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Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 10:00 AM EDT

GOP Presidential Candidate Ron Paul

By host Tom Ashbrook:

Texas Congressman and maverick GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is the debate stage wild card in the Republican push for the presidency. In debate after debate, after McCain and Giuliani and Romney and the rest have had their main-line say, Ron Paul turns over the tables.

He trembles with passion as he says the GOP has lost its way, above all in Iraq. Bush backers hate him. Disillusioned Republicans, and many others, have made him a cult hero, and maybe more than that.

This hour On Point: a conversation with the GOP’s fierce fringe candidate for the presidency, Ron Paul.

Guests:

Ron Paul, Republican congressman representing Texas’s 14th District and candidate for US president.

Listener comments

Ashbrook you’re such a gatekeeper have you no self respect? But very good job getting Ron Paul on.
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