President of Iran speaking on campus -- should I pass out RP flyers there?

[rodent]

Serious question. Tons of people are pissed about this guy showing up, but I think it could be a good place to sell people on non-interventionist foreign policy if there's a good flyer to be passed out.

I started networking with a few RP supporters here and we could make it happen.

[devil21]

You can only change minds and add to RP's name recognition. I don't see anything wrong with it.

[Chibioz]

The President of Iran is speaking at an American campus?

[EvilEngineer]

The funny thing is the people that "hate" him, no next to nothing about him. They have been sold lock stock and barrel by the MSM that he is "evil". So what if he has his own views on things, he's still the leader of another nation, one that our government and MSM are hell bent on gearing up to goto war against.

[mavtek]

Please go, I have heard good word that we are planning on bombing Iran, and I think it's needless. 70% of Iranians actually like us, lot of good it's going to do us for bringing about peace huh.

[LibertyEagle]

I wouldn't do this. It's one thing to talk to Americans about non-interventionism. It's another to look like you are taking the side of a foreign country's leader, who by the way has been designated as leading a terrorist nation, over your own country's President. To me, it might come off like a Jane Fonda type thing.

Note: I don't agree with attacking Iran either. I just wouldn't use his visit to the campus as an opportunity to hand out flyers. There are so many other places you can do that, where he is not.

[winston84]

The President of Iran is speaking at an American campus?

I have the same question

[RonFan1776]

I saw on the MSM news last night that he had asked to visit the WTC site, but the NYC police & someone else said no, for his security of course. :P

[LibertyEagle]

I saw on the MSM news last night that he had asked to visit the WTC site, but the NYC police & someone else said no, for his security of course. :P

This seems so bizarre. I wonder how many Americans think that Iran had something to do with 9-11??? I know a lot of them think Iraq did.

[krott5333]

I would definitely pass out Ron Paul literature. Whats wrong with the president of Iran speaking in America? Everyone acts like Iran is so bad, but the only reason people think so is because the government and the media want you to think that

[DjLoTi]

I hope he is safe.

[wgadget]

This seems to be a built-in Romney issue...

Geez, yesterday, Romney was on the Sean Hannity Show blabbering on about it, and just this morning I hear him first thing still blabbering on the Bill Bennett Mourning in America show. He just suggested that ABJ be indicted and then he should be given a tour of the Holocaust museum. Such a smooth talker, that Mitt....gag me.

[rodent]

The President of Iran is speaking at an American campus?

Yeah, he's at Columbia on Monday. I failed to get tickets and didn't realize he was going to be one of the speakers. Now I regret it, because I would love to have asked him a question or two.

I was thinking maybe I could print some Iran specific flyers about Ron Paul's comments or some RP quotes and go from there.

[BenIsForRon]

I don't think it would be a bad idea. A lot of people are tired of us beating the war drum against Iran, but many of them don't know about Ron Paul.

[UCFGavin]

I wouldn't do this. It's one thing to talk to Americans about non-interventionism. It's another to look like you are taking the side of a foreign country's leader, who by the way has been designated as leading a terrorist nation, over your own country's President. To me, it might come off like a Jane Fonda type thing.

Note: I don't agree with attacking Iran either. I just wouldn't use his visit to the campus as an opportunity to hand out flyers. There are so many other places you can do that, where he is not.

you can pass out literature without making yourself seem associated to him. the easiest way is to just pass them out and say "check out this guy for president" without mentioning iran.

[max]

Serious question. Tons of people are pissed about this guy showing up, but I think it could be a good place to sell people on non-interventionist foreign policy if there's a good flyer to be passed out.

I started networking with a few RP supporters here and we could make it happen.

DO IT!!! dont play by the enemy's rules of Political Correctness....Just do it

[Bryan]

you can pass out literature without making yourself seem associated to him. the easiest way is to just pass them out and say "check out this guy for president" without mentioning iran.

That was my thought as well. You're there to reach people that are politically aware.

[Dustancostine]

I hope he is safe.

I 2nd that.

[BW4Paul]

That was my thought as well. You're there to reach people that are politically aware.

Agree with this assessment. Use standard RP literature and *not* something geared specifically toward Iran. That way, you cannot be accused of "comforting the enemy" or whatever.

[mconder]

The President of Iran is speaking at an American campus?

This is the crazy thing about the our government. This guy is supposed to be public enemy number one, yet he is addressing people on one of our public campuses. A year from now we'll be hunting him down like a dog once the war with Iran commences. If he's that big a threat, why not take him now and not go to war with Iran.

[mconder]

Now I regret it, because I would love to have asked him a question or two.

That's ok...you'd probably be tazed anyway.

[DahuiHeeNalu]

Iran is a beautiful country i actually have respect for there president.

[Cindy]

I'd wait to find out what he says at the speech and the audience reaction to it. If they end up hating/fearing this guy, you don't want that to be immediately transfered to Paul.

If they like what he had to say and find, he is no threat, THEN, pass out tons of flyers.

I don't see the guy as a threat to ANY nation and think he is being sandbagged myself. If people don't have a good, objective and non bias understanding of what has been happening between Isreal and Palestine, they won't understand where he is coming from.

If they see no threat in him, boy, will that backfire on Romney.

[Santana28]

i'd just make an Anti-War flier that besides advocating no war with Iran, questions why we have troops all over the world and if we really want Iraq to be the next Korea as Bush has suggested it will become??

At the very bottom of it all in smaller print i would put a few links for "suggested reading" - and one of them would be www.RonPaul2008.com/issues or whatever. Thats how i would sneak that in there. But i'd make the issues the prominent part. I think you could get away with it since you could very well be a supposed-to-be anti-war Democrat (making it seem like you're more anti-war than pushing ron paul).

if people ask you about it, you can simply say you are voting for the most anti-war candidate and after lots of reading up you feel ron paul is the only one who means what he says and wont let party politics dissuade him - because look, he's already going against the republicans as it is!

i hope his speech makes it on youtube... i'd love to be there.

[Santana28]

I'd wait to find out what he says at the speech and the audience reaction to it. If they end up hating/fearing this guy, you don't want that to be immediately transfered to Paul.

If they like what he had to say and find, he is no threat, THEN, pass out tons of flyers.

I don't see the guy as a threat to ANY nation and think he is being sandbagged myself. If people don't have a good, objective and non bias understanding of what has been happening between Isreal and Palestine, they won't understand where he is coming from.

If they see no threat in him, boy, will that backfire on Romney.

They won't hear anything controversial from him i suspect... he just put out another letter basically calling for world peace last week. now unless he is a complete and bold-faced liar, i don't know why he makes a serious effort to make peace overtures to America repeatedly that are continually rebuffed. you know this world has gone crazy when someone is accused of being a liar for claiming repeatedly that they want peace.

[EvilTwinkie]

Id like to see Bush have the balls to go speak at a university in Tehran...

[dsentell]

DO IT!!! dont play by the enemy's rules of Political Correctness....Just do it

Absolutely!!!!!!
No question about it -- DO IT!

[speciallyblend]

DO IT,just dont relate to iran,PROMOTE AS RON PAUL 2008 FOR PRESIDENT

[jj111]

1. I cannot believe the US is allowing him into the US to speak.
2. If they are allowing him into the US to speak, DEFINITELY pass out Ron Paul flyers.

[jj111]

Where is the web link confirming he's coming to Colombia to speak?

[klamath]

I wouldn't do this. It's one thing to talk to Americans about non-interventionism. It's another to look like you are taking the side of a foreign country's leader, who by the way has been designated as leading a terrorist nation, over your own country's President. To me, it might come off like a Jane Fonda type thing.

Note: I don't agree with attacking Iran either. I just wouldn't use his visit to the campus as an opportunity to hand out flyers. There are so many other places you can do that, where he is not.

I agree with LE here. 70% of the Iranians may like us but from what I have read they dislike their president as much as people here hate Bush. He lost big time in the midterm elections there. To get an association like Fonda would kill Ron Paul. It will be used to try and reinforce the statements of Huckabee that Paul always blames America first when Paul doesn't believe that at all. Ron paul can see where America has made mistakes but have you ever heard him say the Iranian President is a perfect man and we should all love him. The Iranian President is a power hungry SOB just like 95% of the other world leaders.

[Brad Zink]

Here is an interesting video by the BBC about life in Iran. You get an upclose look at a country that is demonized in the United States:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=9161934809152225169

[rodent]

Now I regret it, because I would love to have asked him a question or two.

That's ok...you'd probably be tazed anyway.

Probably. We have some real fools on our campus though. The way they treated the minutemen when they were here was ridiculous. It's not all students. It's just that we have some left-wingers who never take econ classes who have some pretty socialistic ideas. To them, socialism and UN participation seems logical.

[rodent]

Where is the web link confirming he's coming to Colombia to speak?

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/, linked off the front page.

[DJ RP]

Here's a link confirming it. Article is a *teensy* bit biased

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/131yhgvn.asp


I think open talk and diplomacy is the only way this world is gonna make it so I'm all for this. And YES hand out ron paul flyers. The chances are most people who see him speak will come away thinking "oh he's just a guy with his own problems. Not the demon FOX makes him out to be. I hope we can talk with iran and not bomb them" then WHAM you hand them a ron paul flyer stating his policy of non-intervention (I agree don't make a flyer specifically about iran. Simply state his policies as usual) and they'll be an especially receptive mood to hear that message.

[mconder]

Here's the link to email the President of Iran...

http://www.president.ir/en/

Ask that he meet with Ron Paul while in the U.S.

Make sure to set the message "high priority."

[UtahApocalypse]

The Iranian President is coming?
Oh Shit, the US is gonna take him out while he is here!!

[mconder]

I just sent the President of Iran a "high priority" proposal asking him to contact Ron Paul's campaign offices and meet with Dr. Paul.

[amonasro]

The Iranian President is coming?
Oh Shit, the US is gonna take him out while he is here!!

Fight him here so we don't have to fight him over there :o

[Santana28]

George Bush and Achmenijiad in a boxing match...hmmm!

Hey, i just watched that BBC movie all the way through... very cool. Thanks for posting it. I keep waiting to meet an actual Iranian where i work... i've met someone from Baharain, Dubai, lots from India and Pakistan... one from Egypt... a couple of French Tunisians.... no iranians yet though!