http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Giuliani-060307.html

Carrie Stroup with Gambling911 has requested the folks at Sportsbook.com – presently offering political betting odds on the 2008 US Presidential election – to offer odds on Giuliani attending and debating Ron Paul at FreedomFest.

Breaking News at 9:34 AM on 6/4/2007

Dr. Paul accepts the invitation to debate Mr. Giuliani. .

Lew Moore
Campaign Manager
Ron Paul 2008 PCC
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Arlington, VA 22203
703-248-9115

For more information contact:
Ron Holland,
FreedomFest Marketing Coordinator
828 689 2148 ron@freedomfest.com

http://www.freedomfest.com/debate.htm Paul/Giuliani debate invitation

To Chris: I’m not a registered Republican, and have little hope of changing the minds of the 99.9% of people who don’t plan on voting for Paul and/or have never heard of him.

I think it’s great that Ron Paul’s candidacy is reaching out to people like you.

I just don’t think that, realistically, he has a real chance at getting nominated.

Even though I disagree with some of his positions on immigration and foreign policy, I still support his candidacy because I’d like to think that it will bring people like you into the Republican Party and into the political process.

Whether Ron Paul wins or loses, there is no way in hell I will vote for any of the Democratic front runners. And I can’t think of any reason why anyone who believes in free minds and free markets would either.

I understand your points. But at the same time, the supporters of TRUE conservatism didn’t evaporate into the thin air.

I have faith that the people of this country won’t remain blind forever, and that with some luck they’ll realize that so called conservatives like Rudy Giuliani are looking to trade OUR freedoms away.

Maybe I’m wrong, but this year for the first time in my life I’m no longer registered as an independent. I’m putting my money where my mouth is and stepping up. Because, from the current field, Ron Paul is the man I feel most confident about, both in action and in word, to lead this country in the right direction.

Ron Paul is barely registering 1% in the polls right now. For him to even be considered a contender for the nomination would require a political miracle the likes of which American politics has never seen.

He’s behind in the polls. He’s behind in fundraising. And, as much as you or I may agree with him, he is outside the mainstream of the Republican Party.

He’s not going to get the nomination. It’s just that simple.

If your a registered Republican, YOU decide who is or is not “electable”

Stop settling for 2nd best, if you agree with a candidate and feel they are best qualified for the job then give them the chance and give them your vote in the primary. All it would take is a good show in NH for the rest of the country to take RP seriously.

It’s a shame that today’s primary’s/election’s are not about the best candidate but instead about the candidate that compromises the best.

Ron Paul can not only win the primary, but the election as well given the support of all those people who say “I like what he does/says, but he’s just not electable”

You may be right about all of that, but there is just one problem:

Ron Paul cannot win the Republican nomination.

First of all, since you’re asking about electable libertarian friendly candidates I will leave Ron Paul out of the equation. I like most of what he has to say but he doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in Texas of winning the Republican nomination, or winning a single primary.

I also won’t discuss people like Duncan Hunter, Tancredo, or Jim Glimore. Not only don’t I consider any of them libertarian in any sense, they also don’t have any chance at getting the nomination.

Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that the current crop of candidates is not very libertarian friendly. In addition to Rudy, I’ve written here before about McCain who should be tossed off the list just for sponsoring McCain-Feingold. Romney campaigns like a conservative but anyone who looks at his record as Governor of Massachusetts would know that it’s all empty rhetoric. And I’ve already tossed Giuliani off the list.

Fred Thompson interests me, but he’s a conservative, not a libertarian. He supports the War on Drugs, he supported McCain-Feingold. At the same time, he’s good on taxes and most economic issues and “not Christian enough” for the religious right. (I’d also add that his wife is easily more attractive than any of the other GOP candidates wives, but that isn’t political analysis now is it ?)

To make a long story longer, 2008 isn’t shaping up to be a good year for people who lean in a libertarian direction. Which perhaps explains why some of them are forgetting about their principles and supporting a particular candidate because somebody, somewhere called him a libertarian.

AT QB asked for *electable.*

Despite a few *really* vocal supporters, I do not see Ron Paul as highly electable. Do not get me wrong, I like him… but, as I have said earlier, he is on the fringe.

It would be easier, and possibly smarter, to move to a candidate with libertarian leanings, but who still resonates with the GOP core.

Either way, we will see soon enough

And Doug, I am interested in your response to ATs question, especially if you qualify why, what you like and dislike about each of the *electable* candidates.

Ron Paul is the sensible libertarian candidate.

Facts:

Ron has never voted to raise taxes.
Ron has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
Ron has never voted for the Iraq War.
Ron has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
Ron has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
Ron has never voted to raise congressional pay.
Ron has never taken a government-paid junket.

Ron voted against the Patriot Act.
Ron votes against regulating the Internet.
Ron voted against NAFTA and CAFTA.
Ron votes against the United Nations.
Ron votes against the welfare state.
Ron votes against reinstating a military draft.

Ron votes to preserve the constitution.
Ron votes to cut government spending.
Ron votes to lower healthcare costs.
Ron votes to end the war on drugs.
Ron votes to protect civil liberties.
Ron votes to secure our borders with real immigration reform.
Ron votes to eliminate tax funded abortions.
Ron votes to protect religious freedom.

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