Ron Paul Interview on CNBC - Monday Morning

[Hamer]

Part 1 : YouTube - Ron Paul on CNBC Squak Box Part 1 - Feb 22nd, 2010. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy92KuvK1BU&feature=player_embedded)

Part 2 : YouTube - Ron Paul on CNBC Squak Box Part 2 - Feb 22nd, 2010. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOGsbhhz0w&feature=player_embedded)

[Fr3shjive]

I dont like this new, combatitve, overly aggressive Ron Paul. He used to be cordial and patient in interviews, now it seems like he wants to cut everybody off these days and not let anybody get a word in.

He just needs to be the same person he's been the last 3 years that got him to where he is. People like him because he's respectful and nice, because he doesnt need to talk over you in order to get his point across.

The people that were interviewing Ron Paul were actually fans of his and it seemed like Ron Paul was on the defensive.

[Mikeforpaul]

I dont like this new, combatitve, overly aggressive Ron Paul. He used to be cordial and patient in interviews, now it seems like he wants to cut everybody off these days and not let anybody get a word in.

I disagree. I think Ron is getting better with every interview he does. He has been correct for 30 years and he has been disrespected just as long. Its nice to see him speak so confidently about these subjects IMO.

[Fr3shjive]

I disagree. I think Ron is getting better with every interview he does. He has been correct for 30 years and he has been disrespected just as long. Its nice to see him speak so confidently about these subjects IMO.

I agree that he's been correct but I dont think he's going to win people over being rude and aggressive. There is a big difference between being confident and being rude, and I think he's falling in the rude/aggressive category.

[Todd]

I dont like this new, combatitve, overly aggressive Ron Paul. He used to be cordial and patient in interviews, now it seems like he wants to cut everybody off these days and not let anybody get a word in.

He just needs to be the same person he's been the last 3 years that got him to where he is. People like him because he's respectful and nice, because he doesnt need to talk over you in order to get his point across.

The people that were interviewing Ron Paul were actually fans of his and it seemed like Ron Paul was on the defensive.

what are you talking about? This was not combative. I think you mistake confidence in one's points for such. Many of us are glad that the Ron who'll speak up and call b.s. was displayed here today. Far too many times he has been shouted down and he wasn't here. Great video.

[reduen]

Great interview by Dr. Paul!!! :cool:

[ravedown]

RP hits a home run in the second clip...you realize watching this that these people asking question know soooo little about what Ron Paul is about. you can literally see the surprise in their faces when he answers the questions and has an intelligent comeback for every curve ball question they throw at him. it's interviews like this that wake people up.

[jkr]

bu bu bu what if IRAN attacks us?



WoW

[StateofTrance]

I know their (MSM) tactics. When Ron goes "things aren't going well etc. etc." What all MSM does is "well then, tell us Ron, what would you do if you were the President?"..Then Ron shoves brain minerals up their butt and they don't understand (or don't care to get it) and laughs at him and that makes the viewers think that Ron is kooky. Fucking POS MSM.

[pacelli]

I dont like this new, combatitve, overly aggressive Ron Paul. He used to be cordial and patient in interviews, now it seems like he wants to cut everybody off these days and not let anybody get a word in.

He just needs to be the same person he's been the last 3 years that got him to where he is. People like him because he's respectful and nice, because he doesnt need to talk over you in order to get his point across.

The people that were interviewing Ron Paul were actually fans of his and it seemed like Ron Paul was on the defensive.

Is that some kind of a joke? Did you hear them laughing at him?

[payme_rick]

I noticed a lot of people are talking about a change in Dr. Paul's tone etc... seems a lot of people are bugged by it...

my opinion is it isn't a big deal... I loved his tone then and I love his tone now...

[pacelli]

I agree that he's been correct but I dont think he's going to win people over being rude and aggressive. There is a big difference between being confident and being rude, and I think he's falling in the rude/aggressive category.

Yep. Cuz that approach worked SO WELL in the past:

YouTube - ANDERSON COOPER LIES TO RON PAUL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFvD8KnwO2E)

[Captain Shays]

If you guys think the good doctor was being too aggressive then, you should have seen him years ago when he was younger. What a fire cracker! I WISH he would stand up to the pieces of crap that talk him down. I think he's been way too polite especially during the Republican debates.

One thing I really wish he would do more often is point out that the Dems were the party in power during the start of so many wars, that it's the Dems who are the real globalists and war mongerers and corporatists. That its the Dems who were the first to throw nuclear bombs at civilian populations. It was the Dems who pushed on this country ALL the unconstitutional programs and policies that have destroyed our economy from Socialist Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Dept of Ed, Dept of Ag, Prescription drugs, Dept of Housing, Welfare, and Food stamps. ALL of their programs are completely unsustainable.
Worst of all is their Federal reserve System.

It was also the Dems who started the IRS, got us into the UN, NAFTA, WTO and the IMF.

It's the Dems fault that we're dependent on oil and it was the Dems who started the authoritarianism of first the war on alcohol then the war on (some) drugs).

Actually it was passage of the 18th Amendment that initially caused our dependence on oil because the main funder of the 18th was John D Rockefeller who had a waste product in the production of Kerosene called gasoline. Up til then, ALL cars, trucks and tractors were fueled by alcohol which was refined by just about every farmer in the country (and still powers race cars).

So not only did the Dems create a permanent crime culture in this country which was the cause of more violent deaths than just about anything else but they also created an authoritarian police state where the Federal Govt presumes to tell free people what they can and cannot put into their own bodies. The result of the war on drugs in that a hugely disproportionate number of minority males are locked up in prisons for non violent drug offenses and the rest of us have fewer rights and freedoms for fear that we might have drugs or guns.

We NEED somebody to point these things out to the people and I wish it was Ron Paul. The progressives from both the major parties are the most reprehensible and loathsome scum on this entire planet but mostly from the Democrat wing of that corrupt bird.
Now the spineless, Republicans refuse to stand up to the Dems and we constantly hear them defend Socialist Security, and Medicare and few of them want to abolish the Fed, or the IRS or Dept of Ed. They only argue by degree. "We should give a tax break to some" but they NEVER champion abolishing the IRS all together.

But Ron Paul is absolutely correct about foreign policy but he doesn't make his case strong enough by blaming the Democrats. We ALL need to point out to our Republican friends that the Dems are the one's who started policing the world and sticking our noses in other country's business and name for them 1/2 the Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and ALL the others. This argument also cuts the Dems to the quick ESPECIALLY when they start with that Bush lied-people died BS

[dannno]

That was a great interview.

[dannno]

I noticed a lot of people are talking about a change in Dr. Paul's tone etc... seems a lot of people are bugged by it...

my opinion is it isn't a big deal... I loved his tone then and I love his tone now...

Nope, just one poster that I'm aware of.

Ron Paul is polite, but he can be a firecracker as well.

Ron Paul would NEVER be where he is today had he not confronted Rudy Giuliani in the debates like he did.

[StateofTrance]

Ron Paul would NEVER be where he is today had he not confronted Rudy Giuliani in the debates like he did.

Totally agree. Many people (specially liberals, anti-war crowd) came on board after this debate.

[someperson]

There is a satellite delay, I'm sure, so I doubt he was intentionally trying to talk over anyone. Great interview! I always love it when he shows the counterproductive absurdity of the meddling overseas. He touched on all 34857 issues :)

[Fr3shjive]

Joe: Congressman Paul will you be running for President in 2012?

Paul: You dont know that and I dont know that...etc.

Im not able to watch the video right now so I cant quote him word for word but this is just a small example of Paul's defensiveness that he exhibited in the interview. Joe never claimed to know if he was running for president and was asking a legitimate question. Paul takes it defensively and says that Joe doesnt know. WTF?

Im a huge Paul supporter I just think its a little weird for him to be so defensive and aggressive in these interviews. I preferred the old Paul who would have a DISCUSSION with the interviewers rather than talking over them the entire time.

My 2 cents.

[someperson]

I didn't take that as being defensive; he was making a joke, and I believe Joe understood it was said in jest. He's essentially saying, "You're asking me? lol I don't know either!"

[teacherone]

you have some oral comprehension problems.

that was a fabulous interview. amazing...amazing...

what a man!


Joe: Congressman Paul will you be running for President in 2012?

Paul: You dont know that and I dont know that...etc.

Im not able to watch the video right now so I cant quote him word for word but this is just a small example of Paul's defensiveness that he exhibited in the interview. Joe never claimed to know if he was running for president and was asking a legitimate question. Paul takes it defensively and says that Joe doesnt know. WTF?

Im a huge Paul supporter I just think its a little weird for him to be so defensive and aggressive in these interviews. I preferred the old Paul who would have a DISCUSSION with the interviewers rather than talking over them the entire time.

My 2 cents.

[TheEvilDetector]

He is perfectly entitled to be assertive. Maybe he feels now the movement is really getting steam and his sense of confidence is behind his new demeanor.

Also, I would like to add a general point:

No matter how successful the movement may become, we must always allow for the expression of dissenting views and we must protect the rights of those who dissent
with us.

The second we crack down on those who disagree with us (in the sense of trying to shut them down, rather than simply disagreeing with them), is the second we've lost EVERYTHING we tried hard to win and are supposed to hold dear.

Many times in the past well intentioned people, subtly got caught up in a tyranny of their own making. We WILL BE NO DIFFERENT if we end up being pompous all knowing masters of the universe.

While this may sound paradoxical, the only sure way to preserve personal liberty is to not deny it to people whom you may not like.

Hubris must be clearly identified and recognised as such.

[someperson]

No matter how successful the movement may become, we must always allow for the expression of dissenting views and we must protect the rights of those who dissent
with us.
Dr. Paul made it a point to mention that at the end of his CPAC speech :)

[RileyE104]

Lol, am I the only one who can't stop laughing after hearing Ron say "boosum buddies" ? :D

[disorderlyvision]

RP did excellent in that interview

[Peace&Freedom]

Ron did a great job. His CPAC speech seemed to me sloppy at times, as if he had not prepared his remarks at all, but he was okay here. We have to take into consideration that he has had to train himself to get in his points so quickly in the time alloted, that there are rough edges to his articulation of the issues. Anyways, it's always a blast to see Paul on financial shows because it's a flip of the normal situation (more informed journalists having to simplify things for the guest). Paul is far more economically learned than these TV heads, and they often look stupefied as to how to keep up with him!

[silus]

I dont like this new, combatitve, overly aggressive Ron Paul. He used to be cordial and patient in interviews, now it seems like he wants to cut everybody off these days and not let anybody get a word in.

He just needs to be the same person he's been the last 3 years that got him to where he is. People like him because he's respectful and nice, because he doesnt need to talk over you in order to get his point across.

The people that were interviewing Ron Paul were actually fans of his and it seemed like Ron Paul was on the defensive.
1. The guy is almost 75. He's been doing this far too long for you to nitpick like this.
2. You're talking about 3 years, but are you aware of how fiery Ron Paul used to be?

[BlackTerrel]

I dont like this new, combatitve, overly aggressive Ron Paul. He used to be cordial and patient in interviews, now it seems like he wants to cut everybody off these days and not let anybody get a word in.

He just needs to be the same person he's been the last 3 years that got him to where he is. People like him because he's respectful and nice, because he doesnt need to talk over you in order to get his point across.

The people that were interviewing Ron Paul were actually fans of his and it seemed like Ron Paul was on the defensive.

He's a aggressive and confident but he didn't strike me as rude at all.