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Ron Paul Embarrasses Phil Gramm At Press Conference

Ron Paul’s very special press conference has ended and, we regret to inform, it featured no “Tournament of Losers”-style death match among the various third-party candidates he invited. He totally copped out and endorsed three third-party candidates: Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney, and Chuck Baldwin. He was planning on endorsing Bob Barr, too, but selfish Barr didn’t want to share the blessing with his fellow losers and refused to show up. Ha ha, Bob Barr is in loser-denial. But Paul redeemed his hazy endorsement of these competing hippie agendas by revealing that Phil “Nation of Whiners” Gramm tried to force him into endorsing John McCain. And somehow Paul fended off his heroically persuasive powers!

Because if a rich, condescending fascist with a record of ruining Ron Paul’s political advancement couldn’t convince Ron Paul to support John McCain, no one could:

Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas lawmaker who attracted a devoted following in the GOP primaries, said Wednesday he rejected an appeal to endorse John McCain’s presidential bid.

Paul said the request came from Phil Gramm, the former McCain adviser and ex-senator whom the campaign jettisoned after he said the country was a “nation of whiners” about the economy. Gramm defeated Paul in the Republican primary for the Senate in 1984.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference, Paul said Gramm called him this week and told him, “You need to endorse McCain.” The Texas congressman said he refused.

Jesus, that’s just embarrassing. Not only does this reinforce Gramm’s image as a complete loser (maybe he should start a third-party bid too!), but now we have evidence that he’s still an operative for the McCain campaign after he supposedly stepped down. And they’re giving Gramm the most important tasks, to boot! Trying to curry favor with Doctor Congressman Ron Paul, the Martyr Who Lived!

For perspective, the AP neatly sums up Ron Paul’s importance in the most comically true sentence we’ve ever read: “Paul won no primaries in the Republican nomination contest but developed a strong following on the Internet.”

Paul says he turned down appeal to endorse McCain [AP]


2:39 PM on Wed September 10 2008
By Jim Newell
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  1. shortsshortsshorts says at 2:43 pm, September 10th, 2008

    PAULTARD IS PRESDENT OF INTERWEBZ.

    rEVOLution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!

  2. magic titty says at 2:45 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Phil Gramm can suck a bag of dicks.

  3. Texan Bulldoggette says at 2:45 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Phuck Phil Gramm & the pig he rode in on. BTW: Gramm may have unofficially stepped down but Walnuts let him step back in almost immediately. Who else is gonna school Mother Sarah on who owns Frannie & Freddie (although I have my doubts Walnuts knows, either.)?

  4. Who’s your maverick NOW bitchezzzz?

  5. Special Agent Jack Mehoff says at 2:45 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Yeah Gramm called me too and I was all “Suck It!” And he was all” What if I throw a little lipstick on, then what?” And I was all “you can put that lipstick on these Truck Nutz bitch!” And I haven’t heard back yet on that one.

  6. ManchuCandidate says at 2:45 pm, September 10th, 2008

    But Ron Paul didn’t mention that Phil Gramm also wanted him to send some of that gold to him to help him finance “Truckstop Women II.”

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  8. CivicHoliday says at 2:48 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Thanks, Jim. Good to know my passive agressive attempts to get you to start this thread paid off.

    Viva la Ron Paul Revolution! May they all devour themselves in a fit of unbridled self-loathing and save us from their annoying trolling!

  9. obfuscator says at 2:51 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Wasn’t Gramm also at the RNC? He spoke at some conference full of business jerks and whined about whiners again. Fuck that guy.

  10. donner_froh says at 2:51 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette: Lipstick on the pig? And on the animal he is riding?

  11. Who would win? Tila Tequila or Ron Paul or the dancing banana?

  12. freakishlystrong says at 2:53 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Ron Paul is either a lying, lipsticked pig, or, maybe he grew a set?…

  13. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:59 pm, September 10th, 2008

    …at this point I’m willing to trade Joe Lieberman for Ron Paul and a future third round draft pick.

  14. CivicHoliday says at 3:00 pm, September 10th, 2008

    tunamelt: Banana. Peanut butter jelly time!

  15. tunamelt: the banana, ron paul is a fool, and tila is very used, VERY, VERY, USED

  16. SayItWithWookies says at 3:06 pm, September 10th, 2008

    How do you endorse three candidates for one office? I’m fully expecting to see a ring full of trained miniature poodles and ten clowns hopping out of a little car at this point.

  17. Serolf Divad says at 3:07 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Ron Paul, the Martyr Who Lived!

    That should be a bumper sticker, or something.

  18. HomoElectus says at 3:08 pm, September 10th, 2008

    This ballsy move by Rep. Paul will ensure that other candidates outside the political establishment will be able to replicate his success at wasting nerds’ money.

  19. JadedDIssonance says at 3:09 pm, September 10th, 2008

    C’mon guys. You know that Dr. Paul is the only REAL candidate for America! I mean, look at his economi……….AIIIEEEEEEE!! OMG! I’M FUCKING BURNING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

    blimped.

  20. Special Agent Jack Mehoff says at 3:10 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Ron Paul: King of the Emails!

  21. Nation of Whiners, huh? I’m actually from TX. And I have a long memory. I remember when Gramm was a fixture at all the gay bars in Ft Worth (yes, I was there…I’m lebanese). Then it hit the papers. Many tears and denials. He disappeared for about 10 years. Something, something. Senator. Retardicans.

  22. rev_matt_y says at 3:14 pm, September 10th, 2008

    I’m gonna miss the Paultards.

  23. magic titty: Don’t be a whiner… You can afford at least 2 bags of dicks for Phil Gramm to choke on. It’s only a mental recession of bags of dicks.

  24. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 3:17 pm, September 10th, 2008

    rev_matt_y: I know. Back to mocking PUMA’s for Palin. Oh, wait! I never stopped.

  25. Texan Bulldoggette says at 3:21 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Valerie: That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that. I notice his wife, Wendy, is
    Asian. Could she be a Chinese mail order bride? Hmmm…..

    But in Phil’s defense, he doesn’t give off the gay vibe; just a hugely dickish one. (Wait, maybe he is gay–now I’ve confused myself.)

  26. I love Lamers Bus Lines. It’s comedy that writes itself!

  27. JadedDIssonance says at 3:24 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Cogito Ergo Bibo: I’ll take Mockables That Start With P for 400, Alex…

  28. JadedDIssonance says at 3:27 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette: how related are pibulls and bulldogs? What about the lipsticked ones?

  29. So, what happens to Ron Paul’s leftover fiat money? Or did he collect election contributions in doubloons?

  30. Texan Bulldoggette: It happened around the same time he switched parties. And my rememberator was askew…he only was gone from politics for about two years…not 10. Cried to Wendy and promised to be good. They’re still together, yes. Takes all kinds.

    ps…thanks for making the assumption that if he’s gay he wouldn’t be dickish. I know that’s not what you meant, but I’ll pretend anyway. XOXO

  31. Texan Bulldoggette says at 3:33 pm, September 10th, 2008

    JadedDIssonance: You’ll have to let me know if you want a serious answer (lineage, temperament, etc.) or a snarky one. Also, it’s perfectly acceptable to dress up a bulldog but no lipstick EVAH.

    http://www.zeldawisdom.com/store/cards.shtml

    Oh & for the record, their are no ugly bulldogs. Period. Unlike certain humans I could name.

  32. obfuscator says at 3:35 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Lyndon LaRouche finds this situation to be very undignified.

  33. MoodProcessor says at 3:41 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Save those nerdollars for the new ticket-

    Paul/Ventura ‘08 - The Constitution + The Truth = America

  34. HomoPolitico says at 3:41 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Phil shoulda tried paying him off with gold bars and discount blow jobs from Forth Worth hustlers.

  35. Texan Bulldoggette says at 3:47 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Valerie: What I meant was for people to read ‘hugely dickish’ & infer ‘huge dick’=gay; it wasn’t a comment on his personality (which is hugely dickish!). No offense meant to the gay or the non-gay.

  36. JadedDIssonance says at 4:01 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette: Actually, a serious answer would be wonderfully refreshing!

  37. I think being subjected to Phil Gramm’s annoying accent and stupid stories about his mama count as torture under the Geneva conventions.

  38. Texan Bulldoggette says at 4:49 pm, September 10th, 2008

    JadedDIssonance: In a nutshell: Bulldogs were originally bred centuries ago in England to bring down Bulls (thus the term ‘bullbaiting’). People eventually realized that was a pretty damn cruel & sadistic sport & bullbaiting was outlawed. However, folks wanted to keep the breed alive, so they eventually bred the meanness out of them. They are now loyal, sweet, outgoing, & for the most part lazy (not the dog to go jogging with). Mostly, Bulldogs have to be artificially inseminated (due to the shortness of their back legs) & birthed via c-section due to the size of their heads & they’re not known to have large litters. For this reason, Bulldogs cost around $1500 to $2500. That’s why you probably don’t see a lot of them in your neighborhood.

    Here’s my limited knowledge of Pit Bulls. Pit Bull is actually an umbrella term for many types of dogs historically used for dog fighting (Staffordshire terrier, Pit Bull Terrier, etc.). They are still aggressive in nature & without proper socialization/training can be mean ass dogs. They are also cheap, from $50 to $200 or so. Therefore much more available to the masses & to those types who would exploit that aggressive gene for reasons of cruelty, financial or machismo.

  39. sati demise says at 4:53 pm, September 10th, 2008

    JadedDIssonance:
    One third. Pit bulls are a combination of Staffordshire terrier, greyhound, and bulldog.

    The Army bred them to run down, attack and then kill German Shepherd messenger dogs during WW II.
    Damn good job they did too!

  40. YellowSnow says at 4:55 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette: Freddie? Snow? That’s my white dream in Columbia…oh yeah.

  41. YellowSnow says at 5:04 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette: Oooo. I like the sound of assdogs. what exactly can they do for me, as $1500 sounds like 4-5 nights with male prostitutes.

  42. Valerie: This if true makes me ashamed of my own homosexuality. AGAIN.

  43. I see a sort of uncomfortable meeting of “Former Paultards for Nader” with their new Hippy overlords.

  44. Unindicted Co-Conspirator says at 8:17 pm, September 10th, 2008

    Godot:
    I see those buses in Chicago all the time.
    I wonder if Tom Raper RV of Richmond, Indiana has an interest in them.
    http://www.tomraper.com/

  45. John McClain says at 8:21 pm, September 10th, 2008

    This all makes sense now, as Ron Paul has served as both Cynthia McKinney and Phil Gramm’s gynecologist for years now.

  46. you guys… like always have failed to report on what really happened.

    ron paul refused to endorse a republican or a democrat because its obviously one party at this point, and if we want real change, his 2-3 million supporters should to vote 3rd party.

    he called for all third parties to unite as one…REVOLUTION is coming so it doesn’t matter what your little blog spot spews. picking the lesser of 2 evils means you’re still picking evil…

    by the way, ralph nader has come forward and believes an independent investigation into 911 is necessary. chuck baldwin wants an independent investigation, so does ron paul and cynthia mcKinney.

    watch ron paul’s conference speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkjDVRR2q84

    here is a great video on walnuts: > http://therealmccain.com/squad/?utm_source=rgemail

    article on ralph nader and his call for a 911 independent investigation.
    http://www.infowars.com/?p=4454

  47. Baaa! Baaaa! republican, democrat, Baaa! Baaaa! we’re all just sheep believing in a 2 party system because they are so very different from each other! Baaaaa! feed me more propaganda!

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