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DAR
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DAR asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Ron Paul on the economy, bailouts, free market v. regulation this morning on CNN. Did you see this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3FRAzULv8A&eurl=ht...

(Apparently they were supposed to discuss foreign policy, but never got to it.)

What do you think?

Update:

by the way, he was also on MSNBC's Morning Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k92fTDReHg&eurl=ht...

Update 2:

Republicrat - typical, those 'after' comments. didn't dare say them to his face, though, did they?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    His points are always valid. Especially saying that the intellectual argument is lost if you try to throw all blame on "deregulation". He righteously points out that we need regulation in GOVERNMENT not markets! Then goes on to once again, bash the fed and their total lack of oversight or auditing! Why aren't more people listening and asking themselves questions about the Fed?!

    When it all goes to hell in a hand-basket, people like me will be throwing our hand up in the air and saying..."I told you so, Ron Paul told you so, Peter Schiff told you so etc."

  • 1 decade ago

    haha, Ron Paul ran circles around those MSNBC folks....... just like he does everybody else who thinks Keynesian economics work.

    Did you see this?

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/025...

    Ron was the star of the Morning Joeys today. It was a cage match on the economy. They'd throw one Keynesian guy at Ron, and when the guy was beaten, they'd throw another Keynesian, and another. Ron was superb, even by Paulian standards. He wielded the empire, the Fed, Greenspan, fractional-reserve banking, and other unmentionables against the economic ignoramuses. I'll post the YouTube of his victory soon.

    UPDATE from Mark Brandly:

    Did you see the morning Joeys attack Ron Paul when they signed off right before 9am? The panel is given the chance to say what they learned today and two of them used this time to attack Ron. One of them said that "Ron Paul has no answers," and another said that "Ron Paul wants 20% unemployment." Disgusting.

  • 1 decade ago

    Thank you for those videos. I especially liked the 2nd one. He really schooled those naysayers on MSNBC. I'll have to show my girlfriend, she is center-left, but I think I have her questioning her political philosophy, and these types of videos are really helping me convert her.

    I was irritated by that woman on there and her rude sighs and groans in the background, and the way the fat guy was talking with a very sarcastic and rude tone. But then it is the leftwing MSNBC.

    I hope Ron Paul makes more appearances like this on the news in order to get his message out to Americans. He is one of the few prominent people with a clear plan on how to rectify this mess and our out of control government. This country has a lot of intelligent people in it, but intelligence can only go so far. It's meaningless if you feed smart people with bullsh*t information and lies, which the American people have been fed for decades. Example, the crusade of central planners that this mess is the fault of capitalism and deregulation, when that is a huge steaming pile of fallacy!

    It'd be great if Ron Paul had his own political show on one of the big news channels!! Maybe he'll do that when he decides to retire from public service.

  • R J
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Thank's again for the links and great information. next election we need to put on the tube every program segment he has made to show ones that don't have a clue what is going on. Good will be called bad and bad will be called good. Is this the time? I 'm glad some are against the latest 'new deal", but what a mess and not one person is held accountable. Can you believe citigroup and BOA, you still got to laugh at BOA and buying a pig in the poke. Will we go the way of England. have a great 2009, 2010, ......

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  • 1 decade ago

    Well the US economy has a lot to do with foreign policy. Ron Paul is an incredibly astute & intellectual man...love him!

    Source(s): Libertarian & Proud!
  • 1 decade ago

    Ron Paul would destroy Obama in any debate!

    Check out my question on how Obama's Economic Policies are exactly the same as Bush's:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ajk7B...

  • 1 decade ago

    I like Ron Paul.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I supported Ron Paul all the way and even wrote him in on the ballot.

  • 1 decade ago

    I like Ron Paul! we need more libertarians in Washington

  • 1 decade ago

    The last hope left in Washington. Good Man.

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