Lucille
09-22-2008, 11:28 AM
Nader, Barr & Paul: 'Told you so' (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13699.html)
The Nader experience stands in stark contrast to the surge in media interest in long-shot former Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, who ran in the GOP primary on a platform that strongly opposed deficit spending, called for abolishing the Federal Reserve, and issued dire predictions about the future of the U.S. economy.
Though he is no longer running for president, the crisis has sparked an unaccustomed media boomlet for Paul, who has made recent television appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business.
Paul, like Nader, asserts that recent events prove the correctness of his economic philosophy. "He thinks this is a long-term crisis that has been unwinding since 1971," said Jesse Benton, a Paul spokesman.
Paul shares Barr's and Nader's view that the government's response has been inappropriate.
The bailouts "prop up a bad system," Paul said on MSNBC Thursday afternoon. "All they've tried to do is patch up a system that is unworkable."
The Nader experience stands in stark contrast to the surge in media interest in long-shot former Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, who ran in the GOP primary on a platform that strongly opposed deficit spending, called for abolishing the Federal Reserve, and issued dire predictions about the future of the U.S. economy.
Though he is no longer running for president, the crisis has sparked an unaccustomed media boomlet for Paul, who has made recent television appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business.
Paul, like Nader, asserts that recent events prove the correctness of his economic philosophy. "He thinks this is a long-term crisis that has been unwinding since 1971," said Jesse Benton, a Paul spokesman.
Paul shares Barr's and Nader's view that the government's response has been inappropriate.
The bailouts "prop up a bad system," Paul said on MSNBC Thursday afternoon. "All they've tried to do is patch up a system that is unworkable."