Rate Ron's question to McCain

[corsairtro]

Ron's calling out McCain as an economic idiot = 10
Delivery was rambling and barely coherent = 2
Moderators forcing McCain to answer = 1
Average = 4.333

 

[DjLoTi]

1 is the worst, typically 10 is usually the best.

I rated it a 5.. I didn't know wtf Ron was talking about, but neither did McCain. Unfortunately, McCain not answering a question most people don't understand isn't going to make much of a dent in the visibility of the reflection of Ron's education, especially on economics.

 

[ronpaulyourmom]

It was an okay question to embarass McCain, but Ron should have really said.

"I'm going to ask this question of John McCain but to be honest it applies to just about everybody up here on the stage with me. My question is, how will you finance economic stimulus and tax cuts that measures in the hundreds of billions, if not over a trillion dollars, without making any commitments to make large cuts in the size of government and our expenditures overseas. Pork barrel spending amounts to only a few percent of the overall budget, yet our overseas empire is costing us almost a trillion dollars a year, and our welfare entitlement programs and growth in the size of federal departments is doing similar damage. Why will you not join me in calling for a reduction in the size of government and a reduction in overseas intervention in order to truly grow our economy with sound policy, instead of borrowing more and further weakening our dollar, sacrificing long-term stability in exchange for short-term gains?

 

[Abyss]

It was a crazy question that even I didnt' understand, if I didn't understand it hten 95% of america wouldnt' understand it (bTW I'm not saying that I am just that much smarter then everyone else, just that I am about the same level of understanding and I know that noone else knows that either).

 

[Xenophage]

Paul asked a question that McCain was unprepared to answer, and displayed his ignorance. Unfortunately, it was a question that the American populace didn't understand, and doesn't care about.

 

[Goldwater Conservative]

10, although it would have been much lower if McCain hadn't been bragging about his know-how earlier and if McCain's answer wasn't so absolutely stupid that even regular people could see his BS for what it is.

 

[MrsG]

Dr. Paul laid a trap, and showed how ignorant McCain is on fiscal policy. The current response is not the important part, it's going to be the rehashing of this question later... when McCain's ignorance is pointed out.

And that is why I gave this poll a 10.

 

[ronpaulitician]

YouTube of Paul's question, followed by McCain's answer, with subtitles along the line of "Watch how McCain answers a question on a topic where he has no idea what he's talking about in 3, 2, 1 seconds..." will go viral.

If it makes it into the news, the question was a 10.

 

[Liberty]

It will play with anyone who is aware of the PPT. Ron made the expert in economics look like a fool. Hopefully, this will get some news coverage. McCain doesn't even know what this group is and anyone running for president should've been able to answer the question.

 

[lupester]

Average Joe Won't know

Most people won't know what he is talking about. He should have asked if McCain was willing to empty the social security money chest one more time for 100 more years in Iraq.

 

[XelR8r]

Why does America have to get it?

These guys are running for President, The PPT is directly controlled by the President, not the Fed, not Congress and certainly not Jack Kemp.

McCain is a babbling fool, and Dr. P just showed America.

Jack Kemp, Phil Graham HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAA,

 

[rajibo]

I just got in. Can somebody please post what the question was?

 

[theskaven]

I went with a "1". I have to keep it real here, I love Dr. Paul, but that was a very poor question. He didn't articulate the issue in a way so that anyone could understand it, and he left the question so open-ended that McCain just went on forever.

There were so many better questions he could have asked. Why didn't he nail the Ghoul about the national ID card? Why didn't he hit Romney about abortion? Why didn't he hit Huckabee about his big Arkansas spending?

Sheesh. :o

 

[idiom]

A follow up would have shattered McCain.

 

[Ninja Homer]

It did a few things. It showed that McCain doesn't know much about economics, while Ron Paul does. It showed that McCain isn't as much of a "straight-talker" as he says he is.

What would have been great would be a follow up of, "Would you like me to explain it to you John?"

 

[kalami]

Can someone summarize the question and response for those that missed it? (me)

 

[BuddyRey]

All due respect to RP, it was meandering, obtuse, and irrelevant. Ron Paul could have used the opportunity to ask Huckabee if he would support getting rid of the IRS and replacing it with nothing. Totally a lost opportunity.

 

[Real_CaGeD]

The question wasnt for you, it was for the establishment, media, and wall street.

 

[fmontez]

It was a really poor question... I wish he would have asked something about the silly stimulus package... I voted 3.

 

[theseus51]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ1OB2iLxcY