Posted on 12/18/2011 1:16:23 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Ron Paul has gone Hollywood.
Appearing on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Friday, the presidential hopeful took a swipe at his GOP rivals telling the crowd that Michele Bachmann “hates Muslims.”
When asked by host Jay Leno what he thought of his rivals, Paul shook his head, slowed his voice and said, “she doesn’t like Muslims, she hates them, she wants to go get ‘em” — in reference to the comments Bachmann has made on the campaign trail over her willingness to attack Iran over its suspected nuclear program.
Bachmann, who is campaigning today in Iowa, rejected Paul’s comments.
“Of course I don’t hate Muslims,” Bachmann told ABC News adding “that’s an absolutely outrageous statement.”
...“With all due respect to my colleague, I think Ron Paul would make a very dangerous president because he doesn’t understand this threat,” Bachmann added.
The comment was especially surprising for Paul, who up until now has shied away from personal attacks.
The comment even left the audience and host Jay Leno momentarily stunned.
In reference to Rick Santorum, Paul said he can’t stop talking about “gay people and Muslims.”
.....Paul used the rare late night appearance to elaborate on some of his libertarian leaning positions such as getting rid of federal drug laws in favor of state regulations.
...Paul walked out to a standing ovation by the mainly youthful audience. The fact wasn’t lost on Leno who noted that he drew lots of support from young people.
“Young people are principled,” said Paul adding that “after a while you get mixed up.”
Paul added that the federal government should “protect the right to do with our own body what we want.”
....The Congressman again said he has “no intention” of running on a third party ticket but added he hasn’t ruled it out.
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Make no mistake 90% of this nutjobs support is about being able to buy weed at walgreens
“Young people are principled,” said Paul adding that “after a while you get mixed up.”
Ditto to what you said - he doesn’t even recognize the irony.
*When young you are liberal to show you have a heart. When you mature you are a conservative to show you have a brain.* (sic) Churchill
Good post.
Hope the responders don’t get sidetracked...your point wasn’t that it’s good to hate all Muslims, and that if she hates Muslims like Ron Paul said, she should be considered presidential material.
Paul is a malevolant political force, not a force for political good.
Whether Bachmann hates Muslims or not is a total red herring. Paul’s point was that she’s too anti Iran.
Absurd. The other candidates have just as well recognized and spoken to that Iranian threat against Israel, the entire Middle East, Europe and America. Paul is just miffed that she went after him so strongly in the last debate.
He could just as well have accused every candidate of hating Muslims, because all of them except him understand the problem Iran represents.
We could say the same about Iran if they weren’t a Muslim country but were acting this way.
I don’t hate all Muslims. I totally disagree with and oppose the religion. I’m wise enough to see that some Muslims actually fight with us and die in the same cause we do, against al quaida and the Taliban, for example.
That has nothing to do with who should be President of the United States, except for sure it shouldn’t be Ron Paul.
Paul attracts the young, primarily, because the young are looking for pie in the sky solutions to real problems that trouble society and trouble them personally. The young are lured by the false promise of...just follow this person, or just follow that idea...and the things that you’re concerned about will be fixed and will be wiped away.
As CW pointed out, one of their big concerns is the allocation of resources and how that will affect their lives now, and in the near future. Another big concern is possibly being sent to war.
The only brightness I see in the clouded Iowa Caucus picture if Paul wins or does very well there, it will discredit the importance of that process in terms of letting it guide what others should do in states with real primaries.
People need to back up, and refocus on what this election is truly all about - a freedom killing, job killing, all powerful Federal Government - and who can get us where we need to go as a country.
Memo to Rand Paul: Time to take the car keys away from your dad..
And thinks this is bad, why?
He’s imploding, thank God.
Nothing wrong with that in my book.
We need a Rick "Tebow" Perry in office who will take Washington to task, defend our allies and that includes Israel, and rip Washington up by the roots.
*When young you are liberal to show you have a heart. When you mature you are a conservative to show you have a brain.* (sic) Churchill
When my son was in college he was very liberal. After he graduated and got job, he became an instant conservative, after he saw what the government was taking out of his paycheck.
It’s criminal!!!!!
The old fool needs to STFU, and retire like the rest of the cock roaches, in my opinion. Who really needs “muzlims and or generations of welfare/public assistance/ssi phonies and natural born criminals.” America sure could do without them.
Doesn’t she know it’s only hip to hate Americans?
Merry Christmas
Ditto
Just watch and see how the crazy leftist posing as Paulites try to take over the IA straw poll sites like Obama did in 2008 .
They will storm and take over the stage at each site and scream and yell and intimidate
All other votes there.
These Paulites are mostly code pink linked nutters who want to
Cause chaos in the GOP primary and at the convention.
Obama ‘s storm troopers were quite effective in Tx and Wa straw poll using this tactic!
Perry doesn’t hate Muslims. He helps them build Mosques and says “It is a great honor to be in the presence of the Imam of 16 million Muslims”. Perry’s attitude towards Muslims is a danger to this country.
“Young people are principled,” said Paul adding that “after a while you get mixed up.”
I always wonder what was the cause of Paul’s positions but I see he explained it in the above quote.
I don’t see how this would make any sense. Paul wants huge spending cuts and to shrink the size of government; sure, that includes military spending, but it certainly DOESN’T mean spending it on useless, pointless green nonsense. I can’t see where anybody would get that idea.
It’s true that I like Paul because I like the idea of keeping MY OWN money, but that’s not the same thing.
Having said that, I think his remarks about Bachmann & Santorum went too far; it’s fine to criticize their policies but don’t pretend you know their secret psychological motivations. I don’t like that.
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