Donklephant » Blog Archive » Ron Paul Likes Obama?

Ron Paul Likes Obama?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Libertarian, Ron Paul

And he’s not too fond of McCain.

In an interview on The Situation Room, Paul told Wolf Blitzer that endorsing Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, “would really confuse” his supporters “because they know we have a precise program and we have to defend that program.”

Having a Republican win the upcoming presidential election is “secondary” for Paul who is more interested in defending the Constitution, having the country go in what he considers the right direction, having a sound currency, and achieving balanced budgets. Paul parts ways with McCain over McCain’s support for the Iraq war, his approach to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and his willingness to spend federal dollars to support military operations in Iraq.

Instead, Paul favors Sen. Barack Obama because of positions on foreign policy. “But that’s doesn’t mean that’s an endorsement,” Paul quickly added.

So yeah, it’s unlikely he’d ever endorse Obama. But what about Bob Barr?

Here’s the link to the interview.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 and is filed under 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Libertarian, Ron Paul. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Ron Paul Likes Obama?”

blakmira Says:
May 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
No, Ron Paul does not “like” Obama. He said all 3 of the other candidates were basically the same, pro-Patriot Act and supporters of the war, but Obama seemed to be only slightly less so — but would find plenty of other globalist ways to spend taxpayer’s money.

And no, he will not endorse Bob Barr with such a suspicious background (former CIA member and pro-War on Drugs).

Ron Paul will not be endorsing ANY OTHER CANDIDATES for President except himself. Got it? Good.

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website

NOTE TO COMMENTERS:

You must ALWAYS fill in the two word CAPTCHA below to submit a comment. And if this is your first time commenting on Donklephant, it will be held in a moderation queue for approval. Please don't resubmit the same comment a couple times. We'll get around to moderating it soon enough.

Also, sometimes even if you've commented before, it may still get placed in a moderation queue and/or sent to the spam folder. If it's just in moderation queue, it'll be published, but it may be deleted if it lands in the spam folder. My apologies if this happens but there are some keywords that push it into the spam folder.

One last note, we will not tolerate comments that disparage people based on age, sex, handicap, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry. We reserve the right to delete these comments and ban the people who make them from ever commenting here again.

Thanks for understanding and have a pleasurable commenting experience.