Brent Budowsky: Ron Paul can change the world if he supports the OWS movement....

[wgadget]

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-a-budget/185623-ron-paul-can-change-the-world-if-he-supports-the-occupy-wall-street-movement

What do you guys think?

Recently I wrote about the bailed-out bankers’ boys and named Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Chris Christie and their friends. Then Ron Paul gave what appeared to be support to the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is too early for me to retract that comment about Ron, but if he truly supports the Occupy Wall Street movement, which I will discuss at length in my column in The Hill on Thursday, I will retract it and publicly apologize.

Let’s be clear. The Occupy Wall Street movement is only marginally about the Federal Reserve. It is mostly about the greed of many in the banking and Wall Street worlds. Will Ron Paul oppose the new fees being imposed by banks? Will he stand with consumers on the range of issues where the bailed-out banks abuse them? I doubt he will but hope he does. I am following this closely, and welcome any comments, especially those quoting Ron Paul as opposing current actions of big banks, if he does.

If Ron Paul does support the Occupy Wall Street movement, as he hinted, it could create a new fusion of true conservative populists and true liberal populists. This would change America. It would do more for American consumers and workers than any event in recent politics. Will Ron Paul do it? I doubt it. In the end I predict he will side with what the big banks are doing today that hurts Americans.

But: Nothing would make me happier than Ron Paul proving me wrong about these matters. If he does, he will get my apology and I will sing his praises because if Ron Paul supports the Occupy Wall Street movement he can change America, and bless him for it.

[redmod79]

the guy is a moron

[PastaRocket848]

so... he wants Ron Paul to join a marxist revolution? Not happening...

[bluesc]

He's not going to support a socialist agenda that the left wing media is now pushing. He went as far as to say they have a right to protest, and if they are protesting corporatism, that's good, if they are protesting people who have earned their wealth, not good.

Talks about it here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqfl7z_DQe4

Brent is a liberal, he wants Ron to come out in full support of this 1% crap. Not going to happen.

[specsaregood]

the guy is a moron

Yes, well Ron Paul supports that right as well.

[Sola_Fide]

Stupid...

[mainstream economist]

Ugh, he must have gotten thousands of comments pointing out the factual errors (perhaps intentional lies?) in his previous article. How can he reiterate his original thesis that Ron Paul is a buddy of the bailed out bankers when Ron Paul has stood against every bailout every time??!!

Budowsky's idiocy is clearly revealed when he writes:

Will Ron Paul oppose the new fees being imposed by banks?

Note that when people like Budowsky say "oppose" something they mean "endorse government regulation of" that thing.

Ron Paul will never endorse that. Instead, Dr. Paul would say that those fees would be lower in a free market in which the big banksters are unable to suck from teat of Big Government and therefore receive a leg up on honest competitors who might charge lower feees. It is so typical of people like Budowsky to ignore the cause and focus on the symptom.

[UtahApocalypse]

I agree..... but look at it this way. We do not have to support their reasoning or beliefs. We need to take this time when they are angry, and unsettled and educate them as to why.

[PastaRocket848]

if ron supports any one of the 13 demands they are arguing for, he will lose my support. they're completely contradictory to what OUR movement stands for. this is nothing more than a bunch of uneducated kids trying to reform a system they don't understand.

[bluesc]

I agree..... but look at it this way. We do not have to support their reasoning or beliefs. We need to take this time when they are angry, and unsettled and educate them as to why.

Impossible with the left wing media and the unions backing them. You can educate the few on the ground, but the armchair protestors on reddit will NOT listen. Trust me. The left wanted their own Tea Party, and saw the opportunity.

[John F Kennedy III]

I agree..... but look at it this way. We do not have to support their reasoning or beliefs. We need to take this time when they are angry, and unsettled and educate them as to why.

This.

[jmdrake]

Let's see. Ron Paul stood against the bailout and yet this stupid blogger named him in the same breath as Perry and Christie as the "bailed-out bankers friends"? How about Obama who actually supported the bailout? Fail!

[UtahApocalypse]

Impossible with the left wing media and the unions backing them. You can educate the few on the ground, but the armchair protestors on reddit will NOT listen. Trust me. The left wanted their own Tea Party, and saw the opportunity.

I could care as much about "armchair posters" on Reddit etc as I do online polls. Those people who get off the couch and go "Occupy" wherever it may be will get off the couch and vote. They are the ones we need to get educated and turned onto Ron Paul.

[matt0611]

if ron supports any one of the 13 demands they are arguing for, he will lose my support. they're completely contradictory to what OUR movement stands for. this is nothing more than a bunch of uneducated kids trying to reform a system they don't understand.

Ron would never. Ron is a true believer and his views are solid and unwavering.
If Ron supported any one of those views/demands the universe itself would implode.

That being said, Ron does actually understand their frustrations, and if he ever did "support the movement" that would where he would connect with them.

[bluesc]

I could care as much about "armchair posters" on Reddit etc as I do online polls. Those people who get off the couch and go "Occupy" wherever it may be will get off the couch and vote. They are the ones we need to get educated and turned onto Ron Paul.

The armchair protestors are the 99%. The ones on the ground probably make up a couple of thousand. How many of them can be convinced? Videos from Adam Kokesh suggest at least not all of them. Of course, some can be, but how far can a thousand or two go, especially when they would need to change voter registration, when we are trying to win the nomination that requires millions of votes?

Of course, if people want to go down there to educate, that's their choice. I've already said I personally would, just not in a Ron Paul tshirt.

[CaptainAmerica]

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