Ron Paul Snubbed on Federal Reserve Question at CNN Debate

[bobbyw24]

Ron Paul is the reason the Fed was even a topic.

True-that is recognition in itself

 

[KingNothing]

Absolutely. Wolf is a complete moron, however, he is not mentally disabled. He full knows well from the many times RP has come on his show that he sponsored the Audit the Fed bill AND wrote a New York Times bestseller about the Federal Reserve.

This is honestly amazing. The man that wrote/sponsored the Audit the Fed bill and wrote a NYT bestseller about the Federal Reserve was excluded form the question when almost every other candidate was asked is unfathomable.

Do you really think Wolf is the man who decides which candidates get the opportunity to respond to each question?
Please.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

A selected text from my mom, a lukewarm Ron Paul supporter:

"Why don't they just ask all of the candidates the same question, so we can know where they stand on the issues?"

I'd also like to point out that Ron talking about not getting to answer questions in a debate would be seen as whiny, not strong. Especially since he'd have to do it several times per debate.

 

[LawnWake]

A selected text from my mom, a lukewarm Ron Paul supporter:

"Why don't they just ask all of the candidates the same question, so we can know where they stand on the issues?"

I'd also like to point out that Ron talking about not getting to answer questions in a debate would be seen as whiny, not strong. Especially since he'd have to do it several times per debate.

This is specific to the federal reserve question. And I'm not saying he shoudl talk about not getting a question, I'm saying he should simply demand answering it and school other people on it. That's not whining, that's dominating.

 

[crusader]

At 5:39 in the video, you can clearly hear some unhappy people in the audience, and they are quickly silenced.

 

[musicmax]

I blame Paul for not demanding his time during the next question much more than I blame the media, tbh. It would've been the perfect opportunity to school the other pro-fed Republicans (like Romney), establish credibility by noting that he made the fed an issue in the first place and it would've showed that he has balls.

In debates Paul goes far beyond "polite" - he's wimpy. To not DEMAND time on the Fed question was an absolute blunder. Especially when Romney made that quip about not wanting to put Congress in charge of the currency, to remind people that the Constitution compels Congress to do just that. Blitzer tipped his hand very early on that he was going to allow interruptions and lengthier-than-technically-allowed answers. For RP to allow himself to be steamrolled like that - it is no longer just the media's fault he's being marginalized, he's actively allowing it to happen.

 

[bobbyw24]

Absolutely. Wolf is a complete moron, however, he is not mentally disabled. He full knows well from the many times RP has come on his show that he sponsored the Audit the Fed bill AND wrote a New York Times bestseller about the Federal Reserve.

True

 

[muzzled dogg]

Ron should have spoken up

 

[bobbyw24]

Ron should have spoken up

Yeah--one cannot be overly polite with this group

 

[andrewjs18]

A selected text from my mom, a lukewarm Ron Paul supporter:

"Why don't they just ask all of the candidates the same question, so we can know where they stand on the issues?"

I'd also like to point out that Ron talking about not getting to answer questions in a debate would be seen as whiny, not strong. Especially since he'd have to do it several times per debate.

that would be ideal, IMHO. rather than asking a question and only letting 2 or 3 people answer and then had 2 people debate the question back and forth for 5 minutes, each candidate should be allowed to respond to the question asked.

 

[Join The Paul Side]

Media is bad, but this is Paul's fault. He could easily speak up. He's going to have to start doing that.

Either that or quickly dismiss and brush off silly questions and use his time to respond to more important issues like he did at a debate 4 years ago. They skipped him on a series of important issues and then asked him the most bullshit question. He gave a swift answer and then asked the moderator, "May I please participate in what is being debated?" With cheers from the audience.

They also keep ignoring him on questions about jobs creation, something Americans are really concerned about right now.