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Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said that he was approached by the McCain campaign for his endorsement but turned them down.
From the D.C. Examiner
Ron Paul, the former Republican candidate for president who still holds sway with a huge number of libertarian-leaning voters, said the McCain campaign asked for his endorsement on Tuesday, an overture that he rebuffed.
“It was a bit of a surprise,” Paul said at the National Press Club on Wednesday. “The idea was that I endorse John McCain today.”
But he turned them down, saying he “didn’t like the idea of getting 2 or 3 million people angry at me,” referring to his supporters.
The McCain camp’s argument? “That [McCain] would do a little less harm than the others,” said Paul.
Paul said the conversation ended by the campaign representative telling him, “If you change your mind, call me back.”
He said he has no plans to endorse a candidate “at this time.”
With a reenergized conservative base the Paul supporters aren’t as critical to the McCain camp as they were before the Palin nomination, but the GOp would still like to have them on board.
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3 Comments for Paul Refuses to Endorse McCain
Why isn’t the dissent in the Republican party being played up like the so-called division in the Democratic Party.
John McCain supports and represents nearly everything that Ron Paul is opposed to – military interventionism abroad, federal involvement in economic and personal affairs at home, the cradle-to-grave welfare state, deficit spending, Big Brother surveillance state, etc.
Why would he endorse that when McCain embodies everything that Paul has been fighting against all these years?
By the way, Ron Paul’s thorough understanding of economic affairs makes McCain look like an idiot on the subject. Apparently, McCain’s inability to comprehend economic issues is not a problem for the dumb masses, though.
“That [McCain] would do a little less harm than the others”
Wow! That’s a really convincing argument NOT!
I’m surprised Paul didn’t spend some time ridiculing that statement. Or maybe Don just edited that out…