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IHaveaDream said:
For instance, when asked how many troops he would bring home, or how much the total income tax revenue is, RP didn't know...but Russert did.
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I worry about this too, the numbers are so good that it is surprising that he does not whip them out whenever he can.

1999 Budget 1800 billion
2006 budget 2700 billion
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difference: 900 billion

2006 Income Tax 900billion

If all we do is roll back budgets to 1999 levels we can cut income tax.
 
its coming on for me in 10 minutes at 10am... i didnt want to read the thread for spoil alert reasons. but is it a good interview? i dont want to watch it if its a ron paul smear parade.
 
IHaveaDream said:
Dr. Paul has the right idea, but he simply does not convey "leadership" quality. He was not as prepared for Russert's questions as he should have been. For instance, when asked how many troops he would bring home, or how much the total income tax revenue is, RP didn't know...but Russert did.

In the post-interview discussions, the pundits haven't even mentioned RP's name so far. As far as they're concerned, he's a joke.

Dr. Paul has the right message, and I respect his integrity, but they will eat him alive if he doesn't improve his ability to communicate his thoughts and ideas.
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It is always easy to know the answer if you know exactly what you are going to ask
and research it. I doubt many if any candidates know the answer to that question. You will never know the answer to every question.The only remark I can ever fault Ron Paul for not knowing was when he didn't know who Johnny Sutton was, and that wouldn't be a big deal if he was the congressmen for New York, but the Sutton situation was in Texas.
 
garrettwombat said:
its coming on for me in 10 minutes at 10am... i didnt want to read the thread for spoil alert reasons. but is it a good interview? i dont want to watch it if its a ron paul smear parade.
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I enjoyed it and I think Ron Paul did well, better than Romney and Rudy G.
 
IHaveaDream said:
Dr. Paul has the right idea, but he simply does not convey "leadership" quality. He was not as prepared for Russert's questions as he should have been. For instance, when asked how many troops he would bring home, or how much the total income tax revenue is, RP didn't know...but Russert did.

In the post-interview discussions, the pundits haven't even mentioned RP's name so far. As far as they're concerned, he's a joke.

Dr. Paul has the right message, and I respect his integrity, but they will eat him alive if he doesn't improve his ability to communicate his thoughts and ideas.
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Yes, Im unsure why RP would not know how many troops are overseas, or how much our income tax revenue is, especially when that is a big part of his platform. Hell, I knew how many troops were overseas, and Im not running for president. He has great ideas, he just needs to solidify this stuff. This interview was not impressive, for me. if I wanted to bring the troops home, and cut the IRS - i would know some facts. He REALLY should have known those numbers. I think he is a bit too abstract in his thinking - its ok on one side, but he needs FACTS to back up this abstract stuff.
 
IHaveaDream said:
Dr. Paul has the right idea, but he simply does not convey "leadership" quality. He was not as prepared for Russert's questions as he should have been. For instance, when asked how many troops he would bring home, or how much the total income tax revenue is, RP didn't know...but Russert did.

In the post-interview discussions, the pundits haven't even mentioned RP's name so far. As far as they're concerned, he's a joke.

Dr. Paul has the right message, and I respect his integrity, but they will eat him alive if he doesn't improve his ability to communicate his thoughts and ideas.
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I think your post touches upon a fundamental point.

In the beginning Paul's main concern was to simply provide the message, which is essentially a philosophical shift in governance.

Having established traction and gained a healthy measure of support, he ought to now move into phase 2 where he starts to grapple with some specifics applicable to his policies.

I do not blame him for lacking certain specifics during the interview because you have to remember, all this time his main concern was to provide the philosophical fundamentals.

You are right, he now ought to bring some specifics to the discourse (although not too much, since this can also work against you) to help solidify his stances.

General Budget numbers, troop numbers, federal department staffing numbers and other things of similar nature would help his argument.
 
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It was a vintage hard-hitting interview by Tim Russert. He must have had his researchers working overtime to dig up dirt on Ron. Sickening, but not surprising. Ron is now being treated as a threat by the corporate establishment and their media mouthpieces.

Paul handled himself well under Russert's bright-light interrogation. They did not pull out his fingernails on camera.

CAT5 Cane
 
hypnagogue said:
It'd be wonderful if we could youtube while something happened. Maybe someday!
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Oh great we've got another toaster on these forums. This one looks like it's of the old-school variety though. If there's anything these forums have taught me, it's that Cylons are surprisingly individualistic. Maybe that's good news for Adama & co; I'll make sure I send the Admiral the memo.
 
I think this interview will show us what the heck HQ has been up to (or not been up to) for the past week or so...

(I swear to god, if they did not prepare the good dr. well enough, I will go awall)
 
ifthenwouldi said:
You don't have to prepare Ron Paul because he actually believes in his answers.

This was an "okay" interview for Paul, and I think it made Russert look worse. If I were running for president, I would refuse to answer a four-word quote (not even a complete sentence, much less a paragraph) from over a decade ago. That's not journalism.

Ron took a hit on the "earmark" question because he didn't articulate his stand on that as well as he should have. Not sure I agree with him there, either.
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What I mean by prepping is by working with the candidate to make sure he has accurate information at his fingertips to refute attacks. Nobody can remember every quote and stat thrown at them. The reason you get a staff is so they can give that stuff to you.
 
CAT5 Cane said:
It was a vintage hard-hitting interview by Tim Russert. He must have had his researchers working overtime to dig up dirt on Ron. Sickening, but not surprising. Ron is now being treated as a threat by the corporate establishment and their media mouthpieces.

Paul handled himself well under Russert's bright-light interrogation. They did not pull out his fingernails on camera.

CAT5 Cane
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It was great how Ron Paul associated Corporatism with Fascism at the end.

I love it when the F Bomb is Dropped...
 
Rob said:
Oh great we've got another toaster on these forums. This one looks like it's of the old-school variety though. If there's anything these forums have taught me, it's that Cylons are surprisingly individualistic. Maybe that's good news for Adama & co; I'll make sure I send the Admiral the memo.
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I am sorry, but can you please translate your post for me?
 
Oh man, some guy is shouting out Ron on the Chris Matthews show!


Chris has a segment on "best move" of 2007. Ron Paul was not given as a choice, but the last guy went out on his own, and said Ron anyway!

Props to that guy, whoever he is.
 
Go Dr. Paul! He is so polite, he knows just how to get his point across without being rude. Some of Dr. Paul's responses this morning were obviously more than Russert could comprehend. Hell, Russert was assuming lonely newspaper quotes were 100% factual.

While I agree this interview probably didn't win many people over (especially anti-pauls) I'm sure it exposed him to a lot of people who were previously unaware of him. We'll get a little more support thanks to this one.

I, too, am surprised that white supremacy or abortion didn't come up.
 
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