Video update - Ron Paul on Piers Morgan Tonight 1/4/12

[Carehn]

Huntsman is taking the high road.

 

[C_J_Burns]

Piers is right. What his staff has done under his name(newsletters, twitter post) is hurting Ron.

Exactly... We can expect to hear this hashed out in the debates this weekend.

 

[matt0611]

Are we spared nothing? Really? Good grief...

 

[thehungarian]

"Maybe your daughters could unleash themselves"

Indeed.

 

[bronxboy10]

Huntsman made a joke about the newsletters then brushed off the tweet. Stand up guy for that comment.

 

[coastie]

Huntsman is taking the high road.

He just told Ron to expect a tweet back....

 

[eleganz]

Huntsman going with a lowblow on the 'ghostwriter' thing but looked like he took the highroad by laughing it off. He got the best of both sides there.

 

[svobody]

Has Ron not seen the Twilight Zone ads Hunstman has put out? Why does he think he won't attack him? Or was Ron just being sarcastic?

Why mention shitty web ads and drive traffic to them and start a new beef over the newsletters? Racist crap is in the last news cycle. Let it die.

 

[justatrey]

LOL, I love how Ron handled the Twitter nonsense. Anyone with even a little bit of a sense of humor can see it's not a big deal. He didn't campaign there! If Huntsman actually cared about Iowa, it would be a different story.

 

[JuicyG]

"the dirty stuff in your name". Trying to imply Ron has someone doing "his dirty stuff" hinting to newsletters indirectly. Huntsman is not playing into it fortunately.

 

[matt0611]

Even if he did know about it, and even if he did write it, its a joke, a bit of a low blow maybe? Sure, but this is politics, stop whining, my god...

 

[rightcoast]

What exactly did Huntsman say about the tweet and the newsletters? A dang log rolled out onto the mantle and I got distracted right as it came on.

 

[JuicyG]

Ron's answer to the Twitter thing was TERRIBLE.

1. Rule #1 in social media, take responsibility when you are wrong
2. He didn't take responsibility for his staff's action
3. Because he didn't apologize and state that he did not take corrective action to prevent it from occurring again, the story just got bigger
4. Additionally, he opened the door to Piers follow up about Ron not knowing what his staff is doing

Huntsman just stated "You'd think he would have learned about ghostwritten letters by now" - which the media will use even though he followed up as a gentleman after it.

Sadly, Huntsman's first answer is spot on.

This is strangely positive I think. It shows Ron didn`t write those newsletters. Makes that whole claim much more credible.

 

[Maximus]

Ron's answer to the Twitter thing was TERRIBLE.

1. Rule #1 in social media, take responsibility when you are wrong
2. He didn't take responsibility for his staff's action
3. Because he didn't apologize and state that he did not take corrective action to prevent it from occurring again, the story just got bigger
4. Additionally, he opened the door to Piers follow up about Ron not knowing what his staff is doing

Huntsman just stated "You'd think he would have learned about ghostwritten letters by now" - which the media will use even though he followed up as a gentleman after it.

Sadly, Huntsman's first answer is spot on.

He should have just said that everyone knows the staff writes the Twitter, just like President Obama's twitter.

 

[evadmurd]

He laughed and said "I'd have thought he would have learned something about ghostwriters by now". Then added that he actually thought it was funny and told Piers to tell Ron to expect a tweet sometime soon in return.

 

[Carehn]

He just told Ron to expect a tweet back....

In the same manor I think he meant. Joking and stuff. What I mean is look at gingrich. He would have snapped and come undone. But huntsman is a little more steady. I don't think he is about to low blow paul but we can expect a tweet of some kine. Give and take. Lets just suck it up.

 

[evadmurd]

I don't think Ron really knows what a "tweet" is.

 

[rp713]

first off. ron doesnt care about facebook, twitter or any social media website. he doesnt play he said she said games. he doesnt care what media pundits, other politicians or what anyone else says negatively about him. he is above making this race personal. he just simply doesnt care about any of these yahoos. all he cares about is his goal, spreading the message, answering questions when asked, doing his part in the cause of liberty, and paying attention to govt polices and economics. no matter how small or big those policies are, its important. he said she said games and dealing with social media is something he doesnt give a rats ass about. some of you need to just realize this shit already.

 

[walt]

He laughed and said "I'd have thought he would have learned something about ghostwriters by now". Then added that he actually thought it was funny and told Piers to tell Ron to expect a tweet sometime soon in return.

His saying it's not a big deal won't be used by the media, the other part will. Sad. Now the campaigns actions are taking time away from Ron to talk about real issues.

 

[opinionatedfool]

Someone who is responsible for tweets was probably thought they were signed in with a personal account when they made the tweet. I feel bad for whoever it was. Why the heck do these MSM people obsess about things like this?