Democracy Now: The Candidate for Peace

[zert]

I watched Democracy now nearly every day. It is of course is far leaning left news broadcast, but I enjoy the convenience and sometimes the perspective. At times they do actually criticize Obama. But they also tend to keep their broadcast extremely biased: Tuesday they aired a rally where Julian Assange said that FOX news tends to show more truth than other networks like CNN and MSNBC. It was the only point of the broadcasted interview where they was cut off, and seamlessly continued.

Anyway the point of this post is to suggest that they interview Ron Paul on their show. He is the only candidate with a strict record of promoting peace, and a strict presidential platform for peace. I believe peace is something they would want to promote on their program, and since their guy isn't very peaceful, they should talk with a candidate who is, Ron Paul.

I believe you can make suggests at the link below:
hxxp://www.democracynow.org/about/contact
(replace xx with tt)

 

[Romulus]

democracy now is anti-establishment front that is put in place by the establishment.

 

[zert]

Right, but imagine their listeners when they realize that Ron Paul is for peace more so than any other candidate, and a vote for Obama is a vote for the continued endless wars. I don't think this spectrum of the populace is aware of Ron Paul as a strong advocate of peace and destruction of the military industrial complex. I would like to see how they respond to Ron Paul; how could they argue with peace.

 

[Romulus]

I don't think they'd ever give him a chance to be on the show. He's a "Republican"

 

[amy31416]

I don't think they'd ever give him a chance to be on the show. He's a "Republican"

http://www.democracynow.org/2002/9/24/a_texas_republican_comes_out_against
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/3/thousands_gather_in_minneapolis_for_ron

 

[CUnknown]

I love Democracy Now ... I've been asking for them to have RP on for a while. I can always ask again, I guess.

 

[Romulus]

http://www.democracynow.org/2002/9/24/a_texas_republican_comes_out_against
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/3/thousands_gather_in_minneapolis_for_ron

I'm surprised to see that....

I'm going to email them now and ask them to have him on again.

 

[YumYum]

I like "Democracy Now!" I think Amy Goodman is courageous and honest in her reports. I also like watching "Link TV".

 

[Sola_Fide]

The Left doesn't want peace. Their entire political and intellectual philosophy is based on war.

 

[Wren]

http://www.democracynow.org/2002/9/24/a_texas_republican_comes_out_against
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/3/thousands_gather_in_minneapolis_for_ron

Still insignificant. They virtually ignored him in 08 apart from that miniscule piece about rally for the republic. don't see why they should start caring now. the last time amy goodman had an actual broadcasted interview with RP was in 1996 I believe.


Edit: actually 1997 and 2002, i found the videos

 

[amy31416]

Still insignificant. They virtually ignored him in 08 apart from that miniscule piece about rally for the republic. don't see why they should start caring now. the last time amy goodman had an actual broadcasted interview with RP was in 1996 I believe.

As far as I know they've never treated him disrespectfully or lied about his positions, as so many other left-wing (and right-wing) media organizations do. For god's sake, Fox News treated him far worse, as did Reason, National Review, etc. etc.

Give credit where it's due.

 

[outspoken]

I still don't understand how any leftest minded individuals can also be an advocate of peace. The very heart and soul of government at its core is aggression and violence and so it almost seems hypocritical to clamor for democracy while using the violent hand of government to force people to support those entities which those in authoritarian government positions of influence deems necessary and humane.

 

[Sola_Fide]

I still don't understand how any leftest minded individuals can also be an advocate of peace. The very heart and soul of government at its core is aggression and violence and so it almost seems hypocritical to clamor for democracy while using the violent hand of government to force people to support those entities which those in authoritarian government positions of influence deems necessary and humane.

I think you nailed it. Democracy is mob violence. The Left's primary goal might be to democratize the homeland at first, but like Woodrow Wilson, the globalist in them usually will come out and want to democratize the world.

 

[YumYum]

I still don't understand how any leftest minded individuals can also be an advocate of peace. The very heart and soul of government at its core is aggression and violence and so it almost seems hypocritical to clamor for democracy while using the violent hand of government to force people to support those entities which those in authoritarian government positions of influence deems necessary and humane.

Amy Goodman is always exposing the corruption in government, whether it be under the Republicans or the Democrats. She doesn't trust any government, but will acknowledge when leaders are doing something for the betterment of their people. I think what Bolivia has done from keeping their water from being privatized was the right move. A leftover "leftist" hippie from the 1960's who is into organic farming, solar energy, smoking homegrown, and wears a long ponytail, is hardly violent, or a warmonger. Labeling is so ridiculous.

 

[JTWilliams]

They know what they're doing...

and they know that Ron Paul is for peace. The truth is, peace is less important to that kind of leftist than group rights and wealth re-distribution. As we enter the campaign cycle, with RP on the ballot, none of the left-wing hosts will have him on their shows.

Just like during Rand's campaign, the left will stab you in the back in a second for any run of the mill Democrat candidate. It's good that they will criticise Obama, but military aggression (to them) is much more preferable than a policy of voluntarism.

 

[outspoken]

Amy Goodman is always exposing the corruption in government, whether it be under the Republicans or the Democrats. She doesn't trust any government, but will acknowledge when leaders are doing something for the betterment of their people. I think what Bolivia has done from keeping their water from being privatized was the right move. A leftover "leftist" hippie from the 1960's who is into organic farming, solar energy, smoking homegrown, and wears a long ponytail, is hardly violent, or a warmonger. Labeling is so ridiculous.

You would think that anyone who has invested their life's work exposing the corruption of government would arrive at the realization that government when you strip away the facade of helping people is at best coercion and manipulation and at worse nothing short of overt aggression and violence. Hell, even hippie John Lennon came to this realization towards the end of his life as he was a fan of Ronald Reagan. I agree that distilling opinions of people down to nothing more than a label is at times ridiculous and potentially morally hazardous as human beings are much more complicated than that.

 

[febo]

I still don't understand how any leftest minded individuals can also be an advocate of peace. The very heart and soul of government at its core is aggression and violence and so it almost seems hypocritical to clamor for democracy while using the violent hand of government to force people to support those entities which those in authoritarian government positions of influence deems necessary and humane.

Of course a lot of "leftests" are anti-war.
Ron Paul will need as many Blue Republicans as he can get - as he well knows - we need to be welcoming them as warmly as possible.

 

[Paul Or Nothing II]

Of course a lot of "leftests" are anti-war.
Ron Paul will need as many Blue Republicans as he can get - as he well knows - we need to be welcoming them as warmly as possible.

True, why do people here think that most people care about an ideology as a whole? It's ridiculous, they don't, they just vote for what they find palatable so even thought they're "leftists" on issues like welfare, most of them "rightists" on the issue of war, that's why Obama was the "Peace Candidate" so now that he has shown his true colors & they're not going to trust other Republican neo-cons, this is an ideal opportunity for them to get to vote Ron, & you never know, some of them might look deeper into our philosophy & realize how destructive socialism is for economies & become one of "us".

They need to be told that everything else Ron wants to do will've to have Congress & Senate's approval & that he does NOT want to cut welfare immediately (which he's said many times) but wars are one of the few issues where president, as the commander-in-chief, he can just bring the troops home without consulting anyone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rePrD-6nNdE#t=12m40)

 

[febo]

Instead of trying to (re-)claim the Tea Party - isn't the disgruntled left, the let-down, betrayed peace-loving left the best thing for RP to go after?
I've seen signs that he realises this...

 

[acptulsa]

You would think that anyone who has invested their life's work exposing the corruption of government would arrive at the realization that government when you strip away the facade of helping people is at best coercion and manipulation and at worse nothing short of overt aggression and violence... I agree that distilling opinions of people down to nothing more than a label is at times ridiculous and potentially morally hazardous as human beings are much more complicated than that.

Didn't you answer your own question here? You don't believe in violence so you don't believe in government. Fine. But people can go against their own principles when they think their principles are sound. There is simply a major difference between war and taxation, whether you see a relationship there or not. And it's often just not that easy to admit that something that looked so promising as a force for good is doing more harm. Especially since the problem still exists.

Or, to put it another way, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.