Ron Paul on CNN w/ Wolf Blitzer (12/14/11)

[Matt Collins]

Ron Paul will be on CNN w/ Wolf Blitzer 4:25p (12/14/11). This is the official thread! :cool:



ON EDIT:

Looks like someone has posted this interview on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UMsbNVfuO4&feature=player_embedded

[harikaried]

Wolf Blitzer again! Ron Paul must really enjoy answering his questions! ;)

[TER]

I hope he mentions the money bomb!

[trey4sports]

hope he mentions the PPP numbers.

[KingNothing]

Blitz is already getting his third party questions lined up.

[cdc482]

Ron's gonna slam the third part question with this latest poll

[pauliticalfan]

Wolf Blitzer experimenting with how many different ways he can ask the same question.

[djruden]

I hope he asks him if he's gonna run 3rd party!

[randomname]

hope he mentions the PPP numbers.

this. tweet them to @wolfblitzerCNN and @cnnsitroom

and try their contact forms:
http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/show/?s=jackcafferty
http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/show/?s=wolfblitzer

[barth]

"So, congressman, are you going to run 3rd party ?"
"But what about other candidates ? Who will you support ?"

[Chieppa1]

Ron's answer should be: "Why doesn't Newt run 3rd party? He's not even a conservative."

[Nate-ForLiberty]

Ron's answer should be: "Why doesn't Newt run 3rd party? He's not even a conservative."

SNAP! That is awesome!

[Havax]

"I will run 3rd party if I'm not nominated."

"Really?"

"No, just kidding. I don't have any plans to do that. Please stop asking me."

[Diurdi]

Ron's answer should be: "Why doesn't Newt run 3rd party? He's not even a conservative."
Hahah.

The content is going to be about Romney-Gingrich, 3rd party and "why do you love Iran and hate israel?".

[KingNothing]

"I will run 3rd party if I'm not nominated."

"Really?"

"No, just kidding. I don't have any plans to do that. Please stop asking me."

Holy crap, that is hilarious. I actually LOL'ed.

[V3n]

This is tomorrow?

[trey4sports]

bumpin' bumpin'

[Aratus]

cool

[Carole]

Oh, the patience Dr. Paul must have to answer the "third party" question for the 10k time. :)

He needs to switch up his answer. Maybe he should ignore the question altogether and just start talking about his campaign. Or, say, "No, my campaign is gathering steam and blah......."

Suggest to Blitz that he needs to ask this question of all the candidates to be fair.

Then again, it certainly keeps them on their toes, constantly wondering what he will do. :D

[Ireland4Liberty]

"So, congressman, are you going to run 3rd party ?"
"But what about other candidates ? Who will you support ?"

Ron really need to nip those disguisting questions in the bud. They are truely insulting to a man like Ron Paul.

[phill4paul]

"Wolf, there is about as much a chance of me running third party as there is that you will stop asking me this question in every interview."

[AlexAmore]

"If bears are Catholic, would they refrain from eating the Pope if they found him shitting in the woods?"

[vroomery]

bump for a streaming link?

[StateofTrance]

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

[StateofTrance]

"Iowa victory within reach for Ron Paul" - Wolf

[StateofTrance]

Talking about Ron now!!

[harikaried]

Talking about Ron Paul's amazing support.. spending years building up support in Iowa.

[jrice]

CNN report RIGHT now on the "AMAZING Support" Ron Paul is getting in Iowa

[StateofTrance]

Nice intro to his appearance. Amazing, amazing :D

[ross11988]

Showed the PPP poll, but it was wrong, it said he was at 17% not 21%

Showed: Gingrich 22%, Paul 17%, Romney 17%

[harikaried]

They showed ARG numbers.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/12/with-3-weeks-until-caucuses-gingrich-remains-on-top-in-iowa-polls/

[IterTemporis]

Right after Cavuto is Wolf.

[harikaried]

There was some text about "Ron Paul on cell phone ban"

[harikaried]

Wolf says Ron Paul is standing by live. Talking about congress shutdown.

[harikaried]

On now. Why is Congress so dysfunctional?

[Steve-in-NY]

Seems pretty fair so far.

[ross11988]

LOL "I look at article 1 section 8 and I don't see anything about cell phones in there" - Ron Paul

[ronpaulfollower999]

"Amazing"

[Steve-in-NY]

VP... Ive been wondering this as well...

OMG, how to differentiate between isolationist and non-interventionist.
SWEET!

[z9000]

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[specsaregood]

hah! again the supporters pushing these guys around.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Wow! Excellent job Wolf and no 3rd party question.

[IterTemporis]

That was incredible.. No third party candidate question.. Wolf asked him to explain the difference between isolationist and non-interventionist because he was hammered by Paul supporters.

Thank you Wolf.

[skyorbit]

That was a pretty good interview!!!

[TheDriver]

That was another stellar interview! Ron Paul 2012!

[trey4sports]

lol that was great.

[280Z28]

OMG, a SHOCKINGLY awesome interview from Wolf!!

[z9000]

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[WD-NY]

Amazing interview. AMAZING!!

[McChronagle]

Killed it

[odamn]

That was a Home run ... no Question!

[ItsTime]

Great interview.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Ron was on fire. He needs to keep this energy for tomorrows debate. There were virtually no "uhhhhs" or "ummm" or "weeeeeellls"

I wonder if its because of his debate prep. Hes done pretty well lately.

[Inkblots]

I almost fell out of my chair when Wolf let Paul explain the difference between isolationism and non-interventionism. That was great!

[newbitech]

in the past I have called you an isolationist, but your supporters have hammered me that you are not an isolationist, you are a non-interventionist. Please Congressman explain once and for all the difference between the two.

Paraphrased. Nice. Wake up media and the rest of you tards calling RP an isolationist!

[tsetsefly]

tube!

[StateofTrance]

Great interview! Amazing, amazing :D

[Diashi]

Wolf had a good interview, regardless of if it was allowed or not by someone of higher power at CNN, and we should show some appreciation:

Wolf Blitzer Contact Form. (http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2)

[Perry]

Home run on the definition of non-intervention vs isolationist. Ron was on his toes.

[Canderson]

I wanted to kiss Wolf on the mouth when he brought up the interventionism question.

[Steve-in-NY]

thanks for posting that stream, a co-worker messaged me needing a live stream site to test a product and I gave him that link. The whole room just watched the interview lol

[WD-NY]

Home run on the definition of non-intervention vs isolationist. Ron was on his toes.

Really, I thought he was all over the place on that question ... which was funny given how his face lit up when Wolf asked him to explain how he's a "non-interventionist" rather than an "isolationist" and what the difference between those 2 positions are.

He used big words and over complicated the differences between the two to the point of total confusion for the average viewer.


What's the simplest answer Ron could've given to the isolationist vs non-interventionist question??

[jrice]

Blitz: ... in the past I've called you an Isolationist and I get hammered (Ron: *smiles* Good! *laughs*) by your supporters out there. They write to me and they say Ron Paul is not an Isolationist he's a non-interventionist. Alright, tell our viewers once and for all the difference between an Isolationist and a Non-interventionist.

haha - Classic. It must be nice having your own army to "hammer" folks when they don't get the facts straight.

[280Z28]

Really, I thought he was all over the place on that question ... which was funny given how his face lit up when Wolf asked him to explain how he's a "non-interventionist" rather than an "isolationist" and what the difference between those 2 positions are.

He used big words and over complicated the differences between the two to the point of total confusion for the average viewer.

What's the simplest answer Ron could've given to the isolationist vs non-interventionist question??

The point that he's not an isolationist (rather the opposite actually) came through well even if you (the viewer) didn't understand the details.

[StateofTrance]

Blitz mentioning Sullivan's endorsement..Nice :D

[robertwerden]

emailed Wolf and thanked him

[z9000]

Donna Brazile giving us positive coverage, mentioned the daily beast endorsement.

[ItsTime]

thanks for posting that stream, a co-worker messaged me needing a live stream site to test a product and I gave him that link. The whole room just watched the interview lol

ha winning

[z9000]

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[ross11988]

Wolf Blitzer just corrected Donna Brazile when she said Ron Paul was isolationist, he replied back saying Ron Paul is a non-interventionist

[StateofTrance]

Wow..Wolf scolded Donna by saying : He's NOT an Isolationist-st, He's a non-interventionist" WOW WOW

Got to give props to Blitz man.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Wow...still talking about him!

And Wolf is grilling this pundit about why he doesn't think Ron can win the nomination.

And now he corrected Donna win she called him an isolationist!

[McChronagle]

Alex castellonas just called Ron Paul supporters nuts and trashed Ron for a quick minute and why he won't win. He then looked at the camera and said just kidding Ron Paul voters with a look on his face like O shit what did I just get myself into. Haha

[rawful]

And now there's a dumbass on there saying Ron will "bus in supporters from his home planet".

[brushfire]

Wow..Wolf scolded Donna by saying : He's NOT an Isolationist-st, He's a non-interventionist" WOW WOW

Got to give props to Blitz man.

Wow, really? Wolf said that?

AaaaWooooooooooooo!

Nice.

[braane]

That one guy... burns me hard. "Busing his supporters in from their home planet..."

[king_nothing_]

"thinks like a democrat on defense"

wow. insulting.
That guy was a complete moron. What is his name? He deserves a good hammering.

[odamn]

Who's this Dufus?

[ItsTime]

This is journalism?

[Cleaner44]

Wow..Wolf scolded Donna by saying : He's NOT an Isolationist-st, He's a non-interventionist" WOW WOW

Got to give props to Blitz man.

Amazing... amaaazing!

[StateofTrance]

Cafetery read an email from a Paul supporter:

"Mitt = Obama = Bush etc."

"Ron Paul = G Washington = Prophet"


Nice :D

[BuddyRey]

Aw man...I pray someone is getting a tube of this whole thing!

[king_nothing_]

info@alexcastellanos.com

[Xenophage]

tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobz

[McChronagle]

That guy was a complete moron. What is his name? He deserves a good hammering.

Alex castellonas

[green73]

yo quiero la tube

[V3n]

Alex castellonas

He sounded very out of touch. Like the wars, even the woman corrected him and implied that we're ALL tired of the wars, Democrat and Republican.

He was also implying that the Democrats are anti-war, where has he been for the past 3 years??

[Sweman]

Please, I need my tuuube!

[cucucachu0000]

tube all that crap damn it!

[green73]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UMsbNVfuO4

[Sweman]

+rep to both of you^^^^

Edit: Casey Jones, where did you go? :toady:

[KramerDSP]

I love this. Pinch me. I'm not sure if I'm awake!

[undergroundrr]

Sharp. Thanks Blitz for the great interview.

[JK/SEA]

I love this. Pinch me. I'm not sure if I'm awake!

i hear ya. I'm starting to wonder what planet i'm on...

[LibertyEagle]

That was a darn good interview by the good doctor. :D

A

[seapilot]

An example of a isolationist country would be North Korea. A non interventionist country would be Switzerland. Correct me if I made a mistake.

[Darthbrooklyn]

I wanted to kiss Wolf on the mouth when he brought up the interventionism question.

ROFL

[KramerDSP]

The two pro-Ron Paul letters Jack read were pretty random. The question was "Is Mitt Romney the Hillary Clinton of 2012?".

The first answer was "Romney=Clinton=Gingrich=Obama=Bush. Ron Paul=Thomas Jefferson=Prophet. Remember Dr. Paul called the financial collapse back in 2001".

The second answer read: "Only if Ron Paul is the Barack Obama. Newt, by the way, is the Howard Dean of 2012. Mitt is more the Bob Dole of 2012".

[V3n]

I was shocked SHOCKED Blitz didn't ask the 3rd Party question! :eek:

...yet Cavuto did. :rolleyes:

[Darthbrooklyn]

No 3rd party question from Wolf? Am i in the twilight zone???

[Standing Liberty]

We all know most of the msm are pretty bad,
but it is clear that FoX is the most unbalenced
compared to CNN. The sad thing is that too
many Repubs are brainwashed into thinking
that foreign owned FOx is conservative or fair.

[hotbrownsauce]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/12/14/tsr-ron-paul-government-shutdown.cnn

[agorist ninja]

Full credit to Wolf for setting the record straight, as far as his show is concerned, about the non-interventionist position. I may disagree with most all of Wolf's worldview, and how he applies that to his profession, but fair is fair. And Wolf was entirely fair to Dr. Paul there.

[KramerDSP]

Not only was there no third party question, Wolf Blitzer asked Ron Paul to name who he thought should be his Vice-President.

Paul's response was that he had many names, and did not want to insult those people by only naming two, and besides it was not the time for that talk anyway.

[Pete Kay]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UMsbNVfuO4

Like a Boss!

More and more, Ron Paul is becoming the candidate I always dreamed he would be. His answers are on point and his delivery is clear. I also noticed that he's keeping down his tendency to change his pitch up. He sounds authoritative and that's what he always needs to do. He speaks without doubt or hesitation. A real leader.

I can't wait for December 16th! Let's make it happen for our man!

[Sweman]

Really, I thought he was all over the place on that question ... which was funny given how his face lit up when Wolf asked him to explain how he's a "non-interventionist" rather than an "isolationist" and what the difference between those 2 positions are.

He used big words and over complicated the differences between the two to the point of total confusion for the average viewer.


What's the simplest answer Ron could've given to the isolationist vs non-interventionist question??
Now I've seen the clip and I have to get back to your post. Your view simply baffles me. His answer IS the best answer I've heard to that question, and it's simple as well.

[69360]

That was an out of the park grand slam. Blitzer says we hammered him on isolationist. Wow.

[Sweman]

Not only was there no third party question, Wolf Blitzer asked Ron Paul to name who he thought should be his Vice-President.

Paul's response was that he had many names, and did not want to insult those people by only naming two, and besides it was not the time for that talk anyway.
It was a really firm and good answer.

[degen]

I sent my thanks in.

[Student Of Paulism]

One of the best interviews ive seen so far, and props to Wolf for airing out the whole difference from Isolationism/Non-Interventionalism, its about damn time :D

[WD-NY]

Now I've seen the clip and I have to get back to your post. Your view simply baffles me. His answer IS the best answer I've heard to that question, and it's simple as well.

Here's what he said..

An isolationist is a protectionist that builds walls around a country. They don't like to trade. They don't like to travel about the world. And they like to put sanctions on different countries. So some of the people who call me that are actually much more in favor of sanctions and limited trade and they don't want to trade with cuba and they want to put sanctions on anyone who blinks their eye at them. And yet the opposite is what we believe in. We believe that nixon did the right thing by opening up trade doors with china because that is when we quit killing each other. And that we are more at peace with them because we better be because they've become our banker. So non interventionist is quite a bit different. It's what the founders advised. To get along with people, to trade with people and to practice diplomacy rather than having this militancy of telling people what to do and how to run the world and building walls around our own country. That is isolationism and its a far cry from what we believe in.


That said, his follow up answer about bringing all of the troops home was A+ (and added great clarity to his 'non-interventionist' position)

[icon124]

Ron Paul probably got some new voters with his last two answers...

so much truth in there I had to listen twice lol

[Shane Harris]

amazing interview! and a very good job on wolf's part. even praiseworthy? letting him explain isolationism and non-interventionism was so great and well deserved. THANK YOU WOLF.

[aowen]

"I looked in article 1 section 8, they don't even say anything about telephones there"

Did anyone else love this as much as I did? This is my new favorite quote.

[Disconsolate]

"I looked in article 1 section 8, they don't even say anything about telephones there"

Did anyone else love this as much as I did? This is my new favorite quote.
Yeah. He owned that question. Love it!