Jon Stewart blasts the media for leaving out #2 guy in the straw poll–Ron Paul. He got just a couple hundred votes less than Michele Bachmann who has dominated the media attention.
Stewart says he is being treated like the 13th floor in a hotel. According to Stewart, Ron Paul is the real deal and he is being ignored. Watch as Jon Stewart proves his point.
Moon – I guess that is what you call fair and balanced.
Is Paul on the outs because he would slash military spending?
I don’t know, Pat. They sure did gloss over him. He actually did pretty well if numbers count. He came in second. He has quite a following. I think he is nutty but fair is fair.
He is a kook, but shouldn’t be ignored. If again runs as an independent, after failing to secure the nomination, he will be a factor in the election. IMHO, he’s our Ralph Nader. He’s our Lyndon Larouche. I will also add that if he were a member of the Manassas City Committee, he would have been kicked out for running as an independent, after failing to win the nomination.
Steve – I don’t agree with everything Ron Paul says, but he’s the only candidate who is intellectually honest, and doesn’t just parrot whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear to get votes. Rick Perry, Sara Palin, etc. are virtually brain-dead. Can you honestly tell me that you think anything they say is well thought out and based on their honest views of policy?
I differ with Ron Paul on abolishing the Fed and going on the gold standard, but he’s right on the mark on foreign policy. How long can we sustain three (or is it now four) wars? Why not pursue a foreign policy of minding our own business?
And now we know why we get the leadership we have……when someone tells the truth, we label him a “kook”. Like I have said, freedom requires work and the ability to think for oneself. It’s not for everyone.
All you needed to see was Santorum’s reaction when Paul suggested that maybe it would cost less to trade with people instead of bombing them and invading them. God forbid we stop spending trillions of dollars having over 250 military installations around the world. Santorum almost messed his britches right on the stage at the notion we stop wasting money we don’t have minding everyone business but our own! The longer you actually pay attention to politics, the more you come to the conclusion that we get what we deserve in terms of government.
@pokie, that was a kodak moment…re Santorum’s look when Paul suggested it would cost less to trade rather than bomb.
While I don’t agree with many of his issues, there is just something likeable about Ron Paul.
@Moon-howler
That’s because he’s honest, and whether you agree or disagree with what he says, he has obviously thought it through and it’s what he sincerely believes, unlike most politicians.
Trust me, folks….if you like that same old garbage we’ve had since Clinton left office, your choices will be plentiful. You will literally have a cornucopia of used-car salesmen to choose from. Yippee! and yeah, I know the Clinton comment is debatable. That’s just the last time I liked a President.
I always knew there was something I liked about our favorite mouse character!!!!
@Moon-howler
I readily admit that Carter is the first President I remember. Ford? I think I was busy pooping in my diapers. But I remember two Presidents that I just saw as Presidential….Reagan and Clinton. I was too young to care and I didn’t like Carter. The first Bush, I was drunk those four years. And I’m sure everyone will disagree with me, and that’s OK, but I don’t think Obama is in the same league as Clinton. My gut feeling is that Hillary would have been better than Obama (cause we’d have gotten Bubba by association).
Moderation again, probably for invoking Carter’s name…….well, I can at least understand why that should land me in moderation 🙂
One other thing about Ron Paul. If you are so inclined, you should go back 20 years or so and look up some of the things Paul predicted would happen. You’ll end up thinking the guy’s a damn psychic. His track record of predicting what would happen over the last 20 years is really scary.
To Steve’s comment above:
I just can’t see myself pulling a lever if Paul’s name isn’t attached to it. This is the GOPs election to lose and I think they’ll lose it by running Romney or Perry.
Moderates are not the answer.
@marin,
your response defies all logic. Are you telling me that 50% of all Americans are far right?
Winning an election is all about numbrs. The winning party will have to pull the moderates in from the other party or from the unaffiliated. This murky middle, which includes people like me, won’t go far left or far right. We will go towards the middle.
Like it or not, that is the reality of the situation.
MH,
“your response defies all logic. Are you telling me that 50% of all Americans are far right? ”
I don’t think that the moderates or center-right that voted for Obama believed him to be as progressive (far-left) as he is.
Obama’s election proves that you can vote in extremism and ignore the idea of being a ‘centrist’.
marin, you are so far right you think Obama is far left. I do not. He is actually governing more centrist than I expected.
slow
I can actually agree with several of your posts……….are you feeling a little queasy?
@Elena
Nah. If I was going to get queasy, it would have been when Starry agreed with something I said. More and more folks are noticing that folks from the far left and the far right are increasingly finding common cause in several issues, even if it is for different reasons. It makes one wonder what it would look like if the two groups could band together to get things done. The political establishment is built upon the principle of keeping us fighting amongst ourselves while they run away with all our money. The notion of folks getting together and spurring on reform probably would scare the living daylights out of them. Maybe we’ll see it in our lifetime.