*** Ron Paul on Maher HBO [YouTube] ***

[mrchubbs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5lb0l3sYBo


Enjoy

[MsDoodahs]

Thank you so much!!!

:)

[No1ButPaul08]

wow. that was quick

[mport1]

He could have done much better with this. He really needs to get some talking points down better.

[MRoCkEd]

i think he did well
i like how he threw in the final jab about obama sending more troops into afghanistan

[Draco33]

I thought it was a pretty good interview. Paul got a lot of applause and cheering on his talking points. :)

[smartguy911]

thanks for the vid

[BlackTerrel]

I think he did pretty good...I think he made a point. Yes his proposals will be tough, it'll be tough but we'll be over it. You can also save hundreds of billions by bringing the troops home - that got serious applause!

[DFF]

Paul might have been smiling, but was very serious and feisty. He knows now isn't the time for fun and games. Maher on the hand seemed a bit on edge. Like he was uncomfortable w/the tone and direction of the conversation.

[heavenlyboy34]

Maher has actually become much less funny. Whoever scripts his stuff must have been sleepy during this episode. ~yawn~ Thanks anyway for the post, OP.

[dannno]

Ya not bad.

[ClayTrainor]

Pretty dam good interview, if i say so myself.

Paul's rebuttal on the free-market vs. socialism wasn't all that great but, the rest of the interview was awesome.

I loved the stoner comment and Ron Pauls last line was exceptional.

Thanks for the link!

[He Who Pawns]

Maher is right on weed and foreign intervention (except in the case of Israel), but he is clueless on economic liberty. He just simply doesn't get it.

[Danke]

Some further discussions. http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/

[mediahasyou]

thanks

[Rocket80]

Maher's first question was what they though of the RP interview and the lady in green actually mentioned the austrian school of economics. sure, she dissed it, but rarely do i hear the phrase even mentioned by opponents of it.

[PeterSchiffVideos]

He could have done much better with this. He really needs to get some talking points down better.

I agree. I almost never hear him give an adequate response to "didn't capitalism get us into this mess?" Sure we all understand his ramblings, but I guarantee you that not a single ignorant sheep is converted or convinced by him-- because they have no idea what the heck he's rambling on about.

I think that Paul needs to really work on his response to that question. Whenever people ask Schiff, he nails it and puts it into terms that the average sheeple can understand.

[robert4rp08]

pretty good. he could've done better. especially in response to the 'capitalism' question.

EDIT: he also should've addressed the clinton fallacy

[revolutionary8]

Ron paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[qwerty]

I LOVE IT!

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[blocks]

Haha. Maher's 'stoner' line had me rollin. Pretty good interview.

[idiom]

pretty good. he could've done better. especially in response to the 'capitalism' question.

EDIT: he also should've addressed the clinton fallacy

All he needs to say is:

"Bankruptcy is good, it is supposed to happen in a free market. If you buy a house you can't afford you are supposed to get foreclosed on. Let the fraudulent companies go bankrupt and the system will cope and recover."

[speciallyblend]

maher called ron paul a stoner, that is freaking classic;)

the republican party is like peanut butter right now,lmfao

[MelissaCato]

Thanks.

[Truth Warrior]

I agree. I almost never hear him give an adequate response to "didn't capitalism get us into this mess?" Sure we all understand his ramblings, but I guarantee you that not a single ignorant sheep is converted or convinced by him-- because they have no idea what the heck he's rambling on about.

I think that Paul needs to really work on his response to that question. Whenever people ask Schiff, he nails it and puts it into terms that the average sheeple can understand.

"Capitalism shouldn't be blamed because we haven't had capitalism." -- Ron Paul

[Andromeda]

I think he did a great job. Sure, the journey toward reparation would be tough and hard. . . but it's gonna be a lot tougher and harder and LONGER under Obama's reign.

[qwerty]

"Capitalism shouldn't be blamed because we haven't had capitalism." -- Ron Paul

yeah, it´s so simple :)

[Malakai]

Yes Maher was clearly uneasy with Paul. I think he is worried that RP makes it so clear that the civil liberties and corp bailouts (which maher hates) are deeply connected to foreign and monetary policy (which he disagrees with paul on)

[TastyWheat]

He touched on something I was thinking of during the debate on the stimulus bill. Both sides think they have to do something, because if they do nothing and things get better they'll look unnecessary. If they don't appear essential to the function of our country then they lose their power.

[AggieforPaul]

I thought it was a pretty good interview. Paul got a lot of applause and cheering on his talking points. :)

Only on the anti-war stuff though. Maher's liberal audience was blissfully ignorant about the Fed.

[itshappening]

Yes Maher was clearly uneasy with Paul. I think he is worried that RP makes it so clear that the civil liberties and corp bailouts (which maher hates) are deeply connected to foreign and monetary policy (which he disagrees with paul on)

this is exactly the same thing that makes Beck and the rest of them freak out. watch them go crazy and change the subject when these points are made

[buck000]

I think Dr. Paul made some good points, mainly in the areas of repealing drug law prohibition and personal choice + NOT "crawling to the government for a bailout or help [when your choice is wrong]."

However, he needs to stop just throwing out "Federal Reserve|Keynesian Socialist Welfarists" and I agree with posters who say he needs better talking points or examples of where he's coming from.

IMHO, he needs to clearly and simply communicate the following:

* The danger of monetary inflation. He needs to make clear how banks inflate the money supply and thereby prices with unbacked currency (but not in those words ;) ). How about something like "Our banking system essentially creates money from thing air, and says it's a good thing to spend this money to improve the economy. If that's the case, why is it called counterfeiting for the average person to do the same thing."

* The alternatives to the government bureaucracy taking care of everyone or everything. How about "you have $100 that you want to use to feed disadvantaged people. Do you give it to the Government, with no choice as to how it's spent by a bureaucracy that is so inefficient that IT wouldn't even qualify as a charity by its own rules? Or do you give it to the local food bank that is dedicated to this effort and, if they were found to be incompetent or criminal, you could seek legal remedies or simply vote with your dollars by switching charities?"

* Etc.

Note that while Ron Paul was reasonably good during his interview, he was fairly quickly dismissed by most of the panel in the time that followed. Maher was all for taxing the richest Americans (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/us/politics/22budget.html?_r=2&ref=todayspape) who were all, apparently, Nasty Evil Greedy People. The managing editor from The Financial Times pooh-pooh'd Austrian economics. The editor-in-chief of thedailybeast.com was actualy fairly supportive of Dr. Paul, while Maxine Waters simply mouthed Democratic talking points about Obama, hope, the victimization of poor mortgage holders by lenders, etc., etc.

I'd REALLY like to see a debate between an Austrian and a Keynesian on Maher or Stewart or most any program...!