Audio: Mitt Romney laughs at Ron Paul, interviewer morphs into full-blown Paulnut
posted at 2:36 pm on January 29, 2008 by Bryan
It starts off reasonably enough, but Romney starts to school host Tampa Bay 1040 WWBA host Mark Larsen and by extension Ron Paul on taxes and entitlements and you can feel the rails start to give way. When Romney has the audacity of hope to laugh at Paul for suggesting that the way to keep the nation secure is to jettison our intelligence agencies and blame ourselves when jihadists attack, well, the rails fly apart. Romney senses the madness and leaves the host to his rant. Turns out there was a Ronulan underneath the whole time.
Now, lest anyone think that I’m advocating the current system, income tax and all, I’m not. I’m not a fan. But I don’t think Paul has the answers, and he comes off as a crotchety old man who is in over his head on every issue. He doesn’t even know who wrote his newsletter, or so he claims, so why should anyone believe him when he says what he says about taxes? Or foreign policy or anything else. If you’re not a racist yourself but you can’t manage to keep your personal newsletter from devolving into a racist cesspool, you can’t or won’t disavow the various miscreants who are publicly supporting you and you’re happy to accept donations on a day that your supporters chose to explicitly celebrate a long-dead terrorist, you ought not be handed the keys to the executive branch of the US government. Ever. Sorry. No number of discrete ideas that sound good on paper but would never survive Congress can overcome all that.
That his supporters can’t engage non-supporters without yelling and carrying on just seals the deal as far as I’m concerned.
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There’s no point arguing with
HebrewToYouobamabigotmuslim. He just likes slandering Christians.That’s all he does here…he’s planning on voting for Hussein Obama anyway.
HaraldHardrada on January 29, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Why would I need to do that job? You guys are taking care of it yourselves.
HebrewToYou on January 29, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Well, I think we’ve heard enough from HH. Can’t say it’s been a pleasure.
Bryan on January 29, 2008 at 8:34 PM
HA stock just went up on intrade.
Spirit of 1776 on January 29, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Thank you Bryan!
dawgyear on January 29, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Good Lord, took you long enough. The ban hammer used to be swift and merciless.
Ah, well, better late than never. Thank you.
SouthernDem on January 29, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Bye bye, HaraldHardrada!
Troy Rasmussen on January 29, 2008 at 9:06 PM
I disagree with you 100%. There are no errors in the Holy Bible (King James version), and it is perfect historically, geographically, scientifically, grammatically and numerically, and “every word of God is pure” (Proverbs 30:5).
But, tell me,
1.) Do you believe Israel is entitled to all the land of Israel?
2.) Do you recognize Israel as a nation with it’s current borders?
apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Are you a Christian? And don’t you believe what the Bible says about those who practice false gospels?
apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 9:36 PM
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Thank you!
LodeStar on January 29, 2008 at 9:37 PM
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why True Believers scare the bejesus outta me. You can’t reason with them; you can’t act rationally around them. They are a lost cause.
Yes, but only because they have won the land militarily. Israel has the same claim to their land as the United States of America has to ours. That’s how the world works.
Of course. That’s like saying “Do you recognize that a cow goes, ‘mooooo?’”
Don’t you realize that your particular brand of Christianity is not more correct than any other? Don’t you realize that your Church doesn’t have a monopoly on monotheism?
You are frightening, apacalyps. I don’t think you even comprehend how ridiculous you’re acting.
HebrewToYou on January 29, 2008 at 9:46 PM
You have got to be kidding. You can’t reason with Christians? This nation and it’s laws are based on the Christianity and Bible. The reason you have the rights you do is thanks to Christians! And you have the audACity to knock creationists when you’re a man who believes in the evolution fairytale. Don’t you dare accuse me of having faith when you think you evolved from a snail.
apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 9:54 PM
No, I can’t reason with people who refuse to give an inch. It’s your version of the truth or the highway.
You prove my point. You simply can’t even entertain the idea that maybe, just maybe, humans weren’t on this planet until very, very recently on a universal scale of time. Maybe, just maybe, life started on this planet with single-celled organisms.
Maybe that book you consider the absolute truth simply contains metaphors for how we came to be and not a literal interpretation. But that’s crazy! I mean, it’s not like Earth is more than 10,000 years old or anything. What was I thinking! Of course humans just arose very recently and assumed dominion over the world. Thinking anything else would just be crazy.
HebrewToYou on January 29, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Knock it off already, both of you.
Bryan on January 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Sorry. I’m feeding the troll.
HebrewToYou on January 29, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Yes, I am. And I do believe what scripture says.
Do you routinely call people’s faith into question just because they disagree with you on politics? If so, that’s vile. Simply vile.
This election is about choosing a religious leader, it’s about choosing a political one. If Romney shares my political values, I’ll vote for him. Simple as that.
Slublog on January 29, 2008 at 10:21 PM
That should read: This election is not about choosing a religious leader, it’s about choosing a political one.
Slublog on January 29, 2008 at 10:23 PM
I’m just trying to defend myself. Some of the assertions made by HebrewToYou are outrageous. And the language he uses, “you are a homophobic, bible-thumping etc, etc,…” is pretty hard. Anybody who told him to be himself simply couldn’t have given him worse advice…
apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 10:39 PM
The comments section of this blog has fallen immeasurably far since the comments were last open to registration.
It’s sad to see. Sincerely. Apparently the same half dozen clearly unbalanced and clearly ill-informed commenters now largely control the site.
It’s almost unreadable now. I miss it.
Drop me an e-mail if it gets better. Or if you bring back the daily Vents.
For now its just a big heap o’ stupid. Doesn’t even seem like the same place it was just a couple months back.
Professor Blather on January 29, 2008 at 10:43 PM
You know, PC has invaded when it comes to truth in religion. Telling the truth about the history and the beliefs of the Mormons is taboo, just as it is not PC to tell the truth about the history and beliefs of the Muslims. This is going to destroy this nation.
apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 11:10 PM
I don’t get to spend as much time here anymore as I used to, Professor, so I haven’t had as clear a look at the “new” Hot Air as you. And now that I’ve slogged through this entire thread, I think I understand your point of view.
But I think I speak for many of us when I say I’d hate to see you go. I’ve always enjoyed your posts. They’re among the bright lights of this place.
p.v. cornelius on January 29, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Bryan on January 29, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Thank you Bryan!
Conservative Voice on January 30, 2008 at 1:34 AM
Bryan on January 29, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Thank you Bryan!
Deety on January 30, 2008 at 1:44 AM
You have got to be kidding. You can’t reason with Christians? This nation and it’s laws are based on the Christianity and Bible. The reason you have the rights you do is thanks to Christians! And you have the audACity to knock creationists when you’re a man who believes in the evolution fairytale. Don’t you dare accuse me of having faith when you think you evolved from a snail.
apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 9:54 PM
What exactly is wrong with evolving from a snail? I believe in creation, as well as evolution. The bible says God created man from dust, and evolution says mud. I don’t see a huge amount of difference there.
I have never understood this conflict between science and religion. In my reasoning they should seldom cross paths. Science seeks to explain the how, with little concern about the why, while religion is concerned about the why, and not the how. God parts the Red Sea. Science should be concerned with how it was done, while religion should be concerned with why it was done.
I like to think of god as a great engineer. He made this machine called the universe that has all the precision of fine clockwork, yet as resilient as a horror movie slasher. The thought, in my opinion, that he just forced it out by sheer will and raw power, with little concept of how it actually works, instead of planning and knowledge cheapens God.
DFCtomm on January 30, 2008 at 2:13 AM
I notice how Mark is pretty brave AFTER Romney is gone.
Vanbasten on January 30, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Couldn’t agree more DFCtomm.
Great post.
44Magnum on January 30, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Hey, hey, hey! Come ooooon guys…we all hae our differences, but can’t we all be civil, and join together in our common hatred of the French?
fusionaddict on January 30, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Interesting spin Bryan. What I heard was Romney ducking the question because he couldn’t answer it. And then his elitist arrogance pissed off the host.
Got this one wrong, but then again, your mind was closed from the beginning.
Talking points, talking points.
Mitt Romney is a big government liberal. “Care for our elderly” is a euphemism for “entitlement programs must continue.”
fossten on January 30, 2008 at 3:38 PM
This is a test – ignore.
apacalyps on January 30, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in…
Well, nothing really, it just didn’t happen, bro. Look, I’m trying to help you. If I told you, if you kiss a frog, it will turn into a prince, you would say, “No, apacalyps, frogs do not turn to princes.” Oh, but in the textbooks it does. Yes boys and girls, start off with an amoeba and over billions of years, it slowly turns to a frog. And over a few more million years it turns into a prince. Same fairy tale, frog to prince, but all you did was add the magic ingredient called billions and billions of years. You cannot test this, demonstrate it, prove it; you can only believe it. It is a religion, it’s not part of a science.
I just want you to know the evolution theory is in complete contradiction to what the Bible teaches. Just so you know that. And there is absolutely no proof it took place. A god that has to use suffering, misfits, death, a god that doesn’t know what he wants the first time and can’t make it right in six days like He said, that is a retarded god. I would not worship that one at all. (Such a god is) Certainly not the God of the Bible.
There is no conflict between science and the Bible. I love science! Most of the branches of science we have today were started by creationists, people who believed in a creator. Look it up. Science are things that are observable, testable and provable. Evolution theory is NOT science.
HE IS. There are 137 million connections in one square inch of the eye. Find an electrician who can do that.
Evolution is far from planning my friend. Evolution is a religion of death. Death is the hero of the plot. Read above. Anyhow, this is in response to your response to me. I hope this helps give you some things to think about. Have a nice day/night.
apacalyps on January 30, 2008 at 7:41 PM
In response to:
Spolitics on January 29, 2008 at 6:02 PM said:
It’s because he is a high profile rich person who is campaigning for Huckabee. I figured that out several weeks ago.
Personally I think he is/was maybe even Walker Texas Ranger himself! :)
He wouldn’t tell us how he made his money. Just that he is rich. And beautiful wife? Yup that’s him.
Bragging about it? Yup that would be him.
Forever banned from HotAir? Yup that’s him!
Sweet revenge? Yup!
You other demagoguing Huck fans are next if you are not careful.
Are we biased? Yup that’s us.. just being true conservatives.
Mcguyver on February 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM
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