Ron Paul Glen Beck 11/18/07 You Tube videos

The Glen Beck show ^ | 12/18/07 | Glen Beck

[traviskicks]

The following are the segments of the hour long interview Ron Paul had with Glenn Beck:

1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pme20JHPkwk
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y4j4m90-XM
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNjnvp5z6kM
4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGrlZTlD-Sc
5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF_92PpCyUs
6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnm1nPHdATQ
7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1qMXMOjfo
8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kze69_lmGmA

[traviskicks]

This was, IMHO, the best interview I have ever seen with any political candidate ever. An amazing articulation of conservatism and libertarian principles, which I cannot believe we are lucky enough to find stemming from a major candidate for president of the United States. I find it hard to believe even people opposed to Ron Paul's candidacy could come away not respecting and admiring Paul's beliefs after seeing this inteview.

[traviskicks]

A simply amazing interview, IMO.



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[murphE]

Thanks for saving me some time!

[traviskicks]

ping

[incindiary]

There is also a complete video here.

And yes, it was a very good interview. As Paul said, Beck did a better job with the interview and giving him time to speak, than some other shows did... so thank you, Glen, for that.

I thought it was great that Paul stated he would pardon the border agents. And that he talked about our sovereignty and other important issues. These are all things that many Americans care about... and was said in the interview, Paul has struck a chord with people who are sick and tired of the same old politics as usual, and don't want to vote status quo.

[traviskicks]

Ah thanks for that link.

[Grunthor]

I was and remain opposed to Ron Pauls’ candidacy, but it was a good interview.

[rineaux]

Thanks for posting the videos.

Beck was better than most interviewers. He let Paul answer the questions that were asked.

Paul did well. Covered all the issues and answered the questions honestly. Refreshing for a politician. Stayed on message. Not everyone will agree with him, just like I do not, however, we can all enjoy some more honesty in Washington.

With the exception of trying to tie RP supporters of threatening his family, Beck was good.

If you don’t like Paul, it is now PC to blame him and his supporters for the failures of one’s failed money bomb, candidacy, political signs coming down, the skewed on lines polls, the car not starting, stubbing your toe and....

In the one hour, I hope he picked up some new voters who have been sitting on the fence throughout this process.

[incindiary]

I think he did. (pick up new voters)

I think more and more people have been waking up to what has been going on in this country, and don't want to keep voting in the status quo, whether it's D or R.

The fact that that group is growing will mean more support for Paul, because there is no other candidate who represents actual change and getting back to the constitution and restoring our liberties/rights.

[rineaux]

Earlier in the morning, because of a quote by Sinclair Lewis that Paul quoted, they tried make him sound anti christian. He is not. Like many others, he has a private relationship and does not need to profess it. I did think Beck came off a little kookie with all his conspiracy questions. LOL. I think he did. (pick up new voters) I do agree, and will be able to measure this by looking at the new donor graph the next few days. I bet it goes up as well.

[rineaux]

Incindiary, since we were writing about new donors, it appears in the last few days RP has got 28,351 new donors. Lets see if it goes up rather briskly in the next few days after his appearance on the MSM these last few days.

Thanks to Janetjanet998, I was able to see the daily new donors on his website:

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Too funny, getting ready to send this and he picked up another new donor. LOL 28351

[ksen]

Thanks for posting these videos traviskicks.

[publiusF27]

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed the interview, but could have done without the “truther” questions.

The interview, or parts of it, are already all over youtube, which raises some interesting intellectual property rights issues.

[George W. Bush]

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An excellent interview for the archives.

We lost 'the tongue' yesterday from FR because of a somewhat heated retort on a thread. But we do have some new folks on our pinglist. And we have plenty of others who are coming out in support of Ron Paul on various threads though they aren't on the pinglist. The Troll Patrol actually recruits for us by their actions, as many of you have probably noticed. Too bad they've done so much to harm FR as a forum in the process, much as the open-border trolls did a few years back. In the time since we had the Ron Paul pinglist, only two FReepers have asked to leave the list, one because he only only RP-curious and decided to support someone else. So our pinglist is pretty healthy and so is Ron Paul's level of support at FR.

At any rate, I'd like to warn the pinglist to be cautious on these obvious trolling threads. In particular, those non-stories posted in Breaking News. Their purpose is to lure RP supporters into making a remark so that the Paul-haters can all hit Abuse on them and try to get them banned. We've seen this many times already. That appears to be the entire purpose of those threads since they are not real news stories anywhere else on the internet or in the media.

I'm saying this as an observation. There's no need to discuss it at length.

[mosquitobite]

I liked that Glenn asked about the truther movement and I like that he brought up the death threats. They are a small portion of Dr Paul’s support, and Glenn gave Dr Paul a clear opportunity to distance himself from those types of supporters. Very good for the overall campaign imho.

[ARridgerunner]

In particular, those non-stories posted in Breaking News.

It shouldn't be breaking news that Huckabee is malicious and devious. (Romney and the LDS might agree.)

RP was too kind.

Thanks for the warning.

[ARridgerunner]

Thanks for links.

[rineaux]

George, thanks for being the Paul Ping keeper. I agree, we need to maintain our stance without getting involved in the sandbox name callings that we see from some of the cut and paste crowds. Sorry to read we lost “the tongue”. Opie is still MIA, correct?

Incindiary, mosquitobite, Bastiat_Fan, at some time, ping GWB if you want to be pinged on RP threads.

Mosquitobite, yes, I do think Paul did great considering some of questions Beck asked him. As I posted earlier, Beck did come across as Kookie when telling the story about his family being threatened by RP supporters. He was fair in that he allowed RP to answer the questions and did not interrupt him. No matter what, campaigns, sport teams, etc always draw from a unique crowd. Every candidate has some interesting people. It’s only Pauls candidacy that is under the microscope because you can’t attack his message so you result to name calling. JMO.

Just can’t stand when an interviewer asks the question and gives them little to no time to respond. If you ask a question, let the person speak. Bill O’Reilly is a classic and so is Sean Hannity just to give an example.

Not only is RP gaining some support on FR, most importantly he is picking up new donors that will result in money and votes.

Thanks George for always keeping me informed. The name calling from the haters is what brought me to RP.

Have fun, Bastiat_Fan know what I am talking about, we are waiting on our refund check from Soros for donating to RP. LOL

[murphE]

Bill O’Reilly is a classic and so is Sean Hannity just to give an example.

Both of them are in love with the sound of their own voices. They even talk over people they like. I think they are more about self promotion than objective journalism.

[rineaux]

Both of them are in love with the sound of their own voices. They even talk over people they like. I think they are more about self promotion than objective journalism.

True, true, true. Always promoting themselves and the books they write. LOL Listen to the RP interview again and Beck pitches it at least a half a dozen times. Got to love entertainment and entertainers.

[Nephi]

The sad thing about seeing the Tongue get banned is that he had been here since 1999. Hopefully, its only a temporary ban.

[incindiary]

I was reading on RP's forums, and a lot of people had stories of friends or family deciding to support Paul after seeing yesterday's interview. So that was great to see.

Btw - the haters and others seem to be getting nervous - digging up and trying to revive old stories (Don Black's donation)... so to me their renewed hysteria over an outdated story and their blatant attempts to attack his character, is telling, they're doing whatever they can to try to tear him down.

[dcwusmc]

Bump for civility (on OUR side, anyway!!!)

[Designer]

"..considering some of questions Beck asked him.."

I received an e-mail from a volunteer who said Glen Beck attempted to ambush the good doctor, or words to that effect.

[Designer]

"We lost 'the tongue' yesterday.."

I thought "the tongue" was a "she".

I missed the comment that pulled the plug.

[Designer]

"So our pinglist is pretty healthy and so is Ron Paul's level of support at FR."

I was wondering if our posting here made any difference. I've never noticed anybody actually changing their minds to join the Paul brigade. IMO, I thought that you either were one, or not, depending on your point of view before the race had begun.

[Nephi]

I hadn’t noticed the Tongue before, but I did see the comment that got he/she banned. I remember thinking that’s probably not going to go over well. I guess I’ll leave it at that.

[rineaux]

I received an e-mail from a volunteer who said Glen Beck attempted to ambush the good doctor, or words to that effect.

I can agree with the assessment. Many were just happy RP was able to answer questions without the rude interruptions.

Even if it was or appeared to be an ambush or hit piece, Paul held his ground and hopefully he was able to win over some of the viewers. Many accept the fact he will not get "friendly" interviews from the big MSM boys. So the Beck interview on the surface was a little friendlier.

As I wrote before, Beck is the one who came off as kook and I will add, a conspiracy theorist.

As you know, Dr Paul is a serious candidate and that is upsetting some of the establishment. It will get uglier for RP as the race continues. Hopefully we all stay the course as supporters.

[George W. Bush]

I was wondering if our posting here made any difference. I've never noticed anybody actually changing their minds to join the Paul brigade.

If you held the pinglist, you'd see that it does make a difference. It's not a huge difference because even many FReepers won't go on these candidate threads any more. Not just the RP ones. None of them. If you look at the RP threads, you see really vile posts against the candidate and all of his supporters. Look at the anti-Mormon trash on the Romney threads and that gives this forum a black eye too. And when a few of them started returning the favor a bit to the Troll Patrol (many of them are the same Paul-haters we're familiar with), they got banned.

It all harms the forum.

To be honest, I might not have come back after my week suspension if the pinglist weren't here and constantly growing. As it was, I went for two days after it was over before posting. The trolls have made this forum that unattractive. While other forums have their problems, the constant negativity here from some of the Troll faction makes it just that unattractive. Meet the new Harpies, same as the old Harpies. I find a few of the RP forums and blogs to be so much more positive. They don't let trolls run wild and dominate their forums. Beyond the slow but steady growth of the pinglist, I and others here have seen various threads at FR in recent months and especially the last few weeks where folks not on the pinglist or ever known to be Paul supporters have come out blatantly for him, announcing their support. If you follow these threads, you'll see a lot of posters speaking up for Paul and the RP movement, some saying they might vote for him, some saying they will vote for him. And some of these people none of us have ever seen posting about RP before. So, yes, there is some growth. These threads and posts may not be the deciding factor but they are a factor. I still say that Ron Paul has to win his own votes but we can help in small ways.

We all get tired of the relentless trolling, especially the FUD lies they repeat endlessly and which have already been completely refuted and they know are false but that they keep trying to plant. It's an obvious enough trolling tactic. Personally, I think these anti-Paul trolls are among FR's worst members. EEE or travis challenged one of them to finally donate to FR one day. The guy had been here for like five years and had never given a single red cent, and one of the worst trolls on the entire forum and not just on RP threads either. Even cheapskate me had done more than that though I've never given a lot. Some of the other trolls are really arrogant and consider themselves to be in a position to dictate to JimRob and the forum what opinions are to be allowed here, not just about RP but about a lot of other issues too. And these are the people trying to get people like OPie banned who had been a monthly contributor for 5-6 years? Which of them is increasing their supposed donations to cover that shortfall? Because with them making this forum so inhospitable, our ability to recruit new members at FR is pretty limited. Again, harms the forum and its fundraising and recruitment, not to mention that it creates a hostile atmosphere for everyone. Not only that, but it gives forum members the idea and the incentive that if they just get trollish enough long enough, they can get people they don't like banned. These are, obviously, the actions of the politically correct Left, to squelch/forbid/punish speech they disagree with, most often because they are fundamentally lazy or stupid and can't muster actual arguments. Hence, the transparently ugly tactics they use. And the real problem is that FReepers really are fundamentally free speech folk, even speech they don't happen to like. We've seen that again and again on these threads, people defending Ron Paul's right to run and to hold opinions they don't like but defending his candidacy and the presence of RP supporters here at FR. They admire our tenacity, our willingness to bite the bullet for our candidate if necessary, our grassroots organization, our fundraising. And in comparison to the rest of the GOP field, they should. You see it on the last two "Breaking News" threads where FReepers are wondering just why the hell those are even considered news at all, let alone Breaking.

OTOH, having complained about them, they actually help us. You may have wondered why I occasionally thank them for their trolling. It actually helps Ron Paul. Not merely here at FR, but at other forums and websites. What happens here is observed elsewhere and that is also useful to us. They don't grasp that though, particularly the aspects of media influence and party base dynamics. Without them, we could not have these huge threads at FR. They are inadvertently among our best promotional tools for Ron Paul. It's due to the nature and structure of the forum and its software.

Yes, I do think posting here does change minds, though it is no huge number. But we don't see that many switchers with other candidates either. With many of us older FReepers, RP reminds them of exactly those values and causes which once united this forum almost unanimously. The idea of FR as a tame GOP establishment forum, well, I don't see how that works. For that, you need something like a Townhall.com or a Weekly Standard or something like that. You can't turn a herd of cats like us into a complacent arm of a political party or impose ideas they don't like. Look at the harm done here when FR was banning the closed-borders folks. In the end, it became clear they'd have to ban 80% of the forum, maybe more. Then who would post? Who would join? And who would donate? That would appear to me to be why this is no longer an open-borders forum.

BTW, I'm hoping RP can break $18.5M today, now at $18.43M with $40,000 from today.

[dcwusmc]

What an interview!!! Best I can EVER recall... honest, open and chock full of information... Actual answers to actual questions!!!

[incindiary]

"Look at the harm done here when FR was banning the closed-borders folks."

Why was FR banning closed-border folks? :confused:

(that must've been when I wasn't posting here. I took a leave of absence from this site for years, and just started posting regularly again recently)

[incindiary]

Yes, it was an excellent interview. I think Paul is SO misunderstood by certain people (mainly Bush-supporting Republicans) so it was great for him to have a chance to speak, in more than 30 second sound-bites, or written quotes taken out of context, to explain his positions.

I think he made a lot of really good points, I especially liked his answer on Israel, and also what he said about AQ.

[dcwusmc]

Exactly. Now our antiPaul Trolls have no more legitimate ammunition... not that they ever really DID...

[Puddleglum]

ping to myself to watch when I get a chance

[George W. Bush]

Now our antiPaul Trolls have no more legitimate ammunition...

Like facts even matter to them. They'll just manufacture another hysterical set of accusations to try to post as Breaking News.

Of course, if they want to obsess over Ron Paul, that actually helps us anyway. It raises his name recognition and makes it clear to voters on the fence that only Ron Paul is not an RNC-approved CFR/Rockefeller Republican/open borders/globalist candidate. And it distracts them from supporting the so-called viable candidates. So it's a twofer for us.

Have you noticed what losers these Paul-haters are? Have they ever given any money to their own candidates? At least one of them admitted he has never given a single dollar to FreeRepublic either. I'd bet money that some of them have never ever given a single dollar to their so-called approved candidates either. Last I checked, some of them don't even have a candidate to support, they just hate Ron Paul.

[Designer]

"It will get uglier for RP as the race continues."

Take note of what has occured in Iowa lately.

Mike Huckabee started gaining on Romney, and the Romney machine kicked into gear, bashing Huckabee on multiple fronts.

BTW: One of the Romney supporters is on the state party central committee.

I predicted that the dems won't know how to deal with RP because their normal strategy is to dig up dirt even if it's a lie.

They simply won't be able to argue any points of constitutional law, so will have to resort to personal attacks.

Furthermore, I see now that most or all of the dems have taken a stance of leaving Iraq, ignoring the fact that many of them voted to give Bush the power to invade when this first came up.

RP owns that position.

[Designer]

"But we don't see that many switchers with other candidates either."

True, but fortunately, Mrs. Designer has apparently switched to RP.

Originally she favored Romney, but last week she was advocating Ron Paul to one of her supervisors at work.

She's a Paulie Girl now. :-)

[rineaux]

will have to resort to personal attacks.

I so agree with you. The attacks have already begun. If you have not seen it, the Cavuto interview was really good. Poor Neil was silent in the end. LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrRtZaG63o8

[George W. Bush]

True, but fortunately, Mrs. Designer has apparently switched to RP.

Ah, the secret shrimp sauce is working, all according to our Evil Plan for blimp supremacy.

Nice work, Designer.

[traviskicks]

well, that is a good post and i agree with your sentiments. I think FR has been damaged by the liberal use of bans, especially regarding Rudy and Ron Paul supporters, the former more than the later. The lack of intelligent discourse seems to have gotten worse lately, although perhaps it is just because it is an election year. I remember when you could read a news story and find a comment from someone who was expert in the field, or involved in the happenings and get some really good extra info. I think if people are more free to police themselves, bad information or ideas are naturally shouted down and good ideas filter up, plus it would be better, IMO, both financially and reputation wise for FR.

However, I think Ron Paul does have a decent amount of support on this site and your right, all the trolling and negativity has the opposite effect. Paul’s support is increasing here just as it is increasing around the country. I think it is important for us to keep the high ground and ‘turn the other cheek’ mentality, as the character and passion of Ron Paul supporters is what shines through and above the vitriol often directed at us and our candidate. I think we do make a difference, perhaps more than we even realize.

[traviskicks]

heh heh... that was nice.