Ron Paul on Rachel Maddow Show / MSNBC 2/9/10

I thought Paul carried himself well again as usual. If he did ramble a little so what, he is surrounded by morons all day when he is in Washington D.C.. I usually avoid watching Maddow at all cost even if Paul is on because she always gives me a case of the dry heaves when I see her and hear her speak. God, I can not stand the sound of that woman's voice!

You all have to understand - this is MsM - not the State of the Union

Incoherence or rambling doesn't make a lick of difference - Ron did exactly what he was supposed to do, which was leave the viewer remembering only a few key points, namely:

1. he stands for a different foreign policy, fiscal responsibility, and transparency of the fed
2. on those points expressed in (1), some tea partiers may not agree
3. he doesn't see eye to eye with sarah palin on some issues (but that goes for members of both parties) so it's not a big deal
4. the issues expressed in (1) are issues that reach across the party isle.

Notice - numbers 2 and 3 show his awareness of manuerving the potential issues in his upcoming re-election. He is playing soft with the tea party movement and playing down any sort of issue with Palin's endorsement of Rand.

Numbers 1 and 4 make me smile, because they show that he is still actively focused on a possible 2012 run. He is separating himself and stressing that, unlike many potential leaders, he has his own unique plan and vision for foreign policy, fiscal responsibility, and transparency in congress/the Fed. Then, he tops it off with making the point that those ideas can reach across the isle - and a major quality of a good president is having ideas that can do just that. That fact that Rachael confirmed that they do indeed reach across the isle is just icing on the cake.

I beg you - don't mistake off the cuff discussion and rhetorical manuevering on an MsM talk show as "incoherence". The core issues came through, and that was clearly Dr. Paul's intention.

Who the hell decided that Sarah Palin was the Queen of the Tea Party Movement? The Republican Party is trying to take over the Tea Party Movement, but they are not about to adopt the Tea Party issues.

I don't hear the Republican Party talking about ending the undeclared wars. I don't hear the Republican Party talk about abolishing the Federal Reserve. I don't hear the Republican Party condemning the New World Order, and the erosion of our national sovereignty.

The Republicans aren't talking about ending the Patriot Act, and dismantling the Department of Homeland Terrorism. The Republicans have almost nothing in common with the Tea Party Movement.

Let Sarah Palin hang in there with John McCain.

It was good though, I hadn't talked to him for a while. He wanted to know what I was up to. :D

Well usually I shy away from talking politics with family but I decided to go for it. I said I've supporting candidates around the country. "wha?? what do you mean? Like that tea party stuff?"
hahaha, "and here, we, go"

So for about an hour I was able to explain all about the liberty movement, the real tea party and people like Ron Paul and Debra Medina. I explained the importance of constitution, the proper role of government and the encroachment of the federal government on our rights. I had his complete attention. He was blown away, he'd never heard any of that before. He then went on and on about how much sense that all made and how amazing it was that there were actual candidates running all over he country on these principles. He seemed genuinely pumped that there are answers and principled politicians out there. He never really paid attention to politics, believing it all to be a bunch of lip service, but now he's excited about it. Just thought I would share that.

Now where's the youtube link? Oh good, you guys are quick! thanks!

I was a bit disappointed in this interview. Ron, as much as I love the guy, has rambled on a lot lately and I don't think he fully answered the Palin question tonight. Maybe this is because I've seen so many interviews and I already know his lines that he often uses, but yeah it looked like even Rachel got lost.

I think Ron was practicing some common sense of "first do no harm". He could not agree with Palin and her stupidity, on the other hand he did not want to put her down because of her endorsement of Rand for the Senate. He walked a tight rope. I am disappointed that he did not take the opportunity to put in a plug for Medina.

but he's getting old and is losing his ability to make sense and stay on topic. I think he's guilty of trying to cram too much information into too short a time span. He'd be better served just to answer the two or three questions he gets asked without trying to put his whole platform on the television in three minutes.

But, maybe when he does that more liberals will go and do some research on him and find out what he's all about. Regardless, his being on the show is an overall positive.