What did you think of the interview with Ron Paul on Meet the Press this morning?

Question

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/

Answer 1

Well...honestly, I thought Ron Paul did fine. He always sticks to his guns and tries to answer the questions fired at him.

Russert is a hard interview and certainly took some hard shots at Ron Paul. The "Earmarks" question was a good highlight of Russert basically going after Ron Paul. Certainly that issue is a catch 22. Ron Paul can't serve his constituents if he doesn't secure monies for issues important to them. So while philosophical opposed to the current mechanics of our Appropriations based government...RP still has to deal and operate within its current realities.

Now the idea of no Federal Income Tax would eliminate the current problem. If you only paid state and local income tax...the money would stay at home and your representatives would not have to work the system to reclaim monies given to the Federal Government.

Overall, if you already don't like Ron Paul...well then the Russert interview perhaps re-inforced that view. For those of us supportive of Ron Paul. I heard nothing new and certainly nothing that reduces my support for Ron Paul.

I'm with him till the end.

Answer 2

If you look at an answer I gave earlier this morning, I said that however long Ron Paul speaks, subtract 5 minutes from it and that is how much time he talked too long, because it is all downhill from there. I looked up on the clock, and well, I was off by a minute. I started laughing at the 4 minute mark.

Lincoln was wrong to go to war. We are partially to blame for 9/11, yet again. Remove all troops from around the world and bring them back here, but Israel and South Korea are on their own. Oh, but his supporters say he's not an isolationist. He wants to cut spending, puts ear marks in bill he know will pass, then votes against them. He needs "a wiggle" when it comes to running as a third party candidate, but he has no intention of running. Thank you, Sen Larry Craig! Oops, I mean Cong. Ron Paul!
At least we now know that Ron Paul supporters are right when they say he doesn't flip-flop on issues. The Paulinian term is "wiggle"

Answer 3

Didn't see it. Have a link?

Answer 4

I missed it because I was at Church. So I clicked on your link. I still like him. I will still vote for him. One lady at Church says she heard that That she heard some things about some people in the government wanting to shut him up.

Answer 5

I watched that myself n I'll tell u what it was very interesting I liked what he had to say that is not to sat I would go for him but he was very enlighting as compared to the other candidates that say the same bull all the time he reminded me of Ross Perot,in a sense that he is hos own person n that I like it was a good interview a little short than the full hour he should have gotten but it was good anyway.

Answer 6

The poor thing should get some professional help, but more so the his voting constituency that keeps voting him in. He like so many office holders (which shall remain names less, but we all know who I mean), from Texas have these same traits. It reflects a major problem facing the Texas school teaching short comings. As a matter of fact, a very dear friend of mine that does live in Texas, has decided to home school her children. After litening to Ron Paul and the people that vote for him, I can see why.

Answer 7

I saw an interview about two months ago or so where Ron Paul basically without saying it inferred people do not have to pay their taxes to the federal government.

The guy can not possibly be taken seriously. How he ever got elected to any office is a mystery- wrapped in an enigma-surrounded by a joke.

Answer 8

I think he really hurt himself badly, if not even ended all hope of his insurgent candidacy. If he wants to do this, he has to get serious, and PLAN how he's going to handle the questions he has to know he will be hit with. He needs an advisor to be frank with him and tell him when to keep his mouth shut, for one. He came across as defensive, and went way too far out on the fringe. Essentially, what hurt him what his past comments, and he won't be able to overcome that. To call Reagan a failure, and harshly critisize both Bush's, he reveals himself as so far outside mainstream thought that he just locks in his 8% rather than growing a real movement. And to comment on the Civil War? Wow. Tim Russert is the toughest interview there is and you have to prepare for it, and he didn't give it a moments notice, obviously.

Answer 9

I found it interesting how Tim Russert used quotes from the late 80's. A lot has changed since then.

Answer 10

Scary... It also makes me wonder what tree did that Nut fall off of.

I watched an interview he did the other day where they asked about the money from white supremacists and he responded basically "I am keeping the money". If he thinks that's acting presidential... then that just proves he is a nut.