Glen Beck Interviews Ron Paul

If you missed this you really owe it to yourself to watch it. While I disagree with Paul on a number of points, I agree with him on a lot more. In this first part, Beck really asks some good questions and lets Paul answer them. The problem with the way Paul is presented in the debates and on a lot of other shows, he doesn’t get to say much. Instead, TV pundits try to make him look bad or ask insulting questions. He usually handles himself well, but we need a better forum for candidates to speak to us. The fact is, we’re getting candidates rammed down our throats as “the leaders”. It’s absurd when someone like Hillary, whom no one seems to like, is presented as a “sure thing”. (Well, not so much at the moment. But the media like to create a horse race.)

I know a lot of conservatives and fellow bloggers are up in arms over Ron Paul. Personally, I don’t consider him a threat. Some of his positions would be a big mistake, like an immediate withdrawal from the Middle East. But in a many other areas, he brings up some serious issues that need our attention. He addresses some of them in this interview.

Both parties are not serving the people. They have become tools of lobbyists and special interests. Some of them show a blatant disregard for their constituents. I almost feel sorry for the Democrats to have such poor leaders, but as Ben Franklin once said people get the government they deserve. We need to clear the decks and put some fresh faces with fresh insight in.

Ron Paul may not be a fresh face, but he’s a breath of fresh air. I’m still rooting for Fred Thompson, but I would have no problem voting for Paul if he managed to win the nomination somehow.

PS: It seems some are trying to link Paul with neo-nazis because he took a picture with some. From what I’ve read this is mudslinging. Paul was at an event and some people wanted their picture taken with him. They later turned out to be neo-nazis. But they didn’t wear anything that indicated what they were, so unless Paul knew them, he was just doing what any politician would do on the campaign trail. More well moneyed candidates have staff that can screen and filter people, but the Clintons and the Bushes have both shaken hands with all sorts of riff raff on the fund raising trail. It’s almost unavoidable. (In the Clinton’s case it seems par for the course.)

1. It didn’t seem to hurt Bill Clinton to be photographed with Chuck Zito of the Hells Angels.

   Posted by  on  12/23  at  02:55 PM

2. It’s worse than just pictures. He has accepted campaign donations from them and stated he will not return any of them.
   And whats up with that federal ban on smoking? Nanny statism at its worst.

   Posted by  on  12/23  at  06:46 PM

3. I hadn’t heard about a smoking ban, but he is a doctor. Is that part of his platform?

   Posted by James Hudnall  on  12/24  at  09:53 PM

4. http://tinyurl.com/2u55gv
   The link is to a well researched article from the American Thinker about Pauls campaign and his links to the Neo-Nazis.
   I am still looking for the anti smoking position.

   Posted by  on  12/25  at  07:29 AM

5. I owe an apology here. It is Huckabee that wishes a federal ban on smoking in public places, not Paul.
   Again, my apologies to all.

   Posted by  on  12/25  at  01:53 PM
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