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Ron Paul Makes an Appeal for Third-Party Candidates
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 10, 2008 10:37am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, September 9, 2008 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Michael Falcone
Representative Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning congressman from Texas who attracted a devoted following in his bid for the Republican nomination, is once again trying to shake up the presidential race.
At a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Mr. Paul plans to urge voters to support one of the third-party candidates for president rather than cast their ballot for either Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, or Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate.
“At a time when 60 percent of the American people are dissatisfied with their presidential choices,” Mr. Paul said in a statement, “this could be the year that third-party option brings in a big chunk of the vote.”
And Mr. Paul intends to showcase some of those options at the National Press Club on Wednesday. He will be joined by Ralph Nader, an independent candidate, Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party, former Representative Bob Barr of Georgia, who is running on the Libertarian Party ticket and former Georgia congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney, who is the Green Party’s presidential candidate.
According to a spokesman, Mr. Paul plans to say that the Republican and Democratic candidates “have no substantive differences on important issues.” |
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