Ron Paul is blowing up real good

Salon ^ | June 2, 2007 | Michael Scherer

[Austin Willard Wright]

The antiwar, pro-gold, libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul tells me he would rather be riding his bicycle than speaking to another reporter on a Thursday afternoon. "My vice is that I'm obsessed with exercise," says the Republican congressman from Texas.

But running for president does not exactly disagree with him. All day long, he has been hustling from one press appearance to the next, a high-energy bundle packed into a lithe 71-year-old frame. His brown eyes sparkle with fire as he blurts out one big adjective after another. "Preposterous," he says of Rudy Giuliani, who accused Paul in mid-May of blaming America for the attacks of Sept. 11.

[Hoodat]

Can anyone dig up a photo of Ron Paul hugging Cindy Sheehan at Camp Casey?

[LonePalm]

Haven't we all?

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[radioman]

Dr. Demento cultist ?

Constitution cultist.
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[fieldmarshaldj]

Cultist.

[radioman]

Exactly which of your liberties have you lost?

I've lost my right to spend my money as I please, for one.
Want more?
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[radioman]

Yes, the suffering by our fellow citizens as they watch their plasma TV's and listen to their IPODs is almost too grim to bear.

Yes, as long as they allow you your toys you're one happy kid.
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[John D]

Well he appeals to Salon. That is the only type magazine he will get any traction in.

[radioman]

Yes, the same cult as our founders.

[John D]

Big online betting operation has lowered the odds against Ron Paul from 200 to 1 down to 15 to 1.
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I’ll take some of that. All I have to do is bet $1500 and I am assured $1600.

[mimaw]

The Patriot Act did that?

[Allegra]

This is a typical tactic of these Ron Paul supporters, toss venemous attacks against those who do not buy 100% into their philosophy.

That's exactly the tactic most of them seem to favor. And if you ask questions that make them uncomfortable, they sling the insults and call you "stupid" and other such creative and provocative terms. Oh, and I've noticed a strong tendency to put words in our mouths that we never typed or uttered.

So, then we laugh at them and they whine and cry that we won't debate them.

Go figure.

[John D]

Aren’t his views refreshing though?
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Jumping into Lake Superior in November is also refreshing. Not to smart, but refreshing.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Our founders weren’t moonbats. Dr. Demento is. ;-)

[Erik Latranyi]

Yes, as long as they allow you your toys you're one happy kid.

Please elaborate the consequences of eliminating the gold standard for our currency?

[Erik Latranyi]

Well he appeals to Salon. That is the only type magazine he will get any traction in.

It is curious that Ron Paul seems to get more support from the left than he does from the right.......

[FreeReign]

I don't understand you guys...Ron Paul said that US government policies (i.e. interventionism) is the reason Al Qaeda attacked the US on 9/11...now...do you guys dispute that as a matter of fact? (I can cite you AQ expert after AQ expert and US government reports that state exactly what Ron Paul said)

Paul that that we "incited" 911.

We've been through this. Apparently, you still don't know what the word "incite", means. Why don't you look up the word, post the definition and then defend the Paul remark.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Indeed, since they both share the same views that America caused the problems in the Middle East. As far as I can see, only one American f*cked up the Middle East, and his name was Jimmy Carter.

[FreeReign]

You submit that Ron Paul is pro-Al Queda. This despite his wanting a full out Declaration of War against terrorist harboring nations, Letter's of M&R to hunt them down no matter where they hide, and a call from Dr. Paul for ALL Americans to reassert their RKBA as a further line of defense against "sudden jihad syndrome".

I can't speak for the other poster, but I will say this.

Al Qaeda is in Iraq. Paul wants us to leave Iraq.

[Erik Latranyi]

As far as I can see, only one American f*cked up the Middle East, and his name was Jimmy Carter.

You forget Bill Clinton's appeasement of Yassir Arafat and his retreat in Somalia.

[FreeReign]

Perhaps you should read what he really said instead of reading the Giuliani/GOP establishment spin.

Paul used the word, "incite". Big Redd is right.

BTW, your "giuliani/GOP establisment spin" charge is BS.