[SJackson]

He's misleading and lying to them. Either that or he does support their beliefs and his denials to us are the untruths. Which is it? is he lying to them or to us? You can't have it both ways.

That's a very good point. If you check out mnehrling's link in post 12 http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=22739, it's fair to say most of his supporters there are either supportive or accepting of the Alex Jones connection. Is he going to dump on them, or as a couple suggest, disassociate himself now, then initiate these investigations after becoming President.

Are his friends and supporters important.

Human Events: Follow-up -- thank you -- follow-up question. [Laughter] Take two minutes and tell me the people that you would name to your cabinet or to your official family.

RP: Probably, I won’t do a very good job of that because I haven’t thought that through and there are certainly a lot of friends and –

Well, yeah. They're his supporters, they're his friends, and it's reasonable to assume they'll be involved on a Paul administration. And he has a lot of friends.

Or, as bcsco suggests, he may just dump them, in itself not much of a recomendation.

[traviskicks]

Well, from your two links I got two things:

1) that was a GREAT interview at Human Events.

2) many if not most of the people at that Ron Paul forum thread were not enthused about his going on the Alex Jones show.

[bcsco]

Well, yeah. They're his supporters, they're his friends, and it's reasonable to assume they'll be involved on a Paul administration. And he has a lot of friends.

Or, as bcsco suggests, he may just dump them, in itself not much of a recomendation.

Paul is a lot like other politicians who try the 'big tent' approach to nominations. They try to garner support from across a broad spectrum of society, believing that's the only real ticket to nomination/winning. Rudy Giuliani is another example.

And in Paul's case, this has taken him into very rocky waters. Yet his continued association with these fringe groups is a tacit indication he's comfortable with them.

I personally believe he will continue to court them. And I believe what we see is a microcosm of what his administration would look like. As an example, look at his spoken association with Dennis Kucinich in the video. Ron Paul has no compulsion against working with this leftard. Birds of a feather it would be.

My response to my question is "...he does support their beliefs and his denials to us are the untruths".

[BlackElk]

Not that it would ever happen since he will be homogenized in the first primaries and caucuses, but: PaleoPaulie Cabinet:

SecState: Ramsay Clark

Sec Def: Mahatma Ghandi (OK, he's dead but it is not as though he would have been expected to actually DO anything)

SecHHS: Simon Legree

SecHUD: Leona Helmsley (OK, she's dead but....)

Sec Treas: Midas Mulligan (OK, so he's fictional but isn't PaleoPaulie fictional as well?)

National Security Advisor: Osama bin Laden

SecArmy: International A.N.S.W.E.R. designee

SecNavy: Pink Ladies' Designee

SecAirForce: Cindy Sheehan

SecCommerce: Dual secretaries: Warren Buffett and George Soros

Drug Czar: Sean Penn

SecAgriculture: Whoever has the biggest Mary Jane acreage.

SecHomelandSecurity: The Arkansas Antichrist or his designee

Minister of Silly Explanations: James "The Serpent" Carville

Secretary of Edumakashun: Ward Churchill

Attorney General: Michael Nifong

SecVeterans'Affairs: Muhammed El Kaboomski

FEEL THE EXCITEMENT!!!!!