H/T Reason Hit & Run
Eric Dondero, who commented on some of last night’s debate threads, has made an announcement at Redstate.
I am this morning, declaring my candidacy for Congress in the GOP primaries against Ron Paul. If he does not resign his seat, and if another Republican candidate does not declare against him, I will run a balls-to-the-wall campaign for Congress in Texas CD 14. I am the guy that got Ron Paul elected to Congress in 1996. I can and will defeat him in 2008.
Eric Dondero, Fmr. Senior Aide
US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
1997-2003
Dondero says he’ll defer if another pro-war conservative, like former Rep. Steve Stockman, makes the run. Paul’s 1996 win was sort of miraculous, given how the national GOP marshalled its strength against him and even backed a Democratic opponent to keep him out of Congress. I’d guess the party will have too much to worry about in 2008 to back a Paul primary challenge (it’ll spend at least $3 million getting back Tom DeLay’s seat, for example), but this is the kind of thing that could attract a nice fat stream of web donations.
If Eric loses the primary, he has made plans to challenge RP in the general election as the candidate of the Lieberman Lebensraum for Amerika Party (not officially, at least not yet).
While I still endorse Steve Kubby for President, I’m happy to offer my endorsement to Ron Paul for reelection to Congress.
Ron Paul was of course clearly 100% correct in last night’s debate against Dondero’s fascist idol, Adolf Giuliani.
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Just posted on the Giuliani vs. Paul ‘tiff’ if you will — did a little bit of historical digging and came up with some interesting stuff about Islam on religious tolerance and democracy. Seems they were hot for it well before Christendom. Go figure.
That being said; someone *desperately* needs to get the LNC on track with procuring a for-cash arrangement w/ Ron Paul for access to the BallotBase program.
I guarantee you it would be a win/win for all parties. After all; it isn’t like such a tactic would *exclude* actual LP party efforts. Seriously.
This is a new low even for Dondero. What a backstabber!
I was already planning to donate money to Ron Paul, but now that I know that Dondero is going to challenge him for his congressional seat I’m going to have to send him more than I was planning to send.
Dondero claims to speaks 10 to 15 languages? Is it 10 or 15 or some number in between? Why not use a precise number, such as “I speak 12 languages”?
My guess: Dondero is full of shit. Please Mr. Dondero, tell me exactly which languages you speak.
Dondero’s “resume” claim that he “speaks 10 to 15 languages” is almost as good as Allen Hacker claiming to be an expert on Quantum Mechanics & Chaos Theory.
There are degrees of fluency in languages, and knowledge of languages comes and goes with use/disuse.
That is actually not one of Eric’s bigger whoppers.
This I know. But if he will lie about something as meaningless as how many languages he speaks, then how could anyone trust anything he says.
I’m getting a weird vibe about Dondero running for office. It seems like he is running because he hates Ron Paul for some reason, and of course there’s no easier way to smear someone’s name than to run against them in a political campaign. My main concern, however, is that Dondero identifies himself as a Libertarian, while most of his ideas do not appear to be libertarian at all.
Paulie, please fill us in on some of Dondero’s bigger whoppers. I’ve been ignoring the guy for so long that I probably missed most of them.
I do recall seeing some rather amusing reviews of Dondero’s language book, by people who actually speak multiple languages. Here are a few from Amazon:
It appears that most people who actually speak the languages about which Dondero has written think his command of those languages is a joke. One person even suggested he just got foreign language phrases off the internet and put them into a book, LOL.
LOL that’s great re: the language thing.
Eric Dondero used to be reasonably acceptable for the libertarian movement. He was a loudmouth who believed some stupid shit, but at least he was a dedicated activist that helped us get real, actual increases to liberty passed.
Now he’s just a tool of the Republican establishment, and I have no problem whatsoever telling him to get bent. Help Ron Paul keep his seat, unless he gains a White House!
Eric Dondero Rittberg = Dwight Fart Schrutte
Eric the Shake strikes again (what a surprise!) — I guess I’ll have to update my 2004 article to The Libertarian Enterprise.
I don’t know if this will top his BS assertion that Il Duce Rudy-poo Giuliani has any traits that should appeal to libertarians, either as a person or as a candidate.
Seeing this kind of stuff — well, sobriety can be overrated at times.
Mike Blessing,
Executive Heretic, KCUF Media
Who owns you? Who runs your life?
Who should — YOU or SOMEONE ELSE?
Paul will own the crap out of Rittberg, I’m quite confident.
Dondildo is only fluent in one language – BULLSHIT.
He’s going to run against Ron Paul? LOL! Bring it on, bitch!
Eric’s got one of those cute ‘are you a libertarian’ quizzes, and at the end of it you get this gem:
Credentials: I’m one of the Top libertarian political activists in the Nation, if not currently THEE Number One libertarian political activist. My libertarian resume would make your head spin. If you took the test and did well, say above 8 “yeses” with one or two “maybes” thrown in, please kneel down at this moment.
I hereby christen thee a “libertarian.”
This guy is the biggest douchebag on two legs.
LOL, look at his traffic levels. Homeboy’s a joke if he thinks he’s “mainstream”; they’re half of ours.
What does “balls-to-the-wall” mean? Is it code language?
It’s what happens when you get sodomized in the alley behind a sailor bar after a few two many triple shots of Cuervo.
This recent e-mail from Eric Dondero should help his Republican campaign.
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: [RLCTX] Response to Richard on freedom for a woman’s body
Date: 2/28/2007, 7:32 AM
From: Eric Dondero
To: Texas RLC
Richard,
Legalization of Prostitution is one of my top three issues. Not sure
where you got the idea that I don’t support legalized prostitution
from? I’m an ex-Sailor. I absolutely used the services of Prostitutes
overseas in the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, all over the
world, when I was a young buck Sailor. And each time was worth every penny.
As a matter of fact, it’s an absolutely tragedy that the US Military is
not allowing servicemen these days to utilize prostitutes in Iraq.
There are severe restrictions on prostitution for Military Personnel
nowadays. We Libertarian Republicans need to work to overturn that.
As for Rudy, yes, he pretty much sucks on the issue. Though, I hadn’t
heard him talk about the issue in over a decade.
But then again, come to think of it, all the GOP Presidential candidates
pretty much suck on the issue, even Ron Paul.
I worked for Ron Paul for 12 years, from 1987 – 2003. The only time I
ever heard him address the issue of legalized Prostitution was way, way,
back in 1987.
At the time the Libertarian Party was ga ga over Norma Jean Almadovar.
Do you all remember her? She was the infamous “Cop to Call Girl.” She
wrote a best-selling book about how she was a Prostitute while working
for the LAPD.
Well in 1986, she ran for Lt. Governor of California on the Libertarian
ticket. Ron Paul hated her. He even made the statement when asked,
“Ron, who would you choose for your VP.” His response, “Anyone but
Norma Jean Almadovar.”
I think if you pressed Ron Paul today, he’d have the same position;
opposition to legalized prostitution.
Whose left? McCain? Romney? Not a single GOP candidate for Prez would
support legalized prostitution.
And that’s our fault. RLC needs to push on this issue much, much
harder. We need to call every Presidential candidate, including Rudy
Giuliani, on the issue. Let them know it’s a top issue for us, along
with property rights, and tax cuts.
Let the Libertarian Party be the Pot Party, with Steve Kubby. I’d like
to see us use issues like Prostitution and opposition to Seat Belt Laws
as our top issues for the civil liberties.
Where to begin? So many whoppers, so little time…here are just a few of many samples:
Eric claims to be a combat veteran. How so? This is because he was stationed in the Persian Gulf during the 1980s. The Iranian mullahs, who were not at war with the US and were in fact receiving military aid from the US regime, accidentally shot down a ship that Eric was not on. I’m not sure about this last part, but it may have happened after he was discharged.
Eric has claimed that Dana Rohrabacher was the “official founder” of the modern libertarian movement, and that libertarianism and anarchism are mutually exclusive.
At the same time, he has claimed that he knew Murray Rothbard and Karl Hess well. So, was Rothbard not a libertarian, or not an anarchist? Were Mises, Friedman, Hayek, Rand, Read, Lefevre, Hess, etc., disciples of Rohrabacher?
Eric has claimed that Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rudolf Giuliani, George and Jeb Bush, Joseph Lieberman, Zell Miller, Bill O’Reilly, Katherine Harris, etc., are all libertarian or nearly so. At the same time, he is on record, on two radio shows, screaming and frothing at the mouth at Harry Browne and George Phillies, yelling that they are “not libertarian,” “leftist anarchists” for opposing the neo-crusader imperialists’ wars of agression in the middle east.
Eric has claimed that he has been a “top LP activist” for 25 years. In reality, he was active in the LP during the middle and late 1980s, left the party in a huff and openly sought its destruction throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, came back briefly in 2004 to work with Gary Nolan and left again promptly to start (the oxymoronic) Libertarians for (the moronic) Bush. He came back again to work with some local candidates and Wayne Root, while also stumping for various allegedly libertarian Republicans and Joe Lieberman, but has already made plans for the partial birth abortion known as “Libertarians for Giuliani.”
Eric has made numerous claims which were exposed in his presence, such as that Republicans never attempt to stop Libertarians petitions from making the ballot (Andy and I gave him many examples where they have done so), vastly exagerating the role of Lyn and Kelllie Adams in the Alabama LP, and so on. He would then make the same claims again in other internet fora.
Eric claimed that he would be more than happy to re-enlist in the military and go kill him some haji ragheads if only he was not too old. When Andy pointed out that he is not too old to join the IDF, French Foreign Legion, Blackwater USA, Dyncorp, or any of many other outfits in active combat in the middle east, and provided him with forms for joining, Eric weaseled out of it.
That’ll have to do for now, I could be here all day on this subject…
I leave you with words straight from the horse’s ass:
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/ericdondero/2007/may/16/i_am_declaring_for_congress_against_ron_paul_in_texas_cd_14
This guy is truly a legend in his own mind. Assuming Dr. Paul fails to win the GOP presidential nomination, it will be a sweet consolation to watch him wipe the floor with this schmuck.
From Wisconsin LP Yahoo group:
Eric goes apeshit on Harry Browne’s second to last ever radio show…
October 29, 2005
Guest: Eric Dondero
who supports the Iraq War
mms://www.harrybrowne.org/harrybrowne/05-10-29a.mp3
mms://www.harrybrowne.org/harrybrowne/05-10-29b.mp3
Here he is again, acting just as crazy and rude to George Phillies:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=9322
“Legalization of Prostitution is one of my top three issues. Not sure
where you got the idea that I don’t support legalized prostitution
from? I’m an ex-Sailor. I absolutely used the services of Prostitutes
overseas in the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, all over the
world, when I was a young buck Sailor. And each time was worth every penny.
As a matter of fact, it’s an absolutely tragedy that the US Military is
not allowing servicemen these days to utilize prostitutes in Iraq.
There are severe restrictions on prostitution for Military Personnel
nowadays. We Libertarian Republicans need to work to overturn that.”
Philosophically, I agree that prostitution should be legal, however, to make this a top 3 campaign issue – especially in a race for Congress – with all of the other far more important issues out there, is completely absurd.
Also, it should be pointed out that there would be less demand from people who are in the military for the services of prostitutes if they weren’t roaming around the world and being stuck in situations where there aren’t that many women around.
“Eric goes apeshit on Harry Browne’s second to last ever radio show…
October 29, 2005
Guest: Eric Dondero
who supports the Iraq War
mms://www.harrybrowne.org/harrybrowne/05-10-29a.mp3
mms://www.harrybrowne.org/harrybrowne/05-10-29b.mp3”
I happened to have listened to that show when it aired. I really liked the part when Alex Jones called in and laid a verbal smack down on Eric.
Irrelevant to the issue at hand.
Otherwise, I agree.
“Well in 1986, she ran for Lt. Governor of California on the Libertarian
ticket. Ron Paul hated her. He even made the statement when asked,
‘Ron, who would you choose for your VP.’ His response, ‘Anyone but
Norma Jean Almadovar.’”
Although I think that prostitution should be legal, having a prostitute as my running mate in an election would not be my first choice.
“I think if you pressed Ron Paul today, he’d have the same position;
opposition to legalized prostitution.”
Ron has said that he’s opposed to laws against victimless “crimes” like gambling, protitutution, non-violent drug “offenses,” etc… I don’t think that Ron personally cares for these things, he’s not lobbying to put people in jail for them either.
“Whose left? McCain? Romney? Not a single GOP candidate for Prez would
support legalized prostitution.”
Prostitution is an issue that should be left to the states or to the people, under the 9th and 10th amendments. So this is not a federal issue, unless you are refering to prostitutes for American military personel on American military bases. While I think that this should be legal it should once again be pointed out that American military personel would not have as much a “need” for prostitutes if they were not forced to roam around the world and be stuck in situations where there were few or no women around.
“And that’s our fault. RLC needs to push on this issue much, much
harder. We need to call every Presidential candidate, including Rudy
Giuliani, on the issue. Let them know it’s a top issue for us, along
with property rights, and tax cuts.”
Didn’t Rudy Giuliani crack down on prostitutes and porn shops in New York City as mayor? If so, wouldn’t mean that he’s got the same stance on these issues as the “Islamo-fascist” that Eric rallies against?
Here he is again, acting just as crazy and rude to George Phillies:
My opinion of Eric dropped below the already low place it was, and my opinion of George went up quite a bit. Eric has no self-control and George quietly and calmly sticks to his talking points.
“Stuart Richards Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
10) Building 7 was a controlled demolition.
Irrelevant to the issue at hand.
Otherwise, I agree.”
I’d say that it is quite relavent because it shows how contrived the neo-con warmonger agenda is.
Larry Silverstein says that WTC 7 was ‘pulled’
“Mr. X Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Here he is again, acting just as crazy and rude to George Phillies:
My opinion of Eric dropped below the already low place it was, and my opinion of George went up quite a bit. Eric has no self-control and George quietly and calmly sticks to his talking points.”
I agree with you here. Eric was extremely rude and acted like an irrational maniac. George Phillies kept his cool and made rational statements. Point won for George, points lost for Eric.
Wes and Paulie, thanks for the info on Rittberg. Pretty sure Paul will steamroll him.
Dondero, the annoying troll is running for congress? HAHAHAHA. I actually think dondero should go ahead with this campaign, because he’ll waste money and get destroyed so badly that maybe it will shut him up. In the end though, Dondero is just one of the many mistresses that giuliani has had over the years.
Yes he did. Yes it would, and does.
While I am at it, here are some more Dondero whoppers:
-He has claimed that various RLC endorsed members of Congress have a more pro-liberty voting record than Ron Paul.
-He says he is the “top libertarian activist” and “top Republican activist” in the country.
-He believes there is a real danger that Muslim extremists can take over the government of the US (!)
-He calls anyone who opposes the imperialist neo-crusaders wars of aggression in the middle east, and the destruction of civil liberties in America in their name, a “pacifist,” “traitor,” “America hater,” and supporter of the absurd, discredited, non-existent “Islamo-fascists”.
Dondero’s whoppers are like Mannie Fresh, “real big”:
Wow,
This is just someone who continues to amaze me.
The email in which he admits to using prostitutes from all over gods green earth disgusts me (I don’t consider myself to be easily disgusted).
It’s like he looks down on Kubby for supporting medical marijuana, but because he enjoyed prostitution it’s something that “The RLC Needs to Push”.
Pot smoking is helluva lot more acceptable to the American public, ESPECIALLY for medicinal purposes.
Wow… just WOW
I just listened to Eric Dondero’s call-in appearance on the radio show with George Phillies. It was the first time I have ever heard him speak, and I was shocked and appalled by his bizarre behavior while he’s literally screaming that he is a libertarian.
My God, Dondero makes Gene Chapman look sane in comparison.
It seems like a no-brainer that the LP should distance itself from Dondero, no matter what steps need to be taken to accomplish that end. Someone like him, who seems to have nothing better to do than masturbate to his own twisted reflection all over the internet, could cause a lot of damage to the LP’s reputation. In fact, I can’t help but wonder if that’s his true goal.
Didn’t someone here mention that Dondero once stated his goal to be the destruction of the Libertarian Party? Does anybody have a quote on that?
No, but I remember back when I was on TPW he did not deny it, but said the LP was back on track after Portland and his new goal was to take it over and push leftists and anarchists out rather than destroy it. He also said he wants it to be an appendage of the Republicans, like the Conservative Party of New York on a national scale – i.e. basically to neutralize any real Libertarian opposition, which would have the same effect as destroying the LP.
“My God, Dondero makes Gene Chapman look sane in comparison.”
LOL! That’s a great line.
“Didn’t someone here mention that Dondero once stated his goal to be the destruction of the Libertarian Party? Does anybody have a quote on that?”
Yes, he did say that and I remember when it happened (although at the time I didn’t know who he was). I think that it was in the early 2000s, perhaps it was the late ’90s but I think it was the early 2000s. I think that he said it at some Republican meeting where the Republican Party was fretting over “losing votes” to Libertarian Party candidates.
“but said the LP was back on track after Portland and his new goal was to take it over and push leftists and anarchists out rather than destroy it. He also said he wants it to be an appendage of the Republicans, like the Conservative Party of New York on a national scale – i.e. basically to neutralize any real Libertarian opposition, which would have the same effect as destroying the LP.”
This is the type of thing that makes me wonder if Eric Dondero is a paid plant that was sent in to destory the Libertarian Party and greater libertarian movement. You see, it is a fact that the evil people who control the government will place plants in various organizations so they can control them or destroy them. They will prop up phony front groups to harness people’s anger but divert them away from real solutions. They will infiltrate and sieze control of large organizations in order to neutralize them so that they offer no real opposition. They will prop up phony propaganda mouth pieces – people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and I believe that Neal Boortz and Larry Elder are fulfilling this role on the “libertarian” front. I don’t know if Eric Dondero is really a plant or not, but there is at least reason to wonder if he is.
He’s not a plant because I’m pretty sure the establishment is smart enough to realize that Eric Dondero is a moron.
(Side note: my little authentication code is 911, LOL.)
If Eric Dondero were a plant, what kind of plant would he be? A rhododendron or a hibiscus, perhaps? Or maybe he’d be something with thorns or (my guess) a poisonous plant? Just curious.
“If Eric Dondero were a plant, what kind of plant would he be? A rhododendron or a hibiscus, perhaps? Or maybe he’d be something with thorns or (my guess) a poisonous plant? Just curious.”
….Sewage plant.