Ryan says a vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Obama

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Published time: September 25, 2012 19:29
Edited time: September 25, 2012 23:29

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Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan told an audience in Ohio this week that voting for Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) this November in lieu of GOP pick Mitt Romney will only ensure a second term for incumbent Barack Obama.

Addressing supporters at a Republican Party rally in Lima, Ohio on Monday, Mr. Ryan responded to a gentleman from the crowd’s question pertaining to why a vote for the Romney/Ryan ticket would be the right choice for more libertarian-leaning members of the party who are still considering Rep. Paul on Election Day.

According to the man vying for the role of VP, a vote for Rep. Paul is a vote for the president.

"Do you want Barack Obama to be re-elected?" Ryan asked the crowd. "Then don't vote for Ron Paul."

Mr. Ryan followed up by applauding Rep. Paul’s insistence on ordering an audit of the US Federal Reserve and admitted that he sees eye-to-eye with the congressman on more than one issue. But while Ryan did little to clarify why he feared followers of Rep. Paul could plague former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s chances of a win in November, he offered up a convincing comparison of both Republican candidates that could only remind some uncertain libertarian voters of how important the issues campaigned by Rep. Paul may be for America.

“There are many things that Ron has championed that I am a believer in. Especially liberty and sound money,” Ryan told the audience. “Look at where we are. And this is where we all see eye to eye. We believe in limited government and economic freedom. We believe in pro-growth policies that say, You keep your money in your family's budget, in your family's business instead of sending it to Washington in the first place. That creates prosperity, freedom and jobs.”

“And on an issue where Ron has been particularly explicit, the Federal Reserve is yet again trying to bail out the fact that Obama, President Obama has failed on fiscal policy,” Ryan continued, Yahoo News reports. “All of this money printing, which is coming from the Federal Reserve, risks debasing our currency. It risks undermining the value of our dollar, it risks increasing prices on things like food and gas. And among the things that the government can do to harm its people, one of the worst things is to debase its currency. We need sound money, we need our money to have a reliable store of value, especially for people living on fixed incomes. That's an area we feel very strong about.”

Although Rep. Paul formally lost the GOP nomination to Gov. Romney, he has yet to officially announce his resignation from the race. Last week, former Republican Party hopeful Gary Johnson filed an anti-trust suit in federal court in an effort to be included in the upcoming televised presidential debates. Although he continues to poll favorably with likely voters, Johnson has been excluded from the debate. Only Mr. Romney and Pres. Obama have been extended invitations to argue at this year’s debate, which a spokesperson for Johnson says demonstrates “a rigged system designed entirely to protect and perpetuate the two-party duopoly.”

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bumpkinscholar 23.10.2012 17:16

I think all the wonderful Ron Paul fans should vote for Gary Johnson for president . He is an ex-governor with a good snaller government, low tax, more freedom political record . A bit liberal for some of us but not rediculously so . If we help re-elect obama it's because not enough of us voted for Johnson, and it means that America needs the spanking of four more obama years !!

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bumpkinscholar 23.10.2012 17:13

Birchwood wrote in #1 Ron Paul seems to be honest and not bought by Lobbyists; he would probably make a good President........... While some call Romney - "Rob-ney, and Ryan - "Lyin Ryan" when caught telling a lie.It seems now that "Money talks" and "Democracy walks away"............ What ever happened to the real America?

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_j_ (unregistered) 18.10.2012 19:22

Paul Ryan is scared that Mitt will lose in Ohio. He ought to be. Gary Johnson is polling at 10% there, when his name is actually in the poll. More than enough to tip the outcome one way or the other. (Although he didn't mention it, he also ought to be scared of Johnson in Colorado by his home state of NM, and of Virgil Goode who polls 9% in his homestate Virginia.)

Those of you liberty-movement folks actually *living* in Ohio, Virginia, and the other swing-states (FL NC WI CO IA NV plus maybe NH) are the kingmakers in 2012. You get to decide whether we have 4 more years of Obama, with congress shackling him somewhat, or 8 years of Mitt, with congress doing his bidding. I suggest you vote for Gary Johnson or Virgil Goode or Ron Paul or Ronald Reagan, even if that means 4 more of Obama, because 8 years of Mitt (with Ginsberg as AG) is the worse outcome.

However, for anybody NOT actually residing in one of those nine states, please vote for a third-party candidate that supports liberty. Send a message to the candidates and the campaign-staffers and the superpacs in 2014 and 2016, that you are fed up with the twin-party system of NewCoke Obama versus DietCoke Romney. We want somebody not owned by the same special interests next time!

The math which Paul Ryan was talking about in Ohio *only* applies to the folks in Ohio (and other swing-states). Even if every paulitician in California voted third party, Obama would still get 100% of the ecVotes there. By the same logic, even if every liberty-lover in Texas picked a third-party candidate, Mitt would still get 100% of the electoral college *there*. This means your third-party vote is irrelevant in 2012, of course... but that's actually kind of liberating, when you think about it. YOU CAN VOTE FOR WHO YOU REALLY WANT... and there is no penalty for doing so, because the ecVotes in your state are already locked up, right?

Right. Furthermore, although you won't get any benefit in 2012 from voting for Johnson or Goode or Paul or Reagan, you *might* get a huge benefit in 2016... should a liberty-candidate actually become the Republican nominee. Therefore, get out the vote, my friends -- but with an eye to the better future, rather than to the sorry present. And don't get apathetic after this election! Join your local party. Get on your county committee. Figure out how to become a delegate in 2014. Start winning hearts & minds. For liberty.

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