Video from ABC this morning:

[ravedown]

George should have just introduced him as "Ron Paul, terrorist sympathizer and heroin advocate." that's how it sounded to me.

 

[AuH20]

Bingo. Or the campaign hasn't helped to make him aware yet.




Loser talk. You're basically saying "If everyone doesn't realize how awesome Ron is, I don't care! Don't change a thing! Let's lose again!" Take your elitist attitude and shove it. You're part of that 1% on each end of the bell curve I consistently say we shouldn't worry about winning. You're so caught up on every, little, minor detail that it's impossible to satisfy you.

There is far too much group thought in here. At some point, you need examine the polling numbers and arrive at the objective conclusion that we can't blame it exclusively on "the sheep" or "the biased media." Ron could light himself on fire in the middle of a debate and there would be people here telling us it was a brillant campaign move.

 

[pcosmar]

Ron said he would not have ordered the assault. It was both illegal and immoral and he would not have done it.
He said he would have handled the whole thing differently from the start.
He proposed a different option way back then. It was rejected, and pointless expensive wars were chosen instead.

Ron said he would not have done so, nor would he order the assassination of a suspected but untried individual.

 

[pcosmar]

George should have just introduced him as "Ron Paul, terrorist sympathizer and heroin advocate." that's how it sounded to me.

Well that was his intent and how he presented it. That shit is to be expected.
I thought Ron handled it well. He fully intends to END the War on Drugs.

It is long overdue.

 

[AuH20]

Well that was his intent and how he presented it. That shit is to be expected.
I thought Ron handled it well. He fully intends to END the War on Drugs.

It is long overdue.

I agree with ending the war on drugs, but how did this become a top flight issue overnight? Wait. I think I know. Someone gave Chris Wallace exactly what he wanted.

 

[theberkeyguy]

So glad to see Ron Paul running!

theberkeyguy

 

[sailingaway]

I agree with ending the war on drugs, but how did this become a top flight issue overnight? Wait. I think I know. Someone gave Chris Wallace exactly what he wanted.

Wallace pushed that question on purpose as if it were 'Ron's issue' and using heroin which Ron has never even mentioned before so far as I know.

 

[AuH20]

Wallace pushed that question on purpose as if it were 'Ron's issue' and using heroin which Ron has never even mentioned before so far as I know.

Someone should kick Chris Wallace's ass, but that's besides the point, If Ron wants to truthfully answer these third-rail questions ever again, he should have said, "This isn't a critical issue at the moment, but I have a comprehensive plan to end the war of drugs on my website, which should alleviate the common concerns." Bang. Bomb defused. No hyperbole about heroin use.

With that said, these types of multi-faceted questions are completely inappropiate in the debate format we're familiar with. Experts have wrote tomes about drug policies and you're not going to able properly encapsulate all angles of a solution into a 3 minute answer session. It's like asking someone? "How would you stop world hunger?" And then having the candidate blathering about some abstract constant without specifics.

 

[pcosmar]

I agree with ending the war on drugs, but how did this become a top flight issue overnight? Wait. I think I know. Someone gave Chris Wallace exactly what he wanted.

GOOD

It is long past due.
It has been getting empty lip service since the 70s. It needs to be addressed. It is the major reason for the Police State we have today.
It is the center of Civil Liberties Violations. (something the republicans used to feign respect for)

It very well could bring out the silent majority of potential voters.(Independents)

 

[acptulsa]

Oh for God's sake. Keep hammering it. Hammer it all the way to China.

I don't want to do this so I need the government to make it illegal so I won't do it. There's a reason that got such a strong reaction--it's funny and it's a good point all at once. "This isn't a critical issue at the moment, but I have a comprehensive plan to end the war of drugs on my website, which should alleviate the common concerns." is a nice, safe way to put people to sleep.

 

[TIMB0B]

Ron could light himself on fire in the middle of a debate and there would be people here telling us it was a brillant campaign move.

Lol!

 

[acptulsa]

Ron could light himself on fire in the middle of a debate and there would be people here telling us it was a brillant campaign move.

And he could fire the imaginations of a billion voters and there would be people here telling us that it was the death blow to his campaign.

Argh! He won over millions but my Uncle George, who hated him before, still hates him! We're going to lose!

Anyone who can't take the notion that we could still be free of a massive scourge of heroin even without a federal law against it was never, never, ever going to vote for Ron Paul under any circumstances. Do we really need to cry over them for a week straight?