Turn onto CNN. They just mentioned Ron Paul and the Iowa forum!

[takadi]

Wow this really gets me infuriated.

First off, they are citing the reasons that Ron Paul wasn't invited was because of supporters' behaviors, whom he had absolutely no control of whatever. Second, Ron Paul wasn't going to be invited anyways BEFORE the calls happened. Ed Failure is a goddamn wuss who using this as a cheap shot against Paul. What a copout. You can't JUSTIFY not inviting him based on a false collective of people whom Paul has NO official affiliation with. That is ridiculous.

Now whoever DID post those home phone numbers are the ones who should be punished, NOT Ron. And poor Ed was hurt because Lew was yelling at him. HA! Grow some balls, you miserable excuse for a human being.

 

[PatriotOne]

Fox News is going up? haha Really?

Isn't that a hoot! Had to pick myself up off the floor for that one.

 

[PatriotOne]

I dont get MSNBC. I hate all the people on it, except for Tucker. I actually kind of like him. I think its the bowtie.

I like Olbermann. He get's pretty rabid at the White House cabal sometimes.

 

[Mitt Romneys sideburns]

And when I say I dont get MSNBC, I mean I dont pick up the channel on my TV.

 

[Spirit of '76]

Not likely. His home number was posted here initially and is STILL posted on the other Ron Paul forum and that guy is encouraging people to still call it.

Yeah, that's kind of made me wonder about that guy...

 

[jj111]

Not likely. His home number was posted here initially and is STILL posted on the other Ron Paul forum and that guy is encouraging people to still call it.

Please find out who it is and
1) Inform moderator. I think whoever is still encouraging calling home numbers should either be reprimanded or booted.
2) Inform moderator of other forum you are talking about.

The home number posts should be deleted by moderators pronto.

 

[CurtisLow]

"60% friendly and 40% harassing?"

How do they know it's RP supporters and not there own or another campaign?

I sure we have some spy's in here.. I'm sure it's someones job out there to make RP look bad.

 

[Marc Scott Emery]

At least tonight Stephen Colbert

gave Ron Paul a hilarious and wonderful segment on The Thursday night Colbert Report. It showed people all over the world cheering for Ron Paul after his appearance on the Colbert Report June 13.

 

[SwordOfShannarah]

Did I just here Anderson Cooper say that Barack Obama is the ONLY presidential candidate to release his earmark requests?

Im certain I read Ron Pauls requests earlier this week.

Anderson Cooper is a liar.

absolutely- I lost trust in him a looooong time ago. He sucks and is a total suck up loser. Instead of investigative reporting they need to start calling it investigative propaganda.

 

[JaylieWoW]

One small observation I'd like to point out from piecing together two comments Failor made during the radio interview.

Supporters Calling Personal Residence

First and foremost this type of activity should result in a severe reprimand. While I realize we all flock to Dr. Paul because of his message of liberty, part of the tenants of liberty include: personal responsibility and respect to privacy of other individuals. Calling someone at their home is completely against those very principles. No excuse whatsoever for this behavior.

Failor said some of the calls were "harrassing" and "threatening" but also that this was America and people are free to do that.

Ron Paul HQ Call

Keeping in mind the statement that some of the calls to Failor's residence were unsavory, I submit another statement he made as well. He accused the Ron Paul Campaign representative of "yelling" at him when inquiring about the exclusion. Kent Snyder, who apparently was listening in on the call, denies any hostility of the HQ rep.

Conclusion

If you put these two things together it is easily conclusive that Failor is vehemently defending his position and his perception of "harassing", "yelling" and "threatening" seems to be more than "overly-sensitive". He's rattled and making mistakes without any doubt. You could hear it in his voice during the interview. He'd dug himself into a hole and his perception as neutral (John McCain) has been compromised. Very bad news for someone in his position.

 

[Starlight]

Does anyone know where Anderson Cooper stands politically? Is there anyone or anything in particular he might be rooting for in this election? I´ve always thought he seemed a very nice person, so it saddens me to hear about last night.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Please find out who it is and
1) Inform moderator. I think whoever is still encouraging calling home numbers should either be reprimanded or booted.
2) Inform moderator of other forum you are talking about.

The home number posts should be deleted by moderators pronto.

It's a guy who goes by the name, "FreeState". I honestly don't think the moderator on that other site, gives one flip, but that's just my opinion.

 

[jaybone]

I agree,
Personal liberty has to be balanced with respect for the sovereignty of others, ALL others, even the fascists.
Calling this guy at home is going to make us all look bad, it's completely inappropriate and has to stop immediately.

Beyond that, it is my understanding that this is not a publicly funded forum, and as such the organizers have every right to invite and exclude whom they wish.
Do I like it? NO!
Have I called and emailed asking them to include Ron? MANY times.
Living in a free society requires tolerance and civil discourse.
It works both ways....

 

[Swmorgan77]

Just saw a segment on CNN (Anderson Cooper 360 Raw Politics with Candy Crawley?) talking about Ron Paul supporters swamping the phone lines (both home and business) for one of the people who excluded him from the Iowa taxation group event. They quoted him saying something to the effect of "60 percent of the calls are courteous, 40 percent of the calls are nasty".

I apologize for not having all the specifics, but I just caught it on CNN and no DVR access where I am at.

Hmm....

It appears RP supporters were set up on this one. I was leery when I saw a myspace bulletin with Failor's home phone number in it.

We may have walked into a trap here, folks. Let's learn from it.

Still, I kind of question Failor's assertions about the nature of these calls "saying horrible things to my family". What exactly was said, what were the phone numbers?

 

[jj111]

They could easily have been operatives from other campaigns, including people linked to Failor, who made some or all of said calls.

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

It's a smear by Failor with zero evidence to prove it.

Failor has already shown himself to be a person with severe conflicts of interest and has not given full disclosure of these things on the radio broadcast.....

Do you trust Failor's smears?

It's possible 5 idiots called his house and he turned it into 40. This website hacking thing is laughable. What probably happened is that we ate up their bandwidth and he doesn't know the difference. He might as well just call us all child molestors since he doesn't need proof for his allegations. That's the kind of guy he is, as we've learned.

But we should NEVER post home numbers, as it would be easy for him to show that proof.

 

[Liberty]

Just saw a segment on CNN (Anderson Cooper 360 Raw Politics with Candy Crawley?) talking about Ron Paul supporters swamping the phone lines (both home and business) for one of the people who excluded him from the Iowa taxation group event. They quoted him saying something to the effect of "60 percent of the calls are courteous, 40 percent of the calls are nasty".

I apologize for not having all the specifics, but I just caught it on CNN and no DVR access where I am at.

It is irresponsible journalism to report this 60%-40% breakdown without proof.

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

gave Ron Paul a hilarious and wonderful segment on The Thursday night Colbert Report. It showed people all over the world cheering for Ron Paul after his appearance on the Colbert Report June 13.

Anyone have the YouTube for that?

 

[peruvianRP]

does it mean that he answer all calles and just make a report to get that figure 60% and 40%?

If it was me I would not answer unknown calls> what a bull crap.

cry baby cry. damn, I wish I live closer to Iowa.

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Supporters Calling Personal Residence

First and foremost this type of activity should result in a severe reprimand. While I realize we all flock to Dr. Paul because of his message of liberty, part of the tenants of liberty include: personal responsibility and respect to privacy of other individuals. Calling someone at their home is completely against those very principles. No excuse whatsoever for this behavior.

Josh, how about placing that in the TOS, that posting anyone's home phone number, unless cleared first by the moderator, will result in the immediate banning of that member. Going forward, that is. I'm sure the person just wasn't thinking on this last one, and now knows better.