Pissant Newsletter Publisher Cum Fringe Kingmaker

After yesterday's Sturm und Drang over McCain's latest maverictus, a timely reality check. Remember the Bircher alternative to McShitsandwich?:

“I’ll be very cautious about what I do,” he said, noting his effort to encourage his supporters to get involved with their local Republican committee. “If I just endorse somebody from another party and walk away, that probably wouldn’t go over too well.”

But while keeping to the same mantra — “I have no plan, no intention to do so” — Paul is also not completely slamming the door shut on a third-party run. And, perhaps more worrisome for Republicans should they have a tight race with the eventual Democratic nominee, he’s also not ruling out supporting a third-party candidate.

Asked what he would do if his supporters approached him this fall and asked him whom to support, Paul replied, “I’ll respond when I think I should — when we know where the ducks are lining up.”

“It’s a little bit early for that. Who are the candidates going to be? Not only on top of the two parties, but who will be the bottom four or five?”

Who cares about the "bottom four or five" candidates? RON PAUL! that's who:

“I have a lot of friends in the Green Party,” he said. “Some [of my backers] may vote for Ralph Nader.”

So what is Ron Paul going to do while we wait for him to endorse an even fringier candidate? Hell, it's time to horde some gold! Following up on his wild success as an attention-to-detail publisher of newsletters, Ron Paul has a new book coming out next week, “The Revolution: A Manifesto."

The Politico piece wraps up with this trip down memory lane:

Recalling the May of 2007 GOP debate when he and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani scrapped in South Carolina over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and national security, Paul crowed that “Giuliani made me a celebrity.”

“I’m still doing this," Paul said, "and he’s paying back his debt.”

I leave you with Ron Paul's historic star turn:

RON PAUL 2008!

Comments

[The Guvnah]

Someone with better photoshop skilz than I needs to reverse the logo.

I think it's now save to say that it's the

Ron Paul
OVER-lution

[Beth]

The Guvnah, it's been done, but I can't find it. I like this one too, though.

[cranky]

There are still two Ron Paul signs up in my neighborhood. They counter the one McCain sign.

How would we feel about the Chinese building bases in the Gulf of Mexico? What the fuck, Ron Paul?

[Beth]

See, if you were a lib, you'd take those stupid RP signs down. Paultards are so fucking delusional it's scary.

Re: Chinese bases in the Gulf of Mexico - that's easy. He'd issue Letters of Marque just like the Founding Fathers™ intended (for pirates). Because, of course, he is totally insane.

[Beth]

Wait a second. CRANKY? Two RP signs in ALABAMA? No wonder they're still there--there are so few moonbats (thank God) in Alabama that there's nobody around to rip those things down. I'm guessing people just consider those RP nutters "eccentric."

It's worth mentioning that I've only ever seen one Obamessiah bumpersticker (and no yard signs) here in Mobile yet. I've seen one RP sign that didn't last long, no BO signs, and one Mac yard sign. I'm the only one sporting a Mac bumpersticker that I've seen so far, but everyone here is still fiercely attached to their Bush bumperstickers (I still have mine on, too).

God, I love Alabama.

[geoff]

Maybe you should italicize "cum." As is, the headline makes me giggle.

Saturday is not my mature day.

[cranky]

Beth, the Obamessiah bumper stickers are all over the place in Montgomery. Maybe it is all the state government workers and trial lawyers in this city who make Obama so popular. I have a coworker who says he and his wife will vote for Obama (they're both pasty white liberals). When asked why he'll vote for Obama, or what Obama's position is on an issue, he has no, and I really mean that, no idea. They'll vote for Obama 'because'. Because why? Just because.

It's depressing to know there are people who will vote but who cannot articulate a single reason for voting for a candidate.

Otherwise, c'mon Dale Jr.!