Yesterday, Fox Sunday News interviewed Ron Paul as part of their series of Sunday interviews with 2012 GOP candidates.
While I have always found a good bit of Paul’s platform and philosophy highly appealing, I have never directly supported any of his past presidential campaigns for reasons of practicality. But, as many have noticed, he seems to be attracting more support this time than ever before. Yesterday’s appearance may help explain why, as this may be his best interview yet or at least one of the best that I have ever seen.
I must share my amusement at the question from Chris Wallace about Austrian Economics and von Mises and Hayek. Apparently, such must be a very novel subject with unfamiliar names around the confines of Fox News (not surprising), but surprising in that Fox is considered the “conservative” network.
I do agree with Wallace’s suggestion that Paul may be influencing the political debate this time around more than ever before—and that’s not bad.
August 29th, 2011 at 11:38 am
I voted for Ron Paul for President in 1988, and the Libertarian movement has grown a lot since then, which is good news for lovers of liberty. But one thing that HASN’T changed, and that is that a Libertarian still can’t get elected to the presidency.
Another thing that HAS changed is that a man who would make government smaller…..in ABSOLUTE terms…..CAN now get elected. Romney, according to ALL polling, is our most electable candidate. He beats Obama in states that would ASSURE us of victory over Obama.
And he will make government smaller.
August 29th, 2011 at 11:58 am
Ron Paul draws more from Rick Perry I would think. When it comes to tea party, Ron Paul was tea party before tea party was cool. Perry is just a corporate shill in a tea party suit.
August 29th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Ron Paul was good, not great. He’s still the same guy proposing the same unworkable solution to problems (scrap it all and start over!).
August 29th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
I’ve held previously and still do, that Ron Paul has ideas that I agree with while others are too far libertarian for me. I agree w/ #1 that he is not presidential electable.
I also agree that Romney is not an extremist either way. He is the kind of leader we need to get respect back for our country. He will not apologize to the world for who America is and he will not shoot his mouth off on the Fed, SS and medicare, etc.
Ron Paul to help audit many of the gov’t agencies????
August 29th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
I am a libertarian leaning conservative. I am a fan of Von Mises and Hayek, and the whole Austrian school of economic thought.
Ron Paul’s problems aren’t his economic ideas. On foreign policy he is just not living in reality. We cannot be fortress America and pull back as much as he advocates.
I am for a more non interventionist foreign policy, but Ron Paul goes too far. His ideas are actually dangerous.
then there is the whole drug legalization issue…which I don’t have strong opinions about, I could be persuaded one way or the other and go back and forth on, but it is the legion of drug legalizing hippies that support Ron Paul that turn me off.
I think it would be better to elect a libertarian leaning, freedom loving conservative with more mainstream appeal.
Like governor Sarah Palin from Alaska!
August 29th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Paul keeps throwing away his influence on the debate by going foreign policy at every opportunity. If he’d stay domestic, he wouldn’t be seen as a joke.
August 29th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
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I completely agree with you. Well… I guess not that last line. But hey, we completely agree about Ron Paul!
When he talks Medicare, Social Security, and the Fed, I love it. When he talks foreign policy and social stuff… he completely loses my vote.
Any person who would allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon without even trying to stop them… will not ever get my vote. I would consider voting for Obama over Ron Paul because of this point.
August 29th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Ron Paul IS ELECTABLE. The last 2 major polls of him head to head with obama…have him behind by 1 and 2. That’s better than ANYONE ELSE. Mitt Romney is the only one that’s been polling as well. And a lot of the people who are undecideds in that situation…will come home to ron paul because they are conservatives…but don’t understand why our foreign policy is killing us. They’ll come home to Dr. Paul when they realize he can save the country from destroying itself.
The real miracle is getting him the nomination though..which is much harder than him actually winning in the general election.
August 29th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
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So what is your solution for Iran? There are essentially three options that I can see:
1: Invade. This is the suicide option. Anybody who looks rationally at the state of our military, economy, and the terrain and culture of Iran knows that this is not feasable.
2: Sanctions/ Drone Bomb. How well did sanctions work on Saddam? How about Castro? All sanctions and drone bombings do is starve the poor and unite the country behind the dictator against America. Right now the people in Iran are oppressed because of their government. If we start blocking their food and medicine we become the oppressors to them.
3: Ron Paul. Ron Paul has stated that of course he doesn’t want them to get a bomb, but he understands that it is better to do nothing than do something stupid just because it might score political points. Unlike Israel, Pakistan, & America, Iran has actually honored the non-proliferation treaty. The UN has continuously verified the non-diversion of nuclear materials. But of course Iran has been one year away from developing a bomb for over ten years now….
Even if you wanted to pretend like they were close to getting a nuke, Israel, Russia, India, and Pakistan all have nukes around them and none of them want Iran to go nuclear. There is no reason we have to continually stick our noses into the Middle East and demand they bend to our will. This arrogance, occupations, and drone bombings are creating more terrorists and making our country less safe.
August 29th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
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I thought the Stuxnet worm was pretty amazing. I only wish it had worked longer before being discovered.
That isn’t on your list of options. Did you forget about subterfuge/spy work?
August 30th, 2011 at 5:40 am
Your for the the NWO you fucking globalist.
September 1st, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Ron Paul is right about everything, especially the international policy. Military spending accounts for 54 cents of every tax dollar. And why are we spending so much to occupy other countries and kill their people? For corporate interests of course, such as oil, opium and other natural resources. Noone has attacked us – we are attacking other countries provoking revenge response. How would you like another country coming to US, bomb you, kill your family and friends? Wouldn’t you seek revenge, wouldn’t you defend your country? We have no business occupying other countries, especially on false pretenses. That’s the only way for America to be safe. And 54 cents of every tax dollar would better serve re-building our crumbling economy.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:41 pm
I voted for Ron Paul in 1988.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Ron Paul is the best presidential candidate since James Monroe.