Anybody see the BillO-Ron Paul Interview last night? Comments?

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BillO seems to be getting more crazed than ever. He spent about a minute and a half on the Petraeus hearings, then proceeded to have about a 7 minute interview with Ron Paul where he did his usual huffy interruption/browbeating thing. Paul maybe got to talk for 3 minutes during the whole thing. When Paul tried to give some context to our history with Iran, BillO huffed "we don't have time for a history lesson" and abruptly cut him off.

All so he could get to his next "hard-hitting" story, which was a warmed-over rehash of months old comments from the likes of Rosie (he really really misses her, it's obvious) and Tim Robbins, which lead to a "discussion" with the unhinged Michelle Malkin about how the "far left" is taking over the media.

I'm not a Paul supporter, but wouldn't it have been more informative to give an actual candidate more time to talk than express outrage (again) over something Rosie (an unemployed entertainer) said in February?

Eric Inri · Accepted Answer

I saw the video on YouTube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OYxKOyWHaTw

Bill is not interested in history and was wrong about Dr. Paul's voting record.

Ron Paul is not a pacifist.
At the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Paul, defining them as an act of "air piracy", introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, which would have granted Letters of Marque and Reprisal, as authorized by Article One, Section Eight, against the specific terrorists, instead of warring against a foreign state.[17] He has also reproposed this legislation recently under the new title of Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#Letters_of_Marque_and_Reprisal

Among all candidates, Dr. Paul is now first in total donations from military personnel and veterans. 
Obama and McCain were second and third in donations from military and veterans.
http://phreadom.blogspot.com/2007/07/ron-paul-is-most-financially-military.html
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/

1  Paul
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_EMPLOYER_C00432914.html
2  Obama
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431445/A_EMPLOYER_C00431445.html
3  McCain
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430470/A_EMPLOYER_C00430470.html
4  Clinton
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431569/A_EMPLOYER_C00431569.html
5  Richardson
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431577/A_EMPLOYER_C00431577.html
6  Romney
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431171/A_EMPLOYER_C00431171.html
7  Edwards
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431205/A_ELECTION_C00431205.html
8 Giuliani
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430512/A_EMPLOYER_C00430512.html

Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Hunter have the most conservative voting records on immigration.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop3.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html

Tancredo and Ron Paul have the best voting records for reducing government spending according to the National Taxpayers Union.
They were the only candidates to score 100 percent "A" Grades from 1992 to 2005.
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=97#

Sportsbook.com rates both Paul and Romney at 8 to 1 odds which is approximately an 11 percent chance of becoming the next President.

Mitt Romney's campaign only had 35 percent more cash than Ron Paul after subtracting debts on 06/30/2007.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80000748
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003353
Paul's campaign has almost 5 times as much money to spend as Tancredo.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003429

Romney's contributions from individuals dropped by a third from the first quarter to the second quarter.
Paul's contributions almost quadrupled from Q1 to Q2.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/?nid=roll_08campaign

Ron Paul received more than 10 times as much in donations in the last week of June as he received in the first week of April.
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_DATE_C00432914.html

Ron Paul's $2.4 million in fundraising after the second quarter placed him: 
4th in total receipts to date 
3rd in total current assets (ahead of former front-runner John McCain, and just $800,000 behind Mitt Romney) 

Ron Paul has more friends in MySpace and more subscribers in YouTube than any other Republican.

As of September 4, Ron Paul has won 9 of 23 straw polls.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/

Thus far, 47% of the contributions made to Ron Paul's campaign are donations of under $200 from individuals (John McCain's 17% is the second-highest percentage). 
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/ron-paul-small-donors-love-him.html
This is a telling statistic, as it highlights the fact that most other candidates rely heavily upon donations from corporate interests and political action committees (PACs) (i.e. moneyed, influence-seeking sources who can readily afford to contribute large sums). Since Congressman Paul has always voted against special favors and privileges for anyone, special interests know they have nothing to gain by stuffing Ron Paul's campaign coffers. As one member of my local Meetup group put it on a home-made sign, "Ron Paul is thin because he won't let special interests buy him lunch."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/sutton1.html

Anonymous · Answer

I figured someone would be on here today whining about how unfair O'Reilly was to Ron Paul. Bill O'Reilly treats everyone like dirt. What did you expect Ron Paul to hog the whole show standing in a spot light waxing nostalgically about how he would save the world? People carped that Ron Paul was not on O'Reilly and now they carp because he was on O'Reilly's show. In case you haven't heard that is an opinion show with the main character one Bill O'Reilly. It is HIS show and he can do pretty much whatever he wants on it. If Ron Paul and his supporters want him to have more air time they should buy a half hour on national television and let the candidate handle it any way he wants.

Anonymous · Answer

Thats why it is vitally important for all of us to spend time with our older(senior) citizens. Play a few handsof rummy with them or pinochle  or a mere game of chess or checkers. you might learn a few things. The goal is advancement while maintaining "freedom". History is vitally important for us to be able to accomplish this objective without making the same mistakes over and over again. Though we are human, prone to it, we must not lose the knowledge we have gained from past events. It's most certainly a vital key in all of our future endeavors.

Edge Caliber · Answer

It was expected that he would attack him on his foreign policies but I think he did a nice job defended. Bill didn't want a history lesson because that is why there are problems. Ignoring history will lead us to repeat those mistakes.

Ron Paul 2008

Anonymous · Answer

Ever see a Kucinich interview? 

He gets the same treatment from the media as Paul.

I think that it all boils down to corporate sponsorship.

Anonymous · Answer

I thought you ladies loved Rue Paul.

Think Richly™ · Answer

Pretty much what I expected.  O'Reilly is a numbnuts who blows hard.

david_74056 · Answer

Paul wouldn't answer any questions he only wanted to say his talking points.  he actually sounded like a liberal.

ideogenetic · Answer

STOP watching to guy's program! Kill his ratings and they'll yank the boob off the air.

alphabetsoup2 · Answer

He is about informative as having dinner with a Nascar racing fan drunk on whiskey.

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