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low preference guy
10-12-2010, 08:37 PM
It's a hit piece, but it's good to see these creeps give Ron recognition even if begrudgingly.


One way to measure the surprising rightward political lurch of the past two years and rise of the Tea Party is to chart the relative position of Ron Paul, who has never flinched from his beliefs. He’s not alone anymore.


http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/coma/images/issues/201011/ron-paul-tea-party-wide.jpg

Read more (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/the-tea-partyand8217s-brain/8280).
Indy Vidual
10-12-2010, 08:44 PM
He has become its intellectual godfather—and its actual father, in the case of its brightest rising star, his son Rand Paul, Kentucky’s GOP Senate nominee. The Tea Party has overrun the Republican Party everywhere from Alaska to Kentucky to Maine, and a version of Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve just passed the Senate unanimously en route to becoming law. Today, on matters of economic politics, Paul is at least as significant as any of the Republicans he shared the stage with in the 2007 South Carolina debate. :)
DjLoTi
10-12-2010, 08:46 PM
the mayans were right. 2012 will be the dawn of a new era
wormyguy
10-12-2010, 08:49 PM
Of course, they state Keynesian economics as fact. After all "most experts" agree.

:rolleyes:

(That's not actually true, at least a plurality of American economists are monetarists).
low preference guy
10-12-2010, 08:50 PM
Of course, they state Keynesian economics as fact. After all "most experts" agree.

:rolleyes:

(That's not actually true, at least a plurality of American economists are monetarists).

Many austrians see monetarism as a form of keynesianism. even Friedman admitted that he accepts Keynes framework, which austrians consider incorrect.
LibertyEagle
10-12-2010, 08:52 PM
That was a pretty decent article. Some issues, of course, like calling him an isolationist, etc., but still pretty decent.
aravoth
10-12-2010, 09:42 PM
the mayans were right. 2012 will be the dawn of a new era

lol, awsome DJ
Fr3shjive
10-12-2010, 09:55 PM
the mayans were right. 2012 will be the dawn of a new era

You may be right. One of the biggest neo-cons that I know is actually starting to talk about Ron Paul like he's the next big thing.
low preference guy
10-12-2010, 10:00 PM
You may be right. One of the biggest neo-cons that I know is actually starting to talk about Ron Paul like he's the next big thing.

i'm not sure why i find this hilarious
Stary Hickory
10-12-2010, 10:12 PM
Ron Paul enjoys a deserved respect amongst the tea party crowd. Sometimes it looks like it might be his revolution after all.
Jcambeis
10-12-2010, 10:49 PM
The tea parties moral character
Matt Collins
10-13-2010, 11:32 PM
Subtle hit piece perhaps?
devil21
10-14-2010, 03:14 AM
Subtle hit piece perhaps?

There was certainly some choice words used but I wouldn't call it a hit piece. Sure, there's the old "isolationist" and "quixotic" tags always applied to RP by the media but it also highlights his close relationship with Reagan, who always gives Republicans hot flashes, and an accurate account of his personal history, which shows him to be a genuine man, not a born and bred politician. They cancel out mostly.

Hell, considering where we started with this whole thing Im tickled to even read an article like that. I even learned a few things I didn't know. Who knew that House leadership purposely stonewalled RP on committee chairman positions TWICE?

eta: the comments are great!
Chieftain1776
10-14-2010, 10:52 AM
Glad I--and others who emailed Joe Scarborough-- got some credit for giving Ron the boost.


To Paul’s delight, he is in such constant demand that he installed video equipment in his district office to spare himself the drive to Houston studios. “Before, they’d totally ignore me,” he says. “But after the housing bubble burst, people like [MSNBC host] Joe Scarborough and others started reading my speeches, and when I go on the air now”—Paul is beaming—“he’ll introduce me by reading some of my predictions from 2002, 2004, about how there’s a bubble coming and we ought to remove the line of credit to the Treasury for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

Here's the RPF post (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=181431) calling for emailing Joe Scarborough.
low preference guy
10-14-2010, 12:26 PM
Glad I--and others who emailed Joe Scarborough-- got some credit for giving Ron the boost.



Here's the RPF post (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=181431) calling for emailing Joe Scarborough.

great post Chief.
brandon
10-14-2010, 12:52 PM
Was hoping for a funny picture when I entered this thread, so I decided to make one.


http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8158/teabrain.jpg
sailingaway
10-14-2010, 01:09 PM
Who knew that House leadership purposely stonewalled RP on committee chairman positions TWICE?



Makes for a great election ad, these days!
The Dude
10-14-2010, 02:15 PM
Am I the only one who absolutely loves that picture of Ron in the OP?
Lucille
10-14-2010, 03:01 PM
There was certainly some choice words used but I wouldn't call it a hit piece. Sure, there's the old "isolationist" and "quixotic" tags always applied to RP by the media but it also highlights his close relationship with Reagan, who always gives Republicans hot flashes, and an accurate account of his personal history, which shows him to be a genuine man, not a born and bred politician. They cancel out mostly.

Hell, considering where we started with this whole thing Im tickled to even read an article like that. I even learned a few things I didn't know. Who knew that House leadership purposely stonewalled RP on committee chairman positions TWICE?

eta: the comments are great!

The dirty rat bastards...

Brain Doherty (one of the reason good-uns) covered it today:

Ron Paul: Could He Win in San Francisco? (http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/13/ron-paul-could-he-win-in-san-f)


As an advocate of libertarianism in the public sphere for over two decades, I know full well most Americans get really annoyed by its consistent application. But something about Ron Paul seems to trigger some recognition in even journalists that this is a guy with a serious, well-intentioned, and possibly vitally important message.
[...]
I think author Joshua Green is highly overestimating the actual influence of Paul, or willingness to act, if and when in actual power again, in Paulian manner, of the mainstream GOP. That said, I've underestimated the power of the resurgent Ron Paul phenomenon a bit since he first announced his presidential run in January 2007 (when I was, I'm pretty sure, the first national journalist to interview him about it)...


Was hoping for a funny picture when I entered this thread, so I decided to make one.


http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8158/teabrain.jpg

LOL @ the Libertarian Streak and Knowledge of the Constitution and, well, all of it. Nicely done!