Comments on: Video: Ron Paul, Bircheresque crank

By: iamse7en

iamse7en — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:00:01 +0000

Wow, Hot Air was trying to take down the lunatic, crank, “fringe” candidate very early on in the race, even though he had no chance of winning. I was neo-conned in 2007. No longer. I am a 100%, committed Ron Paul supporter.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Audio: U.S. in “great danger” of a staged terror attack or new Gulf of Tonkin, says Ron Paul

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:57:35 +0000

[...] From the substance of the conversation to the venue in which it occurred, there are no surprises here. This isn’t the first time the Only Man Who Can Save America has floated the Gulf of Tonkin scenario; in fact, he’s done it on the floor of the House. And lord knows it isn’t the first time he’s dialed in to Alex Jones’s show to swap conspiracy theories. In fact, it seems to be a regular gig. So after all the argument about whether he himself is a Truther or just patronizes Truthers, we arrive at the, er, truth: he doesn’t think 9/11 was an inside job but he thinks the next one might be. [...]

By: Mephistefales

Mephistefales — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:20:36 +0000

The Amero?

What’s this guy smoking?

Wait, wait…

I know this one…

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:19:20 +0000

Our government does things that we don’t want it to do. Just how much? I’m sure that even the upper levels of government don’t know. Should there be less federal government? Absolutely. Are the IRS and the Federal Reserve concepts that should be questioned, and potentially eliminated? Absolutely, along with the Education and Homeland Security Departments.

And there any semblance to the positions of Ron Paul end. If he doesn’t believe that 9/11 was aided by inside interests, he certainly failed to say so to people who do believe it. That lends a certain supposition of tacit approval to their opinions. The statement he made in the previous debate that we brought 9/11 upon ourselves through our foreign policy is more than enough to make sure that he is unelectable. Find my post from the Memorial Day thread for a (incomplete) list of linked dates of Islamic attacks against American interests.

Conservative Americans are for America first, not necessarily America only, and the isolationist stance doesn’t play well with the reality ‘on the pavement’.

The shame of all this, is that his positions that have real merit and value for our nation’s future are overshadowed by his less rational ideologies. To paraphrase a long-standing military axiom, it only takes one “oops” to wipe out a hundred “atta-boys”. He’s got many “oops” against him.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Audio: John Gibson goes thermonuclear on Truthers arrested at GOP debate

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:38:02 +0000

[...] And you’ll simply never guess which candidate they’re supporting for president. How do these cultish, bottom-feeding, sub-moronic degenerate bastards keep finding their way to an honest patriot like Ron Paul? Oh, that’s right — because he actively seeks them out by patronizing Alex Jones’s radio show. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Truthers finally reach the top of the 9/11 food chain

Tue, 29 May 2007 19:52:24 +0000

[...] You can watch the Peter Jennings video to which they refer right here at Prison Planet, the gold standard for American conspiracy websites. It’s owned of course by Alex Jones, whom you might remember from his warm fireside-ish chats with “thinkin’ man’s candidate” Ron Paul. Once you’re done, just follow along on this debunker’s page, noting especially the question at the very end. There were several warnings of collapse that day, and none of them had to do with explosives. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Sullivan accuses Michelle of “dark insinuations” about 9/11

Wed, 23 May 2007 20:53:09 +0000

[...] Dean Barnett nailed him on August 3rd for posting a YouTube clip that alleged Dick Cheney’s hunting accident was less than an accident. The producer of that video? Alex Jones, one of America’s foremost 9/11 conspiracy theorists, owner of the raving lunatic PrisonPlanet website, and of course chat buddy with Sullivan’s new political hero, Ron Paul. (Sully later explained that he had no idea who Jones was.) Ace nailed him on August 16th, six days after news of the UK airline plot broke, for hinting that Ned Lamont’s primary win over Joe Lieberman might have had something to do with the timing of the announcement. In the same post, Sully raised logistical questions about the passports the suspects had and the imminence of the attack, not entirely unreasonably given the paucity of information at the time — but of course the same might be said of the column Michelle wrote six months after 9/11 to which he’s now pointing as evidence of “dark” insinuations. A minor difference between the two: Michelle wasn’t questioning jihadist culpability for 9/11 whereas Sullivan was questioning the so-called airline plot, but let’s not let that get in the way of a good smear. [...]

By: politicalpartypoop.com » Blog Archive » We just can’t get enough of Ron Paul…Ron Paul and Rosie spotted in Vegas!

Sun, 20 May 2007 01:11:30 +0000

[...] Allah, Ace, and Dean Barnett all plumbed Paul’s conspiratorial depths–including Bircher-era/Rosie O’Donnell-esque claims that America is poised to manufacture a Gulf of Tonkin incident to go to war with Iran and his repeat appearances on the radio show of bottom-feeding 9/11 conspiracist Alex Jones. [...]

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:10:54 +0000

Trutheriness and Ron Paul…

First, some corrections: Last week, on John Gibson’s Fox News Channel show, “The Big Story,” I was asked to comment on 9/11 conspiracy theorists and Ron Paul. Here’s the video. In the segment, I referred to “Students and Scholars for……

By: dcthornton.com » Now That’s a Presidential Debate

dcthornton.com » Now That’s a Presidential Debate — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:01:16 +0000

[...] In summary, Rudy Giuliani won last night’s debate. Spanking Ron Paul’s butt on the suggestion that we invited 9/11 to happen was a keeper. [...]

By: postpolitical » Ron Paul Pwnership

postpolitical » Ron Paul Pwnership — Wed, 16 May 2007 04:56:02 +0000

[...] However, if he persists in importing this leftist blame-America-for-cancer Bircher conspiracy theorizing into the Republican Party, it’s time for tar and feathers and a swift boot to the curb. Whatever the wing, anti-American conspiracy theories and 9/11 masochism have no place in the Republican Party. None. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Rudy blasts Ron Paul’s apology for 9/11

Wed, 16 May 2007 03:16:43 +0000

[...] Ahem. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Rudy responds to Ron Paul’s apology for 9/11

Wed, 16 May 2007 03:16:20 +0000

[...] Ahem. [...]

By: JayHaw Phrenzie

JayHaw Phrenzie — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:15:38 +0000

I’m finally catching up to last night’s RedEye on Tivo and I just watched that HalfTime report that was some funny stuff.

You and Larry should do a movie together, one that you can take your maid to go see.

By: Levy

Levy — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:59:26 +0000

By the way, AP, Red Eye is not “newsertainment,” it’s “newtertainment.” Or as I like to spell it, “neutertainment.”

By: Levy

Levy — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:58:05 +0000

I know you hate when guests step on your Half Time Report Levy, and it’s understandable why, but at least Larry was funny while doing it.

RW: I don’t mind it at all, when the guest is funny. Larry actually said to me afterwards that he was sorry if he stepped on my stuff, and I told him exactly that. Super nice guy, btw.

By: Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:29:10 +0000

The man is functionally a libertarian, and is supremely (maybe pathologically) distrustful of aggregated power, be that corporate or government. He’s not a truther, and this Alex Jones, guilt by association canard is a bit weak.

It’s not “guilt by association” for simply going on the Alex Jones program- it’s that he went on not to counter the idiotic “truther” claims, but to sympathise with them by throwing in his hat with the likes of Kucinich.

Combine that with his suggestion that the US government would stage an attack to start a war with Iran, there’s pretty good reason to believe that he’s at least willing to sypmathise with the “truthers”, if not agree with them to some extent.

You might have also missed some of the racist and anti-Israel statements he’s made. Taken as a whole, I’m pretty comfortable questioning his character even if I do agree with many of his views.

By: spmat

spmat — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:12:20 +0000

Lots of informal fallacies floating around in here. Somehow I don’t think Paul is as whacked as some are making him out to be. I don’t support the man, for the same reason I don’t support Tancredo (wasted vote), but the particularly vicious attacks on his character are raising more than a few red flags with me.

The man is functionally a libertarian, and is supremely (maybe pathologically) distrustful of aggregated power, be that corporate or government. He’s not a truther, and this Alex Jones, guilt by association canard is a bit weak.

By: Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:43:06 +0000

Ron Paul is really the ONLY person in the Republican Party who is going to run for president that is worthy of a vote. He stands for liberty and getting government out of the Nanny business.

Don’t forget that he’s also the only Republican candidate who’s on record making openly racist and anti-Israel statements, sympathetic to the “Truther” movement and who’ll speak “truth to power” by suggesting that the US will stage an attack in order to start a war with Iran, and believes that if we just leave those poor oppressed Islamic terrorists alone, they’ll leave us alone too.

But you go ahead and throw your vote away on him in the primaries- I’m sure RINOs like McCain and Rudy won’t mind a bit.

By: starflyer

starflyer — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:59:37 +0000

Do I hear a (south park) conspiracy theory theme song coming on?

By: JayHaw Phrenzie

JayHaw Phrenzie — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:28:12 +0000

King of the Britons on May 10, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Ron, is that you?

By: eeyore

eeyore — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:15:07 +0000

For chrissakes, we had Kucinich on the show, and I’m guessing his own wife doesn’t take him seriously! Levy on May 10, 2007 at 2:37 AM

Not that you're looking for scary fringe guests, but check out the Mrs.'s site - She thinks he's the greatest thing since Gaia.

By: BohicaTwentyTwo

BohicaTwentyTwo — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:10:12 +0000

Again, not really a “libertarian” so much a conspiratorially-minded populist demogogue with the kind of ruthlessly reductivist thinking required by the simple-minded to make sense of a complex world.

I am going to start calling Ace The Umpire because he calls em likes he sees em.

You want to see the Ron Paul, um, ring of self-love, go over to Digg. Its frightening.

By: King of the Britons

King of the Britons — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:00:25 +0000

Ron Paul is really the ONLY person in the Republican Party who is going to run for president that is worthy of a vote. He stands for liberty and getting government out of the Nanny business. Unfortunately, many Republicans have no problem using the big hammer of the State and only differ from Democrats in what it is used for. Can anyone here defend the growth of government and the budget over the past eight years? How is Bush standing up for liberty besides fighting the war against those who have declared war against us?

By: Drum

Drum — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:43:40 +0000

Wow, you guys are serious, eh? Will someone please send me the link where Paul becomes a “truther” — that is, where he suggests that 9/11 was an “inside job”?