James Fallows: "What makes Ron Paul's presence on the debate stage so galvanizing..."

[ronpaulitician]

James Fallows: "What makes Ron Paul's presence on the debate stage so galvanizing..."

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What makes Ron Paul's presence on the debate stage so galvanizing -- in human and dramatic terms, entirely apart from his policies -- is the apparent absence of any "how will this go over???" filter between his brain and his mouth. You ask him if he thinks Newt Gingrich -- standing a few feet from him -- is a "chickenhawk," and he'll say, Yes, I hate people who didn't serve but want to start wars. Ask him if he thinks the other politicians are "corrupt," and he'll say, Yes these guys over here, they are. With any normal politician and indeed most normal people, you see an endless calibration and hedging exercise going on: remarks are tailored to local biases and sensibilities, to real people within physical proximity (remember Tim Pawlenty not wanting to criticize Romney to his face?), to "proper" sentiments, and so on. But with Ron Paul, you ask a question, and you're going to get an answer to that exact question, not to some other point he wants to get on the record.

Also, from the same article:

Impressive "you're no Jack Kennedy"-style moment by Ron Paul vs Gingrich last night. ("When I was drafted, I was married and I had two kids, and I went." Background: Gingrich's saying that he wasn't eligible for the Vietnam draft because he had a wife and kids.) Reminder: debates almost never matter because of the differences of policy they expose. They mainly count in giving us an impression of the candidates as people, including how they react to surprises and under stress. Those impressions, pro and con, mainly register though moments like these.

 

[ninepointfive]

I wonder if Ron is an ENTJ/INTJ

 

[BUSHLIED]

Ron effectively shut Gingrich down in that exchange...." I went!"

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I wonder if Ron is an ENTJ/INTJ

I believe he is an ENTJ. It would make sense. He does seem a bit extroverted, but then you pretty much have to be to be a politician.

 

[sailingaway]

I don't get this obsession with trying to type people's personalities, particularly Ron's.

He was very popular in high school, named 'best all around' and on a bunch of stuff, not just teams. Doesn't sound very 'Ent' to me, but maybe I don't know the categories.

 

[crusader]

I don't get this obsession with trying to type people's personalities, particularly Ron's.

He was very popular in high school, named 'best all around' and on a bunch of stuff, not just teams. Doesn't sound very 'Ent' to me, but maybe I don't know the categories.

ENTJ = Field Marshall (extraversion, intuition, thinking, judgment)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTJ

 

[itsnobody]

It was one of Ron's best performances

 

[sailingaway]

ENTJ = Field Marshall (extraversion, intuition, thinking, judgment)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTJ

OK, then maybe he is ENT....

lol!

the topic just surprised me.

 

[specsaregood]

OK, then maybe he is ENT....
lol!
the topic just surprised me.

I'm an ENTJ as well.