(youtube) John Stossel on Imus - Ron Paul is talked about.

[ClayTrainor]

 

[ronpaulyourmom]

Stossel nailed it, absolute slam dunk. Ron Paul needs to watch that and narrow down his talking points imo.

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

god, can't listen to Imus-sed my pants. He's like Letterman with 20 years of drug abuse.

 

[ronpaulitician]

"You're for legalizing drugs and prostitution? Why?"

As John answered "yes", I suddenly thought... wait a minute, it should be the other way around. Why are you for criminalizing it? What proof do you have that your stated reasons for criminalizing it are actually accomplished by criminalizing it?

 

[SilentBull]

Stossel did great! Awesome points. How can people not agree with that?

 

[SimpleName]

Stossel has become much more adept at discussion about libertarianism. I remember cringing at his answers. If only Ron could be this concise. As the Cain-loving media has shown, short, precision answers are the absolute key. They don't need to have a single thread of honesty or integrity. Just make sure the idea is presentable and sounds positive.

 

[jtstellar]

ye.. ron really needs to be willing to get down a bit and hire someone to work with to trim down his answers.. i mean how much does it cost to hire a competent speech expert? 200k/yr?

 

[AuH20]

Stossel has become much more adept at discussion about libertarianism. I remember cringing at his answers. If only Ron could be this concise. As the Cain-loving media has shown, short, precision answers are the absolute key. They don't need to have a single thread of honesty or integrity. Just make sure the idea is presentable and sounds positive.

Yea. Ron leaves too much for the imagination, which gets him in trouble. He sounds like a hippy sometimes. "Liberty, man. That's all you need." He's got to go in greater depth.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

That was awesome! Props to Stossel!

 

[Michigan11]

Good video, and by listening to Imus's replies, he's sort of a mirror of what Chris Matthews and many others are going through right now in their heads... "is complete freedom really possible?" That's a big change from 08' thanks to Ron pushing the envelope as he does

 

[Dreamofunity]

"I use to do cocaine..."

I wish Stossel would have replied with something like this:

"Do you think it would have been better for you if you went to jail over it?"

 

[Wesker1982]

I really like when Ron Paul makes the point that no one wants to put alcoholics in jail. I think it helps people see the insanity behind putting people in jail for a medical problem...

Stossel did well. Now if he just realized the number one polluter is the government

 

[Bruno]

Stossel nailed it there.

Imus, why did you stop doing cocaine? Because you got the government said so and you are arrested and held imprisoned until you gave it up? Or did you quit on your own?

 

[rockandrollsouls]

Now, imagine if Ron communicated his stance on the hot button issues like Stossel does. "Listen, I know it sounds scary." He empathizes with listeners.

Stossel did great! Awesome points. How can people not agree with that?

 

[Jeremy]

Stossel said the government should regulate the environment and be involved with pollution control.

 

[low preference guy]

Stossel said the government should regulate the environment

At which point did he say that?

 

[rockandrollsouls]

Things like this make me laugh. So many people here are quick to throw someone to the curb because they don't identify with every single little issue they believe. Get over it.

Stossel said the government should regulate the environment and be involved with pollution control.

 

[Jeremy]

At which point did he say that?

Closer to the end.

 

[falconplayer11]

John Stossel and Jack Hunter are the two best spokesman for modern American libertarianism today. This was a great job by Stossel!

 

[The Moravian]

"I use to do cocaine..."

I wish Stossel would have replied with something like this:

"Do you think it would have been better for you if you went to jail over it?"

That's a great point! I'd love to elaborate on that:

"How does it help a drug addict to put them in prison, taking away all these other positive alternatives, leaving them alone in a cell with their addiction. No wonder we can't even keep drugs out of the prisons! The most successful drug recovery programs say that the addict must choose for themselves to quit, no one can make that decision for them. Those who credit prison time for bringing them to their senses almost always committed other crimes to pay for their drugs."