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It's not like he said "watch your back Ron." he said this before on his show
 
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Just got finished watching the show. For the most part, Paul held his own. He started and finished strong, but was a little weak in the middle. He was strong in his discussion of Israel, foreign policy, immigration, drugs, civil rights and slavery, using facts and historical precedents to back up his opinions He was pretty weak once again when talking about the budget. He needs to give more specific dollar amounts (cutting out the income tax will bring the budget down by x dollars, bringing the troops home from overseas bases will save us y dollars, etc.) instead of being so vague. He was incredibly weak on earmarks, so much so that I will be researching this on my own to see if Paul's laughter was from the outlandishness of the claims or due to his incapability of putting together an argument against the claims. I enjoyed the fact that he was more openly hostile about not running third party, stating that they just raised $10 million and asking Russert if he questioned any of the other candidates about that.

All in all, I believe this interview will gain him a few votes (though not many), but won't cost him any.
 
Ron did fine, Russert can raddle alot of people.

Did anyone else notice, but to me it seemed like Ron had more control of the interview than Tim did, He kept Tim in check and wouldnt let him run off without him answering.

I like at a couple times, it looked to me as Ron was looking at Tim like he was a moron. Like, I cant believe you just asked me that stupid idiotic question.

Interesting to see how Huckabee/Obama handle themselves on there. They both have alot more garbage in the closet.

I will give TIm a couple thumbs up though. He didnt go into the racial thing, although he does get a thumbs down for going YET AGAIN to the third party run.
 
I would say the interview was good. Ron got to explain his government philosophies which will do nothing but attract people. Most people who watch MTP know what Tim's trying to do, and I don't think Tim was any harder on Ron than he was on other guys.

I liked the fact Ron was more aggressive than normal. Voters like someone who can be a strong leader, and when Tim tried to corner Ron, he usually turned it around and became the dominant one in the conversation. Even though if the actual conversation may not be pleasant to people who are undecided about Ron, the character he displayed will be attractive to people. Ron showed he is a person who doesn't take crap, but at same the time doesn't take 'strongman' approach at his policies.

One of the biggest things less-than-educated voters vote for is character. I think Ron honestly displayed a better character this interview than he does most of the time. The combination of this, and his explanations of his stances, will lead to nothing but more voters in my opinion.
 
I've heard Russert use the phrase "be safe on the campaign trail" several times prior to this interview.
 
Wow! This was the most antagonistic interview I have seen so far! I don't watch MSM much, and haven't watched Russert in years. Did he treat all the candidates like this, or only Paul?

But I think this interview was great! Now the campaign has clearly learned just how the MSM is going to attack Paul. I thought he handled the "earmarks" for his district coverage pretty well, but that will probably come up again, and now they can prepare for it. I was really disappointed in Russert, as I thought he was a fair and balanced reporter, but this interview was 100% antagonistic against Paul.

I think in the republican party the hardest thing Dr. Paul is going to have to sell is that Islamic fundamentalism is not the biggest danger this country faces. So far, he is the only candidate stating the truth that the problem is NOT that they hate our freedom, but that they hate our colonialism-type foreign policies. Most Americans are too ignorant to know how most Muslims think (the vast majority of which are NOT radical fundamentalists), but as one who has lived for years in the Middle East myself, I can tell you that the majority of the population are just average people like you and me trying to make a living and get by in life, and have no aspirations at all for taking over the world for Islam. That message of fear is really hurting America right now.
 
Let's hold Tim to his promise to ask the other candidates if they are going to run as an independent. I think he at least specifically said he'd ask McCain that.
 
Dr. Paul did very well. If at all, it seemed that Russert was frustrated and you could see it on his face at the end of the intervew.

It seems he gets off by rattling the candidates. Looks like he suffered blowback. He got rattled himself.

What comes around, goes around Russert.
 
Larry I agree with your comment!

llepard said:
A threat. What a coward. They gonna kill him if he gets traction.

That is what he said, in Washington code.
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I thought after watching this Interview RP did awesome how can you not LOVE that interview!! He had NOTHING on RP he was digging anything he could find from 20 yrs ago?


Great Israel answer
Great IRS answer
Great mention of Freedom to Fasicism!!


P.S did you catch at the End TIM say you were on CNN talking about the Sinclair Lewis remark? Tim it was FOX moron!
 
Doesn't Russert typically ask tough questions? He actually went much easier on Paul than I expected. For example:

- No mention of the donation money he's been accepting from you know who.

- Never uttered the words "fringe", "longshot", "radical".

- No mention of the mainstream poll numbers.

- No mention of his support from 911 conspiracy theorists.

I thought Paul came across very sharp; he looked good (i.e., he's been looking very tired in recent interviews - not today) he spoke well, and did not hesitate in his answers to tough questions.

8/10 for me
 
Russert was terrible. For instance, on the earmarks issue: it was as if he completely ignored Ron's rebuttal. Ron made the point that cutting earmarks doesn't cut spending and that Congress has the Constitutional authority to appropriate money, not the executive branch. Russert just continued with attacks nonetheless, and I think he actually came off badly in that exchange, not Paul.

This was Russert's toughest interview to date of any Presidential candidate. He genuinely seemed to have something against Ron and seemed to want to destroy him on a personal level. How did Ron Paul respond? By giving THE BEST INTERVIEW BY A CANDIDATE THIS YEAR ON MTP! He knocked that interview COMPLETELY out of the park. The other candidates get caught in Russert's trap and don't even answer the questions directly; RP gave terrific answers and DIRECTLY answered the questions. That will mean a ton.
 
I can't even imagine what Russert is going to do to the Huckster. I wonder if MTP will have a "bookshelf" behind Huckabee? If Russert is 1/10 as hard on Huckabee as he was on RP, then RP supporters will be praising Russert, lol.
 
Minuteman said:
Ron did fine, Russert can raddle alot of people.

Did anyone else notice, but to me it seemed like Ron had more control of the interview than Tim did, He kept Tim in check and wouldnt let him run off without him answering.

I like at a couple times, it looked to me as Ron was looking at Tim like he was a moron. Like, I cant believe you just asked me that stupid idiotic question.

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I agree; Ron was in command and top notch. He was interrupted a few times, however, when he wanted to explain things further.

This was 30min. Is this how much he gives other candidates?
 
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