Ron Paul rejects Trump's debate

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Update: Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Trump's toupee will not be attending the debate.

ANKENY, Iowa – The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign released the following statement concerning the selection of Donald Trump as moderator for the December 27th Republican debate to be held in Iowa. Below please find comments from Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton:

“The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee rejects the selection of Donald Trump as moderator for the Republican presidential debate to be held on December 27th in Iowa.

“We have conferred with our Iowa campaign chairman Drew Ivers and vice-chairmen David Fischer and A.J. Spiker who are all RPI State Central Committee Members, and they concur with this decision.

“The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the Presidency and flies in the face of that office’s history and dignity. Mr. Trump’s participation as moderator will distract from questions and answers concerning important issues such as the national economy, crushing federal government debt, the role of the federal government, foreign policy, and the like. To be sure, Mr. Trump’s participation will contribute to an unwanted circus-like atmosphere.

“Mr. Trump’s selection is also wildly inappropriate because of his record of toying with the serious decision of whether to compete for our nation’s highest office, a decision he appeared to make frivolously. The short-lived elevation of Mr. Trump’s stature as a candidate put him on the radar of many organizations and we recall that last spring he was invited to keynote the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Reagan Dinner, yet at the last minute he left RPI holding the bag by canceling. In turn, RPI canceled its biggest fundraising gala of the year and suffered embarrassment and in addition RPI was required to engage in refunding measures. Our candidate will not even consider participating in the late-December debate until Mr. Trump publicly apologizes to Iowa party leaders and rectifies in full the situation.

“Therefore our candidate Ron Paul, the champion of the Constitution, has advised he will not attend.”
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Thank you Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman. Stand up to the circus that American politics has become.

I think it will hurt both of their candidacies though; it's only a week before the Iowa caucus.




And Donald is rather salty about it:

Donald Trump apparently didn't take kindly to Ron Paul's decision to skip the NewsMax-hosted forum moderated by the developer and reality TV star, saying it created a circus-like atmosphere around the presidential race.

"As I said in the past and will reiterate again, Ron Paul has a zero chance of winning either the nomination or the presidency," Trump said in a statement in response to Paul, adding, "my poll numbers were substantially higher than any of his poll numbers, at any time."

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"Few people take Ron Paul seriously and many of his views and presentation make him a clown-like candidate," he said. "I am glad he and Jon Huntsman, who has inconsequential poll numbers or a chance of winning, will not be attending the debate and wasting the time of the viewers who are trying very hard to make a very important decision."

Trump referred to his book that's coming out and his claim he is worth more than $7 billion, and asked why he is "not the right person to lead this country out of economic chaos or at least to moderate a debate. I would like to see how Ron Paul would fair in the world of big business."

Paul was the first candidate competing in Iowa to reject the invitation for the Dec. 27 event. His move may give cover to other candidates to do the same - although Trump's comments are a reminder of the potential problem with skipping it.



Read more: Trump blasts Paul for smacking him in forum-skip - Maggie Haberman - POLITICO.com
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shades of John Edwards refusing to participate in a debate moderated by Fox News
 
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MG1968 said:
yeah, this is just a pissing contest between Paul and Trump
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It's not a pissing contest. It's a complete joke that Donald Trump, who has accomplished nothing in the world of politics or journalism, would be allowed to moderate a debate that could possibly determine the next POTUS. I applaud RP and Huntsman for turning it down.

Romney is also unsure whether he "can make it" right now too. Suck it Trump :eek:lol:
 
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I dont blame Dr. Paul at all. He already knew how that clown Trump felt about Ron Paul anyways. Here's a idea Donald, go bankrupt a casino and quit wasting people time with the Newsmax Ion Television Station.

"As I said in the past and will reiterate again, Ron Paul has a zero chance of winning"
 
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Stupified said:
It's not a pissing contest. It's a complete joke that Donald Trump, who has accomplished nothing in the world of politics or journalism, would be allowed to moderate a debate that could possibly determine the next POTUS. I applaud RP and Huntsman for turning it down.

Romney is also unsure whether he "can make it" right now too. Suck it Trump :eek:lol:
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since when does a debate moderator need to be accomplished in politics or journalism?

and don't kid yourself, this debate will do nothing to decide the next POTUS.
 
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Okay, now it's a pissing contest.

Trump’s dismissive tone, prompted another statement from the Paul campaign.

In it Benton suggested that if Trump wanted to be taken seriously by Republicans, he needs to quit reality show “Celebrity Apprentice” which stars Donald Trump.

“If he gets his act together, President Paul might consider getting his advice on fixing our country's financial situation,” writes Benton in an email to ABC station KTRK-TV in Houston. “We understand Donald has a lot of experience with bankruptcy.”
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While hilarious, it's not what Paul's campaign needs at the moment. Don't think they should have responded at all.
 
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I did spit all over my monitor when I saw it. Probably the last thing I expected to come from the Paul camp.
 
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Trump laughs at it, but Huntsman is next up in the GOP musical chair front runners.
 
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VOLatile said:
No serious candidate should step foot on a stage moderated by Donald Trump.
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Agree to some extent, but the belittling manner in which the Paul campaign declined and dismissed Trump as a reality TV personality was too much.
 
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GAVol said:
Agree to some extent, but the belittling manner in which the Paul campaign declined and dismissed Trump as a reality TV personality was too much.
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People say that, but the guy has the personality of a door knob. I'm just not seeing it.
 
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Found more on this..

"The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the presidency and flies in the face of that office's history and dignity," Benton's statement said. "Mr. Trump's participation as moderator will distract from questions and answers concerning important issues such as the national economy, crushing federal government debt, the role of the federal government, foreign policy, and the like.

"To be sure, Mr. Trump's participation will contribute to an unwanted circus-like atmosphere.

"Mr. Trump's selection is also wildly inappropriate because of his record of toying with the serious decision of whether to compete for our nation's highest office, a decision he appeared to make frivolously."

Benton also castigated Trump for leaving Iowa Republicans "holding the bag" by pulling out at the last minute as the keynote speaker for the state party's annual Reagan fundraising dinner.

"Our candidate will not even consider participating in the late-December debate until Mr. Trump publicly apologizes to Iowa party leaders and rectifies in full the situation," Benton said.


Ron Paul skipping Trump debate - UPI.com
 
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Wow. John Huntsman just dropped the hammer on Donald Trump on FNC. Said he wasn't kissing the ring or any other part of Trumps anatomy and that if Trump had any courage he'd be running for President rather than engaging in this goofy exercise of trying to manipulate the process from the outside.

May take a look at this guy just based on that.

:slowclap:
 
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I like Hunstman; however, not sure we need a President who was videotaped at an anti-government rally in China.
 
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one of the local guys here made a comparison I found interesting

Paul = Goldwater
Huntsman = Reagan

Said Paul couldn't get to the WH but could pave the way
 
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As annoying as Trump has been in this process, I would rather have him as a moderator than Anderson Cooper.
 
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Stupified said:
It's not a pissing contest. It's a complete joke that Donald Trump, who has accomplished nothing in the world of politics or journalism, would be allowed to moderate a debate that could possibly determine the next POTUS. I applaud RP and Huntsman for turning it down.

Romney is also unsure whether he "can make it" right now too. Suck it Trump :eek:lol:
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If thats the case this country is screwed.
 
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