Dr. Paul on Glenn Beck
Dr. Paul will appear on Glenn Beck’s tv show tomorrow night (CNN Headline News, check local listings) to discuss the Paulson plan (or, we can call it like it is - the Paulson power grab.)
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March 31st, 2008 at 10:24 am
Not bad…any word on a (an extended, hopefully:)) daily show appearance?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Glenn Beck has made a complete turnaround. When the race first started, he treated Ron Paul with no respect. Last Fall, however, he started to treat Dr. Paul as the Statesman that he is. Bravo to Beck!!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:37 am
For the most part, Beck panders to his guests. He talks out of both sides of his mouth on most issues.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:44 am
Beck continues to flirt with Dr. Paul with regard to the dire economic situation in which the country finds itself; he’s held back from endorsing Dr. Paul or Dr. Paul’s economic platform to date. It’s a great thing that Dr. Paul will be on tv with Beck - it proves that Glenn Beck is willing to hear the ideas again; I think that, eventually, Ron Paul will get an endorsement, and not just sympathetic treatment from Beck.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:45 am
Great! I’ve been hoping Glen Beck would get Dr. Paul back on his show. Alright!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:51 am
He has been screaming about the financial situation. Hopefully he will give Dr. Paul the respect he diserves.
PLEASE PLEASE HAVE DR. PAUL SAY HE IS STILL IN THE RACE AND HE WANTS PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIM.
The radio show this morning he allowed them to call him a former candidate. He has to tell people he wants there vote.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:54 am
I really think Beck respects Dr. Paul but as Tominellay says, he holds back from endorsing him…..I would think for obvious reasons. He asks strong questions that to me looks like not only for public but for himself. I had a feeling he might want to interview him again after this new fiasco has come about.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Beck said before that Dr.Paul is closest to a Founding Father than anyone we have.His big disagreement is the war. I am hoping that Beck will realize that there is no way this war can be legitimate. Our heros are over there fighting for Iraq democracy and to keep us safe and to keep America free. Meantime here in America our civil liberties are almost gone, they are destroying our soveriegnty by pursuing the North American Union. Any thinking person will realize that this senario does not add up.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:37 am
I’m assuming and hoping someone will capture it and YouTube like usual.
I really appreciate it because we are in the stone age here with no TV reception and Dial Up. YouTube is the only way I can view videos or TV footage. Thanks to you faceless committed folks who are techno savvy!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am
I agree with you TJ. I feel Ron Paul should have corrected him when he was introduced as a former presidential candidate.
I truly was upset that he did not make it clear that he never dropped out of the presidential race and explain,that he ran two races simultaneously, congressional which he won and the presidential that he still remains in, and hopes to continue to do so in order to gather delegates up to the convention.
Too many people have the idea that he had to drop out of the presidential race to run the congressional,and the media is also indicating that. He has to make it clear that he is still running or he is never going to get the votes.
Already, several thousand republican voters in Pa. have re-registered as democrats.This scares me into wondering how this will effect Ron Paul’s numbers.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:49 am
Sandra,
I completely agree with your comments. I have an uncle who is a retired military officer. He really likes RP’s economics but doesn’t like the foreign policy. I think I finally got through to him when I asked him why he spent his life in the military. My uncle responded, “To protect our freedom.” So, I said, “When are freedoms are taken away for the sake of our defense, what’s left that’s worth defending?” Silence . . .
I think it’s also important to stress that RP’s economic and foreign policies are intimately connected. You can’t like the economics and reject the foreign policy. Our military-industrial complex is at the heart of the economic woes.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/glenn.beck/
So what value as presidential candidate is Ron Paul when on Glen Beck show today? The link to Glen Beck show main page above has a presidential question. Which candidate is best for the 44th president, Obama, Clinton, McCain, or “Paul”. H…. no. Glen Beck gives greater credibility to Ralph Nader and Ron Paul NOT even listed.
Please excuse me as I find a quiet corner to puck in.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I just sent an email to the Glen Beck show (link at the bottom of the website) asking why Ron Paul is listed in the question of the day. I stated that he hasn’t withdrawn from the race.
Please everyone do the same.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Sorry, I meant to say “isn’t” listed in the question of the day.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Paul needs to be the gentleman that he is, but he must be firm. He needs to tell America: He is still a presidential candidate. He wants our vote. He wants campaign contributions. He won’t support John McCain. Paul needs to push for a debate between he and the other candidates to debate the financial crisis that faces America. It’s time to REALLY take the gloves off and let America know who the real enemy is and who is behind our economic woes.
For those of you who don’t remember 1964. Nelson Rockefeller had the GOP nomination all sewn up according to the media pundits of the time. Along comes the convention and by a miracle and lots of hard work, the establishment annointed Rockefeller was defeated by Barry Goldwater. It’s not over until it’s over.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pm
McCain Delegates Are Invalid
By freedom2007 | March 31, 2008
**Delegates Must VOID McCain Wins**
SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE. THIS RACE IS NOT OVER!!!
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?i…tionid=3510203
McCain ‘breaks official spending cap’
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:37:12
Republican candidate John McCain
Republican presumptive nominee John McCain has ignored official campaign expenditure limits and has overspent millions in the primary.
According to spending reports filed last week by McCain’s campaign, the Arizona senator has broken the limits set by the presidential public financing system.
Candidates such as McCain, who have committed to public financing, are only allowed to spend up to $54 million on the primary. McCain, however, spent $58.4 million.
This is while lawyers of the 71-year-old senator contend that the spending cap does not apply in the current situation.
They allege since the Republican hopeful announced after February 6’s Super Tuesday victories that he would withdraw from the matching-funds program he had entered last year, the spending cap does not apply to him.
“The FEC regulations specifically state that candidates who do not receive public funding payments from the US Treasury are exempt from the primary spending ceiling,” expounded one of his senior campaign officials.
Chairman of the commission David Mason, however, warned McCain last month that his withdrawal request had not yet been granted.
“McCain has 2 problems with this issue.
1: If the FEC allows Mccain to withdraw from FED matching funds he will be revoked from many delegates in states that he was able to be on the ballot without the required number of signatures therefore he will lose any delegates for him in those states.
2: If the FEC doesn’t release him from matching funds he will be capped at 50 million dollars and will kill his run for president because he will not have the money to compete.
The problem is even more complicated than this. McCain used the matching funds eligibility to avoid having to collect signatures to qualify for ballot access in several states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Those state wins must be voided according to most experts on the issue. That means he does not have the necessary delegates.
Ironic that it was his law (McCain-Feingold) that got him in this mess.
McCain broke the law…
I was one of the people that have addressed this and did so on record on the radio. You people can not wait for the FEC to rule on this.
The delegates in these states need to file the motion at their conventions for McCain to be revoked of all his delegates in those states for failure to comply with election ballot state law requirements.
Find out if your state allowed McCain to be on the ballot without obtaining petition signatures.” — Dr. Steve Parent
March 31st, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Lois,
Hopefully the Republicans that are re-registering as Democrats in Pennsylvania are McCain supporters that are doing so as Rush Limbaugh suggested to block Obama from winning the Democratic nomination on the theory that Hillary will be easier to beat in the general election. I plan on voting for Ron Paul in Pennsylvania and am still trying to convince other Republicans in southwest PA and northern WV that I run into to vote for Ron Paul.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I also sent following message to Glen Beck (following the link at the bottom of the site):
I was completely disappointed with the question of the day when not all of the Presidential candidates were listed as an option. One totally viable candidate is Ron Paul, he has NOT dropped out of the race and with the economic situation that the country is currently facing, he is the ONLY candidate with a sound plan to correct the failing economy.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I just sent something to the Glen Beck show also telling them I wanted to vote for Ron Paul in their poll.
Maybe if enough of us email him, he will bring it up on the air and it will show the support That Paul still has.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:27 pm
A.S., Just curious, was the link you put in your last post the one you had intended to provide? I didn’t see the article from Dr. Steve Parent, and when I clicked on “about us” it said it was an Iranian news website…. Do you have a link to Dr. Parent’s article? Thanks!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
ugh… Glenn Beck identifies the problems, then hears from people (and obvious reality) that Ron Paul is the answer, and then shrugs it off…. maybe Dr. Paul can show him otherwise.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Heather,
Uhh… this was the best I could do. Sorry.
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/44282
March 31st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
A.S., Thanks, I really appreciate it. I now plan to do some research and find out if McCain got the required amount of signatures to get on the ballot in Illinois. If not, my husband, who is a delegate here, will go armed with this very vital information. Things are getting exciting!
GO RON PAUL!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Connie Says:
I really think Beck respects Dr. Paul but as Tominellay says, he holds back from endorsing him…..I would think for obvious reasons. He asks strong questions that to me looks like not only for public but for himself. I had a feeling he might want to interview him again after this new fiasco has come about.
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THE MAJOR disagreement is over Foreign Policy. Beck is a neocon whereas RP is a noininternbetionist. You won’t stay on the MSM program if you advocate nonintervention. So, I doubt if Beck will ever endose RP. Tucker Carlson did and see what happened to him… he lost his program.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
To Lois:
I’ve said this before and I expect to get many thumbs down again but I don’t think RP really wants to be President. He is great thinker/educator but I beleive the adminstrative demands upon RP would be overwhelming and he KNOWS this. I expct that he deelp hopes others will quickly step up and take active/daily leadership of the revolution.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
IMO, the ONLY way that RP will be seen as a real Presidential candidate is to prove that McCain doesn’t have the required number of delegates for a win on the first ballot. Why NOT start this on the Glenn Beck Show???
We have some grassroots research which clearly shows this FACT. Why isn’t this research being used everytime RP has an interview and being made in official campaign releases??????? We are being told to keep becoming delegates!!!! Why this major effort IF we don’t expect a brokered convention?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Beck is nowhere near being a neo-conservative. He has Profound disagreements with Paul over foreign policy. He does not believe in entitlements, neo-cons do. He wants the IRS gone, neo-cons do not. Becks stance on the Fed is very destructive and needs oversight. does not believe in big government, neo-cons do. He is not for abortion, neo-cons pander to politcal winds on this issue. Some of you don’t understand what a neo-con is. They are warmongering democrats like Wolfowitz, from the 60’s and 70’s that took over the Republican Party.
Some of you sound just like Hillary and Obama’s people the way you criticize anyone that doesn’t agree with 100% of your views. Stop lumping everyone in the same box that have entirely different views….you’re not even close.
A conservative who has listened to Glenn Beck for probably more than a week, could never deduce that he is neo-conservative, he is so far right of the neocons you can’t even compare the two. Glenn lies more in the center than any other conservative host out there. Ron Paul gets the most fair shake on his show, it’s a more honest interview with poignant questions. Not softballs like ” will you run 3rd party”. The same stupid questions Dr. Paul has answered for a year now.
Yeah, o.k. I like Glen Beck. You don’t? Great, more power to you. Stop misrepresenting him like you’ve asked the media to do for Dr. Paul. Enjoy the interview, it will be the best one for the next 5 months undoubtedly.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Carl, I am not terribly familiar with Glenn Beck, as I stopped watching CNN when Fox News got its start. Once this campaign started getting shafted by Fox, I almost completely turned off the t.v. I have tuned in from time to time, but I have only seen Glenn Beck when links have been provided here… It always seemed to me that Mr. Beck was very open, honest and forth-right with Dr. Paul. I look forward to the interview tomorrow.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Heather, GB got a bad rep with Ron Paul supporters, when he stupidly characterized Ron Paul supporters as terrorists, and made the careless statement that “they are the type of group a Timothy McVeigh might come from”. He was speaking of the 9/11 truth movement.
f you believe in the correlation with Timothy McVeigh and the 9/11 truth movement, you must also mention a Unibomber type person coming from the Clinton or Obama ranks. See the stupidity?
It’s ridiculous to say because this person believes this or that, that those that follow him will automatically take it to the level of violence. It’s just plain careless to say these things.
So, I can relate to those that hold some animosity towards Glen because he made some careless statements like that, however, those statements aren’t deserving of being lumped in with the Neo-cons. Yes, I find neo-cons that revolting. Ultimate evil is deceptive, because it contains enough truth to think it’s right to all but the most informed.
I will watch the interview, and hope I don’t have to put my foot in my mouth afterward. I think the rough run with Glenn Beck is far behind us.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Lois, I heard a rumor that Rush Limbaugh has been telling Republicans to vote Democrat in order to get the weaker of the two to run against McCain. Haven’t heard the broadcast myself but read that he started promoting this in Ohio and Texas primaries and has started it again in Pennsylvania. Again, I haven’t heard the broadcast but my hunch without hearing it is that it may not have as much to do with those three candidates as it does with Dr. Paul. I mean one would think Paul would be much more successful in Texas and I heard that Ohio had a strong Paul support. Now Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania again is supposed to have a strong RP presence. I mean it’s just a hunch but makes one wonder. If anyone knows about this, I’d appreciate hearing more about it.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:57 pm
On the subject of those who may agree with RP for economics but not foreign policy, I had a thought on the “defending South Korea” scenario. At this point, if North Korea were to invade the south, would we have the finances to defend them? Can we really afford another major conflict with anybody?
March 31st, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Carl, Ah yes, I do remember that interview. I remember thinking at the time, that the majority of the interview was quite fair. People sometimes make stupid statements, and I’ll bet that Mr. Beck wishes he could take that one back. I know that many months ago Andrew Malcolm was very critical of Ron Paul supporters. The majority of feed back that he got from them was not very nice… Of course, there have been times when his blogs were deserving of a lot of the comments he received, but some of the comments did come across as vile and uneducated, and thus, Malcolm prematurely formed an opinion about us that was not a nice one. After some time, he started receiving more reasonable comments, and he came to love reading our posts, and even admitted at one time that he had misjudged the lot of us, based on a few.
Anyway, I look forward to the interview tomorrow.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I have just come back from the future and Glenn Beck asks Ron Paul:
-Will he run as a 3rd party candidate
-Will he support John McCain as the presidential nominee
-Why Lincoln should have paid for slaves rather than starting war
Glenn Beck avoids asking ron Paul:
-Anything to do with the Fed Power Grab
-Anything to do with the looming depression
-Anything to do with how a Ron Paul presidency can avoid the mess this country will be in with Iran and the Fed breathing down our necks
March 31st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I also just sent Glen Beck an email after leaving Ron Paul out of the list of candidates today. I’m hoping so much, as the rest of you are, that tomorrow night on his show, Dr. Paul will tell him and the country in no uncertain terms that he is still in the Presidential race.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Glenn Beck said not very long ago that he could talk economics with Ron Paul all day, that it’s other things he disagrees with him on, then he changed the subject. I don’t remember who he was talking to. But I have a feeling that tomorrow night’s discussion will be all economics in light of the latest Fed. Res. stuff, and Dr. Paul will come across as being the great congressman that he is, with less emphasis put on his presidential run. I hope I’m wrong.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Carl Says:
Beck is nowhere near being a neo-conservative. He has Profound disagreements with Paul over foreign policy.
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Please notice I said that Beck was a NeoConservative ONLY as concerns foreign policy. He also makes fun of anyone who believes in any type of PTB conspiracy YET he is a Mormon like myself and should accept the following scriture from the Book of Mormon which speaks of a worldwide secret combination whiuch attempts to overthrow the freedoms of all people:
20 And now I, Moroni (the last Mormon Prophetn before the peoepl’s total destruction) , do not write the manner of their (secret combinations) oaths and combinations, for it hath been made known unto me that they are had among all people, and they are had among the Lamanites.
21 And they have caused the destruction of this people of whom I am now speaking, and also the destruction of the people of Nephi. (these great civilazations existed on the North American continent)
22 And whatsoever nation (speaking specically now to the USA) shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.
23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.
24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.
25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.
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March 31st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Sorry Beck fans.. I’m with John up top.. that he panders to his guests and talks out of both sides of his mouth on most issues. He claims to be a Libertarian in beliefs yet is all balls out for the war justifying it largely because of his religious beliefs. He doesn’t even come across as a very smart guy.. It wasn’t that long ago that he finally admitted that there is some type of plan for a North American Union. c’mon, gimme a break. I been reading about this for at least 15 yrs. and Gary Hart never heard of it either.. lol..He is just another shill bought and paid for by the corporate media. I don’t expect much from this interview but its always good to see Dr. Paul get some airtime.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pm
to liberty lover: I believe that RP wants to be president, but he knows he has to be very careful with the power bestowed upon him, RP and bush seem very much like Dumbledore and Grindelvald.
“you must choose between what is right and what is easy” dumbledore / ron paul
“magic is might” grindelvald/voldemort/bush
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I’m listening to another talk show host–Michael Savage–and he started his show out tonight by saying that THE WAR IS THE REASON WE’RE GOING BANKRUPT. I think Ron Paul’s ideas are gonna start to go mainstream, and hopefully he won’t be too humble to say “I told ya so…”
March 31st, 2008 at 9:07 pm
It seems to me that since Dr. Paul came out and said he can’t win in the conventional sense and has said on TV that he can’t beat McCain, but will keep running because furthering his message and the revolution is top priority, then that’s the whole thing with him - OR, the whole thing now is a strategy about staying in getting delegates and giving McCain time to mess up. In any case, I can’t see Dr. Paul coming out now and saying to people who haven’t had their primaries “Vote for me, I can beat McCain”, but instead will continue to try to win people to the revolution longterm, meanwhile the campaign as a whole will work toward as many delegates as possible. He can’t just make an about-face about beating McCain after the things he has said about having no chance. What am I not seeing here?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
LibertyLover,
I do see your point about the whole foreign policy neo-con thing. However, neo-con’s are not in the middle east because they think terrorism is a huge threat to us. They’re there to capture and transform the remaining ancient hold outs for the new world order. That’s the neo-con purpose of foreign policy.
I believe Glenn Beck believes the threat from Jihadists, extremism, and Al Queida are worthy of our presence there. Not the same reasoning. Appreciate your point of view.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 pm
wasn’t peter schiff on his show talking about ron paul and beck says “yeah right”? ingored his comment and changed the subject by talking to the other guest right away……we’ll see how he does tomorrow. i do think it is the foreign policy that beck disagrees on, but beck is human and he will get the message. it takes some people longer than others……good thing we get it…..
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
To Matt Hawes:
I would like to see Dr. Paul issue a statement in no uncertain terms that he is in the race and actively requesting continued support for his campaign and state his current concerns about the unfolding economic and financial events etc. I would also like to see Dr. Paul make a public challenge to the other candidates to a debate regarding these issues in a public televised forum. I’d like to see Dr. Paul’s current dated statement to his supporters on the home page of RonPaul2008.com complete with his congressional picture. It should be the first item to pop into view.
I refer people to the site and would like them to readily see Dr. Paul’s picture and statement. This would serve at least two purposes: 1.) It would immediately show potential new Ron Paul supporters that we know what we are talking about when we say that Paul is still in the race. 2.) We can refer the media to the homepage so that they can confirm that his campaign is still active and moving toward the convention. The media will also see the open challenge to the other candidates. I think it’s time to become, shall we say, firmly assertive.
What do you think Matt? What do others think?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Most of every comment so far seems to hold many truths. My advise to Glenn Beck is to stop sharing your OPINION on foreign policy when you have no clue on the subject. It is in the best interest of America and it’s citizens’ prosperity to not engage in political affairs of other nations but to trade, sharing cultural ideas. A neo-con is a liberal on super steroids…while Glenn Beck is not as extreme as a neo-con, without conviction, one cannot be a fiscal conservative and pro-war. If you’re a real fiscal conservative, you have to be anti-preemptive war; so take your pick Mr. Beck. With that said, I agree, Beck is a total panderer, corporate sell out, weak minded, sad, person. To Dr. Paul’s credit, he’s doing a great job of delivering “dumb-down” version of the message of liberty for audiences to the likes of Glenn Beck.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:45 pm
There is for sure one state McCain did not qualify to be on the primary ballot for. MCCAIN DID NOT COLLECT ENOUGH SIGNATURES to be on INDIANA’S PRIMARY BALLOT. He was short in the 4th district. However, Todd Rokita, the secretary of state (and mccain endorser) let McCain on the ballot anyway. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE. Us Ron Paul supporters trekked door to door for weeks and weeks collecting signatures and informing the public. Collected extra signatures to be sure they couldn’t pull one over on us, and McCain gets a free pass. Completely ignoring the rules. OUTRAGEOUS
March 31st, 2008 at 11:49 pm
http://blog4paul.blogspot.com/2008/03/ron-paul-interview-wor-radio-new-york.html
March 31st, 2008 at 11:50 pm
http://blog4paul.blogspot.com
http://thelastmovement.blogspot.com
http://waronyou.blogspot.com
The newest Ron Paul videos and interviews.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:29 am
I would never take credit for this, I would put this down as a coincidence, but…I sent Glen an email yesterday, here’s what I wrote
“You are the only one……who is talking about the serious financial condition the US is in. You are the only one questioning the Fed’s policy of flooding the market with more dollars, or lower interest rates which encourage more borrowing from countries we need to become independent from, it is you who has publicly out-cried the bail out of Bear-Stearns. Too bad you couldn’t shred Jim Cramer apart.
But…you are sounding the warning bells, like Ron Paul has been doing for 20 years, why don’t you endorse him? Why do you continually ignore his message and his Presidential Candidacy – this is after all what has alerted you to the current financial melt-down. During you interview you actually praised him to the point where you admitted you would like to kiss him (if you were a woman or ***). You disagree with his notion of abolishing the Fed and return the money supply back to the Treasury department; you disagree with his Foreign policy which sends $1 trillion US dollars overseas every year, and you disagree with returning back to the “Gold Standard”.
Please Glen, admit it on the air that what Ron Paul’s platform represents true right-wing Conservative values, limited government, strict Constitution adherence – which incidentally gave America it’s Freedom, sound money – backed by commodities such as Gold and Silver, a balance budget, non-interventionist foreign policy and open trade with Tariffs to keep American workers working. No more Federal wars – on education, on drugs, on poverty, on illegal immigration, on inner city crime, on cancer, on alcoholism and obesity. An endorsement of any other candidate brings the US closer to a Fascist state.
Stand up Glen and go out on a limb, interview the good doctor again and question him specifically on the topics you disagree with him on. He is a great and fair debater. Let’s get back to the America which stood strong and free, no socialistic programs, no free hand-outs, limited government, low corporate taxes, low or no personal income tax and non-intervention in other peoples affairs or Governments.
Your shows would instantly gain respect from the public but disdain from your network – but that is what “non yellow belly” reporting is all about isn’t it. McCain needs to be exposed for the liar and Globalist he really is, Obama’s record needs to be scrutinized and Hillary – a certain disaster and eventual impeachment would have her ousted from the presidency in a whirlwind of lies and deceit.
You, and all the other MSM reporters will be responsible if this happens, you have been complicit in subduing and marginalizing Ron Paul in the MSM. You really need to go on the record and endorse Ron Paul, at least you can clear your name in the crimes which have been committed.”
You never know? Maybe he gave it a read?
Best regards,
April 1st, 2008 at 12:52 am
Yeah - now that the nomination is sewn up, Beck decides to be “fair “and give Paul a second airing.
So later when the SHTF, he can say he tried to help the cause.
What an a-hole!
He could have done far more early on, but chose to take the low road and emulate his counterparts at Fox (at least he was civil when he finally DID get Paul on the show)
But of course, the very next day, he was back to alluding to tinfoil hats, etc…
April 1st, 2008 at 1:01 am
Instead of incessantly carping about McAnus not having collected enough signatures to get on some states’ ballots, why isn’t there an organized effort to check the validity of that claim in each state? I’m certain he would fall short in more than a couple states with large numbers of delegates. Once the facts are obtained, immediately file a lawsuit to force the FEC or the State Republican Parties (or both) to ENFORCE THE McCAIN/FEINGOLD LAW! You can discuss this issue until you’re blue in the face, but you’ll just be wasting time, of which we have precious little left. Sue the b@stard ASAP, get his delegates disqualified, and score a national media coup in the process. If this is done, NOBODY will question whether Dr. Paul is still in the race or not!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:36 am
I totally concur with Brian O’Reilly’s statement. I would like to see something on the front page “very informative” so that people can see answers immediately to the most important questions. I and my friends continually send people to this website. Would also like to see it shown that Dr. Paul voted against the war and the reason why. On another thought; if you were in private business, and were going to hire someone to run it; you would have a job description. The right description should be one that requires the person to be honest, have great depth of wisdom, extensive education and mental ability to see the whole picture; high morals; the ability to consider others; deal with reality; have the track record to handle the job; believe in true justice; believe in fair play; have the qualities of a leader…not a boss.A leader leads; a boss, bosses. Exemplify what is good, right and just. Be able to be level headed in a crisis; be of great depth of character, so that they have the RESPECT of others. Sounds like Ron Paul, right? Hopefully, we have a prepondence of people like this in America. We have too many bullies running things, and a bully does not use their brain; might is right with them. It gets them their way, without thinking. Looking at the overall picture, government at all levels needs to be drastically reduced;power back to the states; and local counties; That way, the people can keep a closer tab on what is happening. All these ‘bills’ being introduced and “slicked through” in Congress are mind boggling. I wonder what the true count of “all” laws are. I saw a number of 250,000 somewhere. It is probably more. Does that make sense?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:19 am
To those early comments about Beck.
NO! No bravo!
They start treating him nicely, now that the primaries are coming to a close.
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April 1st, 2008 at 6:25 am
John
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Thumbs up.
Beck can’t keep me interested for more than two minutes. He reminds me of an elementary school teacher.
Just watch his reactions and responses to what Dr. Paul says tonight. It should be good for a chuckle or two.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:45 am
Interesting article.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/31/report-bob-barr-weighing-presidential-run/
April 1st, 2008 at 8:00 am
From the Crossville Chronicle -Crossville TN
Published: March 31, 2008 04:02 pm
STUMPTALK: Why you can’t trust the mainstream media
By Phil Billington / Chronicle contributor
The communication culture is in full bloom. People are in constant communication using every imaginable technology: e-mail, Internet, blogs, cell phones, SMS, Internet telephony, instant messaging, forums and chat rooms. In the political area, forums and chat rooms are the breeding grounds much like New England taverns were in hatching the American Revolution. Once the domain of “geeks,” citizen communication is now commonplace; regular folks increasingly reject the manipulative mainstream media (MSM) and turn to grassroots networks, a natural outgrowth of the new technologies, because they are more powerful and democratic than the old party machines.
Search engines are the “people’s encyclopedias” whereby they fetch unbiased information on their own. On the heels of search engines, innovators developed “Internet search trends,” exciting new tools that track every Internet search, effectively conducting continuous polling of hundreds of millions of people without any bias. Because trends determine actual national interest, it’s a much more accurate and timely than MSM small-sample polling. Let me illustrate:
In December 2007 the official polls claimed that Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani were leading the pack. But in fact the more neutral trends showed that by December the public had already lost interest in Hillary and Giuliani and instead showed Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney ahead of Giuliani and Barack Obama ahead of Hillary. The MSM didn’t pick up on this until mid-January 2008. Then late January, while the MSM slept, Trends showed GOP John McCain emerging out of nowhere as a frontrunner.
The MSM just don’t get it. On November 5, 2007, a “money bomb” was organized that raised over $5M in one day on behalf of the Ron Paul. Obama tried to copy the money bomb but raised only $4,650. Huckabee also tried a Money Bomb but it fell flat. Why did it work for Dr. Paul but not for Obama or Huckabee? The reason is that it was entirely a grassroots effort without the Ron Paul camp’s knowledge. The media and old time politicians saw it controlled from the top down. How could individuals freely working together without central planning or organization pull it off?
Despite MSM’s meager 11 percent, trend charts showed Dr. Paul had five times as much support as all the other candidates combined and Internet polls showed that he won every TV debate. Old thinking politicians, bogged down with “machine” politics, believe that non-voters just don’t care and won’t show up. More likely, non-voters don’t care for what they were offered. Furthermore, old-thinking voters who depend entirely on print and TV news are out of touch, effectively disenfranchised since the hallmark of self-government is an informed electorate. But young voters offer hope.
College students have always been politically active whereas historically they stay away from voting booths in droves, but not this time. They are flocking to grassroots nets in record numbers because of newfound hope of end-running the political machines that have run America for 200 years. It’s a safe bet that 18 to 30 year olds will elect the next president of the United States.
Realistically, the Ron Paul campaign is over, but that doesn’t matter. The revolution he started will live on, because his message of liberty has universal appeal. People across Europe have organized Ron Paul clubs in support of his message. One day the Revolution’s escalating momentum will likely spark a march on Washington demanding the restoration of the republic. The MSM will predictably be shocked.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:38 am
I’m glad that Ron Paul will get the chance to speak on Glenn Beck’s show because he’ll reach more people about the current economic situation. I hope that they will mention that he is still running for president, but won’t hold my breath. It is up to Ron Paul to bring this up. He needs to emphatically state that he is still running for president, that he is the truly conservative candidate, that people in the upcoming primary states still have a choice, and that their votes count. He has to ask for the people’s votes. But, unfortunately, I doubt he will do this since I haven’t seen him say these things during any other interviews.
As far as those who want Beck to endorse Ron Paul, I don’t think it will happen. Beck already endorsed Mitt Romney. And, from the few minutes of his show I caught last week, it seems to me that he is angling for Romney as VP. It seems he likes McCain on the war and wants Romney on the economy. Personally, I don’t understand why Romney was billed as the best candidate on the economy to people. He was there with the others laughing and rolling his eyes at the debates whenever Ron Paul would say we’re in a recession and would talk about the problems with our economy.
Ron Paul is the one candidate who has been able to get the economy right. I also know many people who agree with Dr. Paul on most things, but will vote for McCain because of the war. As others have said, Dr. Paul’s foreign policy is integrally connected to his economic policy. Another opportunity for Dr. Paul to discuss the economy has just arisen with the Paulson plan and the President’s irresponsible-borrower bailout plan http://www.cnbc.com/id/23882856 . Dr. Paul needs to seize the moment and get his message out about the economy and the war. Not only does he need to do these interviews, but he needs to call a press conference to speak about the economy and his plan to fix it (all of the other candidates have been having press conferences to present their economic plans). Dr. Paul is the one candidate who gets it right on all of the issues, but his campaign has not done a great job getting the word out.
I know I’ll probably get thumbs down for this, but it needs to be said. The campaign has been its own worst enemy. The campaign had more money before Super Tuesday than any of the others, yet we have nothing to show for our donations as far as primary wins. I read a few other blogs where there are many Ron Paul supporters who gave to the campaign. Although they all believe in Ron Paul and his ideas, they want to know what happened to their donations. Many of us did not see any commercials where we live, or more importantly, nationwide commercials. The other campaigns — McCain, Huckabee, Clinton — that didn’t have as much money (and Obama, who did) all had national commercials on the cable news networks. Yet, Ron Paul, did not. When the press wrote Dr. Paul off, the campaign did not hold press conferences, like Huckabee (and even Duncan Hunter), to let the public know he was/is still running. The excuse given to me by the campaign for not holding press conferences — they probably wouldn’t cover us anyway because of the media blackout. IMHO, if you don’t hold the conference, you can’t complain about not being covered.
The campaign just let the media continually refer to the three, two, and, now, one remaining candidate on the Republican side. I’ve seen relatively no effort to correct this misperception. Even Hillary is out saying she’s still in the race so that the Democrats in the states yet to vote still have a choice. Dr. Paul and his campaign staff should be out doing this. In fact, on the Republican side, Dr. Paul’s staying in the race gives people a REAL choice because he actually has different positions on the issues than McCain; whereas, there is really very little difference between Clinton and Obama on the issues. There are campaign representatives from the other campaigns out in full force promoting and defending their candidates, where have Ron Paul’s campaign representatives been?
The campaign complained about being ignored by the media, but did not buy any advertising. I’m not saying that the campaign needed to bribe the media with advertising dollars, rather, my point is that if Dr. Paul had commercials on the cable news networks every other break during the weekend and Monday before Super Tuesday, the Potomac Primary, etc., the media wouldn’t have been able to ignore him. People would have wondered who he was and why the talking heads weren’t mentioning him. He would have reached a broad nationwide audience who, because they were choosing to watch election coverage, were probably likely voters. The campaign refused to have Dr. Paul, or a surrogate, go on the Howard Stern show, and other shows, where he would have received wide exposure. The campaign’s excuse — they were getting thousands of requests for interviews and couldn’t do them all. My question … then shouldn’t they have chosen the interviews that would have given Dr. Paul the most exposure?
The campaign’s other big excuse — this is a grass roots effort. It is your responsibility to be precinct leaders, buy and distribute campaign materials, and spread the word. Be a delegate. Yes, all of that is of the utmost importance. It is great that people once again care about what is going on in our country and are getting involved in the political process. We are trying to change things and that is wonderful. I’m proud of everyone out there and all of their efforts. I’m proud of the Ron Paul Republicans that are taking over caucuses and changing rules. I hope that the strategy works and that Ron Paul will be President. If he doesn’t become the nominee, we will not tire in our efforts to change things. Ron Paul has ignited this Revolution, this movement, by waking us up and empowering us. We will take back our country by spreading the message of freedom, peace, and prosperity, running for office, and supporting other Ron Paul Republicans. But, the fact that the grass roots is vitally important, does not relieve the campaign of its responsibility to spread the word in ways that we cannot — press conferences, press releases, interviews, commercials. After all, this is the age of television. We have multiple 24/7 news channels. We gave the campaign our hard earned money to do this. For the campaign to turn the tables on supporters in response to inquiries about what they’ve done with donations is wrong. If we expect sunshine from the federal government about what it is doing with our tax dollars, we certainly should be able to expect the same openness and accountability from the campaign about what it has done with our donation dollars.
Also, regarding donations, the money was flowing into the campaign when it was being open about what that money was being used for. When the campaign said we need x$’s for t.v. and radio advertising in these states, here’s the commercials were putting on, etc., people would respond (even though many thought the early commercials were pretty poorly done). After supporters raised record sums, nothing was said about how the money was being used. It just seems to have vanished. I’m not saying the money was mismanaged, I’m just saying we don’t know what it was used for because we haven’t seen any national commercials, etc. If the campaign had continued to disclose what the money was being used for, I think the later money bombs would have been more successful. If people knew what their money was being used for, they would have been more likely to continue giving. The campaign squandered the support and momentum it gained from the early money bombs. People who did not see any return on investment, stopped giving. Although someone will surely respond with the “sunshine patriot” quote, the fact is that these people probably still believe in the message and even voted for Ron Paul. They just refuse to throw good money after bad, especially when the cost of living (inflation) is going up and they need those dollars to pay the bills.
I don’t bring these things up to be pessimistic, rather it is because I believe we need to identify what went wrong in order to learn from our mistakes. If this Revolution is to be successful, we have to learn these lessons and carry them into future campaigns. The people on this board who give thumbs down to those who come here to question the campaign are not only not winning any votes for Dr. Paul and the Revolution by attacking them, but they are being hypocritical. They are encouraging people to think critically about how the current administration and Congress is thwarting the Constitution and systematically taking away our liberty and squandering our treasure, but lambaste any one who thinks critically about the campaign.
I’m still out trying to convince everyone I know in PA to vote for Ron Paul. I still believe in Dr. Paul and his message and will support him in any way I can. I want him to be President because I believe he is a truly wise and honorable man. I want him to be President because I believe he is the one candidate who upholds the Constitution and will put our country back on the right course. I just hope the campaign will do everything in its power to support the grass-roots movement by loudly, repeatedly, and unrelentingly proclaiming the message to the media.
P.S. I just watched the video of Ron Paul on the day before Super Tuesday and (other than a few audio problems) it was fantastic! Dr. Paul looked so energetic and he was truly inspiring! My question is, why is this just being posted now???? Why was this not put out on YouTube on Super Tuesday? With all of the tech savvy supporters, I’m sure they could’ve found a volunteer willing to put it up. Why didn’t the campaign make a bigger deal out of all the people who showed up to see Dr. Paul speak? More was made of much smaller crowds bused in for other candidates. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. If the campaign was out publicizing these events and the support for Dr. Paul, I believe the Revolution would have continued to gain momentum.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
The MSM favored candidates get free advertising as being frequent ‘guest speakers’. Also, McCain doesn’t need money, he is backed by the Rothschild’s. He had a recent ‘fund raiser’ hosted by a Rothschild. It helps to be supported by the illuminati.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I think that wgadget (8:48 pm) makes a great point in mentioning Michael Savage’s remark “the war is the reason we’re going bankrupt”. This is MEDIA RECOGNITION of Ron Paul’s campaign issue. Last week Glenn Beck published an article called “The $53 Trillion Asteroid”, in which he RECOGNIZED the result but did not connect the dots back to the problem.
I think that until more people arrive to the conclusion Michael Savage has grasped, any increased advertising expenditures might be a wasting of campaign funds. The Republicans, by and large, still want/support war in Iraq more than they worry about the economy or the constitution. Rand Paul acknowledged this a while back. If media guys like Glenn Beck, who are worried about the economy, are able eventually to connect the economy issue to the war issue, then Ron Paul’s chances are enhanced.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Laura,
Thanks for your brave, kind, realistic assessment of the campaign. Very well written, and I completely agree with you for what it’s worth.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
to Laura in MD:
In order to learn from our mistakes, how would we, the people who love and will continue to support Ron Paul, go about arranging [”next time”] to have a professional campaign staff that would accomplish all these things successfully?
You don’t think there was any deliberate sabotage going on within the staff by “infiltrators” and that some of these primaries would have been won if the votes had been “fairly” counted and completely untampered with?
At any rate, I will never blame Ron Paul. He is the messenger and his message did get out to the people, so he has accomplished his end. And the message continues to get out, no matter how much it is suppressed or by whom, whether it be rivals, MSM enemies, deliberate saboteurs within or just plain lazy ignorance.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Blackmira asked:
You don’t think there was any deliberate sabotage going on within the staff by “infiltrators” and that some of these primaries would have been won if the votes had been “fairly” counted and completely untampered with?
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There was definite infiltration at the very top and yes there was vote fraud which these top staff sabateurs REFUSED to challenge in NH and Iowa.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
To Laura in MD:
I have been criticizing National for months on many of the same points you raised. I have the deistinction of having the highest number of thumbs down of any poster.
I AGREE THAT OUR CHANCES HAVE BEEN BLOWN BY NATIONAL UP TO THIS POINT…. THEY CAN REDEEM THEMSELVES NOW IF THE REALLY WANT TO. THAT’S ASSUMING THAT RP REALLY WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Jane,
Thanks for your kind words!
Blakmira,
You ask how we, the people who love and support Ron Paul, arrange for him to have a professional campaign staff who will do these things successfully. We cannot. That is up to Ron Paul and those on his staff. In other campaigns, when the strategy isn’t working, they change it. When people make mistakes, they are let go and replaced.
Dr. Paul was very busy out traveling the country, giving speeches, and spreading the message, while still doing his job in Congress and running for re-election to his seat in the House. He has done an admirable job. He had to rely on people on his staff to make the right decisions with regard to strategy, campaign releases, press conferences, and advertisements. Someone on the staff should have looked at the suggestions from supporters and implemented them, rather than just ignoring the people who were paying the bills (i.e. their salaries).
All we can do, is what many of us did. We spread the message to everyone we met, we sent donations, we became involved. Additionally, we wrote e-mails to the campaign and entries on this blog suggesting these strategies, but we were ignored or given answers/ excuses, such as I mentioned (e.g. They would say: if we do a press conference, it will just be ignored; or, we have so many requests for interviews that we can’t do them all; or, the grass roots is the best way to spread the message.) It was the campaign staffs’ job to use our donations to spread the word through effective advertising, etc. Although the campaign staff may have thought they were using the money in the best way, many of us disagreed. When people did not see what they expected from the campaign (e.g. professional national commercials; press conferences; high profile interviews, etc.), they stopped donating. This should have been a wake-up call to the campaign staff, but it hasn’t been.
As I’m a person who is interested in facts, not conspiracy theories, I don’t know whether there was “deliberate sabotage” or “infiltrators”, simple incompetence, or just that the staff members were using the money and spreading the message the way they thought best. I’m just giving my opinion as to what mistakes I believe were made. The things that I mentioned that I believe should have been done are things that the other campaigns were doing. Therefore, I don’t think they were unreasonable things to expect from the campaign staff.
As far as Ron Paul, I don’t really blame him, other than thinking he should have been, and should be, making stronger statements about still being in the race and wanting people to vote for him. As I said, I think Dr. Paul is a wise and honorable man. I thank him for bringing this message of restoring our Constitution to the masses. He has spread the message to many people, but I believe the campaign could have used the money we sent them more wisely to reach more people.
Liberty Lover,
Wise men (or women) surround themselves with people who are willing to disagree with them and challenge them, rather than “yes men”. Progress is only made when there is a lively discussion. If we all agree all of the time, we will never be exposed or opened to new thoughts and ideas. Through being challenged, we will either find that we can defend our positions, thereby strengthening them, or see the error of our ways. I appreciate people who ask questions. It challenges us to answer them. If we cannot, it makes us think about the issues and what the answers should be. So, thank you for raising these questions and having the fortitude to come back despite the thumbs down!
Laura
April 1st, 2008 at 8:13 pm
To Laura:
I’m glad you appreciate the role I tried to play. You are one of the evry few who has.
In the beginning of the campaign back in May, 2007, I spent about 90% of my time making positive programs/suggestions to win, including offering my time/expertise full time for $0 pay. I really saw the incompetance of National in Iowa where I was helping out until I can home to NC in late October. We could have come in 2nd instead of 5th. National roadblocks were constantly thrown in the way of the grassroots as well as actually fighting all efforts to keep the vote count honest.
I’ve talked to a number of people who are personally close to RP and others who left the paid staff in disgust. All indicated that Moore and Snyder created a “palace guard” around RP thus RP didn’t really hear much of the concerned feedback that the grassroots was giving. I do blame RP somewhat because one group of people who knew RP personally took the time to write him listing how the grassroots felt about the doings of Snyder/Moore but RP refused to fire them. So??????
April 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I remember hearing the criticism about Ron Paul from Beck early in the race and now hear Beck lately spouting about principals and facts Ron Paul has championed for 30 years and more. I’m not impressed yet.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Mitch…
I love your foreign policy defense response…. I hope you don’t mind if I use it.