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If Ron Paul ever does drop out...I hope he will encourage all of his supporters and anyone who truly believes in the Constitution to throw their support behind the Libertarian Party. They may not have a snowball's chance of winning in 08'...but if their base is large enough, the other parties will be forced to co-opt libertarian positions if they hope to win elections in the future..
Socialists did the same thing back in the early 1900's.. The socialist party in America was becoming quite popular, and the democrats, fearing becoming obsolete, decided to take much of the socialist platform and make it their own...This is what gave us federal welfare, medicare, social security, a steeply progressive income tax (up to 91% under FDR, etc), tons of new government agencies, etc. Basically the entire New Deal was an extension of the socialist platform.
The socialist party candidate didn't make it into office, but because of overwhelming grassroots support for their ideas, nearly the entire socialist agenda was passed into law by a "major" political party. Hopefully we can accomplish the same thing by building a LIBERTY-oriented movement...focused on reducing government power, defending the Constitution, and giving people more control over their lives.. It's just a matter of educating people and building support on the grassroots level. If our numbers get large enough, there is no way the two-parties can continue ignoring these issues.
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