No radio jock is going to survive basing a show on one premise. So, of course he doesn't. But the fact remains; Alex Jones is numero uno when it comes to 9/11 conspiracy theories. Period. This has been documented time and again. But for one instance of this insanity, let me provide a discussion between RP and a Truther at a party earlier this year (the source is from Michelle Malkin's homesite: Michelle Malkin.
Student: …we’ve heard that you have questioned the government’s official account.
Paul: Well, I never automatically trust anything the government does when they do an investigation because too often I think there’s an area that the government covered up, whether it’s the Kennedy assassination or whatever.
Student: So I just wanted to say, you know, we’ve talked to Dennis Kucinich and he says that he’s willing to, you know, investigate it. He would advocate for a new investigation.
Paul: Into 9/11?
Student: Yeah, into 9/11. I mean, if it was Dennis Kucinich and you, there’d be congressional support. You know what I mean? So you wouldn’t be the only one.
Paul: It’d be bipartisan, too. And I’ve worked with Dennis a lot on a lot of these issues.
Student: So I mean, would you advocate for a new investigation into 9/11?
Paul: Yes, I think we have to look at the details of it.
Student: Yeah. Yeah, and I know that he is really serious about this because I know that his office is already investigating certain aspects of 9/11 he’s having his guys look into.
Paul: I’ll talk to him about it.
Student: Yeah, that’d be great. Thank you, thank you very much!
Below is another transcript from the same site, with a portion of a caller/Ron Paul discussion on an earlier Alex Jones broadcast:
CALLER: I want a complete, impartial, and totally independent investigation of the events of September 11, 2001 . I’m tired of this bogus garbage about terrorism. Ask Michael Meacher about how he feels about this bogus war on terrorism. Can you comment on that please?
HON. DR. RON PAUL: Well, that would be nice to have. Unfortunately, we don’t have that in place. It will be a little bit better now with the Democrats now in charge of oversight. But you know, for top level policy there’s not a whole lot of difference between the two policies so a real investigation isn’t going to happen. But I think we have to keep pushing for it. And like you and others, we see the investigations that have been done so far as more or less cover-up and no real explanation of what went on.
Sorry Travis, but the above is a clear indication that Ron Paul is at least sympathetic to 9/11 conspiracy theorists. He's also outspoken enough to state to a complete stranger that he believes the government covers itself on such investigations. Whether true or not, these are NOT statements a person qualified for the office of president should be making. He doesn't know how/when to shut his mouth.
Furthermore, the caller in the second situation is talking about the 'bogus war on terrorism'. He's NOT upset about the Iraq conflict. He's upset about the ENTIRE war on terror. It's bogus to him. And here's good ol' Ron Paul just agreeing away with him. In fact, here's a man running as a conservative Republican who's happy the Democrats are in charge because he believes it'll be better now with the Democrats in charge of oversight. And he running as a Republican??
You want to know where I draw the line? I draw the line with Ron Paul. Never, ever will I consider a candidate who makes himself available to left-wing socialist Truthers, or anyone of their ilk. NEVER! And not only has Ron Paul done this in the past, HE CONTINUES TO DO IT!!!!! Even as he's disclaiming such relationships. The man is a LIAR. The man is a FRAUD. There is no way I would ever vote for such a sorry person. He's considering himself over his constituency and over our government and over our country.
Oh, BTW, the videos on the Malkin site no longer work. Apparently they've been dropped from the links as set. That's OK. You see, I have the entire video. I downloaded it before it was pulled. You really can't hide anything on the Internet. Ya know?
Both of you, have a great weekend. And Travis, start thinking a little. Do something for yourself. There's a far brighter world out than than Dr. Ron Paul will provide.
well thanks for that reply, I’ve seen those transcripts before and, obviously, his responses could have been a lot better. I’m not sure why he thinks the ‘democrat’ investigation would be any better, especially puzzling. Still, you can’t prove a negative, in other words, just because Paul didn’t say something or respond to something in his response doesn’t mean he believes it.
You say he is pandering or hedging around his answers with the minority of his base who are fringe kooks etc.., despite his explicit denials of their beliefs elswhere. Again, I find this hard to believe after watching him offer the opposite of what the traditional leanings of the ‘value voters’ and ‘minority voters’ tend to in those debates. But for sake of argument, let’s say he is, let’s say he sort of tippy toes around the questions he gets from these groups in order to win their support, while rebutting them elsewhere.
Yet even so, even despite this, I think you’re still missing the bigger picture. All politicians do this, they all play to their audiences, look at Rudy at the NRA, which doesn’t excuse it, but it also doesn’t take away from the fact that Paul is the only candidate that will drastically cut the Federal government and severely repeal/dent socialism in the United States. Why focus so on the ant hill under our foot rather than the mountain on our backs?