Comments on: Ron Paul on Bill Maher (and issues sans soundbites)

By: proletariat

proletariat — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:52:29 +0000

I agree. In 06 the Greens and the (right leaning) Libertarians had a very civil debate and found many issues of agreement including the Iraq War and Patriot Act., suspicion of government power etc…

I would welcome Ron Paul as the Libertarian candidate for Prez in 08. I think if we made sure the Libs and Greens were in every Presidential debate we would be doing this country a great service.

By: nicrivera

nicrivera — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:59:42 +0000

Bill Maher is not a libertarian. Like Eric Dondero, he is a partisan hack who merely calls himself a libertarian, with the difference being that Maher is beholden to the Democrats (hence his support for gun control and class warfare politics), while Dondero is beholden to the Republicans (hence his near fanatical support for the Iraq War).

This was Bill Maher at his absolute worse. Bill Maher is always telling his audience how he opposes the Iraq War and the War on Drugs. One would think that given that Ron Paul is the most outspoken Republican against both the Iraq War and the War on Drugs, Bill Maher would brought those issues up and enlisted Ron Paul’s support on those positions.

Instead, Maher did everything he could to try to discredit Ron Paul and make him out to be just another loony right-winger.

This definitely was not one of Ron Paul better performances, and it was a completely blown opportunity for Maher to demonstrate that one of President Bush’s biggest critics is a member of his own party.

Being somewhat liberal-leaning myself, I’ve never understood why so many on the left (including pseudo-libertarians such as Maher) seek to discredit libertarians rather than work with them on issues that they supposedly agree on.

By: DCZE

DCZE — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:53:38 +0000

I am ashamed of Bill Maher for wasting a good man’s time with his, as elequently stated above, railroading of the issues. I tuned in because I really wanted to hear what he had to say on the issues… Bill… you are the worst and I will never again waste another minute of MY time listening to YOUR stupid crap.

By: Jaybone

Jaybone — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:55:17 +0000

Who interviews a presidential candidate and does not ask about his position on IRAQ?????
Very weird.
When a-hole Maher asked him about the civil war he should have said something like, “I’m more concerned about the war we are in now, not what happened in the 1800’s”
If he managed to get his opinion on the war out (most likely begin troop withdrawls on inauguration day) he would have probably garnered some real attention.

By: Mueytor

Mueytor — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:59:17 +0000

RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT

By: infowarrior

infowarrior — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:31:24 +0000

Bill Maher came out as an arrogant jackass who thought he could demean Ron Paul; sorry to inform you bill, Ron Paul served you a plate of knowledge and you threw it in the trash. As for Ron Paul, he came across as a very calm, intelligent gentleman.
RON PAUL 2008!

By: VoteRonPaul

VoteRonPaul — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:54:08 +0000

Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for freedom in our nation’s capital. America was instituted on the basis of creating a limited and balanced government. The revolution was fought to prevent a centralized government to take shape that would deny its people intrinsic rights. What we have in America today is a centralized totalitarian state. At the expense of local governments which help create healthy communities. Returning to the gold standard is the best way to restore our once firm check on our gov.

By: titaniumgirl

titaniumgirl — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:42:27 +0000

Dondero – Dr. Paul did an awesome job, I don’t think he came accross as “Mr. Doomsday” as you say. Instead he came accross as “Mr. Levelheaded and Mr. Commonsense” and that ROCKS!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:15:31 +0000

Bill really decided to waste Ron’s evening. With so much to talk about (ie: WAR!!!!, Habeas Corpus, etc) Bill decided to chat about things that even if Ron were to be elected he couldn’t do with a swipe of a pen. What a waste of time. Too bad Bill didn’t take the time to talk about Ron’s vision for America. Bill also didn’t congratulate Ron on winning the Tax Payers Friend Award (http://tinyurl.com/2ha6yw ). I guess Bill decided Ron’s opinion on how the civil war could of been avoided and settled in a peaceful resoultion to free the slaves was more important. Damn Bill, I thought you were going to ask some tough questons.

Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record

* He has never voted to raise taxes.
* He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
* He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
* He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
* He has never taken a government-paid junket.
* He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
* He voted against the Patriot Act.
* He voted against regulating the Internet.
* He voted against the Iraq war.

* He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.

* He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.

Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.

This man is the ONLY canadiate to candidate to put his pen where his mouth is. He signed a document promising to restore the US Constitution!! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2247774663533107477

Ron is awesome, he took LIVE calls on C-SPAN. Check it out to see where Ron stands on many issues: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2771662541893688122

By: miche

miche — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:14:21 +0000

Whatever Dondero. It isn’t like Ron Paul chose to be railroaded on that issue. I think he handled it well considering.