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I can see your point, but I doubt his vote would have made any difference in any legislation for the past year.
It is a simple fact of life: those running for President pretty well ignore their official duties (if in public office). So it has been, and so it will ever be, Amen.
That is pretty typical of someone running for president, including John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama in 2008. McCain was somewhat of an exception since he suspended his campaign to deal with the financial crisis. And he was strongly criticized for that too. So it just goes to prove - damned if you do, damned if you don't. So you might as well just campaign and not risk losing votes.
As everyone knowsI am not a Paul supporter by anymeans but he isn't the first candidate to miss congressional voting while running and he won't be the last. As for his winning, you are right, he never stood a chance. I have no idea about his fund raising money.
It doesn't really matter much that Ron Paul is in attendance. All POTUS candidates tend to neglect their day job while running for the election. At least he's going to be off the government dole come January, since he didn't run for another term in Congress and isn't going to be in the White House either. He will be able to speak with less irony about the evils of government when he is no longer part of the machine.
This is just the way things happen. Can't be in 2 places at once. He did pass on campaigning several times to go deal w/ important congressional issues. (Don't expect Reps like Lindsey Graham to do it.) Things like this.
This is just the way things happen. Can't be in 2 places at once. He did pass on campaigning several times to go deal w/ important congressional issues. (Don't expect Reps like Lindsey Graham to do it.) Things like this.
What did Lindsey Graham do? Why bring him into this at all? You are right that all people do this to run for president, and many of them go back to vote when an important vote is up (like McCain did with the economic crisis). I don't think Lindsey Graham has ever run for president... if so he must have made it about as far as Tim Pawlenty did this year because I have never heard of him running for president.
What did Lindsey Graham do? Why bring him into this at all? You are right that all people do this to run for president, and many of them go back to vote when an important vote is up (like McCain did with the economic crisis). I don't think Lindsey Graham has ever run for president... if so he must have made it about as far as Tim Pawlenty did this year because I have never heard of him running for president.
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