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

[walt]

Good God, Ron shouldn't have to worry about who is sending out Tweets.

CEO's of Fortune 500 companies do, why shouldn't the next President of the United States be held to that same (or preferably higher) standard?

 

[evadmurd]

Turning it off now. I won't watch Trump.

 

[SenseForMiles]

It's clear that Ron is not in control of his campaign, I don't think he wants to be...he has all those people around doing things and then he just is the figurehead...so this is not surprising to me that Ron didn't know about the tweet...is anything even going through Ron anyway? I doubt it. Now they can just start to build patterns about Ron..not good.

Then Ron goes on CNN when they have Huntsman on afterwards to give him a strong contrast to Ron...people watching are likely to see Huntsman and say hmm, maybe I should go with him...that was the intent of the interview to help Huntsman eat into Paul in NH....can't the campaign see what the media is doing to them??? Why doesn't Ron just go on local media in NH and skip CNN before NH.

Agreed.. He should just be the anti-media candidate instead of continuing to get this humiliating and disgusting treatment from them. The "Huntsman Surge" should be occurring any day now.. watch for it.

 

[socal]

It's clear that Ron is not in control of his campaign, I don't think he wants to be...he has all those people around doing things and then he just is the figurehead...so this is not surprising to me that Ron didn't know about the tweet...is anything even going through Ron anyway? I doubt it. Now they can just start to build patterns about Ron..not good.

Then Ron goes on CNN when they have Huntsman on afterwards to give him a strong contrast to Ron...people watching are likely to see Huntsman and say hmm, maybe I should go with him...that was the intent of the interview to help Huntsman eat into Paul in NH....can't the campaign see what the media is doing to them??? Why doesn't Ron just go on local media in NH and skip CNN before NH.

RP a figurehead? Wrong word

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/figurehead
noun
1. a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility

 

[matt0611]

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?

Seems like a reasonable story.

Why wasn't Ron just coached to say this???
"One of the campaign staffers accidentelly posted it under the official account name when he meant to put it under his account"

What else could they say to that? Even if its false, who cares at this point? I'm willing to tell some harmless fibs if it means we get Ron in the white house

 

[walt]

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?

Because when you are running something like that you shouldn't be logged into another account, the stakes are too high.

 

[bobburn]

The tweet is a non-issue. The only people I've seen talk about them are Piers Morgan and everyone on this forum. No one else thought they were bad or somehow reflected poorly on Dr. Paul. Calm down people.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

HOLY CRAP

I've never seen such a huge amount of alarmists in my life as I have seen on this forum. A tweet? Seriously? You guys think a freaking TWEET is going to be the downfall of this campaign? Good gravy. Huntsman doesn't even care, and it was about him. You guys need to fucking collect yourselves.

 

[opinionatedfool]

Seems like a reasonable story.

Why wasn't Ron just coached to say this???
"One of the campaign staffers accidentelly posted it under the official account name when he meant to put it under his account"

What else could they say to that? Even if its false, who cares at this point? I'm willing to tell some harmless fibs if it means we get Ron in the white house

Someone is trying to keep it hush-hush obviously. They were hoping nothing would come of it.

 

[SenseForMiles]

The tweet is a non-issue. The only people I've seen talk about them are Piers Morgan and everyone on this forum. No one else thought they were bad or somehow reflected poorly on Dr. Paul. Calm down people.

With the media's help, they can easily turn it into "Twittergate".

 

[JuicyG]

The tweet is a non-issue. The only people I've seen talk about them are Piers Morgan and everyone on this forum. No one else thought they were bad or somehow reflected poorly on Dr. Paul. Calm down people.

Yes and no

 

[ronpaulitician]

I hope Paul and Huntsman can continue to trade light-hearted barbs.

Sure, Huntsman put out attack ads against Ron Paul. So what? Paul was the frontrunner at the time, making him the primary target for Huntsman. Suck it up. Huntman is lightyears beyond Santorum and Gingrich in regard to be a decent human being. (Even if he is lightmillennia behind Paul.)

 

[braane]

This whole tweet thing is ridiculous. Heads should be rolling over this. Just when we think we have gotten past the newsletters, someone within our own campaign writes something inappropriate. Hopefully this person has been replaced and the new person is intelligent enough to realize that the tweets they send reflect on the campaign.

To top it off no one took the time to inform Ron that this tweet had gone out and what exactly the deal was. So he gets ambushed with a question about it in an interview, and low and behold... "I don't know what you are talking about". Which gives the appearance that Ron is a poor manager.

If it isn't one thing, it's another. We aren't going to win like this. We have to become a well oiled machine, much like Romney's campaign, if we are going to win. There is a target on our backs and everything negative that happens can, and will, be used against us.

Use your heads people.

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

Why wasn't Ron just coached to say this???
"One of the campaign staffers accidentelly posted it under the official account name when he meant to put it under his account"

What else could they say to that? Even if its false, who cares at this point? I'm willing to tell some harmless fibs if it means we get Ron in the white house

Unfortunately there are plenty of issues that beg the question "Why wasn't Ron just coached to say this???"...

 

[walt]

It's clear that Ron is not in control of his campaign, I don't think he wants to be...he has all those people around doing things and then he just is the figurehead...so this is not surprising to me that Ron didn't know about the tweet...is anything even going through Ron anyway? I doubt it. Now they can just start to build patterns about Ron..not good.

Then Ron goes on CNN when they have Huntsman on afterwards to give him a strong contrast to Ron...people watching are likely to see Huntsman and say hmm, maybe I should go with him...that was the intent of the interview to help Huntsman eat into Paul in NH....can't the campaign see what the media is doing to them??? Why doesn't Ron just go on local media in NH and skip CNN before NH.

A real commander in chief would fire the people involved:
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/chrysler-fires-agency-behind-f-bomb-tweet_b15484

If he was in NH instead of on national TV today it wouldn't matter.

 

[walt]

This whole tweet thing is ridiculous. Heads should be rolling over this. Just when we think we have gotten past the newsletters, someone within our own campaign writes something inappropriate. Hopefully this person has been replaced and the new person is intelligent enough to realize that the tweets they send reflect on the campaign.

To top it off no one took the time to inform Ron that this tweet had gone out and what exactly the deal was. So he gets ambushed with a question about it in an interview, and low and behold... "I don't know what you are talking about". Which gives the appearance that Ron is a poor manager.

If it isn't one thing, it's another. We aren't going to win like this. We have to become a well oiled machine, much like Romney's campaign, if we are going to win. There is a target on our backs and everything negative that happens can, and will, be used against us.

Use your heads people.

Ron needs to roll some heads if he is to be seen as a leader.

 

[jcarcinogen]

I didn't find the tweet funny but unprofessional and arrogant. Who ever did the tweeting should not be tweeting or at the very least reprimanded. It makes Paul look bad when he doesn't know about something put out in his name.

 

[rightcoast]

I agree with everything you said, but I don't think it is a *good* thing that Paul "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. "

It frustrates even supporters at times, because he doesn't need to water down or change his message to do the things above. He just needs to be a tiny, itty-bitty bit more direct at times. Also he may never be fluent in social media intricacies, but he should at least try to give the "right" answers to inane questions. Easy, truthful and direct ... does anyone doubt he found out and said "WTF is wrong with you, bad tweeter, bad tweeter!" Well, then emphasize it, apologize, and say the problem has been resolved with the temp worker or volunteer responsible being retrained in what's acceptable humor.

 

[eleganz]

Piers Morgan on his own show: Donald Trump, welcome!

Donald Trump: welcome to you. (like he is welcoming Morgan to his own show)


The size of this guy's ego is insane.

 

[walt]

The tweet is a non-issue. The only people I've seen talk about them are Piers Morgan and everyone on this forum. No one else thought they were bad or somehow reflected poorly on Dr. Paul. Calm down people.

804 articles disagree...

Ron Paul on Huntsman tweet: We've heard this alibi before
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Washington Post (blog) - 9 hours ago
By Erik Wemple CNN's Soledad O'Brien did a fine job Wednesday of quizzing Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul regarding the above tweet. ...
In-Depth: Huntsman tries to turn up heat on Romney in N. Hampshire‎ Reuters
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Ron Paul calls confusion over taunting Huntsman tweet 'irrelevant'‎ The Hill (blog)
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