He is a 9 term Republican congressman from Texas. Paul 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
2007-03-11 12:24:42 · 7 answers · asked by Nick 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
of course he does! ron paul is our second to last hope (before armed revolution)
2007-03-18 19:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by ricehands 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1996, Paul was again elected to the House as a Republican. Mainstream Republican Party figures backed the incumbent, Greg Laughlin, a Democratic representative who had switched parties in the wake of the Republican takeover of Congress. Laughlin attempted to portray Paul's views as extreme and eccentric, but Paul won the primary and went on to win the general election.
Leaders of the Texas Republican Party made similar efforts to defeat him in 1998, but he again won the primary and the election. The Republican congressional leadership then agreed to a compromise: Paul votes with the Republicans on procedural matters and remains nominally Republican in exchange for the committee assignments normally due according to his seniority. This is arguably similar to the deal that Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont had with the Democratic Party (though Jeffords was elected as a Republican and was officially an independent until his retirement in January 2007). Paul was convincingly re-elected in 2000 and 2002. He was elected unopposed in 2004 to his ninth term in the Congress, and was re-elected again in 2006 by a 20% margin.[1] He is a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus.
Ron Paul kicks Democrat and Republican ***!
2007-03-11 19:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
His biggest obstacle is that he is from Texas. No good politician ever came out of Texas. He said he is against the drug program. I wonder how he expects the elderly to exist paying $70.00 and more per prescription because of the greedy drug companies. If you cut Social security we will see more elderly either dying or in third world poverty. Why is it that politicians can't understand with the greed of corporations today, if the government doesn't step in we will soon be a third world country with the rich living well and the he-- with the rest of society. Is that the path of America? That is how Communism gets foot hold in countries, when governments forget they are elected for the people. why do you think people follow Chavez? I agree with most of his other points.
2007-03-11 19:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by jackie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does Hillary Clinton have the political background to run for president?
Does Barack Obama have the political background to run for president?
Does Rudy Guliani have the political background to run for president?
you get the idea....
Abolish the Fed!!
From the Grace Commission report....
"100% of what is collected is absorbed
solely by interest on the Federal Debt ...
all individual income tax revenues are gone
before one nickel is spent on the services
taxpayers expect from government."
2007-03-13 14:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by johndoe12762 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is a member of the House of Representatives. The only House member ever elected President was James A Garfield in 1880. Politically, he tends towards isolationism, which was a disaster in the 1930's & would be even more dangerous today.
2007-03-11 21:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who said you need political background to run for president. Seem all the actors are lining up for the run, or ones that do nothing but get elected and campaign for more funds for next election. And Fail to do anything while in office.
2007-03-16 18:17:18 · answer #6 · answered by allen w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's not that good lookin'. That will be the democrats biggest bullet.
2007-03-16 22:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by ringolarry 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋