{"id":4582,"date":"2009-05-18T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/paul-urges-backers-to-help-nm-congressional-hopeful\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T21:09:00","slug":"paul-urges-backers-to-help-nm-congressional-hopeful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/paul-urges-backers-to-help-nm-congressional-hopeful\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul urges backers to help NM congressional hopeful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/ShHPcs5w3bI\/AAAAAAAALo8\/9kkn8hIV0YA\/s1600-h\/Paul,+Ron.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/ShHPcs5w3bI\/AAAAAAAALo8\/9kkn8hIV0YA\/s200\/Paul,+Ron.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337275125407473074\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">An Iraq war veteran and anti-war activist who is considering challenging U.S. Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/lujan.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n<\/a>, D-N.M., next year is getting some help from a politico whose followers are among the most enthusiastic around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">U.S. Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/paul\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Paul<\/a>, R-Texas and a former presidential candidate, sent an e-mail to his supporters today urging them to help <a href=\"http:\/\/kokeshforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Kokesh<\/a>, who has formed an exploratory committee as he considers running against Luj\u00e1n. Paul suggested supporters give money, volunteer to help or pass on information about Kokesh to friends and family.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAdam Kokesh has been a tremendous supporter &#8211; of both me AND you! As a leader of <a href=\"http:\/\/ivaw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iraqi Veterans Against the War<\/a>, Adam has spent years traveling the country to spread our message of peace, a strong national defense and limited government,\u201d Paul wrote in the e-mail. \u201cAdam has tremendous credibility because of his service in the United States Marine Corps and I have deep respect for his commitment to principle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Paul wrote that sending Kokesh to Congress \u201cwould be a tremendous victory for the Freedom Movement, and if we come together and stand behind him, he has a real chance to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kokesh has been active in Paul\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campaignforliberty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Campaign for Liberty<\/a>, and his involvement there led others to form a <a href=\"http:\/\/draftkokesh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Draft Kokesh<\/a> movement to encourage him to run for Congress. He formed the exploratory committee <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/challengers-enter-2010-congressional.html\">earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kokesh hasn\u2019t yet decided whether, if he runs, he will run as an independent or as a member of a political party, but he has drawn some support from the right and left. In addition to his anti-war stance, <a href=\"http:\/\/kokesh.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kokesh\u2019s blog<\/a> indicates his support for some traditionally libertarian policies, as does the backing he\u2019s receiving from Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iraq war veteran and anti-war activist who is considering challenging U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, D-N.M., next year is getting some help from a politico whose followers are among the most enthusiastic around. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas and a former presidential candidate, sent an e-mail to his supporters today urging them to help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}