Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Ron Paul Makes A Run At Third-Party Unity

Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2008

Ron Paul Makes A Run At Third-Party Unity



Texas Rep. Ron Paul, whose antiwar campaign galvanized an army of young people during his Republican presidential run, is now something of a third-party power broker, with both the McCain team and the Libertarian Party vying for his support.


Paul held a news conference Wednesday to present a united front of minor-party presidential candidates - independent Ralph Nader, the Green Party's Cynthia McKinney and the Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin - on issues important to him and to declare his preferred candidate, which turned out to be anyone but the Democratic or Republican nominees.


"Presidential elections turn out to be more of a charade than anything else," said Paul, adding there was no difference between the major-party candidates, Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama.

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