAPOLITANO ticket would be tough.
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