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March 19, 2008

"Paul slighted by the 'neoconservative' GOP"

Ralph Hallow has written an excellent piece for The Washington Times today highlighting the neoconservative hostility toward Dr. Paul and the supporters he has brought to the Republican Party.   

Here's an excerpt:

“Ron Paul says the legions of newcomers his presidential campaign brought to the Republican Party are getting the cold shoulder from John McCain and from the party.

The Texas congressman says neither he nor his supporters have heard from Mr. McCain or Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan since March 4, when the Arizona senator accumulated enough delegates to clinch the party’s presidential nomination.

‘I don’t think they want them,’ Mr. Paul told The Washington Times, adding that indifference doesn’t surprise him because the party’s establishment has deserted traditional conservative principles for big government and foreign intervention.”

Read the rest here.