Non-obvious potential endorsements for Ron Paul

Constitution Party

19 (23.2%)

Reform Party

10 (12.2%)

Green Party

0 (0%)

Independence Party

9 (11%)

Labor Unions

3 (3.7%)

Ralph Nader

1 (1.2%)

Ross Perot

12 (14.6%)

Pat Buchanan (he did!)

7 (8.5%)

Jesse Ventura

10 (12.2%)

Bruce Willis

6 (7.3%)

Tucker Carlson

5 (6.1%)

Total Members Voted: 12

[Alex Libman]

A GOP nomination would obviously be a dream come true, but I think it's dangerous to make it the sole goal of Ron Paul's 2008 campaign, otherwise we might miss an opportunity for a strong third party / independent showing that could be a stepping stone for 2012.  The Libertarian party nomination is a definite possibility, but what other parties / entities / past independents do you think he has a chance of getting an endorsement from?

Please post items to add to the poll, and ideas for how some of those connections can be forged.  We'd need skillful diplomats to communicate with those people.  The promise of voting reform / rank-based voting might make a tempting carrot...

[libertylover]

I said Ross, he still has money doesn't he?

[wtfk]

I don't remember much about the Independence Party, but otherwise, I don't think any of those have much in common with Ron Paul.  If anything, I suppose maybe the Constitution Party agrees with some of the areas in which Ron Paul is less consistent with liberty (they seem to tend to religious conservatism.)

[Alex Libman]

With Bruce Willis coming out as an Alex Jones fan, I wonder if he can get him to campaign for Ron Paul...

Or, what other libertarian celebrities do you think he could get? 

[wtfk]

Hey...I noticed Yahoo news has Ron Paul conspicuously absent from their list of candidates.  I fired off a castigation for them.  Here's a link FYI:

Help Get Ron Paul on Yahoo's List of Candidates

[Lindsey]

Well that's horse shit.  I haven't voted yet, I'm still mulling. 

[wtfk]

 

[Alex Libman]

According to Wikipedia, RP's current endorsements are:

Individuals:

• Michael Badnarik - 2004 Libertarian Party presidential candidate
• Jim Clymer - Constitution Party chairman
• Michael Peroutka - 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate
• Chuck Baldwin - 2004 Constitution Party Vice Presidential candidate
• Barbara Hagan - Long time right-to-life activist and former two-term New Hampshire state representative
• Michael Charles Smith - 2008 Republican Party Presidental candidate
• Barry Goldwater, Jr. - Former Congressman, son of Barry Goldwater[original research?]
• Pat Buchanan - Politician and 1992 and 1996 Republican Party Presidental candidate

Academia:

• Walter Williams - Professor of Economics at George Mason University

Media:

• Alex Jones - radio host
• Paul Mulshine - Journalist
• Aaron Russo - Hollywood film producer
• John Stossel - Co-anchor of ABC News show 20/20

Is this list missing anyone?  Perhaps your present / former congressman?

[Alex Libman]

There's a petition to get Tucker Carlson (bleh) to nominate Ron Paul.

Please post here if you know of (or start) similar petition! 

Campaigning for endorsements truly is the best way one can help Ron Paul.

[libertylover]

How about and enforcement from MacGlafline of the MacGlafline Group. (Not sure how to spell the name) please feel free to correct and post a link.  He did say that Paul gave the best performance.

[AlexLibman]

Ｕｐｄａｔｅ - the Wikipedia entry listing Ron Paul's endorsements currently reads:

Academia:

• Walter Block, Ph.D. - Professor of Economics at Loyola University and Fellow at the Mises Institute.
• Jack Chambless, Ph.D. - Professor of Economics at Valencia College.
• Joe Michael Cobb, Ph.D. - Retired Professor of Economics, Orange Coast College and Saddleback College.
• Gary Galles, Ph.D. - Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University.
• Walter E. Williams, Ph.D. - Professor of Economics at George Mason University.
• Thomas Woods, Ph.D. - Author and resident historian at the Mises Institute.

Entertainers:

• Bill Dumas - Hollywood film producer.
• Glen Jacobs - WWE wrestler "Kane".
• Sean Morley - WWE wrestler "Val Venis".
• Aaron Russo (1943-2007) - Hollywood film producer.
• Doug Stanhope - Comedian.
• Jimmie Vaughan - Blues guitarist.
• Melanie "Sunnie" MacEachern - Hip Hop record mogul and producer of the claymation adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

Media:

• James Bovard - Author and columnist.
• Vox Day - Political columnist.
• Marc Emery - Radio station manager.
• Devvy Kidd - Political columnist.
• Texe Marrs - Pastor, author and radio host.
• Richard Maybury - Publisher of U.S. & World Early Warning Report for Investors.
• Paul Mulshine - Journalist.
• Peter Schiff - Financial consultant and Fox News contributor.
• Gary B. Smith - Fox News economics commentator.
• Joseph Sobran - Columnist.
• Tucker Carlson - Host of Tucker.
• G. Edward Griffin - author and film producer.
• Robert Novak - journalist and syndicated columnist.

Organizations:

• Jefferson Republican Party

• United Republicans of California

Government officials:

• Karen Kwiatkowski - Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel.
• Michael Scheuer - former head analyst at the CIA’s bin Laden unit.
• Judge Andrew Napolitano - Superior Court judge in New Jersey from 1987 to 1995, New Jersey's youngest life-tenured judge. He also served as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School for eleven years. Judge Napolitano labelled Dr. Ron Paul as "The Thomas Jefferson of our age.".

Elected officials:

• Bob Barr - Former Member of Congress from Georgia.
• Paul Findley - Former Member of Congress from Illinois.
• Barry Goldwater, Jr. - Former Member of Congress from California.
• Jim Guest - Missouri State Representative, District 5.
• Barbara Hagan - Long-time right-to-life activist and former two-term New Hampshire state representative.
• Jerry O'Neil - Montana State Senator.
• Steve Vaillancourt - New Hampshire State Representative.

Other political:

• Michael Badnarik - 2004 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate.
• Chuck Baldwin - 2004 Constitution Party Vice-Presidential candidate.
• Jim Clymer - Constitution Party National Chair.
• Frank Gonzalez - 2008 Independent Congressional candidate in Florida.
• Stephen P. Gordon - Chairman of the Alabama Libertarian Party, former Communications Director and Political Director of the national Libertarian Party.
• Larry Kilgore - 2008 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas.
• Steve Kubby - 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate.
• Michael Peroutka - 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate.
• Justin Raimondo - 1996 Republican Congressional candidate in California and editorial director of Antiwar.com.
• Michael Charles Smith - 2008 Republican Party Presidential candidate.
• Theodore Terbolizard - 2008 Republican Congressional candidate in California District 4.
• Ed Thompson - 2002 Libertarian Party candidate for govennor of Wisconsin.

Other:

• Reverend John Killian - At the Alabama Republican Straw Poll

Not as prominent as I had hoped...  He won't be taken seriously without a lot more viable support - the kind that led even Ahnold to being taken seriously.  And some of those listed above probably need to be double-checked...

For a time I was hoping there'd be an avalanche of closet Objectivists rushing to his side (with Alan Greenspan being the ultimate jackpot!), but then I remembered what views some of them hold on the "War on Terror"...  Damn shame!

[wtfk]

I noticed the removal of John Stossel. 

[Porcupine_in_MA]

I still don't understand how Stossel could support anyone else. He confuses me that way.

[AlexLibman]

The below video makes me wonder if Gravel might end up endorsing or at least forming a strategic alliance of some sorts with the Ron Paul campaign:

[youtube=425,350]z-6yNLLXsg4[/youtube] (FULL / DIGG)

[libertylover]

I still don't understand how Stossel could support anyone else. He confuses me that way.

John Stossel is the ABC's water boy he isn't about to ruffle his feathers inside that golden cage.

If Ron Paul starts to take off he will support him just like the old saying goes.  When it cost a follower nothing they will support a candidate or an issue.  Only true patriots risk with their support even if the odds seem against them.