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    Ron Paul not seeking re-election to Congress, will aim for presidency

    Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul announced Tuesday morning on his Facebook page that he will not seek re-election in 2012.

    “Big news!” Paul wrote. “I have decided not to seek re-election for my House seat in 2012 and will focus all of my energy [on] winning the Presidency. My hometown newspaper The Facts will be running the exclusive story very shortly.”

    Paul was first elected to Congress in 1978. He previously ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.

    “I felt it was better that I concentrate on one election,” Paul told The Facts. “It’s about that time when I should change tactics.”

    Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul released a statement reacting to his father’s announcement.

    “History will record the legislative record of Ron Paul as an extraordinary one — perhaps unparalleled,” Paul wrote. “There probably has never been a more consistent believer in limited government in Congress. America deserves a statesman like Ron Paul as her president, a man I am proud to call my father.”

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    290 comments

    • Judgment Day  •  10 mths ago
      As a liberal, I think Ron Paul is at least fair across the board.. He pretty much is the same no matter what class American you are. Why did he run under the GOP - they will never let him win the nomination.
      • nobody 10 mths ago
        Yeah i know.I would label myself a conservative i suppose.....their terms not mine.Thay just makes us more divided.Its a shame that we both could probably agree on ron paul yet will be "forced" to vote for a dem or repub.Its sickening really.----I wis we could just follow the constitution...why is that so hard.
      • Michael 10 mths ago
        Sorry, James, but Dems have not "always been crap." And the GOP of Ike was much better than today. Heck, Barry Goldwater was ten times better than the clowns the GOP puts forth today, hoping to create their religious right nanny-state. Today, the GOP is run by Joe McCarthy look alikes.
    • 49ers  •  10 mths ago
      Even though I like Ron Paul he doesnt have a chance because he isint a member of skull and bones and wont be a puppet for the bilderberg group, he also make bernanke mad when he asks him intelligent questions.
      • Hank 10 mths ago
        It's Bones and Skulls you tin foil hat wearing moron, and they are just a Frat.
      • 49ers 10 mths ago
        Its skull and bones mo..,,.ron go look it up when you learn how to read
    • Hope 2012  •  10 mths ago
      So in other worlds he is retiring from politics all together....Good
      • Mark 10 mths ago
        Hope2010, move to Cuba where you belong.
    • charles c  •  10 mths ago
      another right winger trying hard to make american a third world nation running for president. so...what else is new?
    • Tsl Ink  •  10 mths ago
      mainstream politicians portray him as a nutbag only b/c he threatens the "establishment"
      • Chris 10 mths ago
        People say he's "extreme" but isn't trying something (Rep/Dem) over and over and over and over again and still failing, extreme also?
    • Xeon  •  10 mths ago
      This country desperately needs a libertarian in the White House. Maybe then we can start to get our freedoms back that the Dems and Repukes have been taking from us all these years.

      An yes I know Ron is running as a Repuke. That is his only chance to get elected. whether you like it not a third party has zero chance of getting elected in a presidential election.
    • Trollol  •  10 mths ago
      Ron Paul is the last bastion of personal and economic freedom in Congress.

      He has my vote in 2012.
      • Footyball 10 mths ago
        He is insane!
      • Big D 10 mths ago
        @Footyball- OH SURE, because getting back to sound economics and adhering to the constitution is insane!
    • AustinP  •  10 mths ago
      I cant believe people hate Ron Paul. If anything you could just disagree with him but come on. He is the most honest, reliable, intellectual politician in congress and hes a certified badass.
    • George Jetson  •  10 mths ago
      If R’s fail to nominate Dr. Paul, I will write his name in on the bottom of my voting ballot for President! D and R Parties have merged too form the Bureaucrat’s, by which they screw the American people!
    • clearthinker  •  10 mths ago
      Now it's time to take a closer look at what Paul really stands for. He's obviously not a party hack like the front runners so that could be a good thing.
    • Cpt Insano  •  10 mths ago
      Ron Paul - a vote for real change! The only politician who is not a standard politician. The standard REP and DEM got us into this mess.
    • Steven  •  10 mths ago
      Ron Paul 2012!!!
    • LisaM  •  10 mths ago
      He has my vote. I just can't support any of the other candidates -- Palin? Bachmann? Romney? No thanks. And I really like what Ron Paul has to say about the TSA and its abuses in airports. ($52 BILLION dollars in taxpayer money and a 70%-100% failure rate at catching contraband being loaded onto airplanes?? What a terrible use of our money.) I think Ron Paul is the only candidate who will actually do something about the problems in government today. Everyone else just seems to want to play the Washington game and get drunk on the power.
    • ProBox92  •  10 mths ago
      I am sad that Ron Paul went unnoticed to the public until recently. His predictions all came true. He is a political prophet. But it seems he has so much more support now than in 2008.. I hope he can win.
    • Ronald W  •  10 mths ago
      One less honest person in congress.
    • gas t  •  10 mths ago
      Like this comment if you are voting for this guy, dislike if not. RON PAUL 2012!
    • Steve  •  10 mths ago
      It's the RIGHT message at the right time. Vote this guy in or lose your country and your freedom.
    • M W  •  10 mths ago
      Even as a liberal - I can appriciate many - but not all - of Ron Paul's positions. At this point I would gladly vote for him over Obama - but all the other republicans are nuts! I'd classify Ron Paul as more of a Libertarian. I hope he wins the primary - but republican voters are so insane he probably won't.
    • Barney  •  10 mths ago
      Go Ron!
    • Ryan Sch  •  10 mths ago
      Ron Paul 2012

      End the Federal Reserve and its ability to inflate the dollar to a state of worthlessness. End its monopoly on the monetary system and allow at the least a competing currency, such as gold and silver. End this failed experiment with Keynesian economics, which is nothing but endless debt, credit, overseas borrowing, and printing fiat money out of thin air!

      End the wars, and bring our troops home from the 900+ bases throughout the world!
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