Tuesday was the first day of candidacy filing for the party primary elections on Feb. 5. Candidates who file on the first day draw lottery numbers, with the lowest number winning the right to be listed first on the ballot. That's why Paul will be listed first, even though a representative of Rudy Giuliani was first in line at the secretary of state's office.
Representatives of Republicans Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney and John McCain also filed on Tuesday, as did Democrat Barack Obama.
By the way, Libertarian City Councilman Doug Burlison told the KY3 Political Notebook he's backing Paul for President. "I think he'd be the greatest president since George Washington . . . ok, maybe Thomas Jefferson," Burlison said. "You've got to admire his courage to speak on the issues. I use him as a role model for myself as a councilman to stand up and say what is right, no matter what the public thinks," Burlison added.
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OK Dave, here's my one chance to act like a typical Ron Paul supporter: it is a blatant conspiracy that Ron Paul won the top ballot spot! It involved black helicopters swooping over the Capital building, and Jedi mind tricks to convince Robin Carnahan to place Paul first on the ballot.
In all seriousness, this may be the first time Paul finished first in anything.
As far as Councilman Burlison, he can't be serious!
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