Ron Paul lägger ner kampanjen för Vita Huset

Här är Ron Pauls brev i vilket han tackar alla som medverkat i hans kampanj. En mera utförlig artikel om det hela kan du läsa här. Ron Paul ger inte sitt stöd till McCain utan till en viss Bob Barr som är det libertariska partiets kandidat.

Kampanjen mot "mega-washington byrokratin" fortsätter dock enligt RP. Likaså kampanjen mot imperiebyggandet ute i världen, det allmänna slöseriet och den hutlösa beskattningen av medborgarna. Notera även att RP tänker ordna en skuggkonvention i Minneapolis den 2.9 -08 eftersom han inte räknar med att få muntur på partiets konvention där McCain torde nomineras.

"Paul raised more than $34 million, much of it online, and had more than $4.7 million in hand at the end of April that he could use to fund Campaign for Liberty.

He also developed a large grass-roots following among those who backed his call for ending the war in Iraq and smaller government at home. He easily passed the 1 million-vote mark during the primaries, and in the final three contests on June 3 he finished second to McCain, with 22 percent of the vote in Montana, 17 percent in South Dakota, and 14 percent in New Mexico. His new book, "The Revolution: A Manifesto," zoomed to the top of bestseller lists.

Supporters, staging uprisings at state and county GOP conventions across the country, have pushed for a speaking role for Paul at the Republican National Convention in September in St. Paul.

Because that does not appear likely, Paul confirmed plans Thursday to hold a counter-rally at an arena in neighboring Minneapolis on Sept. 2, the second day of the GOP convention."