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November 21, 2007
DATELINE BREADLINE: Congressman Ron Paul knows he has no chance to be the GOP
candidate for president. "I'm only running for the free meals and the
increase in speaker's fees when I'm no longer an elected official,"
said the
Texas Representative at the White Wine and Caviar Importers Gala
Fundraiser in Dallas. "I can't accept gifts as a lawmaker, but I can
be showered with free food as a candidate. Technically, the meals
are paid for by my campaign committee, but nothing comes out of my
pocket."
His previous runs for president, as a candidate on the Libertarian
Party ticket, were barely a blip over Snoopy. TALONNEWS got an
exclusive interview him and asked why he is running again, in a
different party. "The Libertarian Party is lots of fun and they were
more receptive to my ideas than the Republicans are, but nobody buys
their books and they don't know how to broil a lobster." Then he was
off to watch the Dallas Cowboys from a box seat in Texas Stadium.
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