Ron Paul is on The Colbert Report tonight (Wed)

TheEngineer · #1 06-13-2007, 11:32 PM

If you miss it, the repeat is on tomorrow at 8:30 pm EST, plus other times.

Legislurker · #2 06-14-2007, 12:07 AM

Not a bad interview, but if he would just shut up about dismantling the entire government.

ZeroPointMachine · #3 06-14-2007, 03:53 AM

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It will be really interesting if he makes it far enough to start scaring all the agencies, corporations and special interests that are looking to "protect their cheese".

I think people misinterpret his desire to kill all these federal agencies. All of these agencies were created to fulfill some need(real or perceived) of the people, but the solutions are just woefully inefficiant when applied at the federal level. You don't need FEMA, but Oklahoma probably needs a Tornado Response Agency, Florida might want to prepare for hurricanes, and Nevada needs a Really Bad Sunburn and Drunks Walking in Front of Buses Reponse Team.

Smasharoo · #4 06-14-2007, 04:21 PM

It will be really interesting if he makes it far enough to start scaring all the agencies, corporations and special interests that are looking to "protect their cheese".

It will be really interesting if Christ shows up at my local bookstore to autograph the Bible, too. Also far more likely than Paul having any impact at all on US politics.

Coy_Roy · #5 06-14-2007, 06:12 PM

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You have just shown everyone how woefully out of touch you are. Ron Paul is already having an impact on US politics.

Smasharoo · #6 06-14-2007, 06:15 PM

You have just shown everyone how woefully out of touch you are. Ron Paul is already having an impact on US politics.

Of course he isn't.

Is this your first election or something? He's having roughly the same impact Al Sharpton had in 2004. Possibly less as he's a far less interesting speaker.

Coy_Roy · #7 06-14-2007, 06:45 PM

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You have just shown everyone how woefully out of touch you are. Ron Paul is already having an impact on US politics.

Of course he isn't.

Is this your first election or something? He's having roughly the same impact Al Sharpton had in 2004. Possibly less as he's a far less interesting speaker.

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My first election, I wish..ha ha.

I'm 40 years old, I've been around for a couple elections.

Comparing Ron Paul to Al Sharpton? Silly.

Some of the anti-Paul sentiments have just been plain silly, no other word describes it so well.

Silly.

EDIT: After thinking for a couple seconds, I realized "stupid" is as good as a description as "silly" but I try not to use that term as it's got a lot more of a negative connotation. I'm a peacenik.

Smasharoo · #8 06-14-2007, 07:22 PM

Comparing Ron Paul to Al Sharpton? Silly.

Probably. Comparing their relative impacts on elections, however, completely accurate.

Sorry. I'd like to live in a world where politician's ideas mattered more than their packaging, but I don't and neither do you.

daedalus · #9 06-15-2007, 12:31 AM

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Wow that sucks. So I have to build and maintain my own road to get to work? Not to mention generating my own water source. The things I do for poker.

Artsemis · #10 06-15-2007, 12:58 AM

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Wow that sucks. So I have to build and maintain my own road to get to work? Not to mention generating my own water source. The things I do for poker.

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Yep, that's what people had to do back in the old days when a conservative republican won the presidency. Your grandpa was right when he said it was rough.