Ron Paul will be on Wolf Blitzer (10/17/11) - toady

[Matt Collins]

At 5 pm ET :toady: Ron Paul will be on CNN with Wolf Blitzer to preview economic plan

[V3n]

Thanks for the heads up! :toady:

[harikaried]

2pm pacific? An hour before the event in Vegas! I just need to find a shuttle from the airport to the Vegas Strip..

[AlexG]

2pm pacific? An hour before the event in Vegas! I just need to find a shuttle from the airport to the Vegas Strip..

According to Ron's website the press conference is at 3PM ET and Wolf Blizter is at 5PM ET.. so that's after the press conference right?

[sailingaway]

bump

[bb_dg]

Will the conference be broadcasted? Will it be streamed?

[JamesButabi]

According to Ron's website the press conference is at 3PM ET and Wolf Blizter is at 5PM ET.. so that's after the press conference right?

says conference is 3PM pacific time on the site.

[iamse7en]

http://www.rentadrone.tv/cnn-live-stream/

[pauliticalfan]

"controversial new plan"

first story coming up... wow this is big

[tsai3904]

Wolf said Ron will be on around 5:30 ET.

[pauliticalfan]

haha perfect contrast with Obama's jobs plan, this is great.

[KramerDSP]

"How will this plan affect government workers?" asks Wolf Blitzer as the teaser portion. Looks like he'll be probing Ron about all the government jobs being lost due to his plan.

[Diashi]

Edit: relocating link.

[anewvoice]

"How will this plan affect government workers?" asks Wolf Blitzer as the teaser portion. Looks like he'll be probing Ron about all the government jobs being lost due to his plan.

Yeah, pretty sure Ron will have that one in the bag.

[eleganz]

At least RP will be there to defend all of the jabs coming his way, and we all know Paul is a winner when he is there to speak for himself. :)

[CavortingChicken]

heres the live feed http://www.zahitv.com/2010/08/watch-cnn-news-live/

[jax]

Anyone else think that they are delaying ron untill obamas speech gets closer so that they have an excuse to cut him off?

[thehungarian]

On now. Let's do this shit.

[jware]

talking about 221,000 govt job cuts

[AdamT]

Wolf trying to bash RP by cutting all the government jobs.

[thehungarian]

Holy shit, Wolf. Let him talk.

[speciallyblend]

woot woot i am closer to the people and the military woot woot

[thehighwaymanq]

He brought up the military donations! Yes

[AdamT]

Wolf trying hard to make Ron look bad.

[JoshS]

RON'S DROPPING HUGE TRUTHBOMBS, wolf's cutting him off every 2 seconds in fright.

[iamse7en]

Will Republicans go with this? Ron should have remembered to say, "I'm just cutting war/defense spending to 2006 levels, which is ABOVE the Bush administration average!"

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Wolf needs to shut up.

[Bruno]

Ron should laughingly say, "Wolf, I thought this was going to be an interview, not your monologue..."

[jware]

Ron is PUMPED! Laying down epic amounts of truth on the public

[Orgoonian]

Dr.Paul taking no prisoners toady!

[CavortingChicken]

pretty pretty pretty good!

[JoshS]

wow ron seems fully invigorated i love it

[jax]

Horrible interview

[Seth]

Wow, Wolf just fired off as many questions as quickly as possible to try to catch Ron off guard.

[LibertyEsq]

WTF wolf blitzer was just on the attack the entire time. Why not give an honest non-biased interview for once?

[hazek]

Man I could punch that guys teeth out for being such a fking ass to Ron. Attack, attack, smear and marginalize, that's all the mainstream media propaganda machine ever does.

I wished reporters and journalists would somehow fear for their life if they didn't report the facts.

[anewvoice]

Wolf didn't want to wait for answers, just wanted to zing, but Dr. Paul was raring to go. Demand the truth, I do not cut defense spending, those are non-productive jobs. CNN attacking a republican candidate is great press!

[pauliticalfan]

Ron needs to slow the freak down.

[speciallyblend]

wolf just got pawned.

[Kords21]

Ron seemed to be fired up and keeping his answers short and to the point

[Workguy23]

Horrible interview
horrible interviewer

[anewvoice]

Horrible interview

Horrible interviewer, Ron answered as quickly as he was asked. Oh yeah and the military supports me most!

Damn Workguy23 beat me to it! :)

[undergroundrr]

Great the way Paul quickly identified the attack mode and began to respond in kind. They will attack. But he didn't defend, he attacked back.

[XTreat]

I am happy, I think it went well.

[ronpaulfollower999]

They gave the race car driver like 30 minutes and Ron only got like 5? Wtf?

[RabbitMan]

That interview sucked. Talked about how the plan was 'radical', insinuated that Ron Paul was insulting government workers, lied that the plan said that ALL of the employees from these departments would be fired when in fact in many cases they would be merged and provide jobs to the states in the block granting, and then went off-topic on Iran. Ugh.

[Seth]

Ron needs to slow the freak down.

Wolf was to one who kept interrupting him and firing off quick questions.

[FluxCapacitor]

Ron is happy and confidant!

[speciallyblend]

Wow, Wolf just fired off as many questions as quickly as possible to try to catch Ron off guard.

and wolf failed:)

[bluesc]

Don't the military donation totals include Obama as well? He got more than all of them combined, including the current Commander in chief. Pretty good interview.

[mit26chell]

damn...ron was on top of his game in this interview! im so sick and tired of wolf blitzer though, tbh. what an annoying mofo.

[BuddyRey]

That was amazing. I think the guy who makes those great "Ron Paul PWNS (insert name here)" videos could have a field day on this one! Ron Paul was ON FIRE!

[Bruno]

Horrible interviewer

Fixed!!

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Ron did great in the interview, but Wolf was being annoying.

[TwoJ]

Wasn't too bad, but yea it seemed Wolf was pretty heavy on the attack. I hadn't seen any of his stuff before though so I thought that is how he normally is.

Did he just say all 7 candidates at the end or did he mean Paul plus the 7 others? Is someone not going to tomorrow's debate?

[undergroundrr]

That interview sucked. Talked about how the plan was 'radical',

Yeah, but Ron used "radical" first. He wins.

[zerosdontcount]

Love when ron is super confident! Making me full of energy just watching him

[teacherone]

ron needs to slow down and talk about what he came to talk about.

keeps being led down rabbit holes.

[The Magic Hoof]

Just missed it. Tube?

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Yeah, but Ron used "radical" first. He wins.

I'd like to see him do that more. Point out who the real radicals and extremists are.

[teacherone]

Just missed it. Tube?

don't bother...will just piss you off

[Eric21ND]

I love when Ron says "militarism".

[ZanZibar]

They gave the race car driver like 30 minutes and Ron only got like 5? Wtf?They give what their audience wants. Now think about that... :(

[The Magic Hoof]

I want to see Paul get feisty though. Hook, jab, uppercut!

[Restore America Now]

Is someone not going to tomorrow's debate?

Huntsman is boycotting NV.

[TheDriver]

Ron made some good points; Blitzer interrupted entirely too much.

[roversaurus]

Wolf didn't want to wait for answers, just wanted to zing, but Dr. Paul was raring to go. Demand the truth, I do not cut defense spending, those are non-productive jobs. CNN attacking a republican candidate is great press!

Absolutely great press to have CNN attack you.

[BuddyRey]

Wow, I'm surprised some of y'all didn't like the interview. I thought Ron hit it out of the park, successfully judo'ed Wolf Blitzer's attacks, and just made Wolf look like a naive idiot.

[davidt!]

Ron looks pumped up! Got me pumped!

[Workguy23]

Does anyone else notice how everyone, when either talking to Ron or the offhand chance they mention his name, the reporters seem so awkward, they start stammering and forget there point. I think Dr. Paul's presence is even more intimidating to them. During the debates, the moderators, i think flat out fear him. With the other candidates, you know what the answer is going to be, hell I bet they give ALL the other candidates the questions beforehand. But they never know what Dr. Paul is going to say so they always get caught obviously trying to 1-up him. But I think more journalist are fearing him because, he's un-1-uppable.

[RonPaulCult]

Yikes, those comments about Iran could hurt him.

[Kords21]

I'm sure Wolf's producers were screaming into his earpiece the whole time

[LBennett76]

Wolf trying to get him to clarify the war propaganda comment to so they could get something quotable to attack him with later... makes me want to smack that man upside the head. Watch that be one of the 2-3 questions he'll get in the debate tomorrow. :rolleyes:

[JackieDan]

youtube? rpflix?

[Seth]

What the hell does the Department of Energy have to do with our nuclear stockpile?

[ctiger2]

What the hell does the Department of Energy have to do with our nuclear stockpile?

Nothing. Wolf's #1 goal the entire interview to make people FEAR a Paul presidency.

Case in point, my step dad gets all his news off MSM and he told me Ron scares the shit out of him. He totally buys the "we must fight them over there" line.

[bluesc]

Tube will be up momentarily.

[1000-points-of-fright]

What the hell does the Department of Energy have to do with our nuclear stockpile?

I was wondering the same thing.

[Rudeman]

Ron did great, I didn't like that Wolf kept interrupting him, seemed more like an attack than an interview. I haven't seen Wolf interview the other candidates, I wonder if he attacks them as well.

[thehungarian]

What the hell does the Department of Energy have to do with our nuclear stockpile?

I was wondering this, too.

[bluesc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGd6frfYBU

[Eric21ND]

Huntsman is boycotting NV.
Honey Badger don't care.

[rajibo]

I think this is the first time I ever heard him use the phrase "As President, ..."

[slamhead]

Yeah, but Ron used "radical" first. He wins.

I felt the same way. It was intentional for Ron Paul to throw out radical first regarding the current economic policy as he knew they would be using the word radical to discredit his plan.

[jax]

Jesus now they are pimping herman cain incredibly

[LibertAtOnce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGd6frfYBU

Subscribed. Good job man.

[Liberty74]

Wolf is a POS.

RP should only do shows where the interviewer is at least neutral, not a die hard liberal fascist pig like Wolf who cries over getting rid of inefficient government jobs that don't produce one damn thing to our economy yet adds to our debt. Government jobs, in general, are a waste and drain on financial resources.

[Brian4Liberty]

What the hell does the Department of Energy have to do with our nuclear stockpile?

When the Department of Energy was created in 1977 it absorbed other departments that were in charge of nuclear weapons development and maintenance. Historically, the Manhattan project became part of the Atomic Energy Commission, which became the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was then folded into the new Department of Energy.

[1000-points-of-fright]

When the Department of Energy was created in 1977 it absorbed other departments that were in charge of nuclear weapons development and maintenance. Historically, the Manhattan project became part of the Atomic Energy Commission, which became the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was then folded into the new Department of Energy.

Since Nukes are military weapons, they should be overseen by the defense dept.

[eduardo89]

How I hate Wolf Blitzer....

[anewvoice]

Since Nukes are military weapons, they should be overseen by the defense dept.

Honestly before today I had assumed they were.

[Brian4Liberty]

Since Nukes are military weapons, they should be overseen by the defense dept.

You could organize it anyway you want. There tends to be a culture clash between scientists and the military though.

At first, they were under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

[eduardo89]

Since Nukes are military weapons, they should be overseen by the defense dept.

Don't be ridiculous. Nukes should be overseen by a bloated bureaucracy!

[John F Kennedy III]

Fuck Wolf Blitzer.

[cero]

that was awesome,
wolf was fucking trying HARD to trip Dr.Paul up but he failed.

[michaelkellenger]

I officially loathe Wolf Blitzer. I know he was an idiot, always has been (see his performance on celebrity Jeopardy), but he's a good old fashion asshole. He was a jerk in the debate, but this interview was smear journalism. Sean Hannity gives far better interviews than this, this was on par with O'Reilly.

[asurfaholic]

wolf... such a prick. such a prick...

BTO

[eduardo89]

I officially loathe Wolf Blitzer. I know he was an idiot, always has been (see his performance on celebrity Jeopardy), but he's a good old fashion asshole. He was a jerk in the debate, but this interview was smear journalism. Sean Hannity gives far better interviews than this, this was on par with O'Reilly.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVC28oemocA

Wolf Blitzer: -$4600
Andy Richter: $39000

[Lafayette]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVC28oemocA

Wolf Blitzer: -$4600
Andy Richter: $39000

HA! He played so bad they felt sorry for him and gave him a bailout :D

Amazing Amazing

[Romulus]

Fuck Wolf Blitzer.

Plus. Fucking. REP.

[Romulus]

but but but they feel like they are 'productive' jobs!!!!

Fuck you Wolf.

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Why is everyone jumping on Wolf? Dr. Paul made some comments that are going to come off as very controversial to some, especially in the GOP. Calling the Iran terrorist talk "war propaganda" (though accurate) is going make some people very angry. Wolf would be remiss if he didn't try to get Dr. Paul's statement clarified and give him a chance to walk it back if he wanted.

This was a great interview. Dr. Paul made some great points. My favorite one was @4:18, when he said the people are way ahead of the politicians, and that's why we have the Tea Party and sit-ins on Wall Street.

[akalucas]

I really dont see what u guys are talking about. the interview was great and paul got to give his answers. You can tell wolfie respects that paul speaks his mind with his ending comment. tough questions but great answers, that looks more presidential than if he gave him superficial easy questions.

[undergroundrr]

My favorite one was @4:18, when he said the people are way ahead of the politicians, and that's why we have the Tea Party and sit-ins on Wall Street.

I love that connection. I can see thousands of people with puzzled looks on their faces as they reconcile the two.

Other good thing about this interview - no mention of a third-party run. Wolf must have run out of time before he got to it.

[asurfaholic]

I really dont see what u guys are talking about. the interview was great and paul got to give his answers. You can tell wolfie respects that paul speaks his mind with his ending comment. tough questions but great answers, that looks more presidential than if he gave him superficial easy questions.

There's a clear difference between asking tough questions, and simply trying to smear a guy. Wolf doesn't want to give Paul a good interview, he is trying to load himself up with ammo to attack PAUL with at the next debate/panel discussion. This is a good interview, but only because Ron is so brilliant, and has a good answer for every question. Wolf gets no credit for this.

[Orgoonian]

Wolfie interview with "Mittens"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLSab2mWAJc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLSab2mWAJc

Wolfie interview with Cain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6g5OxJuM-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6g5OxJuM-M

[icon124]

Bad interviewer but Ron finally got a ton of points across I rarely hear; Military donations, as president, politicians are crazy.

[akalucas]

There's a clear difference between asking tough questions, and simply trying to smear a guy. Wolf doesn't want to give Paul a good interview, he is trying to load himself up with ammo to attack PAUL with at the next debate/panel discussion. This is a good interview, but only because Ron is so brilliant, and has a good answer for every question. Wolf gets no credit for this. I dont know, I didnt see any smearing of Paul just tough questions. He is asking questions that we know democrats and neocons will ask him anyways. If anything, they would wait till the debate to unload these questions so he doesnt have time to think about how to deliver his answer. Wolf always has him on his show and sometimes he is tough and sometimes not. These are HUGE changes and I think they require tough questions if people are going to be convinced that this is the right path. every time i talke to someone about cutting departments they pretty ask me the same questions wolf did: what about all those jobs lost in cutting departmenst? If those departments are cut who is going manage some of the important things they do? how are u going to get dems and repubs to work together to pass some of this stuff? If u cut the military will this effect vets or our defense? THen neocons always ask, "what about threat of terrorism and iran." These are not smearing questions, but valid questions that other people who are not libertarian republicans ask, if u catch my drift. Answering these questions are very important when the person that is running for president is asking for BIG changes. Other candidates might not get these kind of questions because they just mostly want the same thing with a little tweak here and there. these questions are much better than asking him about school lunches lol. I can tell Paul was enjoying himself being asked these tough questions.

[bolidew]

███ did great, I didn't like that Wolf kept interrupting him, seemed more like an attack than an interview. I haven't seen Wolf interview the other candidates, I wonder if he attacks them as well.
he did from time to time.

[Rudeman]

he did from time to time.

If it's just Wolf's interview style I can accept that.

[AlexAmore]

It was a tough interview but a FAIR interview. Ron Paul got to answer a lot of questions on the minds of neocons and he did it brilliantly. Ron Paul was very comfortable which makes me thing Wolf and him are on good terms. Ron Paul was in his studio for God sakes.

[Birdlady]

I think RP did amazing! Wolf wasn't really out of line either in my opinion.

[rawful]

Poor AIPAC Wolf didn't get his gotcha sound bite. Ron did good.

[Nathan Hale]

Tubes???

[eduardo89]

Tubes???

look a few pages back

[Nickwanz]

Man I could punch that guys teeth out for being such a fking ass to Ron. Attack, attack, smear and marginalize, that's all the mainstream media propaganda machine ever does.

I wished reporters and journalists would somehow fear for their life if they didn't report the facts. Abject journalism died after Viet Nam, never again would the establishment let the people disrupt the war machine. Cuz now they just "steer" public opinion to nip disent at the bud.

[NIU Students for Liberty]

As a few others have already mentioned, I did not notice any definitive smear tactics on the part of Wolf that people like Bill O'Reily, Chris Mathews, and Lawrence O'Donnell would use against Ron. Viewers deserve to know about the details of Ron's plan since much of what he is proposing is unheard of for a presidential candidate. The level of confidence and conciseness in Ron's answers was simply awesome and the interview provided him a good work out for what lies ahead of him in tomorrow night's debate.

[IDefendThePlatform]

Ron did freaking awesome in that interview. Makes me feel great about supporting him. No one else comes close to saying this stuff.

And Wolf seemed flat out frightened about the possibility that the Paul Plan would catch on and grow in popularity. He was so on edge the first few minutes of that interview just trying his hardest to attack Dr. P without being too biased.

Today was a good day.

[69360]

Ron did great! He answered every question well and explained his positions well. Wolf was tough but not unfair and I didn't see it as an attack or smear. He did what a reporter should do ask the tough questions viewers will want to know the answers to. It's better for Ron to get the correct answers to these questions out there now rather than let the media speculate.

[Paul4Prez]

What do you call a plan that lays off 200,000 government workers? A good start.

[Paul4Prez]

I think Wolf Blitzer respects Ron Paul. Wolf's bosses demanded that he go after him and tear him down, but getting the tough questions from a respected journalist is sometimes the best way to get your opinions out there. Give credit to CNN for granting him an interview, and treating him like a serious candidate. Just don't expect them to throw roses at his feet when he announces plans to topple the Establishment.

[idiom]

I actually thought the question at the beginning with the job cuts was brilliant journalistic competency. You wouldn't know they could actually ask hard questions if it weren't for RP.