Ron Paul: I'm Being Shut Out Of The GOP Convention

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/02/mccain-block-paul/
Transcript: CNN: A report I read this morning that the McCain campaign and the Republican National Convention are actively reaching out to you to try to get your support for Senator McCain's candidacy. is that true? PAUL: I wouldn't put it in those words. (laughs) CNN: How would you put it? PAUL: Imagine — I don't even know where they got a statement like that! I mean, we've been reaching out. we were requesting whether I could come to the floor. and really, we've been just up against a wall. CNN: So they haven't been reaching out to you? PAUL: I wouldn't call it that. They had one individual come talk to us and said with a would we like. We listed a lot of things. We said could we come to the floor? They said yeah under very very restricted conditions. A Republican congressman should have a pass to the floor but they said your pass will be at the gate and you can pick it up when you leave and you can't take anybody with you. I mean, my staff — they said we would have three guest passes that i could take on to the floor with me, but they never confirmed that.

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[louis12346]

The American people are simply fed-up with both the Republicans and the Democrats. We are tired of the wars and the lies. We are tired of the fear tactics and the police state we are evolving into. The thought of a third-party candidate winning this election is not so far-fetched as it once was. It's about time.

[trumancapoteisgreat]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT

RON PAUL WAS OUR COUNTRY'S ONLY HOPE FOR THIS GOD DAMN COUNTRY. He's a fucking constitutionalist people, if we can't trust the documents our country was BUILT UPON then what in the world can we trust? McCain is bullshit, Obama is bullshit. Ron Paul was the only person throughout the election process that held on firmly to what he believed to be true, and didn't change it just to get votes. I HATE politics. This is fucking ridiculous, I'm still writing him in.

[wheelmanstan]

for all of you who weren't keeping track of it all, Ron Paul was screwed over big time. They tried to discredit everything he did and all the people who stood/stand behind him. It was absurd and still is. Google and watch a great film for free called "outfoxed" for a little idea of how the media works.

Paul-Ventura 2012!!

[candiceevans1]

we might have one more chance to get Ron in and save this country,,,dont people workiong in the CIA and for homeland securty ect understand that their kids will have to live in a country where there are no jobs, no chance for a good education, no chance for a constitutional gov ever again,,,,I just dont understand the ideology these people support,,,globalism means America dies. We become a third world bananna republic and a shithole,,,dont they too want to live in the America we all love

[tomitstube]

and why exactly is ron paul a republican again? the last three republican presidents are responsible for the majority of this countries debt. the only president to balance a budget was a democrat.

it would seem repubs have the whole country buffaloed into thinking they are fiscally responsible. on top of their insane military spending and tax cuts for the rich, they cut social programs and corporate regulations.

so paul is a republican because...?

[hvacrdude1]

Ron Paul is really Gomer Pyle , the last of real americans.

while the rest of us real americans fight the reich winged radical rednecked rethuglikkkans from the past regime of the past 8 years.

Now, he is lucky he could not get his elbows rubbed ...

He was a ploy like ross perot... too many naive believe everything u tell me, types out there.

that is why they voted for bush twice, and are whining now, and not then .

not even a single minute.

lol

go figure...

now they are crying and groveling

[hifimonkeykong]

goog he's a nut, not as bad as some others but still a nut

[StevePalRP]

The Matrix has arrived.

Wake up people!

Are you being manipulated and controlled?

Find out about Ron Paul.

Vote for Ron Paul.

[berlinrelic]

Ron Paul was the only hope.Get ready for your own distruction and I will bet my last euro the US will bring another country down as she goes.

[JCGMich29]

Ron Paul is the candidate of real Americans. If he chooses to run again and campaigns on a return to pre 1965 immigration policies, he'll have a great chance. The fact the globalists don't even want him at the convention says a lot about John McBush.

[refimanloans]

Ron Paul or Nader both parties are terrified by - reason being they expose the hypocrisy of politicians and both these brave men address the issues with a plan to get the nation on the right track again. How do you cause change when DC is a corporation run by powerful corporate men who have the politicians like puppets on a string. Most Americans do not know about the freedom loses and when they wake up I dread it will be too late! Can a capitalistic system work in these times - maybe not!