A NY Republican Club Says No To Ron Paul Fund Raising Event

Larry Fester
USA Daily
Tuesday September 25, 2007

Ron Paul’s campaign stated on its website that the New York Republican club told the campaign that there wasn’t enough support on its board to allow Ron Paul to host a fund raiser at the club.

Paul’s campaign is looking for another location for the October 12th fund raiser.

The Metropolitan Republican club states on its website that:

“We are a varied and enthusiastic group with the common goal of supporting New York City Republican candidates and ideals. Met Club activities include election campaigns, informational programs, and social events.

Anyone who shares our basic goals and beliefs is welcome to become a member of the Metropolitan Republican Club.”

The clubs facilities are privately owned but the cold shoulder does seem to conflict with its stated policies. Paul activists think NY Republicans should allow all of the candidates to be heard.

Paul, a darling of many rank and file Republicans has been occasionally getting a cold shoulder from some Republican organizations, a possible indication of a divide between party leadership and party membership.

Ron Paul’s campaign has centered on ‘repealing the police state’ ‘securing and policing U.S. borders’ ‘a noninterventionist foreign policy’ which includes opposition to the Iraq war and preventing a war with Iran.

The Republican presidential candidate also proposes to abolish federal income taxes and the Federal Reserve. Paul also opposes what he has described as attempts to erase U.S. borders and form a North American Union.