No. You are absolutely wrong. This is a very common mistake made by individuals who do not know their libertarian movement history.
However, I do understand your confusion. He won on the first ballot by 2 votes. In other words the vote was 295 to 225. Ron needed 293 votes to avoid going to a second ballot. So, you could say he "avoided the need for a second ballot by two votes." --- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "terry12622000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didn't he only beat Russel Means by 2 votes?--- In > Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In Libertarian@yahoogroups.com, "J R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm starting a drive to get Ron Paul to decide to run for President > > as a > > > Republican. The CPD effectly eliminates voices not of the duocracy, > > so I > > > believe this would be the best way to get the Libertarian message > > out to the > > > general public. We know Bush hates Ron Paul. > > > I'm just wondering what you think of this idea and hoping we can > > promote the > > > concept. > > > > > > > > > J R aka Vjklander > > > > I doubt that Paul would get the Republican nomination. It was not a > > given in '88 that he would get the LP nomination. > > > > $ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
