by Erik on 24 January 2012
by Erik on 21 January 2012
In response to my recent article on Blogcritics suggesting that Ron Paul should not run as a third-party candidate if he fails to attain the Republican nomination, a Paul Supporter writes:
When a candidate enters a primary, he agrees to accept the primary’s outcome.
Do you have a citation for this? …. I donated money to Paul because I want him to be President and if his best route means doing it outside the party, so be it. The two parties are part of the problem with Washington. If you don’t see that, you shouldn’t being writing about politics
Not only does this comment entirely miss the point of my article, it’s illustrative of the selfish attitude that pervades Dr. Paul’s base. If Paul’s best route to the presidency lay outside the party system, then he should have taken that route. He chose not to; he chose to participate in the Republican party’s primary.
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