Ron Paul to be on "Meet the Press" !!

[KramerDSP]

Just announced on "Meet The Press" (Romney is today s guest) that Ron Paul will be on next Sunday!

[bobmurph]

The dominos are starting to fall

[Ethek]

Nice, Tim Russert should have some pointed question. He made Guiliani giggle like a school girl.

[speciallyblend]

they are covering their own ass,so they dont look like fools;)

[derdy]

It's about damned time!

[JS4Pat]

Just saw it!!!

SWEET!!!

This is huge - Full hour with Tim Russert - We need to promote the hell out of this appearance!

[walt]

that will be awesome

[KramerDSP]

12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

Anyone care to fill in the blanks ? I know I m forgetting something.

[TN_VOL]

I almost fainted.

[Rex]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[boondoggle]

Can I get a fuckin' woop woop?

. . . :D

[Maltheus]

Wow, I used to like Meet the Press but the quality has plummeted over the last couple of years. And I've all but given up on it simply due to the complete Ron Paul blackout they've had going on. This is an interesting development.

[Lucid American]

(toes curling . . . curling . . . cramping . . .
AHHHH, EUPHORIA!

It's happening folks! WOOHOOO!!!

[KramerDSP]

Can I get a fuckin' woop woop?

. . . :D

WOOP WOOP!

Russert is one of the toughest interviews out there, and its almost routine for candidates appearing on his show to stumble after tough questions, but knowing RP, he'll own Russert, and as a result, own the audience as well.

[jcizzle]

WOOP WOOP!

Russert is one of the toughest interviews out there, and its almost routine for candidates appearing on his show to stumble after tough questions, but knowing RP, he'll own Russert, and as a result, own the audience as well.

To build off your point, I don't think Ron will have a problem with it because, well, he actually believes what he says. His voting record speaks for itself. How many other candidates can throw up the clip he can of the anti-war speech before it even began (why don't we see that more often anyways)? Perhaps Russert will dig up a few skeletons though, who knows.

[Shellshock1918]

Just announced on "Meet The Press" (Romney is today s guest) that Ron Paul will be on next Sunday!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES



If russert asks him "Are you going to run as an independent" type of questions I am going to be let down.

[Spike Kojima]

I just pumped my fist in the air. Thank god the house is empty.

[boondoggle]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES



If russert asks him "Are you going to run as an independent" type of questions I am going to be let down.

Everyone should email him and tell him not to.

[quickmike]

UHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

just had a huge rongasm.

Wow, look at all this mess.

I need to clean this up. Talk to you guys later.

[Ron Paul Fan]

It's about time! Maybe this is better though since it's so close to the primaries! Russert and his research staff are working to find some skeletons in Ron Paul's closet! Not sure what he can bring up besides the newsletter! He grilled Giuliani last week and I hope he attacks Romney today!

[misconstrued]

I just pumped my fist in the air. Thank god the house is empty.

Hahaha :D

[LibertyEagle]

Woop Woop! :)

[max]

fat boy russert is a sneaky bastard...

expect him to talk about "white supremacists" and RP voting against aid to Katrina victims while editing out the good stuff

[acstichter]

Today's hour interview with Romney was question after question about his flip flops. I missed Giuliani's interview but heard it was brutal as well.

Ron Paul's is going to be sweet, Russert has no such ammunition. He'll ask about denouncing Racist Donations. Ron Paul, I thought, answered fairly well on that on the NOW program. He'll definately ask about running third party. He'll definitely ask about bottom up campaigning, TEA PARTY...

He may ask about drug legalization, income taxes, probably lead in on how possible are these ideas.

[derdy]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES



If russert asks him "Are you going to run as an independent" type of questions I am going to be let down.

Good point. Even though this is huge, I still expect the media to be the same OLD, ARCHAIC MEDIA that it is and Dr. Paul will undoubtedly get some BS questions.

No matter how much support Ron Paul gets, our corporate masters in the media don't want a Ron Paul Presidency (better start getting used to the idea if you're reading ;)).

[fuzzybekool]

Awesome news. I know I sent at least 25 emails to Russert. About time.

[markderidder]

This is great news! Almost as good at hitting 1 million by 6am.

I think the media blitz helped! I e-mailed Meet the Press, as well as 20/20.

-Mark

[Alabama Supporter]

This is great timing. Ron Paul will definately have a tough interview with weird questions, but it adds to his legitimacy and exposure.

[Lucid American]

Paul will knock the Russert interview out of the park.

I think Russert is about as balanced as they come, and he will facilitate an interview that will clearly reveal Paul as the most qualified candidate.

I'm extremely excited about this development!

[torchbearer]

12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

Anyone care to fill in the blanks ? I know I m forgetting something.

Where would the blimp fit into that name recognition media blitz?

[Ethek]

I can also see Russert playing Democratic advocate.
"What about the poor? They need the goverment"
" How do you expect to get anythign done. Heres your ratio of sponsored bills to those legislated"

.

[Thomas Paine]

Let's hit the $20M milestone for 4Q fundraising so Dr. Paul and Russert will have another topic to discuss next Sunday on Meet the Press.

[bmcosti]

About freakin time!

[quickmike]

If youre worried about how Russert will treat Ron based on how he treated Rudy, just remember all the ammo he had to work with in Rudy's case. Ron can handle any question thrown at him and always impresses people when he has the time to explain himself. These are the moments when Ron Paul changes a lot of peoples minds and they see why he votes the way he does.

Think about it. Name a SINGLE instance in an interview where Ron has stumbled when he has plenty of time to answer questions. I cant think of one, so I dont expect this to be any different.

Its gonna be good.

[KramerDSP]

Where would the blimp fit into that name recognition media blitz?

I knew I was forgetting something! :D

The Blimp coverage, although mostly localized, will be daily.

If there were ever such a thing as the perfect storm, this looks like this is it.

[0zzy]

If youre worried about how Russert will treat Ron based on how he treated Rudy, just remember all the ammo he had to work with in Rudy's case. Ron can handle any question thrown at him and always impresses people when he has the time to explain himself. These are the moments when Ron Paul changes a lot of peoples minds and they see why he votes the way he does.

Think about it. Name a SINGLE instance in an interview where Ron has stumbled when he has plenty of time to answer questions. I cant think of one, so I dont expect this to be any different.

Its gonna be good.

Yep! I can't wait, WE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE!
GOD LOVE AMERICA!
(and Ron Paul!)

[Ethek]

I hope Russert likes monetary policy

[Midnight77]

I agree that Russert is going to be aggressive against Ron and we need to be prepared for it. Meet the Press is an aggressive program and we can expect Tim to grill Ron. Ron needs to be prepared for the Global Warming questions and things of that sort that will appear to make him look weak.

[Flirple]

Forget global warming questions, that will be the easy stuff. He will go after Ron about "the newsletter" and contributions from hate groups, and not voting for the medal of honor for Mother Theresa, Rosa Parks, Ronald Reagan, Charles Shultz, blah, blah, blah...

This will be a very critical appearance. The moment people hear his name and see his face for the first time.

[Lucid American]

Think about it. Name a SINGLE instance in an interview where Ron has stumbled when he has plenty of time to answer questions. I cant think of one, so I dont expect this to be any different.

Yeah, watch the Google interview where he gets some questions I never would have thought of, and he does a good job of answering them all.

[Thomas Paine]

Given today's freezing temperatures and overnight dump of snow in Michigan, I wouldn't mind global warming this time of year.

[Ron Paul Fan]

Forget global warming questions, that will be the easy stuff. He will go after Ron about "the newsletter" and contributions from hate groups, and not voting for the medal of honor for Mother Theresa, Rosa Parks, Ronald Reagan, Charles Shultz, blah, blah, blah...

This will be a very critical appearance. The moment people hear his name and see his face for the first time.

The newsletter will probably be brought up and he'll answer it by saying he didn't write it, guilt by association will be brought up to go along with that and he'll answer like he did on PBS' NOW, I think his voting against the medals and willing to cough up the dough himself is a pretty cool story and one that you can really respect him on. I think Congressman Paul will do very well! I expect more attacks on some of his positions being that Russert is really a Democrat.

[fourameuphoria]

This is an amazing oppurtunity actually. I'm glad Russert censored him for the entire Q4, because now he'll have Ron Paul on during the hype week. It's in perfect accordance with the logarithmic effect Ivers was talking about.

[torchbearer]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money"
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

[WilliamC]

12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

Anyone care to fill in the blanks ? I know I m forgetting something.

Blimp Launch!

[jcizzle]

This is an amazing oppurtunity actually. I'm glad Russert censored him for the entire Q4, because now he'll have Ron Paul on during the hype week. It's in perfect accordance with the logarithmic effect Ivers was talking about.

Hmm, I happened to miss that. Can you point me in its direction?

[Ethek]

If global warming is thrown in Rons face he should stress some personal concern..
Then he needs to throw up that NASA has had a problem with historical data after Y2K. Its made all recent years look susiciously like they have been worse than the years before 2000.

http://digg.com/tech_news/Blogger_finds_Y2K_bug_in_NASA_Climate_Data

This data has been cited in everything relating to Global warming including Al Gores book. NASA has admitted and fixed the problem, but on the LD! Everyone still thinks the sky is falling.

[fourameuphoria]

Hmm, I happened to miss that. Can you point me in its direction?

It was a speech Dr. Ivers gave in Iowa after CNN. In a nutshell, Huckabee hits the hype machine too early, fizzles out, and leaving Ron Paul to hit his stride at just the right time; aka a few weeks before the primaries.

[torchbearer]

Blimp Launch!

was that the 14th or 15th?

[Flirple]

Drew Ivers pep talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wo7G6j6bi4

[Question_Authority]

Dr. Paul needs clearer explanations on how he will protect the country without the empire. Most people cannot grasp this. He also needs a much better answer for global warming. He can do this without compromising his beliefs, but also make it clear that his policies (ending subsidies, free market competition, cutting Pentagon energy consumption...they use more energy than most countries in the world...) will address the problem if there is one. He also needs to break down how personal property rights will enforce pollution issues. Most people I know think he is crazy on that issue, and I STILL have not been able to articulate what it will "look like" in the real world, because he does not explain it very well.

Also, DOE. He MUST explain more about the DOE and why it is bad, not just say he is going to "get rid of it".

He also must slow Russert down and take more control of the interview.

[torchbearer]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money", Blimp Launch
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

[jcizzle]

Drew Ivers pep talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wo7G6j6bi4

Just watched it. Pretty cool, hopefully it comes to fruition as planned.

[fourameuphoria]

Drew Ivers pep talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wo7G6j6bi4

Thanks for digging that up!

[FreeTraveler]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money", Blimp Launch
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

Not to be picky, but on the 17th, that should be "Rongasms".

[Highstreet]

Dr. Paul needs clearer explanations on how he will protect the country without the empire. Most people cannot grasp this. He also needs a much better answer for global warming. He can do this without compromising his beliefs, but also make it clear that his policies (ending subsidies, free market competition, cutting Pentagon energy consumption...they use more energy than most countries in the world...) will address the problem if there is one. He also needs to break down how personal property rights will enforce pollution issues. Most people I know think he is crazy on that issue, and I STILL have not been able to articulate what it will "look like" in the real world, because he does not explain it very well.

Also, DOE. He MUST explain more about the DOE and why it is bad, not just say he is going to "get rid of it".

He also must slow Russert down and take more control of the interview.

Correct. He needs to take the time, now that he is being given an hour on these shows, to explain the VISION. The days of quick answer "I will get rid of the Dept of Education" are over.

When asked about this. He needs to articulate his reasoned view of why a State run program would make Education MORE efficient and that this would be a long transition.

He also needs to emphasize that he has had Bold Leadership in the face of adversity in Congress. And that his consistent voting record shows his strength to take us in a New Direction toward a better future.

These are the times to articulate just as Reagan did, because they have the same views. Presenting the vision is how you sound presidential, and get elected.

[Ron Paul Fan]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money", Blimp Launch
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party
12/17 - Media orgasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

Please add the feature on the CBS Evening News TONIGHT! KEEP DONATING SO THAT RON PAUL HAS GREAT NEWS TO GIVE AT THESE HUGE INTERVIEWS!

[torchbearer]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money", Blimp Launch
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party, CBS Evening News
12/17 - Media Rongasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

[werdd]

I bet we had to pay msnbc lmfao.

[torchbearer]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money", Blimp Launch
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party, CBS Evening News
12/17 - Media Rongasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

:cool:

[KramerDSP]

Please add the feature on the CBS Evening News TONIGHT! KEEP DONATING SO THAT RON PAUL HAS GREAT NEWS TO GIVE AT THESE HUGE INTERVIEWS!

CBS Evening News ? Is this confirmed ? If so, any idea what time ? Thanks.

[thehighwaymanq]

That's excellant!

[skinzterpswizfan]

CBS Evening News ? Is this confirmed ? If so, any idea what time ? Thanks.

It's been confirmed. It's on the campaign home page.

[bulloncoins]

Oh the times they are a changing!.........:D

[torchbearer]

12/14 - PBS "Now", CNBC "Mad Money", Blimp Launch
12/15 - Sign Bomb
12/16 - Tea Party, CBS Evening News
12/17 - Media Rongasms over results of Tea Party
12/18 - Glen Beck for a full hour
12/19 -
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23 - Meet the Press

[bgoldwater]

Finally

[atthegates]

This is huge news!

[aspiringconstitutionalist]

A full hour! SWEET!

[Prez4TheNet]

Ron Paul is going to get schooled by Tim Russert over his stance on segregation, Congressional Gold Medals, links to white supremacists, and conspiracy theorists. It ain't going to be pretty, I assure you...

[PRIEST]

Ron Paul is going to get schooled by Tim Russert over his stance on segregation, Congressional Gold Medals, links to white supremacists, and conspiracy theorists. It ain't going to be pretty, I assure you...

So wrong it hurts.

[FireofLiberty]

Ron does need to prepare, though. This is going to be a tough interview. Russert is going to throw everything at him.

[Prez4TheNet]

I hope that Ron Paul doesn't come out battered and bruised after this week. He is going to go up against the toughest interviewers... if he is not careful, then it could be the end of the Ron Paul phenomenon.

[MRoCkEd]

he needs to be confident and straight with his answers

[lucius]

He needs to keep reiterating about how the money is coming from average Americans and not transnational corporations--how the freedom message brings us all together.

[plp]

I hope that Ron Paul doesn't come out battered and bruised after this week. He is going to go up against the toughest interviewers... if he is not careful, then it could be the end of the Ron Paul phenomenon.


Exactly correct, and this is where he will either make it or break it. Dr. Paul does not equate well with 15 second soundbytes, as his well thought out ideas require some time to explain and more time to digest.

I think he will show the American public something they are not used to, in a candidate who believes what he says rather than what the polls dictate is the answer most likely to win votes.

If this does not work, the fault is the American public's, not Dr. Paul's. All he can do is offer his platform and hope there are enough of us out there who stopped drinking the Koolaid to understand.

[richk]

Ron Paul is going to get schooled by Tim Russert over his stance on segregation, Congressional Gold Medals, links to white supremacists, and conspiracy theorists. It ain't going to be pretty, I assure you...

Unfortunately, I have to agree with this post. He is going to do his best to destroy Ron Paul with that 1992(?) newsletter fiasco. Tie that in with his views on states' rights, KKK, etc. this could get ugly. I hope Ron is prepared for the worst and has the appropriate comebacks for these type of smear-tactic questions that are surely coming.

This interview IMHO is going to make or break this campaign.

[FireofLiberty]

Someone from the campaign needs to sit down with Ron and work with him on his answers and prep him for the interview. Have that person play as Russert and ask the kinds of the questions that might come up so Ron can be well-prepared to respond when they do come up during the actual interview.

[richk]

Exactly. When you are as candid and open as Ron is, there are a lot of votes/speeches/guilt by association "tidbits" that can be taken out of context to portray him as a racist. It is of the utmost importance for Ron to come out of this interview relatively unscathed. I guess it depends on how much we have pissed off Russert with e-mails. :(
I truly hope it will be a fair interview, but I have my doubts.