On December 16, 2007, the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Ron Paul spoke at a nationwide fund-raiser, talking about a new tea party, with the slogan: “Liberty is brewing.” Hundreds of Paul’s supporters marched to Faneuil Hall. Paul himself appeared in Freeport, Texas, where organizers had prepared barrels labeled “I.R.S” and “United Nations” for him to dump into the Brazos River. Nations”; his campaign raised more than six million dollars in one day, and the event was a prequel to what is now called the Tea Party movement.
Congressman Paul is running for President again this year. The puzzling question is why he is not the Tea Party’s candidate: polls show Tea Party supporters are less likely to support Paul, some favoring Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum. The Ron Paul movement has grown, but his standing within the Republican Party’s candidate ranks has gone nowhere. It seems that people think of him, not as a Republican, but as a Libertarian without a party.
The Grey Peregrinator has long believed that Mr. Paul should create a third party, as doing so would inject a lot of interest into what has been a dismally boring primary season and would actually help Paul get his message out. “The GOP might as well stand for Gone Off Presidencies,” he cackled. “None of these clowns can beat Obama and the Party Leaders are looking for anyone claiming to be anti-abortion and without a track record to be the anointed candidate.
I tend to agree with the wise old GP here. We all remember Ross Perot and the energy his third party candidacy injected into the race. Republicans would claim this time as they did then that a third party would make a win by the incumbent a foregone conclusion. Breaking news, it is already a foregone conclusion. The economy is getting better, people are beginning to go back to work and the Republicans are still going after the working class.
Ron Paul should dump the Tea Party and the GOP and start a Libertarian Party.
Passing Through . . . . 
Regardless of which ticket Ron Paul is running on, the people should wise up, and put him in the White House (of course, that too would depend on honest elections, which I have my doubts about). America needs Ron Paul and the people he’d appoint in high positions. Dr. Paul would not only bring our troops home, he would strike down any unconstitutional Executive Orders on the books to date immediately, which would be a GIANT first step in resurrecting our rights and our Constitution. Granted, Dr. Paul will have to fight Congress and the Senate on many bills, but if the people would stand by him, as he stands by us, I think there is still time to save America’s Sovereignty. Too many people keep their heads buried in the sand, and let the party lines make their decisions for them. It is sad for our entire Nation.