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- dylio, on 12/19/2007, -22/+268That was a great interview. A liberal media source, MSNBC, has been giving (relatively) a lot of RP coverage. Digg and blogs still cover RP's news by about 97%, though.
- NightVortez, on 12/19/2007, -12/+199I found it to be amazing that his son supports Paul, his support really is wide spread.
- inactive, on 12/19/2007, -6/+132Tucker Carlson endoresed Ron Paul, and hes on MSNBC too.
- benroy, on 12/19/2007, -9/+134Finally, a president that people could actually respect and be proud of. Wouldn't that be amazing? I hope to grow up to be HALF the man Ron Paul is. Any more would be inconceivable.
- kwansolo, on 12/19/2007, -5/+123for the first time, i actually believe he is going to pull this off.
- inactive, on 12/19/2007, -10/+110Great interview with RP -- he's definitely different from the other candidates!
- ReturnToFreedom, on 12/19/2007, -4/+102What's going on? It's as if the media is all of a sudden being respectful of Paul? Everywhere I saw him on today was respectful except Fox News, of course. Even Glenn Beck said he had a man-crush on him! I guess the saying "never question a good thing" applies. Who cares why it's happening, I just hope it's sustained and he's no longer ambushed.
- Discerneth, on 12/19/2007, -5/+96What are Paul's views on WWI? Because I can tell you without a doubt that WW1 was one of the most pointless, poorly managed, unnecessary disasters in the history of humanity; it seems like Paul thinks the same, which, if you do a little research, is harder to argue with.
- dsanonline, on 12/19/2007, -6/+86I actually just finished watching a Glenn Beck special in which Ron Paul was the center of attention for an entire hour. Kudos Beck for giving Ron Paul a full hour to explain his views to the American people. Both my mother and father didn't know who he was until this special despite my efforts to educate them. He now has their votes as well as mine. Glenn Beck wasn't biased during this interview and didn't try to discredit Ron Paul at all. It was the fairest interview I've ever seen Glenn Beck do.
Kudos to Ron Paul and Glenn Beck.
I - Pherdnut, on 12/19/2007, -6/+80When Ron Paul showers the water droplets condense on the mirror in a pattern, forming the preamble of the constitution.
- Aleman360, on 12/19/2007, -5/+70He just needs to build some confidence to take this grassroots success mainstream. He looked a little surprised by the fund-raising success and even mentioned that they had to "be creative" on ways to spend it. Your message is money, Ron! Now you need to sell yourself!
- inactive, on 12/19/2007, -8/+71Every time I hear this man, I agree with him more and more. How often have we as a nation patted ourselves on the back for things that had nothing to do with us? WW1 - wasnt our war, and we were barely involved. WW2 - once again, not our war until the Japanese hit us (arguably because we were aiding the British). Vietnam, Korea, and Gulf I ? Not our business at all. Then after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we pat ourselves on the back for winning the cold war. Yes, we have the most advanced military in the world, but we need to cut the arrogance and get back to being a humble and proud nation. There are TWO sides to every situation, but we are always clamouring that the enemy is "evil". I hope we can someday evolve beyond the saturday morning cartoon mentality. Terrorists hit us for a reason. Perhaps that reason ought to be looked into. We should always protect ourselves and defend our nation from those who would harm us, but as Dr Paul states - invading the lands of others, and expecting a heros welcome is ludicrous. We would not settle for that here, so we should not expect them to settle for it there. We place military bases on foreign lands, and then act surprised when they attack us. Some of those lands are considered sacred and holy to them. We damn near steal land from Cuba and place a Navy base there and expect Fidel Castro to "just be nice, and be like us". We sell arms to nations to fight proxy wars for us, and expect no repercussions. We maintain a massive nuclear armament, yet fight like rabid dogs to prevent others from doing the same.... in some cases... to us, SOME nations are ok to have nuclear weapons, and others not. We alone decide what is right for the world. Does anyone seriously wonder why people hate us? Ron is the only candidate that has a clue. Saving face is all the other candidates can offer. I for one, would prefer to save the life of a soldier stuck in Iraq, fighting a war based on false pretenses. Those folks should be back home this Christmas with their families. But no - Bush, Hillary, Guilliani, Obama, and the rest of the bunch all think they deserve to spend it dodging bullets for no good ***** reason. THIS folks, is what the status quo has gotten us.
- greenamp, on 12/19/2007, -3/+63The only reason we got involved in WW1 was so that we could show the world we were a super power. There was absolutely no other reason.
And Ron Paul was spot about the Versailles treaty. It is the sole reason for the turmoil in modern day Middle East. - Photokon, on 12/19/2007, -1/+50WWI's problem is very simple. The war was going to end without us because of the stale mate. So we weren't really needed. Second, the treaty of versailles crushed Germany economically to the point that Germans were easily wooed by Hitler. Hitler rose to power because of that treaty and then the treaty crated the mess in the middle east with the splitting of the ottoman empire. Foreign policy is the problem if you haven't seen that yet.
- kaelyiesta, on 12/19/2007, -8/+54I really would like to hear a detailed argument from Ron about his views on WW1 a bit more. My knee jerk reaction is to disagree with him, but I've learned to question things a bit more as I've gotten older. Does he disagree with the war just on how it was started/managed? Does he think there were other solutions that could have provided better outcomes? Really, on the surface it seems like a radical stance to take. I wish he was given time to delve even deeper into his viewpoint on that one.
- inactive, on 12/19/2007, -14/+55OH BOY! He's gonna win now!
- ButterBuddha, on 12/19/2007, -5/+46Rudy you transvestite *****! you're not fooling anyone...
- MindStalker, on 12/19/2007, -8/+48He's only got about 8 million
8 Million what? Dollars, no he's raised about 18 million this quarter, no one knows what he has on hand.
8 Million supporters? Yea maybe. Thats enough to win by a large margin with low voter turnout nowadays. - cindylauper, on 12/19/2007, -2/+41in addition, the treaty of Versailles, and the excessive war repayments placed on Germany after the war led Germany to simply print money to ease its debt burden (sadly not entirely unlike what the US is doing now, but on a larger scale) This led to enormous levels of inflation, so that the life savings of a middle class family might ultimately be able to buy groceries for a week. Economic stress and other political factors led to a nationalistic movement..."take back Germany, uber patriotism" and ultimately the rise of Hitler. Although you can't go directly from inflation to Hitler, times of crises often lead to extremes in government. Hitler then obviously started WWII.
- fuzzmeister, on 12/19/2007, -6/+45There is absolutely no value to duplicate content on digg, no matter what it is. Just focus on one article.
- zomfg, on 12/19/2007, -12/+51Why are you such an idiot? go troll 4 chan
- spaceman84, on 12/19/2007, -1/+40He's got WWI and WWII pretty much nailed. You won't find too many historians who would disagree with what he said in the interview.
- theangrybaby, on 12/19/2007, -3/+42You know, I actually would like that...to see the guy leading our country and for once feel proud of him instead of feeling ashamed...
- MacintoshSauce, on 12/19/2007, -4/+42@ benroy
Yeah, I agree. Ron Paul is someone that deserves respect for his unending attack on those that would destroy the Constitution. The current president, aka the Idiot King, could learn a thing or two from Ron Paul. - MindStalker, on 12/19/2007, -4/+42Ron's Interview on Glen Beck tonight. Amazing.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Hour_Lo ...
ufia: the blimp was done independantly, and do you have ANY concept of thinking long term. Hmm should I help the poor right now or should I work in fixing our nations economy by electing someone who will do that.. Hmmmm. - jaymzdean, on 12/19/2007, -19/+53Put that in your pipe and smoke it, fascist Neocons and communist Libs.
True Blue Americans are taking our country back.
Long live the Constitution!!!!!! - craigob, on 12/19/2007, -1/+34It's technically not his blimp. Supporters organized and financed it independent of the official campaign.
- Clark3934, on 12/19/2007, -1/+34What you fail to understand is that people donated their money with the intention of supporting his campaign. They did not donate to feed the homeless. They donated to get him in office. To use the money is any other manner would be to breech the donor's trust.
- fullback, on 12/19/2007, -1/+32It's not really Dr. Paul's viewpoint, but rather a very universal viewpoint of historians and even people of the time. The US Congress even refused to allow the US to sign the Treaty of Versailles because the conditions would only bring about more war... as it did.
Germany was economically devastated by the conditions and the reparations required in the treaty. That led to widespread anger by younger people forced to live in poverty and a society that would forever be under the control of others. They had no hope or mechanism of working their way out of it or paying back the required reparations and that led to the rise and election of Hitler, who railed against the terms and found a willing audience.
The European colonization of the middle east at the time, and arbitrary carving of nations based on the whims of the colonizers, created the boundaries that would never have happened without outside interference. Religious and cultural common interests are what create normal bound ires and nations. Forcing people with no common interests to live together under a foreign ruler who sapped the economic life out of a region lead to the chaos we have had in the middle east for ages now.
The chaos was intentional. It assured the European and US oil interests in the early 20Th century that no unified front would come to power to challenge the colonization of the region. That eventually fell apart, but boundaries that make no sense are still upheld and the biggest roadblock to a peaceful region.
The Japanese were part of the Allies in WWI, and the Treaty and League of Nations excluded them as participants. They presented a proposition that the League of Nations adopt a policy of racial equality in all actions, but the US and European nations refused, and excluded all non-western nations from being anything other than observers to the policies of the League. That drove the Japanese to begin driving the US and European nations out of their Asian colonies.
The US had colonized the Philippines and US forces killed thousands of protesters who wanted independence for the Philippines. The US overthrew the nation of Hawaii with US Marines. The British, Dutch and French colonized most of the rest of Asia, leaving Japan fearing that it would be next to be colonized.
That is how events and policies in one decade can carry forward to subsequent decades and help to create future wars and terrorism. - Puppetfunk, on 12/19/2007, -3/+30It's like pissing into an ocean of piss, it just doesn't work.
- Bawk, on 12/19/2007, -3/+29I believe him when he says his son supports RP but I think the fact that HE said it knowing it would go on the air was a roundabout way of him saying he supports RP too.
- benroy, on 12/19/2007, -2/+27I know you're probably going to get buried, but I agree with you....to an extent. There are personal beliefs of his that I oppose, his stance on abortion for instance. But he also promotes giving more power to individual states and reducing the umbrella-like power of the federal government. I'm not saying that he's perfect, I just think his pro's vastly outweigh his con's.
- jetboyterp, on 12/19/2007, -14/+37This just in: Ron Paul seen in his blimp...singing "Imaginaaaation, Imaginaaaaaaaaaaation"
- SuperHyperKid, on 12/19/2007, -5/+28I hope he does win, and you too may become a supporter after how amazing this country will become.
- ShrimpCrackers, on 12/19/2007, -0/+21What are you talking about, 18 million is what he raised. Go check the site and all the sources. Unlike other campaigns, the Ron Paul campaign donations are real time.
- linaman2, on 12/19/2007, -18/+39viva la Paul!
- Typhoon2009, on 12/19/2007, -2/+221. Affirmative action is the opposite, albeit MUCH less severe, of discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s. Race should NOT be a damned factor in whether someone gets into college.
2. He wants to let the states handle abortion. Paul's whole basis is that the federal government shouldn't be so involved in our lives.
3. Again, state-run. I personally don't support this view. And also, remember, checks and balances. Just cause Paul might want something, doesn't mean he gets it.
4. Last I checked he wanted higher taxes on the rich?
5. Don't agree with those policies either; we should try to fix the enviro regardless of what global warming's really caused by. Probably will get shot down in Congress.
6. The UN rarely gets anything good done. Humanitarian aid efforts are OK, but everything else doesn't go smoothly. And those nuke silos - they're a necessary evil. So long as humans run countries, there are people who are only staved off because of thousands of catastrophic missiles are aimed at them.
7. Again, I support gay equality, would likely get shot down.
8. Some parts of it I don't agree with, others I do. Gun control needs to prevent bad guys and nutcases from getting guns. The 2nd Amendment is the "Reset" button on the constitution. If the government ever becomes tyrannical, the people (and hopefully the military... we'd be screwed if we had to fight our own) can rise against them.
9. I really don't think segregation would return.
10. Don't agree, checks and balances, etc. - Hetman, on 12/19/2007, -3/+22I saw him on Glen Beck tonight. It was a pretty good interview. Ron Paul just seemed a little to timid. But all in all in was a good interview.
- Daniel591992, on 12/19/2007, -4/+23Man, you're cool.
- dukeofhurl, on 12/19/2007, -4/+22No tiny penises allowed.
- AnarkeIncarnate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+18How disgusting that we don't have that on at least a semi-regular basis. Why must we hang our heads at the mere thought of our president's foolish behavior?
- Frnnkdlxx, on 12/19/2007, -0/+18I've never seen someone so openly make claims that they themselves had no intention of actually researching, yet every intention of debating the validity of... Interesting
- odigity, on 12/19/2007, -3/+21He's not afraid of war. I guarantee you, if a country was actually stupid enough to attack us, you'd see some Ron Paul whoop-ass like you wouldn't believe. But it would be a very strict Geneva convention get the job done and go home kind of war. You know, like FDR and Churchill.
See, this guy is a *statesman*, not a politician. - guntario, on 12/19/2007, -8/+26Spoken like a true FOX supporter. You'll see how much of a no-hope candidate he is really soon.
- rarson, on 12/19/2007, -0/+18A. It's not his money.
B. He didn't raise the money, we did.
C. He didn't raise money for the blimp, or even come up with the idea, we did. He had nothing to do with the blimp. - KSUdesigner, on 12/19/2007, -3/+21His stance on net neutrality is not a bad thing.
"One of the basic principles, a basic reason why I strongly oppose this is, I see this as a regulation of the Internet, which is a very, very dangerous precedent to set." -RP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_o ... - jaymzdean, on 12/19/2007, -3/+201. Choke.
2. Die. - Birdoftruth, on 12/19/2007, -5/+22I suspect you find your purpose in life XXXXX. You can achieve a lot more than what you are doing now.
- truthseeds, on 12/19/2007, -6/+22He keeps talking...we keep listening...the movement keeps growing. The R3VOLution is on a course and there is no turning back now! And to reed311 above, how can you naively state that the message of peace, freedom and prosperity only appeals to a relatively small percentage of the population?
- Scaryclouds, on 12/19/2007, -1/+17Ron Paul is a millionaire? When the hell did that happen?
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