Listen To Ron Paul's Interview with Bloomberg News.
Former Republican presidential contender Ron Paul isn't just done with politics -- he may be done with the mainstream Republican party as a whole.
The longtime Texas congressman, essentially the father of the modern American Libertarian movement, on Friday told Bloomberg News the GOP "is not his party," in response to a question about whether, when reflecting on his campaign, he is unhappy with the direction the party has taken this election cycle.
"Well, it's not my party. I don't like politics at all, and I think both parties are Keynesian economists and both parties support the positions that I don't like. So the party in many ways is irrelevant," said the three-time presidential candidate, an avowed enemy of the public spending championed by British economist John Maynard Keynes.
http://revolutionpac.com/articles/ron-paul-washes-his-hands-of-keynesian-fiscally-irresponsible-republican-party
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"Mitt Romney is worth half a billion dollars and he's saying he pays 13 percent annually in taxes. Al Capone paid more than 13 percent in taxes, ladies and gentlemen." –David Letterman
"Mitt Romney says he's never paid less than 13% in taxes, which I think is fair because only 13% of his money is in this country." –Jay Leno
"Paul Ryan just released his tax returns for the last two years, and it turns out he and his wife had a combined income of over $323,000 last year. To which Mitt Romney said, 'See, I do reach out to poor people."
–Jay Leno
"Republicans like Paul Ryan because they say he's a fiscal conservative, and that's a perfect balance for Romney who's a guy that has an elevator for his Cadillacs." –David Letterman
"Paul Ryan is full of excitement, he's drawing big crowds. The only thing holding Paul Ryan back now according to political experts is Mitt Romney." –David Letterman
"Speaking of Paul Ryan, a new poll actually found that 42 percent of Americans do not approve of Mitt Romney's running mate, which isn't too bad considering most Americans don't approve of Paul Ryan's running mate." –Jimmy Fallon
"Mitt Romney is claiming he’s going to create 12 million jobs in his first term. But he hasn’t said yet if he’ll create them in China or India.” –Conan O'Brien
"Mitt Romney was attacking Obama about our failing education system. He has a point. We are graduating millions of people in this country who are so lacking in basic analytical skills, they are considering voting for Mitt Romney." –Bill Maherl
"A new biography came out that says that in high school Obama was a huge pothead … Mitt Romney had to respond to this and said, ‘It is appalling that Obama spent his teenage years goofing around and smoking pot when he should have been pinning down gay kids and cutting their hair." –Bill Maherl
"Mitt Romney believes that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Which is better than his grandfather, who believed that it should be between one man and five women." -Jimmy Kimmel
"Today Mitt Romney visited a firehouse here in New York City. Of course, he was disappointed when he learned that the firehouse is not where you get to fire people." –Jimmy Fallon
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/176683/mitt-romney-makes-an-odd-joke-about-backer-jon-voights-daughter-angelina-jolie/
An appearance at a Florida rally this weekend brought a new tone deaf
remark when Romney, speaking after actor and notable conservative Jon
Voight endorsed him, said he “didn’t know how to chit chat with a famous
actor.”“[So] I started talking about my five boys,” said Romney, according to ABC News. “I said, you know, it’s easier to raise boys than girls. Well, after a long pause, he says, ‘Tell me about it.’” For those of you not up on your Hollywood gossip, Romney’s zinger alluded to Voight’s famously strained relationship with his daughter, Angelina Jolie, with whom he didn’t speak for six years until reconciling after her mother’s death in 2007.
Sure, Romney’s comment proves that he, or someone on his staff, reads US Weekly, but is it really wise to poke fun at a new backer’s familial problems, especially when you’re a Republican presidential candidate running in part on family values?
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