Ron Paul on The Colbert Report

Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief in Arts & Entertainment, Politics.
Jun 15th, 2007 | 4 responses

Ron Paul on The Colbert Report on June 13th. Paul isn’t the one you’d think at the outset of the campaign who’d come across good on TV — but he does:

4 Responses to “Ron Paul on The Colbert Report”

1. Rambie says:

   June 15, 2007 at 8:10 am

   Ron Paul and I don’t see eye-to-eye on many issues but I still have to say he comes across as the most honest of all the candidates. I think he’d make a thoughtful, pragmatic president — Which is something we really need — but, I doubt he’ll get the GOP nomination.

   Ron’s Issues List

   Debt & Taxes: …But today, too many politicians and lobbyists are spending America into ruin. We are nine trillion dollars in debt as a nation. Our mounting government debt endangers the financial future of our children and grandchildren. If we don’t cut spending now, higher taxes and economic disaster will be in their future — and yours…

   Who can argue with that statement? Now truly, he wants to get rid of all assistance programs and I don’t agree with that but reforms must be done soon. I applaud him for being honest enough to talk about it NOW not after the election.

   Independence & Sovereignty: So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation. They transfer power from our government to unelected foreign elites

   We can’t be too isolationist but I can see where some of these “free trade agreements” have hurt us average American’s more than it’s helped us.

   War and Foreigen Policy: The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them.

   Here’s the one that kills him with the Neo-Cons. I myself find the statement open, honest, and straight forward. (hello Democrats?)

   Border Security: The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked.

   I think this is another that gets him into trouble with the Neo-Cons. Just building a fence won’t stop anything but I’m open to listen to his ideas.

   Privacy & Personal Liberty: The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters.

   He hates the Patriot Act and never voted for it. Another black mark for him I think. Again he’s being open, honest, and straight forward.

   Property Rights & Eminent Domain: We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches.

   I don’t know where this one lands him with the Neo-Cons. I myself have seen this issue in my own city where a large “big box store” forced their way into the city when we didn’t want them.
2. casualobserver says:

   June 15, 2007 at 11:33 am

   Good for him……..it was indeed a major temperament change from the so-called debate appearances. Maybe someone with a brain got to him and explained don’t let the delivery get in the way of the message.

   And I have the added bonus that I could live under his philosophy in a heartbeat.
3. kritter says:

   June 15, 2007 at 1:43 pm

   I don’t agree with him on everything either. But at least he seems like the last guy in Washington (besides Kucinich) who hasn’t sold out to special interests. He’s sort of a libertarian populist, whose ideas don’t come from the RNC.

   That’s enough to spark my interest- maybe not my support, yet.
4. Jim Satterfield says:

   June 15, 2007 at 6:31 pm

   kritter,

   Do some research. He truly does believe in eliminating all government aid programs, all government research programs, the IRS, the FDA, OSHA, the Department of Education and the EPA for starters. While he doesn’t believe in the federal government banning abortion completely he’s just fine with the states doing so. I’m sorry but if he should through some miracle become the Republican candidate I’m not going to vote for anyone with views that extreme and then just count on them to moderate or to be reined in by other people. Those views disqualify them in my opinion.