Ron Paul on Eliot Spitzer: He acted badly but didn't deserve this

Politico ^ | 3/14/08 | Staff/Ron Paul

[Beagle8U]

“Objectively speaking, what Spitzer did was really not that bad.”

Would you say it wasn’t that bad if he was paying the Hookers with political bribe money? There is a good chance that it was that or campaign funds.

[Emperor Palpatine]

When they put their bongs down, you mean?

[John D]

He was not doing his deeds in his house. He was hiding money. The gov’t can look at any financial transactions I make. I do not care, but then I am not hiding anything.

[blueheron2]

I would like to see public officials get double penalties but I guess that would run afoul equality under the law.

[Lakeshark]

Your comments just seemed childish, judgemental and ill informed. That's all.

You might want to look at what you said.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Gotta disagree with Paul here on this.

(Shakes head in disbelief)

[justiceseeker93]

...he's a nut-job.

On the WOT, I might agree. On the Constitution, though, he's continues to sound cogent warnings about excessive government power over American citizens.

[Emperor Palpatine]

This isn’t most countries, pal.

Why should Americans give a hoot about the rest of the world, especially the gelded relativist Europansies?

I’m a nationalist. I could give a tinker’s d#amn about the rest of the world.

[John D]

I thought Paul and the libertarians stood against that kind of government abuse.

Paul is against that type of behavior unless it can be of benefit to him.

[StolarStorm]

You are assuming that those that watch your financial transactions are always going to be good people. The communists, if Hillary gets back in power, will love that ability. I'm not a big fan of fascist states and watching people's personal finances so closes really opens the door to all sorts of abuses that a real dictator would enjoy.

The same goes for gun registrations. You may be an honest gun owner now with nothing to hide... but when/if the gun grabbers get in power... ooooppsss.... guess you shouldn't have given over your privacy so easily.

[straps]

It has nothing to do with sex you follish person. It is illegal what is it you do not understand about illegal. Have you ever heard of the Mann Act. It is a federal law to transport people across state lines for the purposes of Prostitution. You dont like the law good your entitled to your private feelings.
Run for govt or start a crusade to change the law.

Do a wikipedia on the Mann Act.

I dont care what this idiot from Texas says he is a senile old man and the people in his district should be ashamed of him. He belongs in a nursing home certainley not in Congress. I also say the Republican Party should be ashamed of him also and if they were half as conservative as they would have the rest of us conservatives believe they would throw him out of the party.

Yes I vote republican and have for the past 12 years. Thats the same party that threw Katherine Harris under the train. They should be ashamed of themselves.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Oh please.

If you’re law-abiding you have nothing to worry about.

If you’re a criminal money-laundering whore-buyer like Elliot Mess, you SHOULD have plenty to worry about.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Any hope I had for Ron Paul and sanity just vanished. The old boy just needs to go away and shut up at this point.

These remarks are very discouraging. You would think that someone who has been married for 51 years to the same woman would criticize Spitzer's lack of moral judgment and hypocrisy.

I don't know why Paul even commented on this.

[nmh]

“They weren't that unusual. He had some serious enemies that were just waiting to get him. He may well have deserved it, but the same “methods” could be used against anyone... even the innocent.”

Oh stop the paranoia!

ANYONE doing what Spitzer was doing would be in trouble.

Bozo, Paul, can't even get the facts right.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Here's their authority! And its good enough for me.

[justiceseeker93]

Someone wanted Spitzer to go down ... and go down he did.

But what's shocking here is that the heretofore friendly MSM turned on a dime against a "progressive" Democrat.

By sharp contrast, many wanted Bill Clinton to go down but it still hasn't happened.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Wait til the Eurowenies all fall under dhimmitude.

[RepublitarianRoger2]

“I have some libertarian leanings myself, but so far I have been able to keep my brains from falling out........”

LOL, yep!

[StolarStorm]

What, attackng me for a personal observation? I live in the heart of the bible belt. Hypocrites abound here sadly. Sorry if the lable “bible thumper” offended you, but that was really the best term I could use. You know the type, witnessing non stop, putting on the big church act... and then having a nice budget for strip clubs.

[wideawake]

I have no choice at this point but to conclude that Ron Paul has entered his dotage. He is simply not lucid and I will no longer make fun of him.

I hope his family gets the care that he needs and that they encourage him to step down from Congress so he may leave with what little shreds of dignity he has remaining.