Louisiana’s Alexandria Town Talk reports that when that state’s voters “go to the polls to chose a president on Nov. 4, they will find a name on the ballot many might not expect — Ron Paul. Louisiana will be only one of two states where voters will have the opportunity to pull the lever for Paul.” Brent Sanders, a Republican who has run for office as a Libertarian, “helped create the Louisiana Taxpayers Party to place Paul on the ballot.” Former congressman Barry Goldwater Jr. is listed as Paul’s running mate.
Paul-Goldwater ticket on ballot in Louisiana
October 13th, 2008 · 19 Comments
Filed Under: Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties
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1 TheOriginalAndy // Oct 13, 2008 at 3:49 am
I wish that I was registered to vote in Louisiana or Montana so I could vote for Ron Paul for President.
2 NewFederalist // Oct 13, 2008 at 7:27 am
I sure hope the LPers in LA vote for this ticket since Barr/Root is not an option. Too bad MT wasn’t smart enough to put the same ticket on there.
3 Trent Hill // Oct 13, 2008 at 9:35 am
Im quoted in that article! =)
4 Robert Milnes // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:44 am
I wish RP/RP would moon everyone so I could kiss his skinny old dixiecrat conservative fool ass.
5 MattSwartz // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:55 am
Surprisingly, noted statesman and orator Robert Milnes is not on the ballot in any of our fifty states.
6 Robert Milnes // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:03 am
& the great dinosaur fossil RP/RP is on 2 out of 51. So?
7 MattSwartz // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:06 am
I think you should focus your efforts, including your ‘web activism’ exclusively on the 51st state, sir.
8 millerpolitics // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:39 am
Robert Milnes said: “the great dinosaur fossil RP/RP is on 2 out of 51. So?”
That is pretty good for a guy who is not even running for the job.
9 Robert Milnes // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:54 am
RP/RP recognizes the reality of the futility of his situation. Ronulans & Paulnuts do not.
10 johncjackson // Oct 13, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I think Milnes made his first comment that made any sense, and it is very true!
11 Mike Gillis // Oct 13, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Milnes,
Paul is getting support to run even when he isn’t seeking it. You sought that support and failed miserably.
You really are in no position to call anyone a loser. You haven’t a single verified supporter. If you did, you could have gotten your name on at least four ballots, but I doubt you could ever find the electors willing to support you. Hell, you could never find a running mate.
You’re the last person to attack any other candidate as a “loser”.
12 Robert Milnes // Oct 13, 2008 at 2:14 pm
It is easy to call all third party & ind pres. candidates losers. For at least 100 years ALL have been. Closest TR second place at 27% in 1912. RP tried to get slick trying for the GOP nom. But he had to run as lib. which he is not. That limited him to 20%. TR was a republican who really did turn progressive. he didn’t lie or misrepresent
13 Mike Gillis // Oct 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I really don’t see how Ron Paul misrepresented himself. He was loudly and clearly for the issues he’s always stood for in both the GOP and afterwards.
And if candidates who can win ballot access in 40+ states, raise millions of dollars and thousands of supporters and staffers…. if those candidates are losers…
What does that make you?
14 Robert Milnes // Oct 13, 2008 at 2:47 pm
He’s not a republican or libertarian. Yet he runs or has run in those parties. he is a Constitutionalist/theocrat. Hence endorsing Baldwin. Yet he doesn’t run Constitution party. He obfuscates the abortion issue by citing states rights. Like Barr. etc. How much more misrepresentative can he get? he evidently seeks to reform the gop. He hasn’t enough votes. That leaves him running as a repub. & not being one!
15 richardwinger // Oct 13, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Minor party presidential candidates aren’t “losers”, even when they fail to get elected. The Prohibition Party, by causing the Republican Party to lose the presidential elections of 1884 and 1916, brought about the change it had been seeking, so its candidates were really winners in that sense.
16 inDglass // Oct 13, 2008 at 6:05 pm
If McCain loses states like Indiana and Virginia to Obama, the 3% who chose Barr and Baldwin in those states could be interpreted as swing votes, as these are traditionally Republican states that could go to Obama by a very short margin.
About 10% of GOP primary voters chose Ron Paul, and the party kept ignoring that base into the convention. It is possible that McCain’s choice of Palin was out of hopes to please them as well as the other 10% or so that voted Huckabee.
We could see Barr, Baldwin, and even Ron Paul (write-ins plus MT & LA) splitting 2-3% of the vote. Those votes could be interpreted as robbing McCain in close races. Richard Winger may be right, and the GOP might have to start paying more attention! If the GOP leadership were concerned about the welfare of the party, rather than the neoconservative agenda, they would have been more supportive of Ron Paul. Dr. Paul attracted thousands of new Republican voters and members at a time when the party was shrinking. He now has a 100,000 member organization that intends to train precinct committeemen to support libertarian-leaning Republicans around the country. He is the best thing to happen to the GOP in a long time.
17 Robert Milnes // Oct 13, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Richard, I appreciate your historical perspective. But political hardball is hardly hopeful & passive-aggressive. It is exponentially better to win the election. inDglass, I’m sick of Dr. Ron Paul. he belongs in the CP with Baldwin & Barr. But as long as he & Barr get a pass, I guess they will continue to mislead & misrepresent & suck support from the LP.
18 Hugh Jass // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Have there been any Louisiana appearances by AuH202?
19 Trent Hill // Oct 14, 2008 at 12:58 am
No, unfortunately AuH2O(2) sort of renegged on his promise to visit LA. I understand, it would have compromised him politically–especially since he might be running in 2012 (says a popular rumor).
He may still come into town for a lecture or something, but notihng about the P/VP ticket.
I hope to see Goldwater Jr. run for Senate when John McCain vacates the seat, but I think Jeff Flake is going to go after it. In any case, I hope to see more of Goldwater Jr. in the next couple of years.
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