Tom Woods: My Memories of Jesse Benton

[helmuth_hubener]

I'll support Rand financially in 2016 regardless of who his campaign manager is.

I'll support Ron Paul in 2016, and I hope that he has a better campaign staff. May we multiply by 4 yet again. And maybe we can finally win Iowa.

 

[Romulus]

If Jessie has anything to do with Rand, he's on his own as far as I'm concerned.

 

[RickyJ]

A bullet proof vest apparently.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that becomes a normal part of his attire. I don't think any real Ron Paul supporter would do a thing to him, but I suspect he has pissed off many people in his life, much more than just Ron Paul supporters. I feel bad for Ron's granddaughter. She fell for the wrong man.

 

[mac_hine]

Why was purplechoe banned?

Just noticed that. I've never been a big fan of LE myself. Months ago, in a thread I started called, Adam Kokesh unloads on Benton, Wead, Official Campaign. He/she respponded,

I really like Tom Woods, but for him to blame Benton/Tate for not involving him more is ridiculous and Tom even admits why he couldn't be more involved. It was because he was in the PAC.
.....Duh. No, but maybe there should be a ban mac_hine moneybomb.

This was after I posted a video entitled, Tom Woods Slams Jesse Benton, with the caption, Should there be a "Fire Jesse Benton" grassroots moneybomb?

Ever since that uncalled for provocation I've kept a close eye on LE's posts. Aside for being a Rand/Official Campaign apologist, It seems his/her role here has been a kind of thought policing Nurse Ratched type.

I respect Tom Woods almost as much as Ron Paul. I've taken a couple of classes with him through mises.org and met him briefly at an event here in NH. To me, he seems like a truly awesome guy, incredibly smart,and dedicated to spreading the message of liberty.

I've posted this video a couple of times already, but in case anyone's missed it here it is again:

Aside from Ron's speech, this was the best from both events, IMO.

 

[Romulus]

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that becomes a normal part of his attire. I don't think any real Ron Paul supporter would do a thing to him, but I suspect he has pissed off many people in his life, much more than just Ron Paul supporters. I feel bad for Ron's granddaughter. She fell for the wrong man.

It's more about why he feels the need to wear it, that he feels he might be in danger. It tells me his actions are not as honest as they're supposed to be.

 

[VictorB]

That pretty much tells you all you need to know about Benton.

 

[sailingaway]

Anyone else thinking it was Ron Paul?

Not me, that's for sure. I'm thinking maybe Tate or Wead but I obviously don't know. Ron is not 'a top person' in the campaign, he was the candidate.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Tom Woods' word is as good as gold

As much as I love Rand, I don't know if I could support him if Benson was involved

Won't have my support.

 

[sailingaway]

I've had my share of disagreements with LibertyEagle, but is it really necessary to call her out like that in a thread that she's not even participated in? For the record I think what happened to Deb K WRT PaulFest soured LE at least a little on Jesse Benton. And Adam has made his share of mistakes.

I agree with this.

 

[sailingaway]

Here's my problem... at what point does Ron Paul say he wants Tom there? When does Ron stand up for this stuff?

It's like he gave the Jesse the keys to drive this whole ordeal. I really don't condone how he let Jessie and whoever else run the show.

I'm pretty sure the deal to get Ron to run was that he'd educate and give interviews and hold rallies and the campaign 'would take care of everything else'. He really doesn't like politics, he likes education and ideas and solutions. And he had his subcommittee and family.

 

[dannno]

 

[sailingaway]

Just noticed that. I've never been a big fan of LE myself. Months ago, in a thread I started called, Adam Kokesh unloads on Benton, Wead, Official Campaign. He/she respponded,

This was after I posted a video entitled, Tom Woods Slams Jesse Benton, with the caption, Should there be a "Fire Jesse Benton" grassroots moneybomb?

Ever since that uncalled for provocation I've kept a close eye on LE's posts. Aside for being a Rand/Official Campaign apologist, It seems his/her role here has been a kind of thought policing Nurse Ratched type.

I respect Tom Woods almost as much as Ron Paul. I've taken a couple of classes with him through mises.org and met him briefly at an event here in NH. To me, he seems like a truly awesome guy, incredibly smart,and dedicated to spreading the message of liberty.

I've posted this video a couple of times already, but in case anyone's missed it here it is again:

Aside from Ron's speech, this was the best from both events, IMO.

I haven't checked, but I'd be willing to bet LE didn't report that. It is not her style.

there was another thread started that was deleted, not by me, and I suspect the banning had something to do with it.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I'm pretty sure the deal to get Ron to run was that he'd educate and give interviews and hold rallies and the campaign 'would take care of everything else'. He really doesn't like politics, he likes education and ideas and solutions.

It's been my experience that this is the way it works. The candidate usually goes where someone has scheduled him/her to be and gives speeches...other people are hired to do the mundane stuff like scheduling surrogate speakers. Ron probably didn't even know what was going on behind the scenes; it's unlikely he was involved with minute details. That's not a knock on him, BTW...that's just the way it works.

 

[KingRobbStark]

Benton is not even a good campaign manager. The success was thanks to the grassroots. All he did was ride the wave.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

If Jessie has anything to do with Rand, he's on his own as far as I'm concerned.

If Jesse has anything to do with his campaign and/or it's packed with CFR globalists, I will vehemently oppose him. No way he gets my support just because of his last name.

 

[XTreat]

I was guessing Wead.

Tate, Wead would not be able to confirm his still being able to associate with C4L.

 

[RickyJ]

Anyone else thinking it was Ron Paul?

Not for a second would I think that.

 

[RickyJ]

Benton is not even a good campaign manager. The success was thanks to the grassroots. All he did was ride the wave.

And that wave has now crashed for him. He has nowhere to go but down from here. Soon McConnell will see his error, if not then he might very well get defeated, which in a unintended way on Jesse's part would actually help the liberty movement.

 

[Tod]

If Rand chooses Benton to run his campaign in 2016 I will not be donating a single cent, that I know for sure.

We should be letting Rand know now.

 

[Original_Intent]

So can we throw snowballs at Benton at the next GOP event (that has snow available)?

Great money bomb idea there - I'll never contribute to a campaign that POS has anything to do with. Hear that, Rand?