RP on New Hampshire Public Radio at 9am

[Geronimo]

He's got an hour long interview at 9am.

Give a listen at the link below.

http://www.nhpr.org/taxonomy/term/15001

[maxmerkel]

live stream (corrected) : http://www.nhpr.org/nhprLIVE.asx

btw, is this a big station in NH ?

[Geronimo]

This is a very big station in NH. It's public broadcasting. It reaches into areas of Maine and Vermont as well.

[tomveil]

Dammit now I'm gonna be up until 7.

[Geronimo]

lol

[mcgraw_wv]

live stream : http://www.nhpr.org/NHPRLIVE.pls

btw, is this a big station in NH ?

I just get

Access denied
You are not authorized to access this page.


I really want to listen to this...

[gpickett00]

any working links? The first one just sends you to the stations page and the 2nd doesnt work

[Geronimo]

live stream : http://www.nhpr.org/NHPRLIVE.pls


Access denied
You are not authorized to access this page. :mad:

[Geronimo]

http://www.nhpr.org/nhprLIVE.asx works for me with windows media player

[tomveil]

http://www.nhpr.org/nhprLIVE.asx works for me with windows media player

Ditto.

[rfbz]

http://www.nhpr.org/nhprLIVE.asx works for me with windows media player

thanks, that one works

[wealeat]

http://www.nhpr.org/nhprLIVE.asx

This works for me I suppose, no RP yet.

[maxmerkel]

I just get

Access denied
You are not authorized to access this page.


I really want to listen to this...

apparently they only allow listeners from germany on their mp3 stream ;)

[Geronimo]

They never take this long to get to the interviews. These news briefs are waaaaay longer than usual.

[walt]

this gives me an endless subaru loop -someone record this please

[tomveil]

Here he is!

[V-rod]

its starting!

[rfbz]

its on now http://www.nhpr.org/nhprLIVE.asx

[bighairycaveman]

hes on now

[Geronimo]

"He can no longer be ignored"

[bighairycaveman]

hahah he likes the songs...

[V-rod]

Kill all cows? What a hit piece!!! This caller is a socialist woman plant is trying to get at Paul...and I'm not a conspiracy theorist

[bighairycaveman]

whoa this chick is CRAZY!!! kill the cows?? haha

[Geronimo]

He called her out and said "that was one of your people who said kill the cows"

(referring to the PETA people that were there)

[mcgraw_wv]

He handled it well...

Says he was misqouted...

Saying that if Climate Change is weather related, there is nothing he can do...
Email asked what we should do about Cars / Coprorate polution, he says that the responbility of property right, and that should not be allowed,

"You do not have the right to pollute someone else's air, and it should be protected under property rights"

[rfbz]

whoa this chick is CRAZY!!! kill the cows?? haha

lol Ron let her have it

[V-rod]

He called her out and said "that was one of your people who said kill the cows"

(referring to the PETA people that were there)

Haha, yeah that was great. YOUR PETA people you socialist hippie!

[tomveil]

Smash You Stupid Peta Girl! :d

[Geronimo]

Hopefully there's somebody there to record video of this interview.

The last time he was on was real good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leN3pdjy9dw

[LibertyEagle]

Dr. Paul really needs to hone these answers. He's all over the place. :(

[Geronimo]

Dr. Paul really needs to hone these answers. He's all over the place. :(

I agree. I wish they'd focus on other issues.

[LibertyEagle]

He needs to give more concrete examples, so people can understand what the hell he is talking about.

[tomveil]

Dr. Paul really needs to hone these answers. He's all over the place. :(

I like my Ron Paul a little bit ramblin, I like hearing him talk.

Honestly, people who are listening to this are probably political enough to stay with him :)

[shadow26]

He handled it well...

Says he was misqouted...

Saying that if Climate Change is weather related, there is nothing he can do...
Email asked what we should do about Cars / Coprorate polution, he says that the responbility of property right, and that should not be allowed,

"You do not have the right to pollute someone else's air, and it should be protected under property rights"

My internet dropped, and now I can't get back on...NHPR doesn't have enough internet streams to handle the load. Geez...with all the tax dollars you siphon out of us; you can't handle the load.

[tomveil]

Maybe not this rambling..........

[Geronimo]

If I never heard of Ron Paul before this interview I'd think he was a kook.

Not one selling point in 20 minutes.

[V-rod]

Haha, this interview doesn't look like it'll convert many liberals but I think he's holding is own well.

[LibertyEagle]

That was HORRIBLE. I hope the rest of it goes better.

[Geronimo]

I'm sure they're hand picking the questions.

[LibertyEagle]

Here is what I don't understand....
Here we are in December and he still almost acts shocked to get questions on a couple of things, like climate change. When exactly, is he going to think through how to best frame his stance on this and other issues. Most people are not going to give him a 1/2 an hour to hem and haw and circle around to hopefully make his point. If he hasn't done it by now, when is he going to do it?

[Geronimo]

Finally some economy talk.

[V-rod]

LE, lets just be glad that he hasn't been asked about Darfur yet ;)

[tomveil]

Oh, he's on now though! Let's talk about money! :D

[shadow26]

Here is what I don't understand....
Here we are in December and he still almost acts shocked to get questions on a couple of things, like climate change. When exactly, is he going to think through how to best frame his stance on this and other issues. Most people are not going to give him a 1/2 an hour to hem and haw and circle around to hopefully make his point. If he hasn't done it by now, when is he going to do it?

The left is as fanatical about global warming (nee cooling) as the right is about abortion. There are other interesting issues out there...can we cover them?

[mcgraw_wv]

New Caller...
Birth right citizenship, says it opens up a dangerous door to dual citizenship, etc...


Ron Paul
Our sytem now isn't working, and we need to change the rules to remove the insentive... says we didn't have birth right citizenship before and we were ok...


Host:
Do you support bulding a giant fense?


RP: No I do not, I think it would offensive. We wouldnt have this problem if we didnt have this welfare state. If we had a healthy thriving economy, people would want to work and we wouldn't need all these jobs

Host: What would we do about the 20 million already in here

RP: Some say 12, some say 20 do we really know? If they break the law, send them back.


host: Some are here to work, adn work hard

RP: They contribute alot, studies say they take more than they give back, but some work reall yhard, and give alot. If we had a thriving economy, we would need even more workers...


Host: How does the RP admin address the Rich getting Richer

RP: It's not a free market, when we print money, the peopel who get it first make money. by the time the money circulates, and we get it, its inflated.

Host: Isnt inflation pretty low?

RP: Ask the people in NH, ask them about their heating bills, medical care, etc... They are being lied too..

[belian78]

honestly, climate change isnt one of his campaign platforms. climate change in general is the new 'bogeyman', and Dr Paul is campaigning on the issues that are critical to America. So forgive him if he's not staying up at night wondering how to make the treehuggers feel all warm and fuzzy. ;)

[bclemms]

Does anyone have the call in number for this station?

[tomveil]

Oh, now he's smashing.

[walt]

god this is beautiful - it works in windows media player ONLY

[walt]

I love that 175 countries use less oil than our federal government - should be a press release

[bclemms]

Here it is:

Call-in number: 1-800-892-6477

[V-rod]

Sigh, why doesn't Paul talk about getting government out of medical.

[hellah10]

this dumb lady is hammering him on all the departments he wants to close... she needs to shut up and listen

[Geronimo]

Does anyone have the call in number for this station?

1-800-892-6477

Edit: I guess I'm a little late.

[mcgraw_wv]

New Caller

Thank you ROn Paul for spakign up against the War in Iraq


Quesiton: How do you get rid of Medicare, my 80 year old wouldn't be able to support herself


RP: I didn't say that, its an asumption, hypothetically a free market wouldn't have Medicare... in the real world we can't do that, we can't just drop Medicare. I'm not going to cut medicare, Im the only one that knows how to finance medicare. I want to bring the troops home and slash the military budget. I know how to finance the system that people do need. I want to get the next generation out of social secutiy, medicare, income tax, but we need ot cut military spending.


Host: Listing departments to get rid of...


RP: I want to get rid of the Federal Reserve but I can't cut it in one day, I would ceate compeition... Every Program I want to institue is in Transtion, we cant cut anything in one day.

host: Which departmetns do we not need... DOE?

RP: Why should we have a DOE, its uncontituional, Rolnd Reagan wanted to get rid of it, instead republicvans lied and got into power and doubled the size, no child left behind.


Host; Department of Alchol and Firearms

RP: NH can handle that themsleve,s why do we need Federal guns coming up here to police that, cant NH do that themselves?

[mkrfctr]

hope someone is recording this and will put it up so i can catch the first X minutes that I missed so far...

[V-rod]

Man this interview is getting Ron Paul flabbergasted. He needs to relax and talk a little slower.

[LibertyEagle]

He's acting defensive. The host is right, he needs to explain himself on his comments about getting rid of the departments that he has said he wants to get rid of. This is his chance to explain himself and pretty much, he acted all defensive. I just don't get it.

[LibertyEagle]

Man this interview is getting Ron Paul flabbergasted. He needs to relax and talk a little slower.

Yup. I'm getting nervous about Russert.

[Geronimo]

New Caller

Thank you ROn Paul for spakign up against the War in Iraq


Quesiton: How do you get rid of Medicare, my 80 year old wouldn't be able to support herself


RP: I didn't say that, its an asumption, hypothetically a free market wouldn't have Medicare... in the real world we can't do that, we can't just drop Medicare. I'm not going to cut medicare, Im the only one that knows how to finance medicare. I want to bring the troops home and slash the military budget. I know how to finance the system that people do need. I want to get the next generation out of social secutiy, medicare, income tax, but we need ot cut military spending.


Host: Listing departments to get rid of...


RP: I want to get rid of the Federal Reserve but I can't cut it in one day, I would ceate compeition... Every Program I want to institue is in Transtion, we cant cut anything in one day.

host: Which departmetns do we not need... DOE?

RP: Why should we have a DOE, its uncontituional, Rolnd Reagan wanted to get rid of it, instead republicvans lied and got into power and doubled the size, no child left behind.


Host; Department of Alchol and Firearms

RP: NH can handle that themsleve,s why do we need Federal guns coming up here to police that, cant NH do that themselves?


Thanks for doing this.

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

Lol.......Ron Paul is on fire in this interview! If I never would have heard of him before I would be like, who's this guy! The cool thing about Ron is that let his ideas sit in the back of your mind for a while, then you will go like: DAMN! he is RIGHT!!!!

This sounds like the 1988 Ron Paul is coming back!! :)

By the way, the interviewer can't keep up with him, he is to intelligent.............:D:D:D:D

[bclemms]

If you are going to call in then you will get someone that screens the topic and decides if you should go on air.

Tell the screener you want to ask Paul how he thinks isolating the country would do any good. When you actually get to talk to Paul then ask the question you really want to ask. Let's throw Dr. Paul some softballs.

[belian78]

He's acting defensive. The host is right, he needs to explain himself on his comments about getting rid of the departments that he has said he wants to get rid of. This is his chance to explain himself and pretty much, he acted all defensive. I just don't get it.

let me shoot heated, loaded questions at you rapid fire, and see how you hold up. specially when i do it straight from the get go. see how you feel after about 20 minutes of it.

[Ethek]

This thread is manic for someone just following and not listening.

[rfbz]

he needs to have a campaign adviser doing practice interviews with him to prepare for all these questions that will inevitably come up

[akalucas]

I think this is great for New Hampshire. Paul sounds like he's upset with the way things are going in this country and sounds like he gives a s@&t. The live free or die state will love this.

[V-rod]

Geez, this station is keeping Paul on his toes. All callers are very critical of him.

[Ron LOL]

This thread is manic for someone just following and not listening.

No kidding, listen link doesn't seem to work for me. This thread is way up and down.

[tomveil]

Yeah he's doing great! Stated his postion on abortion very clearly, and then just as clearly said that he wasn't going to let that influence the law, that he would return it to the states.

[shadow26]

Lol.......Ron Paul is on fire in this interview! If I never would have heard of him before I would be like, who's this guy! The cool thing about Ron is that let his ideas sit in the back of your mind for a while, then you will go like: DAMN! he is RIGHT!!!!

This sounds like the 1988 Ron Paul is coming back!! :)

By the way, the interviewer can't keep up with him, he is to intelligent.............:D:D:D:D

I wish those obsessed with global warming would realize that they the greater and more immediate threat to their lives is inflation and the falling dollar. Priorities, and all that...

[anarchy]

Wow.. this is... interesting.. lol

[anarchy]

I think he's coming accross a bit incoherent :)

He needs to take his time

[V-rod]

Haha Paul just slammed Huckabee, not by name though

[rfbz]

i was hoping he would say "the more complicated a problem, the more local the decision should be made"

[Geronimo]

RP says McCain is dreaming in regards to stabilization of Iraq.

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

I wish those obsessed with global warming would realize that they the greater and more immediate threat to their lives is inflation and the falling dollar. Priorities, and all that...

Agree! The same with the abortion issue. These questions are important. But our country is going broke right now, and people just don't get it!

[Question_Authority]

Here is what I don't understand....
Here we are in December and he still almost acts shocked to get questions on a couple of things, like climate change. When exactly, is he going to think through how to best frame his stance on this and other issues. Most people are not going to give him a 1/2 an hour to hem and haw and circle around to hopefully make his point. If he hasn't done it by now, when is he going to do it?

I exactly agree with you. I wish there was a way to get through to him. He really needs an advisor on his campaign who can help him frame these answers. Not to be fake or phoney but just to frame them in a way that the average person can UNDERSTAND. But I know he would not stand for that.

This whole interview was a bit of a disaster.

[orion846]

HAHAHAHA!

NPHR: how would you respond to McCain when he says the surge is working, that Iraq is becoming stable?
RP: he's dreaming.

[Ron LOL]

I think he's coming accross a bit incoherent :)

He needs to take his time

This is a common complaint for me.

[Geronimo]

"Pure fiction" regarding wmd's.

[anarchy]

He drunk too much coffee :eek:

[tomveil]

WOW. WE THINK THE EXACT SAME THING ON WATERBOARDING!

Didn't know that :)

[Question_Authority]

let me shoot heated, loaded questions at you rapid fire, and see how you hold up. specially when i do it straight from the get go. see how you feel after about 20 minutes of it.

get used to rapid fire questions. A president needs to be able to deal with this stuff. If you are concerned about this, wait until Meet the Press. Russert is going to rake him over the coals.

After today's interview, I am very concerned about Sunday's upcoming interview.

I do like his answer to the waterboarding question. "Anyone who supports it, should go through it, then they can vote for it". Nice.

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

He drunk too much coffee :eek:

:D:D:D

[mcgraw_wv]

New Caller

Is it ingenious for someone to run for the highest office on a platform to remove most of what hes runnign for.

RP: Laughs, finds it entertaining... It;s ironic, but Im going to defend the constitution... But it is true that it is some people find it strange. I want to use al lthe stranegth I have to obey the Constituion, I dont want to police the world, I dont want to run the economy, I dont know how, its not my job.

Believe in the Constitution. Government restricts the people, the goivernmetn is totaly secret privacy is gone.


host: asking about "I want to stay out of your life"

Email: Don't you think the rules of the constituion protects abortion.

RP: Government is there to protect ALL life, it isnt the privasy issue... I'm not advocating, ro going to create a law to ban it, I want government out of it. The difficult problem is when we can kill a 3 lb baby, it is a life, its not a small blob of tissue, Im for the States handling this issue.


New Caller:
What are the areas the free market doesnt do a good job, and second is it really better as a libertarian having the state telling you waht to do than the federal government

RP: The Market is always a potential faliure, but they are restarained by fraud, theft, violence, the difference is when the business or a man makes a mistake they only affect themselve, whe the governmetn makes a mistake, Its total, everyone feels it... when the market makes a misteak its narrow effect, there is nothing perfect about the market place, but the least effecient way is to have governmetn run things. Too many mistake

the state has the responisbiliy to take care of it.. Its right to not be happy with the state government to be prevasive in your privacy as well... if NH wants a ID, I would be against it, but atleast it doesnt effect people in Texas. Some cities are oppresive, they go on and on, but atleast its local. Some want national bans on smoking, that should be decided some other way.


Host: Talking about Iraq... McCain made the case it is stablizing, and we need to be there to finish it out, how would you respond to McCain?

RP: hes dreaming, the south is lost, the warlords haev seazed to control, the UK has left, so there is more peace, in the Northern Iraq, which used to be peace, now Turkey is bombing them, its dangerous, it has not been taking off the table that we are going to bomb Iran. Quoting a former CIA employee about there are plans to Bomb Iran, and that thye REALLY want to do it. Very dangerous situation over there, statistcally less death, which is good, but its not good, we do not need to build bases

host: McCain says al queda is on the run

RP: Pure Fiction, there was not Al Queda in Iraq in the first place, recruiting is very good for terriosts now, they are MUCH stringer noe than before 9/11, as long as we are there, they will be able to recuit


New Email: Is waterboarding tourute

RP: Absolutly anyone that thinks its not, should go through it, then vote for it...


Host: Will this Neo Con attack continue on the constitution?

RP: There is a tremndous challenge there, its pervasive, our whole system has been hyjacked by Neo-conservatism.

[Geronimo]

Good question about the persistance of the neo-con agenda continuing in November, no matter who gets elected.

[Ron LOL]

One thing about RP's "incoherence" is that it's very spirited. You can tell he's just too excited to slow down.

But sometimes I worry people will listen to him and think "man, he's old."

[shadow26]

Agree! The same with the abortion issue. These questions are important. But our country is going broke right now, and people just don't get it!
Absolutely...the financial crisis looming over this country needs to addressed YESTERDAY; and we need Doctor Paul out there to keep hammering this point home. Groceries are going through the roof...inflation is REALLY running at close to 12% - 15%, and they are printing fiat money like it is going out of style. We won't be around to see the long-term effects of global warming if we don't get a grip on our economy.

[tomveil]

get used to rapid fire questions. A president needs to be able to deal with this stuff. If you are concerned about this, wait until Meet the Press. Russert is going to rake him over the coals.

After today's interview, I am very concerned about Sunday's upcoming interview.

I do like his answer to the waterboarding question. "Anyone who supports it, should go through it, then they can vote for it". Nice.

I think it's exactly true. The only person on that stage who knows what he's talking about is John McCain. And John McCain says that you cannot fudge around it. It's torture and you don't do it. Experts say that information from torture doesn't work. That's good enough for me.

[Geronimo]

He really ought to out the other candidates who are CFR members. That is a huge selling point.

[V-rod]

Paul bringing it back in.

[Castrensis]

Gah! Third party question again.

[hellah10]

im getting real sick of each and every interview ending with "will you run 3rd party?"

HE HAS SAID NO 100000000000000 TIMES ALREADY!!!! jkadghagjkhadkgjadhkgjhad

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

We won't be around to see the long-term effects of global warming if we don't get a grip on our economy.


That is exactly what people don't get!

[Geronimo]

"Will you run as a third part candidate?" question ..again.

Ross Perot was CFR. <~~~that's me saying that, not Ron Paul.

[mcgraw_wv]

Host: How concerned are you with pulling away from Iraq it would turn itno Genocide

RP: Civil war is going on right now, over a million iraqs have died, it could get worse, I knwo Americans wont be speaning money on it, American Lives wont be lost. Why should we believe the people who told us they would be happy we went there, tell us it would degenerate into genocide.

We can acheieve in peace, what we cant acheive in war.


host: The Libertarian NC asks RP to run for the LP presedential nomination.

RP: I don't plan too... Its not fair, you cant get itnot debates, you cant get on ballots, unless your uber rich like Ross Perot.

<Buffering>

[bclemms]

When he is talking about invading countries and terrorism he should ask this question:

If Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols had blown up a federal building in Iraq instead of Oklahoma City, then what would your reaction be to Iraq after they declared war on terrorism and invaded the streets of New Hampshire?

[V-rod]

Stream died :(

[Castrensis]

Oh, hell. Lost feed.

[tomveil]

Stream died :(

We broked the internets :(

[Question_Authority]

I just lost the connection. Is the interview over? Can I stop cringing?

[NerveShocker]

So did I... He was doing great.. maybe too great...? Gosh this is terrible.

[malkusm]

"Do you think that [Iraq] could fall into a state of genocide if we leave?"

RP: "Well, certainly it could, but we shouldn't blame the fact that we left, we should blame the fact that we WENT IN...I mean look at Vietnam, they are Westernized now, we trade with them, they are capitalists.....the Americans and the French killed MILLIONS of Vietnamese in an attempt to Westernize them, and failed....then after we left, we achieved in peace what we could not with guns. It's a great lesson."

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

Ron Spilled his coffee over the mixer table! :eek:

[rfbz]

This interview wasn't TOO bad, but should be a huge learning lesson for the campaign. He needs to be prepared with coherent answers to these questions that may not be important to him, but will inevitably come up.

[V-rod]

I think Paul did well in regards to talking about pulling out of Iraq.

[NerveShocker]

He answered all the questions great... are you serious? I think he convinced many people... she asked many hard questions and he did well on all of them.

[anarchy]

Ron Spilled his coffee over the mixer table! :eek:

Lol.. maybe that's a good thing :)

Yep.. site is down.. its the neocons!

[Geronimo]

This interview wasn't TOO bad, but should be a huge learning lesson for the campaign. He needs to be prepared with coherent answers to these questions that may not be important to him, but will inevitably come up.

I agree 100%

[tomveil]

Subaru at Keane must have paid like $10K for this advertising......

[LibertyEagle]

He answered all the questions great... are you serious? I think he convinced many people... she asked many hard questions and he did well on all of them.

Not really. The part on the environment was horrible, IMO. He was not prepared and stumbled and bumbled around.

[anarchy]

We broked the internets :(

Let's get The Google to fix its tubes!

[V-rod]

Not really. The part on the environment was horrible, IMO. He was not prepared and stumbled and bumbled around.

I agree, he has the conservative issues down, but he needs to be prepared for the left wingers. They are going to continue to grill him on issues like Darfur, and the environment.

[tomveil]

Not really. The part on the environment was horrible, IMO. He was not prepared and stumbled and bumbled around.

Well it's a pretty complicated position. It's OUR job to make sure that the people get ALL of the information. The information is available, we've got to get people to it. It DOES make sense after you listen to the whole thing.

[Castrensis]

The interviewer asked every question in a tone that suggested she was the captain of the cheerleading team humouring a crazy old man. Highly irritating.

[Question_Authority]

There is a lot he could say in regards to stopping global warming that would not COMPROMISE his position on it, but would assure people that his policies will help solve the problem, if not through regulation, through other means. He could go on and on about it and convince people that his viewpoint will help the problem. But to deny that the problem exists is a vote-killer for sooooo many people.

[davidhperry]

I thought the interview went pretty well. He got some tough questions but he is running for President. It's not supposed to be a cakewalk.

[V-rod]

Paul has stated that he does believe in global warming. He just isn't an alarmist.

[CrazyRonPaulSupporter]

The interviewer asked every question in a tone that suggested she was the captain of the cheerleading team humouring a crazy old man. Highly irritating.

Lol......Yeah, that kinda sucked.....

[Ethek]

There is a lot he could say in regards to stopping global warming that would not COMPROMISE his position on it, but would assure people that his policies will help solve the problem, if not through regulation, through other means. He could go on and on about it and convince people that his viewpoint will help the problem. But to deny that the problem exists is a vote-killer for sooooo many people.

This is important.. It will surely be on Meet the press.

[Ethek]

Paul has stated that he does believe in global warming. He just isn't an alarmist.

I just think he needs to empathize with the concern some more instead of flatly dismissing it. Its a big deal to many.

[LibertyEagle]

Well it's a pretty complicated position. It's OUR job to make sure that the people get ALL of the information. The information is available, we've got to get people to it. It DOES make sense after you listen to the whole thing.

Not really. Look, I love the guy, but he doesn't answer this question well and acts defensive when he's doing it. He badly needs to work on this and BEFORE he's on Meet the Press.

[rfbz]

the campaign needs someone to work with RP to prepare his answers to a variety of questions. Effective communication is key. Look at Huckabee. He has empty rhetoric but is able to charm everyone somehow. Ron Paul actually has good solutions but if he can't communicate it well he won't get very far.

[maxmerkel]

Not really. Look, I love the guy, but he doesn't answer this question well and acts defensive when he's doing it. He badly needs to work on this and BEFORE he's on Meet the Press.

i don't understand why he doesn't take speech lessons or something. i love him too, but especially in this interview he jumped around a lot and did not finish more than maybe 20 sentences. :(

[V-rod]

Paul should take a valium right before his interview with Russert ;)

[Cyclone177]

I am sure there is someone that has been working with him on speech issues....and they should be fired immediately and replaced with someone that can get some results. This has been an issue since the very first debates. There is no excuse for a lack of speaking prowress.

He has the message and the platform is strong. But if the bullhorn is broken, it must be repaired.

[NerveShocker]

That is completely absurd. I feel like we were hearing two completely different things. Maybe if you expect the worst then thats all you can see... I dunno. He speaks great and if you think he speaks poorly then wow.. I guess you havn't listened to Bush speak lately. Just because he makes long pauses to gather his thoughts isn't a bad thing. Bush is speaking right now and he's already made me laugh twice. He mumbles constantly and the he is so full of crap he takes 20 seconds to think of an adequate lie(Ron Paul's pauses responses after questions were maybe 1/3 as long...lol if I had to guess). Listening to both I would say Ron Paul is a much better speaker, though it does help that he also has the issues correct. Don't forget Ron Paul isn't exactly in his prime years... Give him a break for not being perfect. If bush can be elected president.. I don't think we have to worry about this issue.. at all...

[Cyclone177]

i don't understand why he doesn't take speech lessons or something. i love him too, but especially in this interview he jumped around a lot and did not finish more than maybe 20 sentences. :(


Ok, I didn't listen to this interview. But from this thread the interviewer was very fast paced and rapid fire. I think Ron's got some strong skills, but there should surely be someone on staff to help prep him for these TOUGH interviews. Russert is a machine. I watched him tear Giuliani a new one, and in the Dem debate he was unbelievably tough. I thought Hillary was going to cry at one point. Ron had better be ready is all I am saying. Not finishing more than 20 sentences is not a good thing.:cool:

[NerveShocker]

Ok, I didn't listen to this interview. But from this thread the interviewer was very fast paced and rapid fire. I think Ron's got some strong skills, but there should surely be someone on staff to help prep him for these TOUGH interviews. Russert is a machine. I watched him tear Giuliani a new one, and in the Dem debate he was unbelievably tough. I thought Hillary was going to cry at one point. Ron had better be ready is all I am saying. Not finishing more than 20 sentences is not a good thing.:cool:

You didn't hear it and trust me he did amazingly well.. I think he convinced many. What this guy said was completely not the case... really I wonder if he was listening at all. On most of the issues Ron Paul was ready with great answers.. but some more than others. Overall, besides him getting cut off at the end(I still don't know what happened to feed), it was a great interview.

[RPsupporterAtHeart]

EVERYONE has good and bad days with what they do, answering questions is not outside of this realm. However, judging by what people typed its probably not nearly as bad as some think.

I find the further we get into this, the more picky and critical people are getting. From what i've read it was a very good interview. He will have no issues with Russert because Russert really likes to attack people on things they have done a flip flop on, scandals that were never really answered...etc.

The white supremacist thing is getting old very fast, and I don't believe there is much else of great concern.

[Quick]

Ron Paul's answers on global warming have always been "half-assed" if anything else.

Being as you can never find a candidate that you agree 100% on, most people I know if they had to think of an issue they didn't agree with Ron Paul about, it would be global warming. Paul doesn't think it is as critical as I believe it actually is.

Could be his old school style of thinking.. obviously this isn't even close to a "deal breaker" for me, but he has always been weak on the environment.

[kylejack]

Ron Paul's answers on global warming have always been "half-assed" if anything else.

Being as you can never find a candidate that you agree 100% on, most people I know if they had to think of an issue they didn't agree with Ron Paul about, it would be global warming. Paul doesn't think it is as critical as I believe it actually is.

Could be his old school style of thinking.. obviously this isn't even close to a "deal breaker" for me, but he has always been weak on the environment.
Environmental protection has always been one of the chinks in libertarianism's armor. The property rights argument is a good one, but probably not sufficient to defend the environment. Its a real messy issue.

[kylejack]

That is completely absurd. I feel like we were hearing two completely different things. Maybe if you expect the worst then thats all you can see... I dunno. He speaks great and if you think he speaks poorly then wow.. I guess you havn't listened to Bush speak lately.
Bush is not a benchmark for good speaking. You can be better than Bush and still not be a very good public speaker.

[Cyclone177]

Bush is a benchmark for chimpanzees in some lab somewhere...Sadly I cheered when he beat Gore.

Fool me once...

[maxmerkel]

You didn't hear it and trust me he did amazingly well.. I think he convinced many. What this guy said was completely not the case... really I wonder if he was listening at all. On most of the issues Ron Paul was ready with great answers.. but some more than others. Overall, besides him getting cut off at the end(I still don't know what happened to feed), it was a great interview.

yes, i did listen to it. the interview was good, and ron had good answers - if you understood them. what i wanted to say is in some interviews dr. paul jumps way too much around and doesn't finish a thought. WE know his positions and we know what he wants to say, but sometimes i'm asking myself if people who are knew to him or his message can always understand what he wants to say... and that is something he the campaign could definitely work on.

[kylejack]

Bush is a benchmark for chimpanzees in some lab somewhere...Sadly I cheered when he beat Gore.

Fool me once...
Heh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A

[ourlongroad]

Link to audio recording of interview, anyone?

[ronpaulitician]

Re: environment

Just like with foreign aid, if and when the federal government gets out of the way, there's nothing preventing individual states from implementing environmental standards.

[ronpaulitician]

i don't understand why he doesn't take speech lessons or something. i love him too, but especially in this interview he jumped around a lot and did not finish more than maybe 20 sentences. :(
And can someone tell him to stop starting every other sentence with "But".