OFFICIAL : Meet The Press thread : Sunday Morning!!

Created4 said:
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.
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He nitpicks everyone's background. Romney looked pitiful last week.
 
Thank you Tim Russert!

For giving Ron Paul such an amazing chance to shine. Ron Paul was amazing in this interview. Russert didn't cut him any slack and Ron Paul didn't back down, he was FEISTY and stood up for himself and called Russert and his sources out onto the carpet several times. Lots of good information.
 
Created4 said:
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?
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I'm not sure how he treats the Dems, but he is absolutely brutal with the Repubs. Giuliani looked like he soiled himself, and knocked him down a few pegs.
 
RON was awesome Plain and simple! Got alot of people's attention and the fact that in this roundtable they do not even mention his NAME is waking people up to the CORRUPTION that is the MSM media!
 
musicmax said:
No, his job is to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. His job does not change when in committee, or when being doctored with unconstitutional appropriations.



Omnibus budget and appropriations bills are ALWAYS passed, so his "no" vote is a legislative sleight-of-hand.



No, it makes him look like a slick politician. It's one of very few indefensible things he's done in Congress.
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Currently the system is set up to take the people's taxes and FILTER it thru Congress which redistributes them. In his current position, as a Representative, he has to pass along his constituents requests. They have every right to request that Congress return some of the money they took.

As a Representative, and as President, he would work to abolish the system of FILTERing the money.
 
justatrey said:
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
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Good observation
 
Good interview.

The majority of MTP viewers are used to Russert's style of antagonistic interviewing, and will see that Ron Paul held his own.

It is also significant that MTP, which makes its money on digging up unpleasant facts from the past, couldn't get anything on RP personally. This will serve as a heads up to other campaigns and media. Ya just can't attack the man, even if you do your homework.
 
Ron explained the earmarks very well. The executive branch should not be spending money that is supposed to be controlled by the Congress. I think that his position that the people should get some of their money back from the feds will also resonate with voters.
 
I think it went darn good. But i have a point for thought...

Does anybody else think Dr. Paul should stop hammering the point of "eliminating the Department of Education" in such quick interviews?

I think he should be more careful simply because it takes time to explain what this means. The unintelligent masses won't bother to educate themselves or even think about what he said... they will simply respond with "WHAT?!?! DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION?! BUT WHERE WILL THE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL?!!!!!11"
 
I can't wait to see Huckster asked about his 50% off at Wendy's and the $120k worth of gifts he got one year. (Twice his salary)

That will be great!
 
Highstreet said:
Currently the system is set up to take the people's taxes and FILTER it thru Congress which redistributes them. In his current position, as a Representative, he has to pass along his constituents requests. They have every right to request that Congress return some of the money they took.

As a Representative, and as President, he would work to abolish the system of FILTERing the money.
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I wish he had explained it exactly like that. Instead, he kept saying "come on, come on", laughing and waving his hands at Russert. It was definitely the weakest part of the interview. The good news is that it didn't come at the end and he ended on a strong note.
 
If you figure Russert is probably the toghest interview RP will have to participate in then I think we should all consider ourselves blessed as RP supporters. If there was anything to smear Ron in any way, it would have been brought up in that interview. Ron did very well, and was calm, cool and collective. He was very dilligent about not letting Russert run away with the questions. He made it a point to clearly state a position or answer to Russert's questions before letting the interview move on. I liked it quite well.
 
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