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by Doug MataconisRon Paul on MSNBC:
“The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.” Alexis de Tocqueville
April 3, 2007
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Hopefully we are listening to our next President. Good job Dr. Paul.
Comment by TerryP — April 3, 2007 @ 8:52 amThis is, by far, a better interview than the one he gave on Maher’s show.
Comment by Rogel — April 3, 2007 @ 9:31 amRogel, I agree 100%. I will try to show this to friends, in the hope it will leave a better impression than the one they had from Real Time.
Comment by Tom Gellhaus — April 3, 2007 @ 9:44 amAnd, this interview is from a “MSM” source, not exactly a sympathetic arena for us. The difference in objectivity and relevance of questions compared to Real Time is astonishing.
Ron Paul had a good interview on Maher’s show, Bill had a very bad interview. His attempt at ambushing Ron Paul backfired big time. I looking forward to seeing Ron Paul debate at the Ronald Reagan Library.
Comment by Chris — April 3, 2007 @ 9:46 amWhat a radical idea, following the Constitution! No one else has better ideas than he does! People attack him on war but it is Congress’ responsibility to declare war.
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Pingback by » Ron Paul: Flying Under The Radar — April 3, 2007 @ 12:14 pmExcept that Ron Paul doesn’t like bits of the Constitution that go against his personal beliefs. For instance, in 2004, he introduced a law that would have forbidden the Supreme Court from ruling against state laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation or religious belief.
He introduced the legislation, which included calls eliminating Supreme Court rulings on state violations of privacy, in reaction to the earlier “Lawrence vs. Texas” ruling that invalidated “sodomy laws” banning sex between consenting adults as. . . a violation of the right to privacy.
Ron Paul’s just plain not libertarian, and no matter how much window-dressing is thrown up around him, in carefully prepared soundbites, his pro-high-tariff, anti-free-trade, anti-gay, pro-state-regulation-of-marriage record is there for everyone to see.
He loves big government, and has made a career out of attacking some big government, while busily supporting a “unique and different” expansion of the role of government in our private and economic lives as a “libertarian.”
Give me a real libertarian. Please.
Comment by Brian Miller — April 3, 2007 @ 2:56 pmBrian appears to support Big Government Libertarianism (son of the French Revolution not Pat Henry I guess) where a strong central state will enforce abstract rights.
Brian will you next wow us with your defense of NAFTA?
What sort of site is this?
Comment by Charles Bowen — April 3, 2007 @ 6:11 pmTypically Geeky out of touch Libertarians here. It’s not the message that matters: It’s the deliver of the message and the messenger.
And on that count, Ron Paul gets a Big Fat ‘F’. He’s so boring and fringe sounding.
He needs to take a serious course on humor.
Comment by Eric Dondero — April 3, 2007 @ 7:19 pmCharles,
Brian is a commenter, not a contributor, to this site. Nothing he says should have any bearing on “what sort of site” this is.
You’re more than welcome to take myself or any other contributor to task for our beliefs in the comments section, and more than welcome to debate Brian on his beliefs. But please understand that his beliefs as a commenter have no bearing on the “editorial” position of the site in general, as much as we have such an editorial position.
Comment by Brad Warbiany — April 3, 2007 @ 7:36 pmEric,
I thought you didn’t consider someone like Ron Paul to be a true libertarian. After all, unlike your BFF-libertarian Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul doesn’t support the Iraq war OR the Patriot Act!
He has a fundamentally different message than you do. Why do you care how he delivers it?
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Pingback by Ron Paul: Flying Under The Radar « Tons of Fresh News — April 4, 2007 @ 5:35 amRon Paul was great on the Bill Mahr show. I lost a lot of respect for Bill though. I used to watch him on Politically Incorrect and the only reason why I tuned in now was to watch Ron Paul. Bill’s attempt to diminish Mr. Paul backfired in a big way… If Ron Paul is not on the next presidential ballot. I WILL NOT VOTE.
Comment by Estrella Eguino — April 5, 2007 @ 2:46 pmBrian appears to support Big Government Libertarianism (son of the French Revolution not Pat Henry I guess) where a strong central state will enforce abstract rights.
Brian is no such thing. Brian supports the Bill of Rights, which puts restrictions on all levels of government — state, federal and local — while ceding all other rights to the people.
Mr. Paul and his boosters are the big-government Libertarians. After all, Paul has a history of supporting government definition (and regulation) of family relationships, finances, movement, trade, and investment.
I suppose it’s a small government libertarian who wants to seal the borders up tight, make us carry around ID papers, restrict our ability to buy the products we want, and regulate our family lives through imposition of federal definitions of “marriage,” right?
Don’t make me laugh!
Comment by Brian Miller — April 18, 2007 @ 7:30 pm