Hit the nail on the head.

[farmerbyron]

Ron Paul had this FB status today and he couldn't be more right.

America is over $16 trillion in debt. The "official" unemployment rate still hovers around 8%.

Our federal government claims the right to spy on American citizens, indefinitely detain them, and even assassinate them without trial.

Domestic drones fly over the country for civilian surveillance.

Twelve million fewer Americans voted in 2012 than in 2008, yet political pundits scratch their heads
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It's not hard to see why, though.

To go along with endorsing a never-ending policy of bailouts, "stimulus packages," and foreign military adventurism, the establishment of neither major party questions the assaults on Americans' liberties I’ve named above.

As my campaign showed, the American people are fed up. Many realized heading into Tuesday that regardless of who won the presidential election, the status quo would be the real victor.

GOP leadership is now questioning why they didn't perform better.

They're looking at demographic changes in the United States and implying minorities can only be brought into the party by loudly advocating for abandoning what little remains of their limited government platform and endorsing more statist policies.

My presidential campaign proved that standing for freedom brings people together.

Liberty is popular – regardless of race, religion, or creed.

As long as the GOP establishment continues to not only reject the liberty message, but actively drive away the young, diverse coalition that supports those principles, it will see results similar to Tuesday’s outcome.

A renewed respect for liberty is the only way forward for the Republican Party and for our country.

I urge all my Republican colleagues to join the liberty movement in fighting for a brighter future.

If the GOP can't get on this libertarian bandwagon and modernize, they deserve to become extinct.

 

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[TwoForFlinching]

Ron Paul FTW

 

[Werewolf]

The only way the libertarians will ever run the USA is to take it over by force.

I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Do YOU? Bueler? Bueler? Anyone?

 

[cjjtulsa]

Ron Paul was unelectable.

Turns out so was Romney.

 

[Jim Corrigan]

Ron Paul was absolutely electable. A good number of the moderates that voted for Obama could have easily swung for Paul, all based on social issues. Die-hard Republicans would have voted for him because he wasn't Obama. I mean, they voted for Romney, and he was Obama....

 

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I think he could have won.

 

[tntrex]

I think he could have won.

The young people showed up to vote against romney. So yes paul would have done much better, especially in the battleground states.

 

[71buickfreak]

I have no doubt that RP would have won. In a Roosevelt-esque land slide. Maybe not quite to that level (FDR won every ECV), but the race would have finished before the Okies had even finished voting.